Geek 1.0 and Geek 2.0

Added on February 14th, 2009 by Snarky Parker | Report Post
Tags:Computers, Humor, Science!

The evolution of the geek.

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condensedmilk (#8119)

15 years ago

roleplay handbook

Puulaahi (#4552)

15 years ago

Nerd

placatedmayhem (#5941)

15 years ago

Seen this before and I still _hate_ this image. Geeks come in plenty of different types, and we refer to this type as the “douchebag”.

My personal feeling is that this is the image of a Mac-toting, self-loving idiot, not necessarily a geek.

Le sigh.

mossimo09 (#6201)

15 years ago

Most can be seen toting their girlfriend replacements (a.k.a. friend isolators, a.k.a. iPhones).

rattybad (#461)

15 years ago

@...placatedmayhem: I agree. Any douche can wear a black tee and jeans and buy the latest gadgets, surfing the web at will and acting like…well, like you said, a douchebag. Geekiness goes deeper than the functions of your watch.

token2k6 (#2557)

15 years ago

forgot bluetooth headset (one on each ear none-the-less, for cellphone and PS3, you can never be too well connected)

outofocus (#3862)

15 years ago

Somebody is confused. Geek 1.0 is more nerd than geek.

I resent the fact that the word “Geek” has been mainstreamed.

Elepski (#3800)

15 years ago

lets not forget.. 2.0 gets paid more

outofocus (#3862)

15 years ago

@...Elepski: Wrong. All those jobs that were seen as guru positions and paid loads of money back in the day are now hamster in the wheel jobs and are paid buttkiss.

placatedmayhem (#5941)

15 years ago

@...rattybad: Indeed. Only way you can assert your geek-hood is by doing things. To take the Jeff Foxworthy approach, if more than a few people call you their “personal tech support”, you might be a certifiable geek. Just one of many possible indicators.

@...Elepski and @...outofocus: The unfortunate reality is that pay does not always increase with technical ability. Now, compared to everybody he graduated high school with, yeah, he’s probably making a good bit more than the average (my personal experience, anyway).

outofocus (#3862)

15 years ago

@...placatedmayhem: A bit more than average doesn’t mean much here in Silicon Valley where the line for low income when it comes to housing ends at $52k/yr.