stereotypically speaking
2006-08-09 14:30:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
tony t, are you mad cause i didnt answer your question? lol
i really got bored just reading it
2006-08-09 15:05:37 · update #1
They would rather be smart then have a social life. You'd think you could have both but you really can't.
Read the article below it's worth reading.
2006-08-09 14:36:24 · answer #1 · answered by Ann 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an old stereotype. Geeks have since broken that infamous mold. Back then, punks used to pick on geeks so geeks withdrew from most socializing.
Back in JHS and HS (way back then), I was familiar with both the tough group and the studious geeky folks. Today, those geeks are in the upper crust and the toughies are in prison.
A good exaggerated example is the TV serial Happy Days. The Fonze represented the tough side, while Richie Cunningham the geeky, studious side.
2006-08-09 22:14:02 · answer #2 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because geeks tend to think logically and reasonably. They tend to be more sensitive to things that don't fit well, and societal interactions are always too subjective. There is no way to control what is going to happen, and that is just annoying. Especially in places where you can't spend any time to get to know someone, and appearances are used to make decisions. Geeks fare much better with personal ads, so that they know the person they are talking to is at least interested in doing something besides standing around and getting drunk like monkeys.
2006-08-09 21:36:10 · answer #3 · answered by auntiegrav 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all about cause and effect. Do geeks become shy or do shy people become geeks. Maybe the shy folks don't make a lot of friends, so they spend more time by themselves, on the computer, playing xbox, and just partaking in "geek" behavior.
2006-08-09 21:39:08 · answer #4 · answered by John Doe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are labeled "geeks" which as a bad reputation, giving them a complex and low self esteem.
2006-08-09 21:36:19 · answer #5 · answered by Ali Y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are different because they are smarter and work harder. They are concerned with the same things other kids do. It isn't stimulating mentally for them. People ridicule them call them names and shun them so they would have the social skills the the average Joe would because he spent his time talking and picking on other kids.
2006-08-09 21:36:16 · answer #6 · answered by Sue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They live in their own personal world where they don't feel rejected because they don't have to adapt to others people criteria
2006-08-09 22:29:07 · answer #7 · answered by spyblitz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause they think they are sooooooooooo smart and won't just hang out with people who are smart but don't show it off to other people. if they tryed to be dumb they would be more liked
2006-08-09 21:38:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because they are "Geeks"
2006-08-09 21:34:58 · answer #9 · answered by yager19 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause they focus on acedemics and computers
2006-08-09 21:36:00 · answer #10 · answered by nina3vedi@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