BEDA 10: Nerds vs Geeks

Hello everyone

I had a conversation with my boyfriend and we were trying to figure out whether there was a difference between a geek and a nerd. Which type of people can be label as geeks and which would be better labeled as nerds.

Our personal opinion consisted of:

Geeks being the ones who are into video games, comic books, dress up as their favourite characters and go to conventions, etc.

Nerds would be the bookworms, programmer, etc.

I did some research online and found out it is actually a lot different. Check out my findings:

Geeks are about fantasy, technology, sci-fi in a general manner and also bare the brunt of all stereotypes. While nerds are all about learning whatever the passion. Of course a computer nerd is sharing the same stereotypes as a computer geek, but for the nerds there is a lot more passion about how technology works. However because the passion is spent in their pursuit to gain knowledge, socializing gets thrust on the back burner.

There is a lot of overlap and as a result a geeks can become a nerd and therefore have issues with socializing which can hurt them in the long run.

All in all both are passionate people but have to be careful in making sure they do not end up neglecting the social aspect of life. I would have to create a new category called hybrids.

Hybrids would be the type to be passionate and want to learn more about their specific interests and enjoy what they love without sacrificing the social aspect of their life.

I would say I fall in the hybrid category. I love fantasy, technology, some sci-fi (not star trek though) but also like to be social. It was not always the case, I believe when I was younger I would say I was more of a nerd than a geek or hybrid.

As I got older I realized the importance of being social, we are human beings and all human beings need to interact with others in order to grow and learn new things helping us in our quest to be better people.

So based on this, what type are you? I would love to hear your comments and suggestions on this.

That is about it for this 10th day of BEDA.

I will see you tomorrow.

Embrace your geekness, nerdiness or hybridness whatever the case maybe and

DFTBA.

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