tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post403318195793119896..comments2023-10-31T05:55:49.429-04:00Comments on OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS: To his friend...MRTIMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716101491557959174noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-35158482339455088232012-09-27T19:17:15.747-04:002012-09-27T19:17:15.747-04:00Oh shit. I think they were talking about me.Oh shit. I think they were talking about me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-62787743847652356032012-09-05T13:29:28.934-04:002012-09-05T13:29:28.934-04:00"6:17 You know there are more facets to Geekd..."6:17 You know there are more facets to Geekdom than American superhero comics?"<br /><br />Acknowledging that would be caring what other geeks think...<br /><br />...which is caring what other people think (because geeks are people too)...<br /><br />...which is what people who have friends do (because if you don't care what they think why should they care what you think and be friends with you?)...<br /><br />...which is what popular people do (because the more friends you have the more popular you are by definition)...<br /><br />...and I bet 6:17's anti-doing what popular people do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-64194240530174786232012-08-29T20:58:55.600-04:002012-08-29T20:58:55.600-04:00For what it's worth almost all of the nerd fak...For what it's worth almost all of the nerd fakers I've ran into personally were dudes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-31992519050511625462012-08-29T08:01:06.912-04:002012-08-29T08:01:06.912-04:00Admittedly I was playing WarioWare under the table...Admittedly I was playing WarioWare under the table because I was so bored with the proceedings, so it's possible he mentioned some of that I just wasn't listening, but thanks for the corrections! =)mouse_clickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784704405251275714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-64558705915464408492012-08-29T01:47:20.332-04:002012-08-29T01:47:20.332-04:00Settle Anon. She never said you needed to 'ge...Settle Anon. She never said you needed to 'get' Tumblr to be a nerd, she suggested that declaring someone to be a fake nerd, and using their Tumblr experience to back the comment was an incorrect course. Tumblr nerd and comic nerd, though often hand in hand, are different sides of the culture. For our comic example to say girls shouldn't call themselves nerds just cause they have a tumblr and know who batman is like saying girls can't call themselves nerds just because they play Mass Effect and know who Batman is. It's a valid argument that does not undermine your ownership of comics.<br />Also? Pop Culture, and it's use in references is a vast level of nerd on it's own. More geek actually, but potato potahto, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-6269449429708030602012-08-28T19:45:37.371-04:002012-08-28T19:45:37.371-04:00Really? Tumblr is THE place to go to showcase your...Really? Tumblr is THE place to go to showcase your obsession? Well, when *I* want to "showcase my obsession", I start by showing someone my 30,000 comic books, library full of graphic novels, framed comic book art on the walls, my collection of Godzilla paraphernalia, and I tell them I owned a comic book shop for seven years. Who needs Tumblr compared to *that*?!? <br />Oh, and I should mention that I am female.<br />Sorry, Tumblr user. I don't think that being able to talk pop culture on social media qualifies you as a nerd or geek. You may actually be a nerd or a geek. But you can't rule someone out just because they aren't into *your* personal obsession.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-15021529496745149842012-08-28T15:57:25.517-04:002012-08-28T15:57:25.517-04:00This kind of goes both ways really; there are a va...This kind of goes both ways really; there are a vast amount of girls who call themselves 'nerds' and 'geeks' because they saw the latest Dark Knight film and bought a distressed Batman t shirt at Primark (although seriously, I too want one, they're awesome) and don't quite understand what the terms mean exactly, but at the same time there are arseholes who apparently think 'geek girls' are like unicorns and the tooth fairy - fictional, and when presented with one (real or fake) they automatically assume they're fake without bothering to find out if they're right.<br /><br />I used to get some stick on WoW for being female and into it, as well as comics and the things that simply are my interests, but I have also myself experienced girls who profess to be "total geeks" because it's the current in thing.