What that they don’t understand, maybe, is that being a real geek is a very bad thing for a lot of people. Geeks generally had a pretty rough time in school, socially, and rarely have much romantic success during the first portion (if not the entirety) of their lives. Many have crippling social or psychological problems that severely limit their ability to interact with others or work on any sort of team.
Amen to that— co-opting a title to be emo-trendy is insulting to those who have lived through the real emotions these people seem to want to associate with themselves.
Confession: I was a suicidal depressive through the latter part of high school & sixth-form college, until I was able to face the idea that it might be something curable (as opposed to me just being a total fuck-up) and got medication for the first time at age 21.
