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DonCoquixote

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4. Of behalf of real geeks
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 05:35 PM
Jul 2012

Please do not let Peacock speak for all of us. Many of the best geeks are indeed female, some of them attractive females who can still dispatch geek posers with all the skill of Sith Assassins.

Granted, there is a fear that, now that Comic books and Video games and Sci-Fi have become Cash Machines, that a sort of "gentrification" will occur, where the sort of people that used to beat us up and shred our resumes will walk in and start calling shots. However, I do not think Peacock was concerned about that, he seemed angry that he was no longer a big fish in a small pond, and that he will have to compete with people who frankly, might be better at his own game than he is.

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I prefer the word nerd. Neoma Jul 2012 #1
:D I present to you this shiny Venn Diagram! Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #2
Here's the thing. Neoma Jul 2012 #3
OMG... I'm a nerd!!! kdmorris Jul 2012 #5
Same here, really. Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #6
Not sure if I'm a dwerd, or a neeb. Zorra Jul 2012 #7
Of behalf of real geeks DonCoquixote Jul 2012 #4
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