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The culture has changed a lot. Geek originally described loners with unreasonable passion and knowledge about a specific niche. Now it's a codeword for capitali
by Red_Tarsius 7y ago
The culture has changed a lot. Geek originally described loners with unreasonable passion and knowledge about a specific niche. Now it's a codeword for capitalist cattle. It's the Big Bang Theory crowd that turned consumerism and brand loyalty into a point of pride: I wonder what Nietzsche would say about that.
- benzofuran 7y agoI'd almost argue that we need to find a new word for it but at this point there's not much to it. I've had the discussion a few times about how Big Bang Theory is basically a minstrel show about smart people instead of your choice of minority group and while some folks get the comparison, most just glaze over.
- scottlocklin 7y ago"Yeast life" works for me. Mass consumerization of everything from neck tattoos and facial piercings to "geek culture" is covered by the phrase.
- gitgud 7y ago> loners with unreasonable passion and knowledge about a specific niche. Now it's a codeword for capitalist cattle. Reminds of open-source contributors doing it for the passion. People never made open-source software to make money back in the day...
- pen2l 7y agoJust curious: these... people, who made open-source not for money but for something else, what was typically their means for livelihood? They were software engineers in their day jobs? Man, some discipline these guys had, to juggle it all so well.
- DanBC 7y agoMy favourite sketch show did something about this and he's spot on. John Finnemore: You are not a geek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thsRk9fuIdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thsRk9fuIdU