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Geeks United....

urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Are you a geek? Do your friends roll their eyes and shake their heads as you bore them rigid with monologues on your latest obsession? (except PJ, who could be bored by that? ;))
Do you obsess over things that others would find boring? Are you the kind of person that likes to discuss the whys and wherefores of everything?

Be loud and proud. Post here about your passions, obsessions and maybe find a like-minded soul.


I'll start...


I'm proud of being a geek. My main obsessions apart from PJ and other music include:
Nature and nature documentaries.
Cooking and food.
Knitting and needlecrafts.
Fantasy and Sci-Fi novels, especially Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
I'm sure there's more...

Added to all this my brain seems to hold a vast amount of useless trivia that will only ever be of use to me should I enter some crazy quiz show.
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  • EvilMerlinEvilMerlin Posts: 1,865
    Apparently my metalocalypse thread is making me a geek! :p

    I'm damn proud of it!
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    urbanhippie wrote:
    my brain seems to hold a vast amount of useless trivia that will only ever be of use to me should I enter some crazy quiz show.


    this is definitely me....people tend to be annoyed when i point out that there pop culture reference was wrong.....fine call me a geek :D
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    EvilMerlin wrote:
    Apparently my metalocalypse thread is making me a geek! :p

    I'm damn proud of it!
    As you should be :p

    C'mon, fess up. We must all be of a geeky persuasion to post here, so spill it!
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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    I like collecting the State quarters..you can't get any dorkier..lol

    Also, I used to like collecting all types of rocks..I still have a pretty cool one.
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Webcomics are my big one...
    http://www.starslip.com being my favourite one. Among about 6 others. That I never shut up about. :p
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    I once had a giant comic book collection, but I inherited it with my first marriage and lost it in the divorce, so I don't think that counts. I read a lot, but its mostly books about how to identify plants and animals and how to sabotage people and machinery so I don't know if that counts either.

    I did really enjoy Iron Man... ah, what the hell, call me a geek.
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  • LizardjamLizardjam Posts: 1,121
    I work in IT and I love techie things. I am a geek........no other girl I know is into these things like me. They make faces at me when i talk about it or just get glazed eyes.
    bugs in the way...I feel about you

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  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Lizardjam wrote:
    I work in IT and I love techie things. I am a geek........no other girl I know is into these things like me. They make faces at me when i talk about it or just get glazed eyes.
    Yep...Glazed eyes...or just nod and go 'aaaaaanyway.....'
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,617
    I am a geek because I:

    love watching Chimp Eden, Ice Road Truckers, The Simpsons & Torchwood

    love to cook

    buy a souvenir pen everwhere I visit (mostly from sports teams when I see them play at their home venue).

    love to go to local town markets

    I can make thousands of Simpson's references

    I am a CPA

    I get excited when I see the costumed characters at Disneyland

    Damn, I want to kick my own ass for being such a geek!

    However, I know that for being a geek, I am a badass geek, so step back!
    :)
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Yep...Glazed eyes...or just nod and go 'aaaaaanyway.....'


    I always tell the IT folks that I am a master of 26 letters and all they can do is manipulate a 1 and a 0.
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I am a geek because I:

    love watching Chimp Eden, Ice Road Truckers, The Simpsons & Torchwood

    love to cook

    buy a souvenir pen everwhere I visit (mostly from sports teams when I see them play at their home venue).

    love to go to local town markets

    I can make thousands of Simpson's references

    I am a CPA

    I get excited when I see the costumed characters at Disneyland

    Damn, I want to kick my own ass for being such a geek!

    However, I know that for being a geek, I am a badass geek, so step back!
    :)


    Well, shit. If quoting Simpsons' episodes makes one a geek, I've got a bad case of it.
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  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I am a geek because I:

    love watching Chimp Eden, Ice Road Truckers, The Simpsons & Torchwood
    Torchwood!! Yes!! And Doctor Who, The Simpsons, Futurama, anything sci fi related, anything comic book related.....


    Oh man, I'm such a dork... :o
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,617
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Torchwood!! Yes!! And Doctor Who, The Simpsons, Futurama, anything sci fi related, anything comic book related.....


