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   How about Prep Geekdom?

   

   dorpus, Oct 29th, 2003 @ 2:48am

   
   

   During the 80s, the preppy geek who tied his cashmere sweater around his neck, wore docksiders was in. Now he's as out as leg warmers.
   
   I would say there has always been the crowd of shallow geeks who pretend to be intellectual, but really plan on becoming bankers or lawyers.
   

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   not.

   

   Bill, Oct 29th, 2003 @ 6:42am

   
   

   I don't buy the premise. Tech might be considered cool, but nerds aren't suddenly popular and probably won't ever be. TV-news-on-paper USA Today wrote a fluff piece that is but a fart in the wind to the greater reality.

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   Geek vs. Introvert

   

   BoilerBob, Oct 29th, 2003 @ 8:03am

   
   

   This is self serving and pompous. It's assuming that all introverted geeks are really extroverts longing to be invited to parties. There will always be introverts that would rather stay home and invent then go out and be the life of the party. Just because the write must be an extrovert doesn't mean that what everyone is striving to be.

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   cool geeks

   

   Ben There, Oct 29th, 2003 @ 8:39am

   
   

   Geeks will not get absorbed into the dominant culture, they are too repulsive. They crave isolation, and so will become even more filthy, poorly dressed, and socially inept. They will study even more arcane books from which to derive indecipheral references during conversation, which will be limited due to their poor dental hygene. They will live with their moms until 30 and beyond, and never talk to girls. Don't worry.

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   All Human Progress is to Get Laid

   

   Anonymous Coward, Oct 29th, 2003 @ 9:22am

   
   

   I can't remember what commedian did a routine on this - maybe Tim Allen - but the basic premise is that guys who built bridges, invented computers and put men on the moon (and they were 99% guys) did it to impress women so they could get laid.
   
   "See that bridge? I designed it!"
   
   Whether it works or not is open to debate, but I have found flattery and flowers work pretty well and take a lot less effort.

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