Who are you, short version

[psychoslice]

You are hardly alone then on RF.

Hey !, speak for yourself.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

not without a fight

I will fight you!

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Okay, I just met you and I'm leaving, but you need me to do something to help you. In order to gain my assistance, you decide that if I got to know you, I'd help, but I'm leaving. In than 5 words or less, who are you?

Father, brainiac, kind, principled, trustworthy.

I'm not Wirey.

 

[vijeno]

Secular nerd of all spiritualities.

 

[4consideration]

Okay, I just met you and I'm leaving, but you need me to do something to help you. In order to gain my assistance, you decide that if I got to know you, I'd help, but I'm leaving. In than 5 words or less, who are you?

The gal that's doin' great.

(You said you just met me, but you didn't say I didn't know about you.)

 

[Kapalika]

I could say what I think would be accurate, but I hate for people to focus on labels and ideas of me rather than just me as a person.

 

[icehorse]

I will fight you!

I love Alan Kay, InDesign, Java, and Unix. I think Tim Berners Lee is a hacker.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

I love Alan Kay, InDesign, Java, and Unix. I think Tim Berners Lee is a hacker.

Psh, we've been through this. That's geek, not nerd. Nerd is Star Trek vs Star Wars, gaming, Dungeons and Dragons, Sci-fi and fantasy movies and books.

I am not the biggest geek, though I do have a web design degree and can still code in notepad, make extensive use of 3d sculpting software such as Zbrush, and build my own computers with 3d rendering and processing in mind.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Psh, we've been through this. That's geek, not nerd. Nerd is Star Trek vs Star Wars, gaming, Dungeons and Dragons, Sci-fi and fantasy movies and books.

I am not the biggest geek, though I do have a web design degree and can still code in notepad, make extensive use of 3d sculpting software such as Zbrush, and build my own computers with 3d rendering and processing in mind.

I think you have it reversed there. Nerds are smart/intellectual. Geeks are really, really into things and may be smart or not - most aren't.

 

[Equilibrium]

You are hardly alone then on RF.

That's good to know!

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Okay, I just met you and I'm leaving, but you need me to do something to help you. In order to gain my assistance, you decide that if I got to know you, I'd help, but I'm leaving. In than 5 words or less, who are you?

Haven't slept with your wife.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

I think you have it reversed there. Nerds are smart/intellectual. Geeks are really, really into things and may be smart or not - most aren't.

There is no hard and fast definition of either so to some extent it depends on who you talk to. But things like dungeons and dragons and Star trek are claimed by self-identifying nerds. Whereas things like electronics or software obsession is considered geeky.
The 4 Main Differences Between Geeks and Nerds
A long time attendee of comic conventions, gaming conventions, and tabletop conventions, 9 out of 10 people there will identify as a nerd.

 

[icehorse]

Psh, we've been through this. That's geek, not nerd. Nerd is Star Trek vs Star Wars, gaming, Dungeons and Dragons, Sci-fi and fantasy movies and books.

I am not the biggest geek, though I do have a web design degree and can still code in notepad, make extensive use of 3d sculpting software such as Zbrush, and build my own computers with 3d rendering and processing in mind.

Fair enough! Okay, I prefer STNG, I was a D&D wizard, I'd recommend Hyperion and Mists of Avalon

 

[ADigitalArtist]

Fair enough! Okay, I prefer STNG, I was a D&D wizard, I'd recommend Hyperion and Mists of Avalon

Nice!
Depending on my mood I either enjoy TNG or DS9 the most.
I play... a lot of characters in D&D. My main currently is a bard and a rogue.
I've read Mists of Avalon but haven't gotten around to Hyperion yet. I like Desden Files, Dragonriders of Pern, Mistborn, A Song of Ice and Fire on the fantasy side, Expanse, The Martian, Snow Crash, Neuromancer and Lock In for sci-fi.
My favorite comic book for fantasy and sci-fi (respectively) is Hellboy and Transmetropolitan.

