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Re:David Brooks: And the geek shall inherit the earth by edw519 on Friday May 23, 2008 @08:58AM (#197964)
How could an article about nerds miss the central point?

From "Revenge of the Nerds":

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/r/revenge-of-the-...

- That was wonderful.

- You did things to me you've never done before.

(gasps)

- You're that nerd!

- Yeah.

- God, you were wonderful.

- Thanks.

- Are all nerds as good as you?

- Yes.

- How come?

- Cos all jocks think about is sports.

- All we ever think about is sex.

Re:David Brooks: And the geek shall inherit the earth by mynameishere on Friday May 23, 2008 @09:23AM (#197990)
More magic from the pen of bobo. His words are like spun gold in a grim world.
Re:David Brooks: And the geek shall inherit the earth by neilc on Friday May 23, 2008 @05:13PM (#198400)
Why the hate? I thought it was a fairly well-written article.
Re:David Brooks: And the geek shall inherit the earth by mynameishere on Friday May 23, 2008 @06:15PM (#198454)
Lordy, if I was grading a 10th grade English composition that ended with this:

For as it is written, the last shall be first and the geek shall inherit the earth.

...I just don't know how I'd react. