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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 11:36pm on 12/03/2008
Yeah, but if I'm meeting a new person, and they're like "what do you with your time" and I'm like "I'm a total geek: I design role-playing games" without flinching they're like "Neat! I used to play (/used to know someone who played) those games. Do people still play them?" and we have a pleasant short conversation.

I bet I'd get a similar response if I was like "I'm a total geek: I argue on the internet about how much Spiderman can lift. It's fucking hilarious."

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P.S. This is all assuming that I'm well groomed and well dressed. A repugnant person remains repugnant, no matter how awesomely cool their hobby is.
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posted by [identity profile] misuba.livejournal.com at 10:10pm on 13/03/2008
Right: it's not about content, it's about what you do about content.

When people say "geek" in the positive sense, they're usually talking about content: Spiderman or whatever. When they say it in a negative sense, it's usually the activity that's a problem: arguing about how big Spiderman's balls are, etc.
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