<br />I can assure them that being a geek was in no way cool or 'retro' when I was being constantly ridiculed in school for loving the things I did, for having the two awkward geek male friends I did, and for looking like the epitome of a geek loser. But of course to those girls, 'geek' means a pair of fake glasses with the lenses popped out and a t shirt with a Big Bang Theory quote on it.Sarah Harding-Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10341164777900446126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-68052941619474500192012-08-28T14:51:11.691-04:002012-08-28T14:51:11.691-04:00You are obviously the superior nerd, guy. Tell us ...You are obviously the superior nerd, guy. Tell us how it's done. Elucidate. I bet it has something to do with hating chicks, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-42831541224320103012012-08-28T11:47:58.416-04:002012-08-28T11:47:58.416-04:006:17 You know there are more facets to Geekdom th...6:17 You know there are more facets to Geekdom than American superhero comics? <br />enlerphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592588631554942133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-74898886815590511552012-08-28T10:24:57.424-04:002012-08-28T10:24:57.424-04:00Well I guess the first way to respond to anything ...Well I guess the first way to respond to anything reasonably is to take it personally. So you've got that down Rachel.<br /><br />Anyway, yeah kids who don't know a lot about shit and stumble into a sub-culture exist. Naturally the most frustrating to young men are the young women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-38048412667550740072012-08-28T10:22:35.574-04:002012-08-28T10:22:35.574-04:00Yeah Tumblr is the true underground. It's not ...Yeah Tumblr is the true underground. It's not that pretenders use it, it's that everyone who doesn't use it is a pretender O_o;;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-40804017236399178012012-08-28T10:19:36.018-04:002012-08-28T10:19:36.018-04:00Well this one is! I guess if I was trying to make ...Well this one is! I guess if I was trying to make a model or write a thesis paper my assumption would be invalid. However yes, it's stupid to NOT expect some misogyny in a group of people who were roughly marketed a product because they didn't have a good time in high school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-58374813584372167192012-08-28T09:48:46.053-04:002012-08-28T09:48:46.053-04:00Okay, the geek in me needs to point out that the w...Okay, the geek in me needs to point out that the whole Orson Welles Batman thing was an internet hoax perpetrated by Mark Millar in 2003. Totally not true.<br /><br />And while I'm at it, the Adam West show didn't drastically change the style of the comics for decades to come. The "new look" Batman (yellow moon symbol on his chest, leaner, no block-jaw) was introduced in the comic books in 1964. The Adam West tv show ran from 1966-1968, and by 1970 Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams had introduced in the comics their return-to-his-roots, dark, non-campy version of Batman, which has stayed the paradigm ever since (with the exception of a movie or two we'd all be better off forgetting, and the recent Brave and the Bold cartoon)BobDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-17489955732191390322012-08-28T04:44:06.807-04:002012-08-28T04:44:06.807-04:00The number of sports geeks who think watching foot...The number of sports geeks who think watching football makes them a jock is far, far higher than the number of comic geeks who think reading Batman makes them a superhero. Sports geeks are the most delusional of geeks.wumpusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-69030905546606090992012-08-28T04:05:35.678-04:002012-08-28T04:05:35.678-04:00Actually, I would have suggested that the tag '...Actually, I would have suggested that the tag 'jerks' be used regardless of whether he was talking about men or women.<br /><br />But then, what would I know? I'm just a straw man 'white knight' sticking up straw girl 'nerds'!<br /><br />Ha! Ha! You dick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-91466543818059903122012-08-28T02:51:30.570-04:002012-08-28T02:51:30.570-04:00Woah, man, woah! Does this person not know how Tum...Woah, man, woah! Does this person not know how Tumblr works? "Nerd" practically defines most of the people on there! It's, like, THE place to go to showcase your obsession over your favorite series (whether animated, comic, book, whatever). The fact that he made this comment at all makes me think he's never really been on Tumblr.<br /><br />I suspect the average male comic nerd would probably run screaming from the average female Tumblr nerd. The things woman Tumblr do, the things they say, the people they ship.... you can never unsee it. Never. o_o<br /><br />^From a Tumblr UserD2Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374465069395396071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-17853830376380873792012-08-28T01:51:48.348-04:002012-08-28T01:51:48.348-04:00There's nothing worth arguing about on Tumblr,...There's nothing worth arguing about on Tumblr, Facebook, or Twitter.<br /><br />If being nerdy is fashionable right now, so what? Give it a decade. Hell, give it a couple of years. The fashionistas will move onto whatever other stupid horseshit catches their eye. Short shorts and mutton chops for guys, Muy Thai fist wrappings and welding goggles for girls. Whatever. It doesn't matter.<br /><br />Do whatever it is you love, and don't expect to be able to control other people's behavior.