Comments on: Cool Dorks? Oh Really? http://bluezhift.proliphus.com/2005/07/19/cool-dorks-oh-really/ blueshifted rantings Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: blueZhift Blog » Blog Archive » Are Geeks Cool Yet? http://bluezhift.proliphus.com/2005/07/19/cool-dorks-oh-really/#comment-147980 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:22:05 +0000 http://bluezhift.proliphus.com/2005/07/19/cool-dorks-oh-really/#comment-147980 [...] My short answer to the question of whether geeks are cool yet, is no! Indeed, one could argue that by definition, being a geek necessarily means not being cool. Nevertheless, Cnet has launched a geek culture blog that is taking a different view. Maybe times have changed since I first ranted about this, still I would argue that while bits a geek culture may leak into the mainstream, the geeks themselves remain a despised class, the target of bullies in school, and offshoring layoffs in the work place. The work geeks do is important, and much of our modern society would cease to function without it, but the geeks themselves are not respected and seen as expendable. In the US, at least, until there is real respect for scientists, engineers, and intellectuals, being a geek can never be cool. What is respect? Respect is, in part, being able to be paid what you’re worth without having your job go overseas to someone who makes less than half the pay, and then hearing tech CEOs bemoan the lack of qualified US citizens to do the job! [...] […] My short answer to the question of whether geeks are cool yet, is no! Indeed, one could argue that by definition, being a geek necessarily means not being cool. Nevertheless, Cnet has launched a geek culture blog that is taking a different view. Maybe times have changed since I first ranted about this, still I would argue that while bits a geek culture may leak into the mainstream, the geeks themselves remain a despised class, the target of bullies in school, and offshoring layoffs in the work place. The work geeks do is important, and much of our modern society would cease to function without it, but the geeks themselves are not respected and seen as expendable. In the US, at least, until there is real respect for scientists, engineers, and intellectuals, being a geek can never be cool. What is respect? Respect is, in part, being able to be paid what you’re worth without having your job go overseas to someone who makes less than half the pay, and then hearing tech CEOs bemoan the lack of qualified US citizens to do the job! […]

]]> by: Mr. Grimm http://bluezhift.proliphus.com/2005/07/19/cool-dorks-oh-really/#comment-71 Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:48:02 +0000 http://bluezhift.proliphus.com/2005/07/19/cool-dorks-oh-really/#comment-71 Ha. It looks like they found this article from 1997, dusted it off a bit, and shoved it back on us unsuspecting dupes.<br /><br />If it's so cool to be a dork or nerd, why are all the visible female gamers the most attractive ones? Ha. It looks like they found this article from 1997, dusted it off a bit, and shoved it back on us unsuspecting dupes.

If it’s so cool to be a dork or nerd, why are all the visible female gamers the most attractive ones?

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