What defines a geek? -Please read details.?

Question

What defines a geek, computer, science or any other type? I spend mabee 5-8 hours a week on my computer, talking with voice chat and instant messenger just keeping in touch, inventing on microsoft visio, i have been working on 5 books for 7 years writing them on hear, alot of verry nice art work, i so simple its stupid-computer program for small and medium sized buisness to sell-make some money and use myself but mostly i have reacently been watching some great movies and listening to godsmack, manson, rob zombie, and ozzy ozborn on napster while doing a little construction work on my home. some one comes a knocking, i take the time to sit and b.s. awhile and i have some tunes on low while chillen out a while and making the time and i get called this becuse i know what i am doing with a computer and they dont, i got a decent level of intelegence, saphistication and style as well as killer taste with a variety of things. no question i am not, but what dose realy define this steriotype ?

personal note,lol,; i just thot it was funny when i was told this, but others actualt take it to heart from what i known, just curious as to the facts is all realy. i just wanted to hear others opinion to broaden my perspective on this subject.

Answer 1

Well it sounds like you have a well rounded and varied area of interests. So I don't think anyone with any kind of understanding of the word 'geek' could possibly call you a geek. Don't listen to them. A Geek is someone, say a Computer Geek, who spends all his/her time on the computer, knows absolutely everything there is to know about them, talks continually about them, and isn't interested in anything but computers. You are not, by any means a geek.

Answer 2

Personally, I use the title geek proudly. I think you are a geek if you say you are one. But mostly it is just a stereotype. The characteristics of a geek were just kind of chosen and developed over time. I think a lot of people like the term now and wear it proudly. Here's a humorous chart that many Geeks know of. We make fun of ourselves: http://www.brunching.com/geekhierarchy.html

Using a computer used to make you a geek, but now so many people do that it's not really a characteristic anymore. To be a computer geek you have to use linux.

But I agree. Just knowing a lot about computers doesn't make you a geek, not anymore.

The stereotypical geeky things in the world are:

Science fiction
Comic books
video games (nintendo is the geekiest, then playstation, and X box is the least geeky. That's because nintendo is the best and X box is for jocks)
anime
an obsession with japanese culture in general
Roleplaying games
Being obsessed with Lord of the RIngs
Being obsessed with Harry Potter

And you can always create your own kind of geek. For example, I went to culinary school and call myself a "food geek", though I am also a traditional geek because I'm a gamer.

I think to be REALLY REALLY geeky, your geekiness has to majorly affect your social life. Then you are a super geek.

Boy, you really seem upset that people call you a geek. Don't worry, you're not, but it's not something to be offended by. Us geeks have geek pride.

Answer 3

To me, someone who has a good grasp of technology so that they can use it to accomplish other things is not a geek, but someone who is into the technology for technology's sake is. I spend far more time on the computer than you do, apparently, and I would certainly NOT consider myself to be a geek, because I couldn't care less about how the technology works, just that it allows me to accomplish the tasks I choose to do in my daily life.