tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553938.post1124953184643074125..comments2023-10-21T05:28:05.763-06:00Comments on Roll for Initiative: Nerd or Geek?Rognarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16325723561313536356noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553938.post-9846198028853389202010-12-07T17:54:33.447-07:002010-12-07T17:54:33.447-07:00I am a power nerd, through and through.I am a power nerd, through and through.Derobane-banehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06363797058654452082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553938.post-55120490284717751842010-12-06T22:40:38.128-07:002010-12-06T22:40:38.128-07:00Be proud, young nerds, be proud!Be proud, young nerds, be proud!Rognarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16325723561313536356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553938.post-32768068824128866602010-12-06T16:12:29.183-07:002010-12-06T16:12:29.183-07:00Most if not all my socially awkward friends use ne...Most if not all my socially awkward friends use nerd.<br />And we are all proud of being nerdsLittle Tayloritoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12019597786624952923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553938.post-75811987805184219592010-12-06T11:24:17.526-07:002010-12-06T11:24:17.526-07:00Perhaps, although I've always associated socia...Perhaps, although I've always associated social awkwardness with both terms. In any case, I feel no shame in my lack of social skills.Rognarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16325723561313536356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553938.post-74884330253489282992010-12-06T11:14:27.926-07:002010-12-06T11:14:27.926-07:00I'm with Obiri on this one.
"Nerd" ...I'm with Obiri on this one.<br /><br />"Nerd" is synonymous with 'socially awkward' in my lexicon.<br /><br />"Geek", not so much.biopunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11614894519622906554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553938.post-71023350545551251682010-12-02T22:51:04.401-07:002010-12-02T22:51:04.401-07:00It might be an age thing. The term "geek"...It might be an age thing. The term "geek" didn't really come into common usage until the 90s. Those of us who were into the subculture before that didn't have much in common with the younger computer gamers who were calling themselves geeks. We were nerds and proud of it.Rognarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16325723561313536356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16553938.post-51259349351226162602010-12-02T21:30:30.615-07:002010-12-02T21:30:30.615-07:00That's odd. I see it as the opposite. I totall...That's odd. I see it as the opposite. I totally see myself as a geek but would never call myself a nerd.Obirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423387256920495798noreply@blogger.com