And hey, if you make a metaphor involving Star Wars and forests, aren't you required to mention Ewoks? Oh SURE, BE a geek arbitrary-rule-maker! Just go away and whine about the FGGs with your loser cronies, now!
Yeah, I'm always inclined to say "This is BIGGER than gender issues!" (probably part of being one of those Big Picture types), but it's true that it's the yin-emotional-connection that's looked down upon by the yang-intellectual-side, and, whoa, when I put it in THOSE terms the need for them to go hand in hand speaks for itself, doesn't it? (at least if you KNOW anything about yin and yang!) Since I've always been a sponge for trivia as well as being an emotional sap, it's never felt either-or to me, which is probably why it always amazes and horrifies me when people DO think it should be either-or.
I actually cannibalized a partially-written post I gave up on for some of this post-- it was a post on "geek music," and how I've never cared that much about "geek music" even though I'm a music geek. Aside from my psychedelia obsession (which is ALSO not considered "geek music" with the exception of Dukes of the Stratosphear) my tastes are relatively "mainstream," but we've got this collection of artists that seem to be big among online geek culture-- YOU know what I mean, because you're a big fan of most of them yourself! You and, like, the rest of the geek world. But aside from the pure joy of that TMBG concert at the HUB, and the Dukes of the Stratosphear CD you made me (:D), I'm really not that into any of those bands and would rather, you know, listen to Zeppelin like some dumb stoner under the bleachers (referencing Nick from Freaks and Geeks here. You know, Nick the "Freak" not "Geek"). So it's like, I'm a Music Geek but I don't listen to Geek Music. WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? WHO THE HECK DECIDED THAT WAS GEEK MUSIC?
I just addressed every one of your paragraphs in backwards order.
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Oh SURE, BE a geek arbitrary-rule-maker! Just go away and whine about the FGGs with your loser cronies, now!
Yeah, I'm always inclined to say "This is BIGGER than gender issues!" (probably part of being one of those Big Picture types), but it's true that it's the yin-emotional-connection that's looked down upon by the yang-intellectual-side, and, whoa, when I put it in THOSE terms the need for them to go hand in hand speaks for itself, doesn't it? (at least if you KNOW anything about yin and yang!) Since I've always been a sponge for trivia as well as being an emotional sap, it's never felt either-or to me, which is probably why it always amazes and horrifies me when people DO think it should be either-or.
I actually cannibalized a partially-written post I gave up on for some of this post-- it was a post on "geek music," and how I've never cared that much about "geek music" even though I'm a music geek. Aside from my psychedelia obsession (which is ALSO not considered "geek music" with the exception of Dukes of the Stratosphear) my tastes are relatively "mainstream," but we've got this collection of artists that seem to be big among online geek culture-- YOU know what I mean, because you're a big fan of most of them yourself! You and, like, the rest of the geek world. But aside from the pure joy of that TMBG concert at the HUB, and the Dukes of the Stratosphear CD you made me (:D), I'm really not that into any of those bands and would rather, you know, listen to Zeppelin like some dumb stoner under the bleachers (referencing Nick from Freaks and Geeks here. You know, Nick the "Freak" not "Geek"). So it's like, I'm a Music Geek but I don't listen to Geek Music. WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? WHO THE HECK DECIDED THAT WAS GEEK MUSIC?
I just addressed every one of your paragraphs in backwards order.