"I still use it as an amiable label for the nerdy guy who comes to my office and rolls his eyes when I ask why my computer won't talk to the printer down the hall."
why does this piss me off so much? it was all well and good when we were servin' you, and now we make something of ourselves and you mad?
while I can see that change is happening a little too fast for most people, I do believe it was society that set us up to be nerds at the unpopular table. WELL ITS MY CAFETERIA NOW BITCHES! WHAT?
'"Techie" used to suggest a computer whiz with no social skills, now it suggests one with no social conscience.'
This article boasts several choice phrases: "chronic obliviousness", "hermetic subculture", "techie theme park". I'd venture Mr Nunberg has visited our golden city some.
why does this piss me off so much? it was all well and good when we were servin' you, and now we make something of ourselves and you mad?
while I can see that change is happening a little too fast for most people, I do believe it was society that set us up to be nerds at the unpopular table. WELL ITS MY CAFETERIA NOW BITCHES! WHAT?