Comments on: Column: Why the Geek Hierarchy Must Die http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/2008/07/column-why-the-geek-hierarchy-must-die/ Writing | Photography | Web Design Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Xydexx http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/2008/07/column-why-the-geek-hierarchy-must-die/comment-page-1/#comment-223474 Xydexx Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:41:38 +0000 http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/?p=240#comment-223474 Thanks for the well-reasoned commentary. I've always found it interesting how Sjöberg's Geek Hierarchy started out as "just a harmless joke" and ended up being endlessly parroted as a some Universal Truth among less-secure geeks. Probably the main reason for this is some people (deliberately?) misinterpret the chart as those on the bottom being "lamer than" instead of "geekier than." Furry fandom has gotten a lot of unwarranted flak in recent years from geeks who ought to know better. On the bright side, though, there are geeks out there who know how to Play Well With Others. Old And Busted: The Geek Hierarchy The New Hotness: Furries vs. Klingons Bowling -Xydexx Thanks for the well-reasoned commentary. I’ve always found it interesting how Sjöberg’s Geek Hierarchy started out as “just a harmless joke” and ended up being endlessly parroted as a some Universal Truth among less-secure geeks. Probably the main reason for this is some people (deliberately?) misinterpret the chart as those on the bottom being “lamer than” instead of “geekier than.”

Furry fandom has gotten a lot of unwarranted flak in recent years from geeks who ought to know better. On the bright side, though, there are geeks out there who know how to Play Well With Others.

Old And Busted: The Geek Hierarchy
The New Hotness: Furries vs. Klingons Bowling

–Xydexx

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