EPTGrowing Up Geek - Page 2
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imre
France9263 Posts
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
I can totally recognize myself in those high school years. | ||
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onlinerobbe
Germany547 Posts
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
@sAsimre you know when I started to blog, I read all these guidelines on how to do it and I just realized that it wasn't me. I'm too old school I guess, but I'm sure because it is a wall of text a lot of people when they see it, won't read it; conversely though, the ones that do take the time to read it, are the ones I'm writing for. The wall of text is a good deterrent against trolls. lol. | ||
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heha
Australia425 Posts
On the topic of what I disagreed with though, I think I was misunderstanding some parts before. I thought when you were saying reinvent yourself, you meant forsake your past, but yeah can see now you meant accept it and embrace it as who you were, not who you will be. I think the hardest thing for most geeks is the HOW they're gonna throw off the shackles of their past. For me, it was living at college (away from home) for university. After living with family for 18 years, this was an immense change for me, and a great life experience I have to say. I'd say the best thing for most geeks is to be forced out of their comfort zone somehow, just because it's natural for some to want to avoid social interaction because of how awkward it makes them feel. Also, great friends help too ^^v I'm Australian-born-Chinese if that gives you a clearer view of my situation. | ||
Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
ur use of the word geek is my use of the word nerd tho | ||
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Mothra
United States1448 Posts
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Ack1027
United States7873 Posts
I was going though some of your old blogs that were deleted actually and figured it was time for a new one almost. Grats on the icon and the red hyung. | ||
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heha
Australia425 Posts
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
@Ack1027 ^^ @Rek, I think maybe geek and nerd are becoming irrelevant terms, dunno...but for my generation, it's pretty clear who was who. | ||
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50600 Posts
On February 03 2012 20:08 MightyAtom wrote: @heha go ahead, but I might next week get them put back up @Ack1027 ^^ @Rek, I think maybe geek and nerd are becoming irrelevant terms, dunno...but for my generation, it's pretty clear who was who. I loved reading your AMA so I hope it gets unlocked again.. | ||
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Tal
United Kingdom1017 Posts
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shannn
Netherlands2891 Posts
Last one was really good and was really interesting. So this time I'm actually expecting a better blog (your fault). So here are some things I'd like to know and which sparked my interest to quote you on some part. playing Street Fighter II and using Chun Li like a boss You didn't see that Chun Li street figher movie did you  ?Guile is the best character man... :p spending nearly 90% of my allowance at the arcade and comic books Did you buy comics in the intent of selling them later on for a lot of money? My brother also bought comics just so they could become worth a lot in 20 years... I had no idea how evil girls were, I just thought they were all angels and didn't have the ability to fart. Oh you poor and naive boy LOL. You didn't think about the next part did you (see next quote)? but I looked at her and said 'really, you're gonna hit me with a baseball bat?' and we looked at each other and started laughing and she said, 'oh ok...now where is that broomstick?' Is this the part when you realized how evil girls could be? Your mom is a boss ! And she kinda reminds me of my mom hitting my brothers (except she wouldn't hit me as I was perfect for her, mother's boy trololol).my parents, thinking that I would never make anything of myself, secretly applied me for a second tier university's late admission and of course I got in cause all you needed was a 70% gpa and mine was like 89% so they shipped me off, hoping that if I went to a second tier school that I'd have an easier time to get into med school or something productive like that. I don't know if I feel sad or happy since this happened to me too (except I denied going to the school they applied too and applied somewhere else). In less than 3 months at college I had totally re-invented myself, I became the thing I thought was just wrong, I became 'cool'. I'd get a hair cut every 2 weeks to maintain my style, I'd buy new clothes every week so I could the one totally in style. I didn't just work out to be strong, but I started to get my arms and shoulder as sculpted as possible and yeah, I got all da bitches, and I mean ALL of them. Whoot! Reading this makes me feel like you're a bit of a traitor but I'm expecting a change to come! So here I was 1998 and when I got into Toronto, so many things had changed, there was so many Koreans! What?? How old are you now? 30ish >.>? I had this image of an early 20 yo guy. The entire 2 paragraphs about Understanding the Geek and Re-inventing the Geek is how I experienced as well and nowadays I don't care anymore about such little things like you described :D I still think it isn't worth it to do pointless things like that doing your hair for 20 minutes or things which you can spend better time on (like reading, learning or something fun for you). you're interacting on this forum with the best of the best international geeks surrounded by the fucking most amazing game of all time Idk wc1 and 2 were pretty amazing too man or were you talking specifically on TL? Then I get to the end of the blog and I was expecting more :D I never really saw a difference in a nerd and a geek so I guess I am really a geek by your definition. I even call myself publicly that I'm such a geek most of the times. Great read as it did reminded me of my own childhood embarrassments with some similarities (like my parents and yours). | ||
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