The nature of geek-dom
POSTED BY: reginaroadie
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 23:05
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This is exactly what I'm doing my doctoral research on! There are all sorts of power structure and social stratification models going on between different types of fandoms (sports vs scifi vs soaps, for instance), as well as in scifi fandom itself.
I'm starting by doing several studies of Browncoats (since I know it well and we're a young, relatively well-connected group), focusing primarily on our innovative uses of technology and our "prosumer" (we create what we consume) underground economy (since its hard to get what we want from Fox/'Versal!).
I'm hoping to redo a famous study of fandom (Bainbridge's "Dimensions of Science Fiction") as my dissertation, taking into account the interrelationships between ALL fandoms, which I believe have only increased as our uses of technology have grown, and hoping to show just how much economic and yes, even social and political power this group as a whole has, especially fandom's influence on technology development and media distribution models.
What this all means is, Geek Pride? HELL YEAH! I was just thinking about making a logo on the way home from D*C, and I do have a site set up for my research projects (I'm just setting up the first one this week!) called thegeekchorus.com
Stay tuned for updates and ways to get your fan voice heard! 
"We gotta go to that crappy town where I'M a hero..."
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Shiny stuff for Browncoats at:
http://www.cafepress.com/outtotheblack
http://www.outtotheblack.com
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Geek Pride! Hell yeah! I like that, unfortunetly it carries Team America overtones and now i have puppet sex images in my head.
get it out! get it out! get it out!
I really wanted to set up a cafe press shop selling really girly browncoat bits - t-shirts and bags and stuff with japanese prints and floral motifs with inara and Kaylee themes, 'cause basically, all of the stuff available at the moment could stand to be a bit prettier. You have the companion range (of which i intend to own a bit one day when i'm not poor) but thats the most feminine i've seen.
I like girly, i'm a girl, so sue me!
and a a sideline, sell FFF.Net, Serenitree, special branch, and hidy/nook patches t's badges and stuff as people wanted them, but i've no idea how it works, or of start up costs or what ever, and basically wouldn't have the capital. But i could get started on the designs, and if someone wanted to incorporate them into their site.
And it would be the perfect opportunity to do Geek Pride stuff, 'cause i really like that idea.
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt
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Geeks...
Geeks…
Geeks, FRACK YEAH!
Coming again, to save the mother fracking day yeah,
Geeks, FRACK YEAH!
Geekdom is the only way yeah,
TV executives your game is through cause now you have to answer too,
Geeks, FRACK YEAH!
So lick my Teal'c, and suck on my Gahg,
Geeks, FRACK YEAH!
What you going to do when we beam to you now,
It’s the shows that we all share; it’s the hope for tomorrow
FRACK YEAH!
Firefly, FRACK YEAH!
Babylon 5, FRACK YEAH!
Farscape, FRACK YEAH!
Star Trek, FRACK YEAH!
Star Wars, FRACK YEAH!
Stargate, FRACK YEAH!
Battlestar Galactica, FRACK YEAH!
Battlestar 1980, *cough*
FRACK YEAH!
Coffee, FRACK YEAH!
Sci Fi Channel, FRACK YEAH!
Pro Plus, FRACK YEAH!
Costumes, FRACK YEAH!
Snack Foods, FRACK YEAH!
Cola, FRACK YEAH!
Forehead ridges, FRACK YEAH!
Parents Basement, FRACK YEAH!
The Internet, FRACK YEAH!
FRACK YEAH!
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
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Quote:
Originally posted by citizen:
Geeks...
Geeks…
Geeks, FRACK YEAH!
Coming again, to save the mother fracking day yeah,
Geeks, FRACK YEAH!
Geekdom is the only way yeah,
TV executives your game is through cause now you have to answer too,
Geeks, FRACK YEAH!
So lick my Teal'c, and suck on my Gahg,
Geeks, FRACK YEAH!
What you going to do when we beam to you now,
It’s the shows that we all share; it’s the hope for tomorrow
FRACK YEAH!
Firefly, FRACK YEAH!
Babylon 5, FRACK YEAH!
Farscape, FRACK YEAH!
Star Trek, FRACK YEAH!
Star Wars, FRACK YEAH!
Stargate, FRACK YEAH!
Battlestar Galactica, FRACK YEAH!
Battlestar 1980, *cough*
FRACK YEAH!
Coffee, FRACK YEAH!
Sci Fi Channel, FRACK YEAH!
Pro Plus, FRACK YEAH!
Costumes, FRACK YEAH!
Snack Foods, FRACK YEAH!
Cola, FRACK YEAH!
Forehead ridges, FRACK YEAH!
Parents Basement, FRACK YEAH!
The Internet, FRACK YEAH!
FRACK YEAH!
::claps for citizen's cool poem-y song-like thing::
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http://richlabonte.net/tvvote
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Can't you just imagine citizen's words being
sung by a costumed chorus on the stage of the
Geek Theatre?
bun
9/19 Arrrrrrh!
9/20 Happy Birthday, Captain Mal!!
9/30 Happy AnniVersary, BDM!!!
==We aim to exponentiate==
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Citizen: PREACH ON, PREACH ON!!!
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I guess you could have a geek festival. Not just a "con", but a festival for all sorts of geeks. I think some geeks want to be quite about their geekness. Is that a word? So you may a select group who show up. Does a guy who paints his body for a sporting event consider himself a geek? There are probably people who just don't realize they are a geek.
I have been a geek for a number of years but don't really parade it around much. Sometimes someone at work sees one of my gaming rule books and asks what it is. I tell them. They go "Oh", and walk away. I don't have anything to hide, I just don't make a big deal about it. I suppose you could presuade me to go to geek fest. But I actually don't like crowds so I would probably leave early.
But Citizen said something about accountants. This is a job. It needs someone to do it. A company would not last long without them. So geeks, if you consider accountants, engineers, various other jobs as geeks, play an important role in our society. It would be nice to have a festival in their honor.
But again, if you called an accountant a geek, they may look at you like your nuts.
So in my long winded way, I guess that is one sign of geekness, I'm asking how many people realize they are geeks?
Traveler
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I have to say, the idea of closeted geeks never occured to me. I've known i was a nerd since my first crush on David Duchovney. Probably earlier than that, since i spent most of my childhood addicted to the sci-fi flavoured cartoons and Dr Who and stuff.
Citizen, should we ever get the geek pride thing off the ground. That is becoming the anthem.
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt
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Seryn, I think we are part of some odd UK cloning programme. David Duchovney...
Yeah, I was the 'weird girl' all through school, and pretty much college. I always wanted to run a branch of Forbidden Planet, or something, or as a friend put it, 'be brood mother to a geek farm', so I think i'd be a candidate for a badge.
There's a quote from Douglas Copeland, about nerds and geeks. Nerd implies social disfunction, geek implies social disfunction but with techno-skills and economic power.
sod it...I think I'm a nerd.
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you can turn on the computer and work a credit card - i'd say that gives you techno skill and economic power.
but hell, nerds, geeks, dweebs... all are welcome.
I forgot to say, that no, a guy getting out the body paint doesn't consider himself a geek, infact, he'd probably hurt you just for implying it. I dislike football geeks, they don't get to join.
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt
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