Random Thoughts Thread

[BoneSnapDeez]

Nice stuff.

And I hate to admit it, but my game room normally looks like that - I've run out of shelf space.

[Ack]

Not gonna lie, sevin, I'm a little upset that I only see three basketball games there.

[fastbilly1]

Not gonna lie, sevin, I'm a little upset that I only see three basketball games there.

Yeah, but he has the rarest Gamecube sports game.

[cha cha]

This piece articulates a lot about what I want to convey when people apply the words "geek" and "nerd" to something nowadays. Also Big Bang Theory fans -_-...

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-2 ... eath-nerd/

[prfsnl_gmr]

This piece articulates a lot about what I want to convey when people apply the words "geek" and "nerd" to something nowadays. Also Big Bang Theory fans -_-...

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-2 ... eath-nerd/

I agree. The terms have lost all meaning and negative connotations. Nowadays, when I am knocking books out of people's hands, terrorizing them in gym class, and stuffing them in lockers, I just stick with term "loser". Nobody likes being one of those.

[cha cha]

Yea, I suppose many words take on new meanings and connotations over time. I mean, in the 1800s into the early 1900s, calling someone a pimp used to be a heavy handed insult.

But yea, I don't think... no matter how someone spins it nowadays, I will ever hear the word nerd or geek and be able to reconcile is as a 'compliment' or 'term of endearment'. I'm now a product of a bygone era where geeks and nerds were today's losers and lamers.

[isiolia]

Yea, I suppose many words take on new meanings and connotations over time. I mean, in the 1800s into the early 1900s, calling someone a pimp used to be a heavy handed insult.

Speaking of, i09 did a small piece on the origins of nerd, geek, and more.

Still, I'd tend to agree, some meanings do change over time.

[Luke]

Speaking of defining someone, Wayne Gretzky is the Wayne Gretzky of hockey.

[Valkyrie-Favor]

I am violently ill today. Tried to sleep and couldn't. I'm in the bathroom, sitting on the toilet with a bucket at my feet, plus a jug of water and my laptop on the counter.

How many of you guys have experienced diarrhea and nausea at the same time? It really is an interesting sensation.

[MrPopo]

I am violently ill today. Tried to sleep and couldn't. I'm in the bathroom, sitting on the toilet with a bucket at my feet, plus a jug of water and my laptop on the counter.

How many of you guys have experienced diarrhea and nausea at the same time? It really is an interesting sensation.

I have. In my case the toilet was close enough to the tub that I didn't bother with a bucket.