Geek or nerd?

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I always called myself a geek, never a nerd. I was in to tech but I was also socially acceptable.

My current rabbit hole is the current global situation with the ridiculous behaviour of the US. It will be a source of fascination and horror for the next 24 to 36 months. Maybe opportunity’s as well?

Same here. Lots of opportunities have already opened up, exciting times ahead, the timing couldn't have been better for us.

 

[vergil96]

I was in to tech but I was also socially acceptable.

Me too.

However, there is something up with the terminal, Vim, C++, robots, rocket science etc. I wouldn't call myself a nerd for social inaptitude, but for the things that catch my attention. Even among programmers these things are somehow unpopular, because they're "hard". I completely don't see the point or why blinking, moving graphical software is "easy" or "fun". It doesn't make any logical sense and things are hard to find, you have to look everywhere. How does that "save time"?

I don't like what geeks like either. I'm not a gadget enthusiast or cosplay fan. I have played a lot of the "nerdy" board games.

 

[AuAL]

@vergil96, what do you consider “nerdy” board games? (I have devoted decades of my life trying to become better at Go. Nothing else. My brother is an award winning chess player. We can both play a reasonable game of euchre, 500 or backgammon. I spent many hours in the local pub playing dominoes in my teens/early twenties.)

 

[vergil96]

@vergil96, what do you consider “nerdy” board games? (I have devoted decades of my life trying to become better at Go. Nothing else. My brother is an award winning chess player. We can both play a reasonable game of euchre, 500 or backgammon. I spent many hours in the local pub playing dominoes in my teens/early twenties.)

Oh, I played many games, but none more in depth. Some of them are really uncool, haha. I haven't played DnD, but all the Catans, 7 wonders, Munchkins and what have you.

 

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We can both play a reasonable game of euchre, 500 or backgammon. I spent many hours in the local pub playing dominoes in my teens/early twenties.)

That's what we all used to do before we had mobile phones and internet. Most pubs kept decks of cards and sets of dominoes behind the bar, and if you weren't much of a pub goer we used to go around friends houses to drink coffee and play games. It was a very different world.

 

[vergil96]

It was a very different world.

It sounds like it

I've never seen anything like that

Some gastronomies keep board games , but people play them just with friends and I haven't seen them used often tbh

 

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Aussie pubs were quite different from what a lot of people in other countries associate with that word. Our pubs were all round entertainment centres. Most had pool and billiard tables as well as dart boards and "sporting clubs" would base themselves in different pubs so they regularly had competitions between different pubs, winners for the year would get to have a trophy on a shelf behind their own bar until next year's competitions.

Our pubs are also restaurants serving high quality meals at reasonable prices, it was your choice if you wanted to go to the lounge bar and sit at a table or just eat at the bar whilst playing games.

Society has moved on since then which is a shame in many ways, our pubs were all round community centres that brought people together.

 

[GrownupGirl]

I can't possibly be either because I'm a female. But then again I also can't possibly be on the spectrum because I'm a female.

 

[Crossbreed]

I can't possibly be either because I'm a female. But then again I also can't possibly be on the spectrum because I'm a female.

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[Richelle-H]

At various times of my life I have been a Geek a Dweeb a Nerd or a Dork, and a bit of all of those remain within me and offer influence or comment as needed. Does that make me a Gwerk?

 

[SusanLR]

AI overview:

While often used interchangeably, "geek" and "nerd" have subtly different connotations. A nerd is typically associated with intellectual pursuits and a deep, often obsessive, interest in academic subjects like math, science, or history. A geek, on the other hand, is usually characterized by a passion for a specific hobby or interest, such as technology, science fiction, or gaming.

By this definition: Nerd.

 

[AuAL]

Aussie pubs were quite different from what a lot of people in other countries associate with that word. Our pubs were all round entertainment centres. Most had pool and billiard tables as well as dart boards and "sporting clubs" would base themselves in different pubs so they regularly had competitions between different pubs, winners for the year would get to have a trophy on a shelf behind their own bar until next year's competitions.

Our pubs are also restaurants serving high quality meals at reasonable prices, it was your choice if you wanted to go to the lounge bar and sit at a table or just eat at the bar whilst playing games.

Society has moved on since then which is a shame in many ways, our pubs were all round community centres that brought people together.

The Grain Store in Newcastle still has good food, 21 beers on tap that rotate every week, and various board games, e.g. Scrabble, available for patrons to use. It’s just a block and a half from where I once lived in the east end - I sometimes wonder if I would have left Newie if it had opened before I left.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

interchangeable I think. Geek / nerd maybe suggests serious interest in tech? My serious interests include music equipment (bass n keys). internet security. Stock n bonds. European history 20th century political, economic, military. That’s it.

My current rabbit hole is the current global situation with the ridiculous behaviour of the US. It will be a source of fascination and horror for the next 24 to 36 months. Maybe opportunity’s as well?

all chaotic systems have strange attractors, another way of looking at opportunity.

 

[GrownupGirl]

The geek and the nerd in the video are both male, both wear glasses, and both have insufferable personalities. I guess one out of three isn't bad for me.