Why is 'geek culture' even a thing

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Can't we all just enjoy shit without feeling special for liking something


Is it even considered 'geeky' to like stuff like Star Wars and comics anymore?

 
 
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Pandering and marketing, son.

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Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on January 19, 2017, 09:30:42 AM
Pandering and marketing, son.


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Man, lootcrate YouTube partnerships are annoying as fuck

Who honestly subscribes to that shit?

 
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Because until relatively recently, people where shunned for having certain interests, and so sought out others like themselves.

 
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Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on January 19, 2017, 09:36:29 AM
Man, lootcrate YouTube partnerships are annoying as fuck

Who honestly subscribes to that shit?

'Geeks'

 
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Haha, fucking nerd.

To be fair though it's allowed more people to talk about things they are interested in. Not so long ago you would be picked on for liking star wars, star trek, comics, etc.

The popularity of "nerd culture" has also made more material available to those that enjoyed it before it was the hip thing. I never thought deadpool would get his own movie but here we are.

Kind of a win win really.

 
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Star Wars has always been mainstream. Being a nerd about something is having an interest significantly beyond the mainstream: reading the books, playing the games, rewatching the movies to catch new details, etc. The idea of "nerd culture" being mainstream now is a joke, but it's also been more socially acceptable to be a nerd about certain things, like sports (and the very fact that sports fans are so hardcore and common is why it's not considered "nerdy").

 
 
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Star wars has always been pop culture you fucking shits

 
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Nah, it was always totally uncool to love the biggest and most popular movie series ever...

 
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It's more to do with the stigma surrounding the people who enjoyed those things is from yesteryear. The idea of the average "Nerd" being some kid with khakis going up to his belly button, broken glasses and waxed hair to the side, a ballpoint pen in his buttoned down shirt's right chest pocket, shit load of freckles and acne to balance his buck teeth and braces. That image is gone now. Your average Joe who grooms himself better breaks that stereotype as soon as they show interest in that.

However, a lot of it also comes from how it's portrayed too. The big appeal in comic book heroes was how they were extraordinary, so the less average person had a huge interest in it, because it was a form of self insertion. But in newer movies where we have the most handsome actors playing these roles and acting normal in a way their original fans wouldn't "Haha I have a FAMILY and love sports and other shit!" (Avengers AoU) it kind of disenfranchises the individuals who originally supported those works.

I don't know, I'm half on the boat on not caring because I'm not the dweeb I was back in seventh grade, but it's frustrating trying to talk to an individual who says they LOVE Star Wars but has no idea who Thrawn is.

 
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Quote from: Ian on January 19, 2017, 11:52:04 AM
It's more to do with the stigma surrounding the people who enjoyed those things is from yesteryear. The idea of the average "Nerd" being some kid with khakis going up to his belly button, broken glasses and waxed hair to the side, a ballpoint pen in his buttoned down shirt's right chest pocket, shit load of freckles and acne to balance his buck teeth and braces. That image is gone now. Your average Joe who grooms himself better breaks that stereotype as soon as they show interest in that.

However, a lot of it also comes from how it's portrayed too. The big appeal in comic book heroes was how they were extraordinary, so the less average person had a huge interest in it, because it was a form of self insertion. But in newer movies where we have the most handsome actors playing these roles and acting normal in a way their original fans wouldn't "Haha I have a FAMILY and love sports and other shit!" (Avengers AoU) it kind of disenfranchises the individuals who originally supported those works.

I don't know, I'm half on the boat on not caring because I'm not the dweeb I was back in seventh grade, but it's frustrating trying to talk to an individual who says they LOVE Star Wars but has no idea who Thrawn is.

Well I mean it's possible to be a huge fan of the movies and not really want to pay much attention to supplementary materials like books

 
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Generally huge fans try to take as much of an interest into the subject as possible. It's like someone saying they're a mathematician but doesn't know the Quadratic Formula.

Quote from: Big Boss on January 19, 2017, 12:03:04 PM
Well I mean it's possible to be a huge fan of the movies and not really want to pay much attention to supplementary materials like books

 
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Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on January 19, 2017, 09:36:29 AM
Man, lootcrate YouTube partnerships are annoying as fuck

Who honestly subscribes to that shit?
The Halo crates actually look pretty cool.

 
 
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Labels in general are just fucked.

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Quote from: Non-entity on January 19, 2017, 01:11:05 PM
Labels in general are just fucked.

-Be talking to friends about Pokemon at comic con and some loser overhears and comes over
-OMG YOU GUYS ARE IN THE FANDOM TOO?

Fuck off I refuse to say I'm part of a fandom, I just enjoy the damn series without feeling the need to label myself

 
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Quote from: Big Boss on January 20, 2017, 07:04:36 PM
Quote from: Non-entity on January 19, 2017, 01:11:05 PM
Labels in general are just fucked.

-Be talking to friends about Pokemon at comic con and some loser overhears and comes over
-OMG YOU GUYS ARE IN THE FANDOM TOO?

Fuck off I refuse to say I'm part of a fandom, I just enjoy the damn series without feeling the need to label myself

what a fucking dork lol

but yeah i agree. i find myself distancing from things i actually like simply because i dont wanna be associated with the retards who ruin it for the rest of us.

 
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Quote from: Non-entity on January 19, 2017, 01:11:05 PM
Labels in general are just fucked.

-Be talking to friends about Pokemon at comic con and some loser overhears and comes over
-OMG YOU GUYS ARE IN THE FANDOM TOO?

Fuck off I refuse to say I'm part of a fandom, I just enjoy the damn series without feeling the need to label myself

what a fucking dork lol

but yeah i agree. i find myself distancing from things i actually like simply because i dont wanna be associated with the retards who ruin it for the rest of us.

It's hard to like things when its fans are so fucking irritating

I'm so glad I'm not a Doctor Who fan, its fanbase is unsufferable

 
 
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I read it as "Greek culture" and was about to go Macedonian on your ass.

 
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Quote from: Big Boss on January 20, 2017, 07:19:21 PM
Quote from: Non-entity on January 20, 2017, 07:17:37 PM
Quote from: Big Boss on January 20, 2017, 07:04:36 PM
Quote from: Non-entity on January 19, 2017, 01:11:05 PM
Labels in general are just fucked.

-Be talking to friends about Pokemon at comic con and some loser overhears and comes over
-OMG YOU GUYS ARE IN THE FANDOM TOO?

Fuck off I refuse to say I'm part of a fandom, I just enjoy the damn series without feeling the need to label myself

what a fucking dork lol

but yeah i agree. i find myself distancing from things i actually like simply because i dont wanna be associated with the retards who ruin it for the rest of us.

It's hard to like things when its fans are so fucking irritating

Tabletop gaming can be really bad in regards to this. It sucks, because since I started I have met some pretty cool people in the hobby, but I have also had the misfortune of encountering a few weirdos and cringey people.

It's a risk you take regarding fans of anything, I suppose.


 
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STOP APPROPRIATING THAT CULTURE YOU STUPID FUCKING SHITS