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amire · 01-07-2005, 06:58 PM

Ok, while I am all for geeks (I myself desperately seek that title), I have to say that geeks are being slightly misrepresented here. I think that the geeks we've been talking about are merely a SUBSET of the true range of geeks out in this world. We've been talking about the Social Geeks, those who aren't necessarily gregarious but are competent in casual conversation, day-to-day life, etc.

From my experience, there are many other geeks out there that are not nearly as well-developed socially. They have huge problems talking with other people, or if they do talk with others, they drive them away with their personalities. I can think of two specific examples of people very close to me, off the top of my head.

The first guy is "David". He is either first or second in my high school class, scored somewhere above 1500 on the SAT, takes all AP classes, yadda yadda yadda. He's a geek. Yet he doesn't have tons of girls flocking to him for his intelligence. Why is this? Well, he's extraordinarily arrogant and self-centered. I LITERALLY, LITERALLY have NEVER heard him talk of ANYONE or ANYTHING not directly related to him. It's horrible.

This proves that native intelligence doesn't necessarily attract girls. There are other factors. Now for the second point, that there are other types of geek other than the social geeks (Alex is a semi-social geek...my next example is the antithesis of the social geek).

I have another friend, "Thomas," who's definitely a big time geek. He's obsessed with Star Wars, computers, math, etc. etc. He's quite bright, and he's literally the most creative person I know. Thomas has a problem, though...he just can't relate to people. His quirkiness and creativity are so potent that they somehow override that part of the brain (frontal lobe?) that stops him from saying socially unacceptable things...he has such a PASSION for his convictions that he'll forget that he lives in a society. For example, I once went to an IMAX movie with him, and he complained loudly and persistently because he couldn't see what was probably the bottom 2% of the screen because of our angle. He doesn't understand social coventions.

I know that I might be pandering to the slightly stereotypical version of the socially inept geek, but they DO exist, and the girls are definitely not flocking to them.

01-07-2005, 06:58 PM	#62 (permalink)
amire Crazy	Ok, while I am all for geeks (I myself desperately seek that title), I have to say that geeks are being slightly misrepresented here. I think that the geeks we've been talking about are merely a SUBSET of the true range of geeks out in this world. We've been talking about the Social Geeks, those who aren't necessarily gregarious but are competent in casual conversation, day-to-day life, etc. From my experience, there are many other geeks out there that are not nearly as well-developed socially. They have huge problems talking with other people, or if they do talk with others, they drive them away with their personalities. I can think of two specific examples of people very close to me, off the top of my head. The first guy is "David". He is either first or second in my high school class, scored somewhere above 1500 on the SAT, takes all AP classes, yadda yadda yadda. He's a geek. Yet he doesn't have tons of girls flocking to him for his intelligence. Why is this? Well, he's extraordinarily arrogant and self-centered. I LITERALLY, LITERALLY have NEVER heard him talk of ANYONE or ANYTHING not directly related to him. It's horrible. This proves that native intelligence doesn't necessarily attract girls. There are other factors. Now for the second point, that there are other types of geek other than the social geeks (Alex is a semi-social geek...my next example is the antithesis of the social geek). I have another friend, "Thomas," who's definitely a big time geek. He's obsessed with Star Wars, computers, math, etc. etc. He's quite bright, and he's literally the most creative person I know. Thomas has a problem, though...he just can't relate to people. His quirkiness and creativity are so potent that they somehow override that part of the brain (frontal lobe?) that stops him from saying socially unacceptable things...he has such a PASSION for his convictions that he'll forget that he lives in a society. For example, I once went to an IMAX movie with him, and he complained loudly and persistently because he couldn't see what was probably the bottom 2% of the screen because of our angle. He doesn't understand social coventions. I know that I might be pandering to the slightly stereotypical version of the socially inept geek, but they DO exist, and the girls are definitely not flocking to them.