 

[icehorse]

Nice!
Depending on my mood I either enjoy TNG or DS9 the most.
I play... a lot of characters in D&D. My main currently is a bard and a rogue.
I've read Mists of Avalon but haven't gotten around to Hyperion yet. I like Desden Files, Dragonriders of Pern, Mistborn, A Song of Ice and Fire on the fantasy side, Expanse, The Martian, Snow Crash, Neuromancer and Lock In for sci-fi.
My favorite comic book for fantasy and sci-fi (respectively) is Hellboy and Transmetropolitan.

Ok, I'm feeling some pressure! Desden, yes! DragonRiders, yes! The Martian, yes, book better. Stephenson, yes!

I'll raise you Dune, Brian Aldiss, Larry Viven, Vernor Vaughn, Ursula K., and Gaiman.

I'll throw in the towel on comics, but I'd give it a try.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

There is no hard and fast definition of either so to some extent it depends on who you talk to. But things like dungeons and dragons and Star trek are claimed by self-identifying nerds. Whereas things like electronics or software obsession is considered geeky.
The 4 Main Differences Between Geeks and Nerds
A long time attendee of comic conventions, gaming conventions, and tabletop conventions, 9 out of 10 people there will identify as a nerd.

I think the definition has somewhat flipped with the younger generation. It doesn't make any sense to me, but if star trek geeks want to identify as nerds, more power to them. Regardless, it's just become another popular social trend marked by affectation and social convention, so it's all just fun labels for people who aren't really marginalized anymore.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

Ok, I'm feeling some pressure! Desden, yes! DragonRiders, yes! The Martian, yes, book better. Stephenson, yes!

I'll raise you Dune, Brian Aldiss, Larry Viven, Vernor Vaughn, Ursula K., and Gaiman.

I'll throw in the towel on comics, but I'd give it a try.

I read through Heretics of Dune before I stalled out. I got to have a brief conversation with Brian Herbert about his dad though, and that was really interesting.
Read a lot of Ursula K and Gaiman, The Graveyard Book is my favorite Audiobook (World War Z is a close second) cuz his voice is pretty sexy.
I mentioned Lock In but you can't go wrong with Scalzi as a whole imo.
Also read a lot of Warhammer books, both fantasy and 40k.

If you tend more towards sci-fi than fantasy give Transmet a try. Sci-fi dystopia where the main character is an understudy of Hunter S Thompson, gonzo journalism at large (which also means a lot of drugs and language, as a warning.)

 

[ADigitalArtist]

I think the definition has somewhat flipped with the younger generation. It doesn't make any sense to me, but if star trek geeks want to identify as nerds, more power to them. Regardless, it's just become another popular social trend marked by affectation and social convention, so it's all just fun labels for people who aren't really marginalized anymore.

I can agree to that.

 

[Wu Wei]

Okay, I just met you and I'm leaving, but you need me to do something to help you. In order to gain my assistance, you decide that if I got to know you, I'd help, but I'm leaving. In than 5 words or less, who are you?

Father, brainiac, kind, principled, trustworthy.

Hates rejection, history of violence

 

[icehorse]

I read through Heretics of Dune before I stalled out. I got to have a brief conversation with Brian Herbert about his dad though, and that was really interesting.
Read a lot of Ursula K and Gaiman, The Graveyard Book is my favorite Audiobook (World War Z is a close second) cuz his voice is pretty sexy.
I mentioned Lock In but you can't go wrong with Scalzi as a whole imo.
Also read a lot of Warhammer books, both fantasy and 40k.

If you tend more towards sci-fi than fantasy give Transmet a try. Sci-fi dystopia where the main character is an understudy of Hunter S Thompson, gonzo journalism at large (which also means a lot of drugs and language, as a warning.)

I'm always looking for good suggestions thanks. I cannot recommend the Hyperion books enough. There are 4, and the first 2 are not to be missed. A lot of the classics are really good, Niven, Asimov, Clarke. I'd also re-recommend Vernor Vaughn.