Comments on: Geeks vs. Nerds

By: A matter of names « Fiction Studies

A matter of names « Fiction Studies — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:07:49 +0000

[...] and nerds have different origins but the overall actual meaning is the same. A good resource is Geek Studies take on it. More discussions on the matter will follow in the [...]

By: nmman

nmman — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:15:23 +0000

Bill Gates calls himself a Nerd, the tech support people at best buy are called Geeks. Dweebs are regarded even worse than Dorks, and noids in pizza commercial I guess are worse than Dweebs.

By: Geek Studies » “Geeks vs. Nerds” Revisited

Geek Studies » “Geeks vs. Nerds” Revisited — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:21:47 +0000

[...] in 2007, I started a post titled “Geeks vs. Nerds.” After the Geek Studies home page, it is the most visited page on this site by about 3,000 [...]

By: Adrianna D.

Adrianna D. — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:09:58 +0000

I believe it is good to be intellectual, and not to care about the peer pressures to be anti-intellectual. I’d love if my peers/every single kid to turn into a nerd – where that means someone who prefers studying and learning to competing for social dominance, which can unfortunately cause the downward spiral into social rejection- What they lack in physical strength they make up in brain power. Who writes all the best selling books? Nerds. Who directs the top grossing Hollywood movies? Nerds. Who creates the highly advanced technology that only they can understand? …Nerds. And who are the people who run for the high office of the Presidency? No one but nerds!

*****NERD PRIDE***** GO NERDS! (I’m on your team ) 8-)

If you are on the nerd team, gimme the nerd smiley!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Lol. This is fun. I’m such a nerd. 8-)

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:45:12 +0000

a geek is a person who is mostly focused on one thing
a nerd is someone who is socially weird

By: Eh...

Eh... — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:45:37 +0000

I’m trying to figure out which is which as well, as I’m currently writing a definition essay for my college english class with the purpose of defining “nerd.” From everything I’ve read, my own opinion has slowly strengthened in the direction of a nerd being a D&D buff, totally into video games, excelling at math and science, taking notes, dressing slightly offish (out of social complacency, the lack of NEEDING to fit in). What I’ve formulated from what I’ve read about geeks is that they put forth an effort to socially fit in, and this effort drives them to find a social niche for themselves, which is usually becoming a technical handiman. They practically thrive on being able to fix things for people, including (but not limited to) iPods, PCs, cell phones, etc. Although a geek doesn’t naturally fit in socially, they are attention hungry; nerds… not so much. Another thing about geeks, they somehow manage to find ways to be stylish without looking normal (nerds don’t look normal, but at the same time don’t have anything close to an edge on style, having parted their hair in the same spot since age 3).

Have I come anywhere near an accurate assessment?

By: Geek vs Nerd

Geek vs Nerd — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:44:57 +0000

I’ve always seen geeks as someone interested in stuff like computers, gaming, anime, roleplaying, movies (especially LOTRO and Star Wars) or such while I view nerds as people who are good at academic studies like mathematics or physics.

By: girl

girl — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:21:12 +0000

I have been told, I’m a nerd because I enjoy Star Wars, renaissance, LOTR, video games and so forth. I’m a geek because I read text books and am constantly studying random things , not to mention I love my Macs. Hmm… I suppose I could be called either and perhaps a dork occasionally. But I am not at all a nerd or geek by image nor do I view the terms to be a cool label. I just am what I have always been and what anyone should be. Themselves.

By: More on how VIM beats Emacs » lolcat.us

More on how VIM beats Emacs » lolcat.us — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:27:48 +0000

[...] Someone who posted something along the same lines as this: a comparison of the two, and he comes to the same conclusion – that there isn’t a clear delineation between the two terms. Not in objective reference, nor in subjective forums. [...]

By: More on how VIM beats Emacs « Theatre of Consciousness

More on how VIM beats Emacs « Theatre of Consciousness — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:34:45 +0000