I have brain freeze. So I am staring blankly at the back of my coworker’s head. It’s a scruffy looking head as I believe my coworker hasn’t brushed his hair in awhile. Mental note: buy hairbrush for said coworker. At least the beard is gone.
The geek squad just walked in from a coffee run at Macs.
At lunch, Paloma shared a conversation had with Ian about the difference between geeks and nerds.
According to Ian, everyone in the newsroom is a geek. Yup, this coming from Ian, who is king of the dorks (I’ll share my definition later). Not that being a geek or a nerd is a bad thing. Ian says a geek is someone who is really into something like video games or reading or languages but in a cool way.
The nerd, on the other hand, is someone who is lacking in social skills and obsessed with something or another. Now with these definitions in mind, I do not consider myself a nerd nor a geek.
Ian differs, and tells me I am a geek of not listening. Thanks Ian.
“We’re all geeks,” he shouted proudly with a huge grin! Still according to Ian, all journalists are geeks and very few are nerds. And if you are a nerd you shouldn’t really be in journalism.
I am not a geek. I am cool. Really, just ask my friends… really I am the cool one. Though, if you ask my brothers and most exboyfriends … they would say I am the cold one (as in cold-hearted bitch).
To me – a nerd is someone you can take off the glasses, fix the acne and dress up. It doesn’t matter what you do with a geek – he or she is still a geek. You can dress him up and take off his ugly tie, and he is still a geek. I don’t equate journalists with geeks or nerds. The terms are irrelevant.
Why must we label ourselves? If you put a label on something or something you are just restricting someone and conforming to parameters defined by others. Don’t be small minded, people.
Really I think it was just some theory Ian made up to make himself feel better in high school. It’s okay Ian. We like you anyway. And I don’t care what it says in the Webster or Oxford dictionary. Language always evolves.