Who among you were geeky as a teenager?
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I wasn't geeky.  I was cool for being smart though, but I think it's different in North American schools because if you are smart in them, people put you in the "geek" group.  I got perfect marks in school, but I was popular nonetheless.  Maybe I was one of those people that look like all they care about is fashion and socializing, but are academic achievers.
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I loved science. Not the kind that involved any math, but doing experiments and learning about how the world works is very interesting to me. I had a lot of questions when I was young, and still do. Science helped answer so many of them. (And you get to see things blow up!)
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'cool' kids are annoying in any day or age\n\ngive me a few geeks any day of the week
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a lot of teens label themselves.  some teens do not know what their label is like me.  but i have seen teens who i would say are preps [have a bunch of money, or dress like they do, and party on the weekends.]  but the preps dont think they are preps.  we have talked in class.  also a lot of teens that call themselves geeks, think that they are because of their hobbies.  its like a tree hugger is a tree hugger because the love the envirnoment.  i know, tho, that i do not identify with a group, because i do not know what group i belong in.  my friend told me i am part prep, part goth, and part artsy.  i just think im me.  as i think my friend is, well my best friend i can not label with one word.  she is a bunch of different things.  some people are just easy to label and some arent.
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Actually YES. I think your question is awesome. I wish I was a teenager back in the 80s. However, I'm really glad that I was a little kid in the 80's cause of the best cartoons, toys, tv shows, etc. so I don't really have any regrets.
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I was, when I was in high school.
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I'm white (obviously) and I <3 nerdy Asian guys. And glasses, omg they are like my Achilles heel. Nerdy guys are so cute, especially when they are ALL excited about something, and they tell you about it, and you have NO idea what theyre talking about. I date lots of nerdy guys, and a lot of people are like "where did a dork like that get with a girl like that?" but I think nerds are the sexiest
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This isn't really an answer to the question- just wanted to say that being in a marching band does NOT make you a geek! A few of my friends in air cadets do it and I wouldn't call them geeky. So carry on marching and be proud!\nBtw in answer to the question- you're not alone. I constantly feel inferior togirls who are smarter, thinner and prettier than me. Low body image is a problem too. I think it's just a fact of life I'm afraid!
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Greetings from inside the Yahoo Brain in New York City!\nHope you're catching the live webcast at: http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/asktheplanet/brain.html !\n\nI went to my 10-year reunions (yeah, there were two of them) 2 years ago and I have to say, I was VERY surprised at how little most of the people had changed. Sure, there was the occasional nerd that had turned it around, or wallflower that had blossomed into a hottie, but for the vast majority, it was all the same.  The jocks were still jocky, the geeks were still geeky, the popular girls still thought they were popular, and the troublemakers weren't there because they were all in jail.\n\nHope this helps!\n--J.
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You guys are totaly way off. I AM a geek. We're nothing like that. You're thinking of nerds.\nNerds are more knowledgeable on academic things, while geeks are better with more specific things. (Think computer programming, comic books, any show with "star" in the name.) Dorks are the socially challenged people.\n\nTo be a geek, first you need an interest. Sports do not not count. (Red Skins are no-no.) Start getting more wired. Take your printer apart. Stay up late on the Internet. Take computer oriented classes. Learn how to 1337 5l*34l<, or find out what visual basic programming is.\n\nIf you can't get into computers, get into video games, MMORPGs, or comics (I like manga). Be a VBG33K.\n\nOf course, as it was said, you can be a geek and 'be cool'. I just gave you the pathway to hardcore geekage, and set you straight on the difference between nerds and geeks.
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the chance to become a geek
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Books, and my grandparents they were awesome. My parents were worthless too, kinda still are. I learned most things by observing others and through my friends.
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Mine was in fifth grade, a good ol' green screen and floppy discs.  It was the only computer in the school and it only had a math game installed on it.
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I am a geek as well.  I have since graduated from highschool, but when I was in highschool, I fit in that narrow category of being popular because I didn't care about being popular.  Because I haven't had the funds to replace them, I currently wear oversized glasses that are kept on my face by an elastic strap around the back of my head and fine black string where the ear pieces used to be.  I get a lot of strange looks when I take my glasses off and they swing from the elastic strap.  But since they are so wide, I use the reflective side (the side my eyes peer from) as a mirror and often catch people trying to sneak up on me.\n\nThe challenge is finding people who are ok with geeks like me.  But the bigger challenge is finding a girl that is more than ok with a geek like me.
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dammmmmm.....geeks......lol jk
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Now, I understand that you're a music geek, and music geeks don't seem to be seen as geeky as tech guys, or comic book guys.  Geeks, definitely, but your geekiness is on the inside.\n=0)
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Me! When I was 20, I had a fling with a guy who was 38. Have lots of nice memories from that one and since he knew a lot more about the world than I did, I learned a lot.