your geek is showing-things that proove you're uncool

Mvmarcz · Post by **Mvmarcz** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:18 am

it happens, you keep your cool, no one can tell your dirty little secret, then you do something that lets it out.

recently mine was buying a disney princess collection cd under the guise it was just for one song-once upon a dream, which is like ONLY on princess collection cd's

today i find myself listening to every sappy song on it mouthing the words in full blown geek fashion.

so here's my question, when does your geek show

forgive the lack of proper punctuation this keyboard sucks

Xavier · Post by **Xavier** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:28 am

when i was 10, i knew the catagorization of every beatles song (ie, album/vocalist/year). now i just know a lot of random facts about popular music, even though i hate it. if i could major in music trivia, i would do it in a heartbeat.

and i corret people's grammar all the time.

Robin Pierce · Post by **Robin Pierce** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:29 am

Every time I walk into the local boardgame shop....

And every friday night when six of us mysteriously disappear from chat

Also, the last time I was with one of my friends in school, and I walked over to the vending machines to get a water, and when I came back he said to me in this omg-wtf-tone, "Did you just TWIRL?"

... apparently I twirled around once on my way to the machines.

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:37 am

My geek shows through at any and all times. Some poignant geek reminders are when I spout out facts about European medieval history and Greek mythology that I think are common knowledge, only to be stared at with a "WTF?" look by everyone in the proximity.

At the music store, I buy nothing but soundtracks and karaoke.

I go "SQUEEE" out loud when I find some cool art supplies at my university's bookstore.

Speaking of which, I go to bookstores at least once a week, for browsing purposes only. And then I go straight to the fantasy section, and comment to myself under my breath as I browse.

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:41 am

Being able to name all of the original 150 pokemon.

I WAS YOUNG DAMMIT!

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:45 am

K-Dawg wrote:Being able to name all of the original 150 pokemon.

I WAS YOUNG DAMMIT!

Heh. We all were.

Come to think of it, I can do that too... None after that, though. I lost interest when they started adding more Pokemon than there had any right to be.

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:45 am

My friends ask me to fix their computer problems, enough said. That and whenever I tell people that I do a webcomic.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:49 am

I was listening to the soundtrack to a 19 year old arcade game in my car. While driving around with other people.

I was at a record store and knew instantly that R. Crumb did the illustration on a folk album.

There was a magazine at Barnes & Noble with a half-naked woman on the cover, and the first thing I noticed was the weird looking cat in the bottom-right corner.

I make my own granola.

I can beat Zelda in less than an hour and 20 minutes, and I can beat Metroid in 53 mintes and 54 seconds. I also played Ocarina of Time in one sitting. I tihnk it took about 6 hours.

I still debate with others that Phantom Regiment should've won outright in the Drum Corps International '96 finals, even though the Blue Devils outclassed them in both marching technique and difficulty of performance. Except for brass.

I think "red delicious" apples are too pedestrian. The Braeburn is far superior in every aspect. Pink Ladies are the best though. Cortlands are too weird and fleshy to me.

I sleep with stuffed animals.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:54 am

i'm a regular poster on an internet forum.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:56 am

Oh yeah. I'm a regular poster at 2 other forums.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:58 am

I know the history of saltpetere in Mountain Dew and own a bottle somewhere that still lists it as an ingredient.

I have an oak leaf I laminated and dated in 1985 to see how long I could keep the green in the leaf - the leaf is still green in places.

I have used computer power cords as cable ties.

I correct the workplace know-it-all with documented evidence when he says something scientific that is utterly incorrect.

I once rigged a computer in my bathroom so that I could remote control my main system from there and not miss out on any online time.

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:58 am

LibertyCabbage wrote:i'm a regular poster on an internet forum.

Frequenting that same forum's chatroom makes it even worse.

Nyke · Post by **Nyke** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:59 am

I have been caught more than once singing to songs from Digimon in public.

And I argue frequently that Captain Picard can kick Captain Kirk's ass.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:07 am

I'm not really allowed to play Scene It or Shout About the Movies with my "married friends" because I always win (that I'm part of a team is never consequential...I could play against everyone and win).

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:08 am

I never try to hide mine. My living room has multipul movie posters hanging in it, when I buy gaming dice, I almost always ask the clerks if they can help me find a d20 that will go with my shoes and I bought Harry Potter collector coins from Canada off of EBay.

I don't think I can hide geek at all... and yet, I still seem so cool.

Blackaby · Post by **Blackaby** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:11 am

I have a live journal.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:15 am

rkolter wrote:I once rigged a computer in my bathroom so that I could remote control my main system from there and not miss out on any online time.

I've got a great mental picture of you on the can, cackling while typing on the computer.

Doukasou · Post by **Doukasou** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:19 am

i watch power rangers and can name all the seasons in chronological order. and can sing most of their respective theme songs >_>

RemusShepherd · Post by **RemusShepherd** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:22 am

I think my geek shows all the time. A better question would be when do I act normal...and I don't have an answer to that.

Xavier · Post by **Xavier** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:23 am

blackaby wrote:I have a live journal.

i have a deadjournal.

...and i make webcomics