So I guess "geek" is the new "indie" 'round these parts
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There are plenty of good reasons to make fun of/dislike Kelso from That 70s Show. But to assume an actor, however attractive or popular, can’t be a geek? You wind up sounding just as close-minded as those asshole scenester kids who claimed they only liked Pearl Jam when they were known as Mighty Joe Young.
On the one hand, I agree with not making assumptions about people based on their public personas, because pseudo-personas go hand-in-hand with pseudo-events, etc etc. On the other hand, I am sick of conventionally pretty women who coo over their iPhones and have their Tumblr passwords locked into their Firefox preferences claiming that the “geek” mantle is theirs and being rewarded for it while, well, not really showing any chops at all. But I think that problem is more rooted in sexism, and these sorta-attractive ladies realizing how those tendencies run rampant within this subculture, and pandering to them. That doesn’t make it any less frustrating to people with actual bona fides, though!
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I think it’s time for a good, old-fashioned geek off. Who has the bona fides? Who’s suffered for it? And who’s just posing, trying to reap the geek-cred they never sowed.
