[Geek] Meme

[jackofallgeeks]

ambereternal picked me as the first on her list to tag, so I figure I should try filling this out.

List 5 reasons why you are a dork. And make them good reasons. Justify them. Explain them. Be loud and proud about how big of a dork you are! Then pick the 5 biggest dorks you know and have them do the meme.

5. Firstly, I'm a Geek. I'm particular about being referred to as a 'Geek,' rather than a 'Dork'; and this makes me a Dork. In fact, 'Dork' is lowest in the hierarchy of Geek-Nerd-Dork, in my world, with each level being slightly more socially inept than the last. That is, Dorks are the most socially inept and Geeks are the least so. I will note here, though, that Nerds get a special kind of recognition in that, though they're less socially-inclined than Geeks, it implies something of a higher level of skill and knowledge. Dorks, however, are just plain shmucky.

4. I'm a Gamer. I personally own a PlayStation2, no less than four MMORPGs, several PC-based games like Bloodlines, Morrowind, and Unreal Tournament, and my family has an old-style Nintendo, a Super Nintendo, and an N64. I even built my own computer, with gaming as a top priority. I was born in the 80s and raised on 8-bit entertainment.

3. I'm an RPGer. I was just talking with a friend about this last night (in fact, 3 of our 5 hours of conversation was specifically dedicated to role-playing games, and the other two hours weren't far off), and we determined that I own no fewer than 36 RIFTS books, 5 Palladium Books, 3 GURPS books, 15 M:tA books, 12 V:tM books, 8 W:tA books, 6 WoD v.2 books, and an ADnD 3.0 Player's Handbook.

2. I'm a CCGer. I have played no less than three Collectible Card Games, including (but not really limited to) Magic: The Gathering, Legend of the Five Rings, and AniMayhem. While I've dabbled in others, I still own cards for these games; particularly, I own about 200 AniMayhem cards, 300-500 L5R cards, and over four thousand M:tG cards.

1. I'm a Computer Addict. I earned my Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and worked no fewer than four highly technical jobs dealing with hardware and software. I built my own computer. I own both a laptop and a desktop, which are both always connected to the internet. I am rarely more than 8 hours without Instant-Messaging software on. I check my email compulsively. I can count in binary on my fingers. The first thing I do in the morning before a shower and getting dressed is check AIM and email.

And, with the assumption that they haven't done this, I tag:

ladyyuna

raen

starlight1184

surichan

tzohekiti

Comments

[ofthelily.livejournal.com]

no I haven't done this yet *^^* but I am slightly confused. Do I just answer the same question as you did?? Or what? *laughs*

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Ha. Yes. Five reasons why you're a Dork, Dear.
^_^

[surichan.livejournal.com]

But I'm not a dork!

Witness:

dork (dôrk)

n.

1. Slang: A stupid, inept, or foolish person.
2. Vulgar Slang: The penis.

Synonymous with "jerk".

Now, I'm aware that many consider "dork" to be a cousin of "geek", but...I don't believe that even in "living language" dictionaries, the two are related. Do you want me to answer this meme as a "geek"? Because while I can think of many occasions on which I've been inept and foolish, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a penis. ^___^;;

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

-laughs-
I KNEW you were gonna pull this. I just knew it.
Yes, answer is as a geek meme.

[surichan.livejournal.com]

I may be going out on a limb here, but I don't think you'd love me as much if I didn't do things like what you just knew I was going to do. :3

Doing the (modded) meme as we type.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

The world may never know.

[starlight1184.livejournal.com]

Yay for *GEEKS*! I feel honoured to have been tagged. ;-) Have a good night dear.

hey is for hot MAMAs!

[xenu.livejournal.com]

*sniff*

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Huh?