    Oh man, I'm such a dork... :o

    Hold the horses....I limit the sci fi to Torchwood....don't drag me down to your level of geekdom!
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,617
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Well, shit. If quoting Simpsons' episodes makes one a geek, I've got a bad case of it.

    Worst "bad case" ever!
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    i can geek out with the best of them.

    if im into something heavy at the time, i cant help it.



    oh well.
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  • EvilMerlinEvilMerlin Posts: 1,865
    I still love animation. All kinds of shows, Aqua Teen, Metalocalypse, Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, etc. I still even watch Tom & Jerry if I'm lounging in the mornings on a day off.

    Halloween. I love it, I can't get enough of it. I always go to Halloween Haunt. Hollywood Horror Nights, parties, haunted houses. I just love the Halloween night time season. I've had some haunted houses before myself.
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Hold the horses....I limit the sci fi to Torchwood....don't drag me down to your level of geekdom!

    Sorry :o
    Yeah, it's pretty bad...I am the biggest geek I know....
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  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    EvilMerlin wrote:
    I still love animation. All kinds of shows, Aqua Teen, Metalocalypse, Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, etc. I still even watch Tom & Jerry if I'm lounging in the mornings on a day off.

    Halloween. I love it, I can't get enough of it. I always go to Halloween Haunt. Hollywood Horror Nights, parties, haunted houses. I just love the Halloween night time season. I've had some haunted houses before myself.
    Cartoons are the greatest :)

    The ultimate weekend morning starts with coffee and cartoons.
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Torchwood!! Yes!! And Doctor Who, The Simpsons, Futurama, anything sci fi related, anything comic book related.....


    Oh man, I'm such a dork... :o

    You should definitely check out http://www.starslip.com. :D
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Cartoons are the greatest :)

    The ultimate weekend morning starts with coffee and cartoons.

    With the exception of publc television, cartoons and sports are the only things I watch on tv.
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  • anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    Please go on youtube and seach for "geek like me". You might need to add "Rick Emerson" or "Wonderstrucks". I'd do it, but I don't have access to youtube from work.

    It is a song and a video for a really great song about a couple of geeks meet each other and fall in love that's called "Geek Like Me".

    It's by a local talk radio guy and his band. It's pretty much made of awesome. If you're a geek, you'll understand.
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    so what if i like star wars, lotr & monty python

    yeah i play old amiga 500 games through an emulator

    spongebob is funny & scrabble's fun dammitt!!




    now whens that new season of heroes starting...
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I am a total music geek, and a foreign cinema geek. My particularly geeky things to talk about are hip-hop, particularly old-school, pre-1990 hip-hop and jazz. Oh, and also New Wave German Cinema. I'm kind of a literature geek too. Thankfully most of my friends tolerate it really well and don't tell me to shut the fuck up which is nice because I really enjoy talking about it :D
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  • CityMouseCityMouse Posts: 1,010
    I watch the discovery channel a ridiculous amount. I love them all- deadliest catch, dirty jobs, man vs. wild, myth busters...(I also have crushes on all the hosts!)

    and shark week is coming!!!
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    CityMouse wrote:
    man vs. wild
    that guy is a MACHINE. he makes GI JOE hang his head in shame
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,617
    Ricky Gervais commented last night that he watches so much on the Discovery & History Channels that you can ask him anything about Nazi's or sharks!

    He added that sharks would have been able to find Anne Frank right away!
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    CityMouse wrote:
    I watch the discovery channel a ridiculous amount. I love them all- deadliest catch, dirty jobs, man vs. wild, myth busters...(I also have crushes on all the hosts!)

    and shark week is coming!!!

    Hey that channel is awesome...I loved Planet Earth :)
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    libragirl wrote:
    Hey that channel is awesome...I loved Planet Earth :)

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=RIoBXdQX_wY

    :)
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    cutback wrote:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=RIoBXdQX_wY

    :)

    :D
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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Ricky Gervais commented last night that he watches so much on the Discovery & History Channels that you can ask him anything about Nazi's or sharks!

    He added that sharks would have been able to find Anne Frank right away!
    haha

    sharks; amazing creatures, absolutely incredible....nazi's; rubbish

    :D:D:D
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