I got called a geek today. I gently corrected the accuser; I'm a nerd. There's a difference. He didn't seem to care, all the same to him. This has never bothered me much before, but this time it did. I don't know why.
In this time of forced recognition and acceptance (even praise) of fringe genders, sexual orientations, and other miscellaneous anthropological constructs, I think it's time we get on the bandwagon and cram awareness of nerdism down the throats of all bystanders who look like they might be hurtfully oblivious. Stand up, get offended, beat folks about the neck and head with your mighty nerd stick, and pity the fool who makes the same mistake twice. It's time people stop lumping our scientific and technological pursuits in with other people's affinity for Dungeons & Dragons and comicon.
(Previous paragraph was satire)
But seriously, who doesn't know the difference between a nerd and a geek?
In this time of forced recognition and acceptance (even praise) of fringe genders, sexual orientations, and other miscellaneous anthropological constructs, I think it's time we get on the bandwagon and cram awareness of nerdism down the throats of all bystanders who look like they might be hurtfully oblivious. Stand up, get offended, beat folks about the neck and head with your mighty nerd stick, and pity the fool who makes the same mistake twice. It's time people stop lumping our scientific and technological pursuits in with other people's affinity for Dungeons & Dragons and comicon.
(Previous paragraph was satire)
But seriously, who doesn't know the difference between a nerd and a geek?