FabSwingers.com forum: Geeks and nerds

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Self confessed geek and proud of it.

Anyone else willing to own up to it too, bonus points for what makes you a geek...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm a geek! Or at least deep down...

I confess... I'm a gamer! But not just a console gamer... a PC Gamer! I've built my own computer and everything!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Good effort cheeky, always had half a mind to do that myself but don't have enough time to use one really...

Anyone else? Are there any closet Physicists on fab?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Self confessed music geek here

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

What qualifies you as a music geek?

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By *andVBCouple
over a year ago

Wrexham

'lo! If you cut me in half you'd find geek written all the way through. In binary.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm a secret geek!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Own up to it"??? From what I can tell, claiming to be a nerd or a geek has become the "cool" thing in recent years. It's more of a humblegbrag now than anything else...

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Mold

Being a true geek is not something you have to own up to

I think, therefore I geek

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Am a pussy geek, I can tell much about a chick just by seeing her flaps.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Total history geek.

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By *andVBCouple
over a year ago

Wrexham

""Own up to it"??? From what I can tell, claiming to be a nerd or a geek has become the "cool" thing in recent years. It's more of a humblegbrag now than anything else..."

Depends on the geekery I think. I'm old-school geek; socially awkward, find talking to computers easier than talking to people, like the logic and narrative order to fictional places.

Modern geekery can be as simple as wearing an ironic t-shirt and liking a couple of Marvel films.

Oh no... I'm a hipster geek.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

""Own up to it"??? From what I can tell, claiming to be a nerd or a geek has become the "cool" thing in recent years. It's more of a humblegbrag now than anything else...

Depends on the geekery I think. I'm old-school geek; socially awkward, find talking to computers easier than talking to people, like the logic and narrative order to fictional places.

Modern geekery can be as simple as wearing an ironic t-shirt and liking a couple of Marvel films.

Oh no... I'm a hipster geek."

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Back before it seemed to be the cool thing, I used to call myself an undercover geek. I used to live in the comic shop and watch genre film and TV but I wasn't really nerdy and had an ok social life.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love scifi, comics, WH40K, historical stuff etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well, I know what the trouble with tribbles is, so that probably makes me a geek

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm most certainly a nerd of sorts.

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By *andomfodCouple
over a year ago

walsall

Self professed geeks and proud. Gaming, both the pc/console and the tabletop variety, TV shows and movies which are pretty much everywhere now, stag do? We are going larping. The car N organised for me on the wedding...a delorean

I did well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well, I know what the trouble with tribbles is, so that probably makes me a geek

original or crossover ep?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well, I know what the trouble with tribbles is, so that probably makes me a geek

original or crossover ep?

Both, though TNG really took a great idea and ran with it. May be Picard's finest moment!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"In

Love scifi, comics, WH40K, historical stuff etc."

What 40K army do you play?

I have dark angels and grey Knights for 40K and ogres for AoS!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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Love scifi, comics, WH40K, historical stuff etc.

What 40K army do you play?

I have dark angels and grey Knights for 40K and ogres for AoS!"

Space Wolves

Ive got an old Ogre (Ogor?!) army but not used it in AoS as yet...

As a DA player what do you make of The Fallen returning in the newest Gathering Storm?

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By *haneleviMan
over a year ago

Kidderminster

I'm pretty nerdy when know want to be! Gamer, film buff, cinema, marvel

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By *ucyfur77Woman
over a year ago

Pleasuretown

"Self confessed geek and proud of it.

That'll be me then

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By *ddyfortyMan
over a year ago

rushden

im probably a geek due to being a gamer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't think I'm either is that a bad thing? Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Both Nell and I are a bit geeky/nerdy and proud of it.

MrWho.

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By *andS33Couple
over a year ago

Yorkshire

We own up to being geeky

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Loving some of the responses on here, especially the Warhammer and Star Trek mentions!

