Difference Between Nerd and Geek (neon.nightbulb.net)

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Difference Between Nerd and Geek

Has anyone written a scientific treatise on the differences between nerd and geek?

On the one hand, I could instigate endless debate about the finer points of nerds.

On the other hand I could construct nerds with a 3-D meat printer.

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[-] firelizzard@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

I’m a cishet white dude so I experience effectively zero discrimination directed at me, but I am on the spectrum.

I guess basically everyone I regularly interact with either is also on the spectrum or has intense interests regardless, or is used to people like that. Though TBF I have learned to not get intense if I’m in public talking to random strangers. But if someone asks me a question like, “how do computers work”, I will answer at great length.

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