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-79909247290377355912012-08-28T00:09:53.321-04:002012-08-28T00:09:53.321-04:00The only time I ever played D&D (never did it ...The only time I ever played D&D (never did it again, wasn't for me) was with a friend of mine from high school (kinda typical nerd like me) and 3 good ol' country boys from way out in the middle of nowhere in Kansas. One of them was the DM, and the other two were father and son, and the son was on his high school's football team. But they were super into it, way more than I was. I remember the DM talking at length about how Orson Wells almost got to make a Batman movie before the Adam West show was put into production, and how that could have drastically changed the style of the comics and character for decades to come, the same way Adam West did.<br /><br />Geeks are geeks, they don't have a set look, age, gender, race, or background. mouse_clickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784704405251275714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-56671537398637385452012-08-27T23:45:19.956-04:002012-08-27T23:45:19.956-04:00So true.
I'm a girl and I'm sure to say I&...So true.<br />I'm a girl and I'm sure to say I'm a nerd (all those TPBs and all those Wednesdays weren't for nothing)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-83729545996404159672012-08-27T23:30:43.044-04:002012-08-27T23:30:43.044-04:00I used to play D&D with strippers (our DM was ...I used to play D&D with strippers (our DM was a bouncer at a strip club). I was 15 and in heaven, hanging out with these gorgeous college students paying their tuition by "alternate means," while they teased me and treated me like a little brother. Frustrating, horny heaven. One of the other players--another bouncer--was a very handsome, athletic guy. Another guy in our groups was a nerdy guy with no fashion sense, just like me. We were all geeks together. So I guess I learned early on that geeks can come in all shapes and sizes and plumbing styles.David Farnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078423192737507641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-83805558516854432302012-08-27T23:28:05.644-04:002012-08-27T23:28:05.644-04:00I decided a long time ago to assume that any woman...I decided a long time ago to assume that any woman who claims to be a geek is a geek, because to do otherwise is to be a jerk. Are there women who like to dress up and be sexy at cons without being immersed in geek culture themselves? I dunno, maybe. Can't say I've ever met one, but maybe I have. Would I care? Nope. Maybe if I treat them with respect, they'll see my world is welcoming to them and they'll turn into geeks.David Farnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078423192737507641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-92036378439670180452012-08-27T19:39:47.766-04:002012-08-27T19:39:47.766-04:00Well said indeed! There are, unfortunately, more t...Well said indeed! There are, unfortunately, more than a few geek guys who don't feel comfortable with geek girls. We've all laughed about that stereotype in the past, but it can result in women being told they're not doing it right, that they're not passing some impossible test...<br /><br />And that's not on, because who made these guys the frakkin' Gatekeepers of Nerddom?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911606744887152262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-50879738025178837432012-08-27T19:36:40.166-04:002012-08-27T19:36:40.166-04:00I was going to post a snarkier, crosser version of...I was going to post a snarkier, crosser version of the same thing. Instead, tip o' the hat to you, mouse_clicker.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911606744887152262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-63233997251179179032012-08-27T19:01:41.684-04:002012-08-27T19:01:41.684-04:00Have you ever actually seen a "fake geek guy&...Have you ever actually seen a "fake geek guy" in real life? Has anyone? I sure haven't. All the geek guys I have ever met have been the real thing. That's why there is no "fake geek guy" meme.<br /><br />But there are plenty of fake geek girls out there. Thus their meme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799511146497548002.post-68510977189798788552012-08-27T18:17:26.206-04:002012-08-27T18:17:26.206-04:00I have a feeling that's what at the core of th...I have a feeling that's what at the core of this guy's complaints, too.<br /><br />"He's a nerd! Ugh. Probably a virgin. A smelly one."<br /><br />"She's a nerd! How cute! I bet she wears some kind of woollen hat and is all quirky like Zooey Deschanel. She can't really be into all those superhero comics like a smelly virgin boy."<br /><br />(Again, judging by some of the white knights commenting...)<br /><br />And when it comes to the 'nerds' (of both sexes) who claim it because they once bought a batman pez dispenser and also describe themselves as 'mad' or 'zany', as opposed to the genuine nerds with a regular order at the comic store (or comixology), who've had delightful people sneer at their fondly-held interests... It's a bit like 'whiggers', I imagine. Nowhere near the same level of social repression of course, but maybe a similar sort of feeling that the poser hasn't earned it. Hasn't put in their time in the trenches. Hasn't come to it naturally with some kind of depth to their connection and passion.<br />You want to be a nerd, you spend a couple of weeks arguing on internet forums about One More Day, Red Hulk, and Rob Liefeld. Then we'll talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com