Trek lovers, have any of you seen the short film Prelude to Axanar on YouTube? Better than the JJ Reboot films in my opinion, and hopefully a full length film in progress now some legal issues have been sorted.

Not played any Warhammer for ages, used to love Bloodbowl, had a Blood Drinkers space marine army and even played Adeptus Titanicus...

Also a big real life space exploration and Physics geek

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By *ddyfortyMan
over a year ago

rushden

i love star trek, im a fan of space exploration aswell. im actually stuck on readying space scifi books atm.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm bit nerdy. Get slagged when I've my harry potter glasses on for reading.I love them

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By *rbane PlayerMan
over a year ago

London

"Total history geek. "

Same here. Ancient Rome and Greece. I think 'The Big Bang Theory' has a lot to do with nerd-hood being 'cool'.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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Love scifi, comics, WH40K, historical stuff etc.

What 40K army do you play?

I have dark angels and grey Knights for 40K and ogres for AoS!

Space Wolves

Ive got an old Ogre (Ogor?!) army but not used it in AoS as yet...

As a DA player what do you make of The Fallen returning in the newest Gathering Storm?"

I haven't actually looked at the new bits yet, I'm trying to curb my spending haha but it'll be interesting for sure!

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By *8Roost88Man
over a year ago

Derby

Massively into comics (it is an addiction 10 years ago it was easier to list what Marvel books I wasn't ordering, weaning myself now); loads of sci-fi; comedy geek also; etc.

I enjoy gaming but life get in the way so don't do it regularly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My geekiness extends to kicking a hot boxer out my car cos he said superman was marvel and I took that to heart.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't have time to get my geek on as much as I used to anymore but I'm still flying the flag

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm not sure what it means to be a geek anymore, i think everyone is a geek.

Marvel movies are the most popular movies out there and I'd consider the incredible passion that people have for sport to be fucking nerdy.

Self proclaimed geeks tend to be the most elitist, entitled and stubborn people that I've ever encountered.

It was much less confusing when someone would shout nerd at you while you pretended to play with lightsaber in the playground.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well geeky is in our name.

Mr is a comic book geek, I'm a history geek

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I play online chess, does that count?

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By *iggles and BeardyCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

Just got home from 3 days of larp

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just got home from 3 days of larp"

CP event?

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By *andVBCouple
over a year ago

Wrexham

"Self proclaimed geeks tend to be the most elitist, entitled and stubborn people that I've ever encountered."

Surely that is the risk with any self-selected group identifier. You will always get those "a /true/ fan" type people wishing to exclude rather than include others.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm a history, art and architecture geek..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm a geek probably. I'm a gamer. And i go to comic con. Fuck it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Am I a geek if I read comics?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Am I a geek if I read comics? "

probably not if its VIZ

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Am I a geek if I read comics? "

No. You're a geek if you dress up as them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bibliophile and proud

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a straight freind who does live action rollplay and fencing with a big long sword, he got some armour and stuff he'd ordered arrive and asked me to help him get it on.

It was so unfair.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Am I a geek if I read comics?

No. You're a geek if you dress up as them

I used to do super girl and bat girl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gaming geek here. Love single player rpg, witcher 3 is probably the best game ever made. Also have 4 decks of Gwent cards, just got to get the board now. Love looking at cosplay related to the game.

Played wow for years until raiding turned into a 2nd job so had to quit playing.

Love fantasy/comic book films. Keep your poxy 50 shades, just give me wolverine

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By *iggles and BeardyCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

"Just got home from 3 days of larp

CP event?"

Nope a smaller one

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By *8Roost88Man
over a year ago

Derby

My friend pointed out that football isn't considered geeky, yet when you have a football fan who actively memorises all the statistics for a team, how is that not geeky?

Anything can be geeky

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My geekiness extends to kicking a hot boxer out my car cos he said superman was marvel and I took that to heart. "

Seems perfectly justifiable to me

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