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Re: "geek" vs "nerd"
Posted By: Mousie, on host 64.236.243.31
Date: Monday, January 6, 2003, at 10:11:56
In Reply To: Re: "geek" vs "nerd" posted by Brunnen-G on Monday, January 6, 2003, at 00:16:41:

> > I've been trying for some time to earn the title of "Nerd" but no luck yet. Maybe after I learn how to turn on my computer without help.
> >
> > So what's a geek? Please don't look that up in the dictionary. I'm referring to a computer geek, whatever that is.
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> Having thought about this, I would say a geek is somebody who actually *is* very good at the sort of things nerds like to *think* they are good at. For example, if I had a major computer problem, I would not ask a nerd for help, but I would ask a geek.
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> I also think of "nerd" as a derogatory term whereas "geek" is not.

I wonder if I'm the only person who remembers the episode where Joanie was in love with Potsy and called him the opposite of a nerd, "Dren."

Mou"old people are good at trivia"sie

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