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| THE PROBLEM WITH GEEK CHIC |  | Category: Rant
Tuesday, February 5th, 2002 @ 07:03 pm
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Know the Enemy
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When I first got into the whole programming-slashdot-linux scene, I remember seeing a lot of the term "geek" being used in a complimentary sense. Geeks were (and still are in these circles) made out to be uber brains and "holier than thou" mega bad-asses. Its been alluded to many a time in this scene that geeks have actually been bad arse cool motherfuckers that have been overlooked for way too long and that we have finally reached a golden age where they are recognized for the brain-chic style that they have possessed all along.
Once I got fully indoctrinated into the profession I then started, and currently still hold (programming), I felt I was one of these people. I was part of the uber-elite, the genius stylers, the rogue brainy rebel that I've always known I was. Jesus Christ was I wrong.
Don't let this propaganda fool you, these people are still fuck wads with no lives. My enlightenment began when I felt I had enough experience and was fit enough to attend my first Linux User's Group meeting. Fuck me silly and call me Susan, these people were losers. And not just losers: allow me to digress...
I was by no means the most popular person in high school, but I still retained a certain charisma or good looks that allowed me to escape the dork stereotype. I was friends with people who were considered geeks, and after my experiences with them, I realized it was a well deserved title: you see, true geeks, while being picked on all the time, really believe they are in fact much better than your average insecure teenager. Actually, they are downright dicks. I learned an important lesson on the day of that Linux User Group meeting: fitting in with a dork scene is no excuse for being a social pariah and a dick to anyone you don't consider "on the level". The bigger problem is now that these people believe they belong to some elite clique, they feel that they have license to bloat their own egos even further.
Of course you have your exceptions, Rob "Cmdr Taco" Malda, of slashdot fame, would be one of them. Self-proclaimed geek, open-source developer, has a girlfriend that's pretty easy on the eyes, etc. But this is an extreme case of an extreme exception; you could almost say its the exception that proves the rule.
In closing I'll say: If ever you're in a room with 8 guys who all have leatherman tools in a pouch on their belt, and they don't actually work with leather for a living, these are not people you want to be around. Unless, of course, you're a egomaniacal loser.
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