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Tryphena Absent
08:26 / 29.10.03
It has come to my attention that this place really acts as a personal dating service* for people interested in pop culture, computers and the odd bit of academic theory. Since that is the case MSN via Harmony would like to offer you some advice.

*disclaimer: barbelith does not, in any way, presume that it can find you a partner. It is however extremely happy to provide a service whereby you may meet interesting people.
 
 
Papess
10:32 / 29.10.03
Can I just mention here that I only recently found out that I too, *am a geek*. Really. Damn...all those years in denial.
 
 
unheimlich manoeuvre
11:13 / 29.10.03
quote from link:
We geeks are comfortable in herds, so keeping yours content requires that he have the opportunity to associate with his own kind now and then.

What the Fuck! i can already see the wildlife show with David Attenborough...

Geeks are among the sweetest and most adoring of boyfriends, and the old prejudice of greasy-haired basement dwellers has long since fallen by the wayside. We can dress ourselves and perform routine grooming tasks, and as geeks move into the mainstream, we are becoming more sought after by savvy women.

hell... some of it's true...
*cringe*
 
 
Tryphena Absent
11:46 / 29.10.03
The really sad thing is that the guy who's written this has never managed to find a woman who shares his interests or is equally as geeky in other areas. Admittedly male geeks appear to outnumber female geeks but that doesn't mean no women 1)read comics 2)prefer the computer section to browsing CDs (actually I prefer the computer section and get bored by Mr. Anna de Logardiere's incessant music browsing).

Of course some of it's true. It was written by one of our clan.
 
 
The Strobe
13:39 / 29.10.03
Of course we're all geeks. But if you're unsure how geeky you are, then The Wave presents a guide to The ten Geekiest hobbies. At least one person on the list will be avilable to disagree with the inclusion of each.

And you can replace Scrapbooking with Blogging.
 
 
The Strobe
13:41 / 29.10.03
Also: there is nothing wrong with being a geek.

It's nerds you have the problems with.
 
 
Quantum
13:48 / 29.10.03
Hey, five out of ten geeky hobbies, four since I gave up LRP- I'm moving away from being a geek. But Damn, by taking up with an internet messageboard crowd I am moving from geek to nerd. Arse. Time to go clubbing and take acid, or take up football and soap operas...
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
14:14 / 29.10.03
May, you're not a geek, I'm not a geek. It's just everyone else in here.

Repeat 20 times.

there's an odd thing whereby some of my friends think i'm incredibly geeky, like, the geekiest person they'll ever met, whereas to some of my geek friends, I'm seriously geek-lightweight....

1 1/2 of those geek hobbies.(but i do know people who'd describe themselves as otherkin- do i get 10 bonus points?)

love this:

"Geek care and feeding is easier than many think, because we are generally healthiest when left to our own devices"

and agree w/Anna, re the lack of geek-girl-relevant stuff, but maybe we have a skewed perspective...
 
 
Quantum
14:19 / 29.10.03
Geek girls get tripple points for being girls. Like fag hags you come for the geekchic and get sucked in, constantly telling yourself that you're not a geek, it's just a laugh, actually collectible card games can be kinda fun and Star Trek has moments of incisive social commentary and roleplaying a vampire is just like dressing up really.. and then one day you turn around and it's TOO LATE TO TURN BACK!
YOU'RE GEEKS!
 
 
Quantum
14:42 / 29.10.03
and before you geeks with pedants in your pants start, I know there's only one p in tripple.
And yes, I did steal the expression 'pedants in your pants'.
Did anyone see the beginning of Kill Bill where 'Revenge is a dish best servedf cold' (Ancient Klingon proverb) was quoted? Now that's geekchic. So uncool it's cool...
 
 
Papess
15:55 / 29.10.03
BiP: No, I cannot fight it anymore. I am outing myself, right here. I give in to my inner geek.

I was watching "Breakfast Club" and realised that Ally Sheedy's character epitomizes my highschool years. My purse still looks like that today. Other geek points....

(Hey, I am outing myself, might as well step all the way out of the geek closet. Be gentle with me please...it is my first time!)

- I collect Yugi-Oh! cards and I play with them too.

- I have a small collection of action figures that I like to tell myself belong to my 3 year old, but I am the only one who plays with them.

- Is Hentai geeky?

- I Blog (livejournal) AND do scrapbooking. I have lots of special pre-cut designs and stickers, a slicer doohickey and special pens for it.

