I was looking recently at the “I’m a Geek” video again and glanced at the comments. It irritates me to no end, that people think all geeks are the same, that all of us sit at home all day, play games and have no social life, well, for your information I just spent the last two nights at bars until closing thank you very much, I was with friends, and drinking, because I am over 21 and it is completely legal to do so, plus it’s social, yes,. SOCIAL not anti-social.
This is why I hate stereotypes, even though there ARE people who fit stereotypes, which is why I hate to be labeled a gamer, because it is my personal experience, that most of the gamers I have encountered online, honestly make me not want to game at all, because they are extremely rude and unkind, and they think they are better than everyone else, which I guarantee I can prove is not the case, I know people that are way WAY more skilled than these people.
I don’t like to just call myself a geek, it is only part of me, I’m not just a Catholic, a geek, gamer, son, brother, friend, nephew, grandson, cousin, choir member, blogger, FCC licensed amateur radio operator, IT guy, tech support for friends and family, courier, chauffeur, audiobook fan, podcast listener, music fan, web surfer, and then some, and all these are part of me, part of who I am, NOT WHO I am. Oh, and Sorry Kevin Rose, the Internet is not my identity, only PART of it.
