Cool to be a geek....

I have noticed a trend over the past couple years, one that actually kind of bugs me. Suddenly, it's cool to be a geek. Everyone and anyone is claiming geek status. Still trying to figure out why, it used to be a bad thing. There came a point when my fellow geeks and I started wearing the status as a badge of honor, the same as the jocks and the popular kids wore theirs in school. As an adult out of school, in todays society, it's suddenly 'cool' to be a geek. Guess what? We don't want you! What exactly is your claim to geekdom?? If you still make fun of me for playing D&D, for quoting Lord of the Rings (long before the movies came out), for having Star Wars movie posters hanging in my living room as well as my extensive collection of Star Wars t-shirts, and for having 7 level 85's on World of Warcraft, guess what? that's called an asshole, not a geek. Having 14 different Apple products with no idea how to fix them or even knowing all of their available uses does not make you a tech geek. Being a fan of tattoos does not make you a tattoo geek. Being a sports fan most definately does not quilify you as a sports geek. (are you fucking kidding me??) Being a hipster does not make you a 'cool geek'. (It does make me want to punch you in the teeth) Having a desk job where you work on a computer does not automatically qualify you as a geek. Playing solitaire, minecraft, or ANY facebook game does not qualify you as a gamer geek. You don't just get to claim it because it's now a cool thing to be, so fuck off. Geeks earned their status through bullies, wedgies, noogies and worse. Until you go through the same, you an just go back to being whatever you were before you decided you wanted to be a geek.
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