*cackles with delight*

[schmerica]

Skinny geek in Flash t-shirt: Dude, did you see Battlestar Galactica last night?
Fat geek in Green Lantern t-shirt: No, because I'm not a huge nerd. Hand me that Young Avengers issue, will ya?

Sometimes Overheard in NYC is the best thing ever.

Comments

[kirbybits.livejournal.com]

Bwaahahahaha! It's almost like non-sequiter theater or something! Like, you can't follow the sentence "I'm not a huge nerd" with a reference to YA, you just CAN'T. It's AGAINST THE LAW. OF REALITY.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Man, you know, I loved the first run of YA and find BSG kind of, you know, boring, but I would not claim that this is because of insufficient nerd on my part!

[minim_calibre]

BWEE!!!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Seconded!

[fox1013.livejournal.com]

Man, I bet they're sitting at home, reading their livejournals, and on f2 this shows up and their faces fall, just a little bit.

*heart*

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hee, because they are so much more likely to see the quote on my journal than the original on the hugely popular internet sensation?

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

HEEEEE! OH NERDBOYS. *hearts them*

(OTOH, it is *totally* legit to, when buying comics at the LCS, look down on the TOTAL GEEKS in the back with their Warhammer games. *grins*)

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*giggles* I am not one to deny the pleasures of feeling superior, yo!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

hee!

i must agree with caia_comica, though: there is a hierarchy! e.g. if > indicates "is geekier than", games workshop > forbidden planet. every time.

also, i am locked in a continuing debate with a rl friend as to whether or not "reads/writes fanfic" [me] is geekier than or less geeky than "role plays (the rl, round-a-table, owning of multi-sided dice kind) three times a week" [her]. side issues brought up every time this is aired include "owning blakes 7 on dvd" vs. "watching andromeda and liking it".

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*giggles a lot* A hierarchy, yes, but it's still a mattr of degrees, right, not total disaffiliation.

[mutecornett.livejournal.com]

Actually, have you seen the Geek Hierarchy (http://www.brunching.com/images/geekchartbig.gif)?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

! oh, OH. i must have years ago because it's vaguely familiar. but now it's, how shall i say? SO MUCH MORE RELEVANT TO MY LIFE. thank you! *prints out, considers adding arrows of own in biro and sending to aforementioned rl friend*

i feel bad for the furries though!

[carla-scribbles.livejournal.com]

I am forwarding that to my brother the 13-year-old gamer.

[carla-scribbles.livejournal.com]

Awww, dude, Fat Geek. You just missed sweaty, half-naked, boxing Starbuck, sweaty, half-naked, boxing Kat'n'Racetrack, and stoner fight fan Roslin. For the lose.