- I spend waaay to much time online and all my friends seem to have an "@" in their name and I am apathetic toward the flesh versions of "my friends"

- I play online gaming religiously everyday

- I used to paint Warhammer figurines. I think I am feeling an urge to pick some more up.

- Come on, I was watching "Breakfast Club"

Okay, that is all I have for now, but it is only getting worse. If I ever, ever! buy a plushie suit, just shoot me. I will be far too gone and no good to anyone.

Whew! I feel better.
 
 
Saint Keggers
16:23 / 29.10.03
I was feeling all good about myself because most of the list no longer applied to me.
Then people started listing other non list geek things...

The geekness of moi:

- I was head of the college Sci-fi and Fantasy (gammers) club (and we won "best club" at the college awards ceremony.)
- I used to collect comics...Punisher (I still have them and am waiting for the demand to grow)
- I worked at a Trek convention (but I did it for the money and not to see Marina Sirtis)
- I used to collect and paint Warhammer 40K figurines and create the buildings and terrain from old toys I had as a kid)
- I have a collection of figurines...Punisher, Alien and Bob and Doug McKenzie
- I play Star Wars Galaxies (online pc game)
- I have a Dr.Who poster in my bedroom (but only to hide the botched painting of Lobo I did as a kid)
 
 
Papess
16:42 / 29.10.03
..and you should hear Keggers computer boot up! Let's just say it "talks to him" when he turns her..I mean it...on


Err, Keggers...want to go on a date? Oh yes, we are going on one. "Kill Bill" on Friday?
 
 
Saint Keggers
16:48 / 29.10.03
All it says (in a very sexy voice) is..."Yes Great One? How may this most helpful servant assist you?". A PC with character..is that too much to ask for?

Trix: Friday sounds good but Im getting over a cold so I'll have to see if its completly gone by then... I'd hate pass it on.
 
 
Papess
16:52 / 29.10.03
Cool, I will wear my plushie Go Go Yubari outfit.



...oh, no.
 
 
Saint Keggers
16:57 / 29.10.03
Forget the plushies...but...mmm... pseudofightingschoolgirl.

Doesnt that sound like a superhero battlecry? Pseudo Fighting Schoolgirl Attack!
 
 
Papess
18:16 / 29.10.03
Is it just me or does anyone else think "GoGo Yubari" sounds like a plushie toy anyway?
 
 
Saint Keggers
19:25 / 29.10.03
Yes... A big purple winged rhino with a red lions mane and tail and gogo boots. Should also have comically oversized lion claws.
 
 
penitentvandal
22:24 / 29.10.03
Look: 'geek', 'cool', these are words, that's all. I say, embrace your geek. Be as good as you can be at whatever nerdy thing you do. I mean, Bill Gates is a geek, Dave Bowie was a geek, Grant Morrison was a geek, and look at 'em now.

Whereas, the Newcastle United Football Team, they were dead fuckin' popular at school, and look what's happenin' to them now...I may be a geek, but at least I can get a girl into bed without the inducement of fame, and I don't have to share her with anyone else, and I don't get raked over the coals for abusing 'em the next day. Be a geek - the cool people are stupid, and will always eventually fuck themselves in the arse anyway. Fuck 'em.

Although, I would pay money to watch Jonathan Woodgate fuck himself in the arse, or even just to anally fist the Paki-bashing bastard. But this is just an obsession of mine, and should be ignored.

Unless I get the chance to do it, and access to a webcam, in which case it will definitely go up on the website...
 
 
No star here laces
01:37 / 30.10.03
Nominations for least geeky barbeloids, please!

I say Rage. She's not a geek, she's something else...
 
 
Papess
06:52 / 30.10.03
I'll second that.

MutantBorGoddesS...Or something like that.
 
 
Fist Fun
18:53 / 30.10.03
Geeks are great. Why would anyone not want to be a geek?
 
 
gingerbop
18:59 / 30.10.03
I think I must be a bit geeky.

My mum bought me a birthday card with a girl with a computer on it, which said "www.birthdaywishes.com" on the front in pink bubble writing.

And I looked to see if it existed.
 
 
Olulabelle
19:34 / 30.10.03
That's not geeky, I'd have looked too. Or maybe it is geeky, but it's sweetly geeky.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
21:46 / 30.10.03
But "revenge is a dish best served cold" is from de la Clos...

Oh, I get it. It's ironic.
 
  
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