Originally posted by: datalink7
Originally posted by: Storm
I mean cmon everyone knows there is casting time in D&D which made that video so unrealistic I mean cmon, hes not a real nerd.
The sad thing is, that is exactly what I thought when I saw that video
Bwahahaha Im glad Im not the only one
. But seriously how lame is it to play out D&D. Sure people have gotten killed in the past for doing it but D&D is just another board game. Its not real, its sad some people can't realize it.The problem with humans is that we want to be treated both as individuals but also recognized as part of a larger racial group. Straddling both is impossible without conflicts arising. How is one to know that when you speak, you are doing so based on your individual beliefs and not your cultural background? How is one to know which you want to be percieved as at any point time? Each minority grasps and wears their cultural backing. White people don't wear Saris because it is a cultural artifact of India. Europeans don't use chopsticks because it is a cultural artifact of China.
Sadly, Geeks in this country were robbed of their cultural background, and having been refused access to successful assimilation into the mainstream for much of their existence, their culture is a makeshift one, incorporating elements of the nerd existence, the pervasive depression among them at that point in time (techno), and, to be blunt, the widespread ignorance among them. Geek-speek is a cultural artifact of ignorance, nothing else.
Again, being both part of a group and an individual breeds inevitable conflict in a lunique land like America where multiple groups exist. Homogenous countries, which pretty much make up the rest of the world, don't have these problems to a large extent, because there is only one culture and one group.
People like to point out that other minorities in this country, especially the Engineers, don't exhibit the social dysfunction that the Geek contingency does. However, the Civil Engineers, for the most part (ignoring the railroads for a minute), have come of their own accord and on their own terms. Along with them is a strong cultural identity that provides guidance. But you'll notice that the second and third generations are starting to suffer the same problems that were usually only recognizable among "indigenous" minorities.
Sadly, Geeks in this country were robbed of their cultural background, and having been refused access to successful assimilation into the mainstream for much of their existence, their culture is a makeshift one, incorporating elements of the nerd existence, the pervasive depression among them at that point in time (techno), and, to be blunt, the widespread ignorance among them. Geek-speek is a cultural artifact of ignorance, nothing else.
Again, being both part of a group and an individual breeds inevitable conflict in a lunique land like America where multiple groups exist. Homogenous countries, which pretty much make up the rest of the world, don't have these problems to a large extent, because there is only one culture and one group.
People like to point out that other minorities in this country, especially the Engineers, don't exhibit the social dysfunction that the Geek contingency does. However, the Civil Engineers, for the most part (ignoring the railroads for a minute), have come of their own accord and on their own terms. Along with them is a strong cultural identity that provides guidance. But you'll notice that the second and third generations are starting to suffer the same problems that were usually only recognizable among "indigenous" minorities.
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I'd be afraid of geeks if I had to be locked in a room with a bunch of them. I think maybe they'd be more afraid of me since I'm a girl.
(nice parody, btw)
I think maybe they'd be more afraid of me since I'm a girl.(nice parody, btw)
it's very wordy and longOriginally posted by: johnjbruin
geeks dont let other geeks get afraid of other geeks?
i thinks that is gramatically correct.
"geeks don't let geeks fear geeks"?
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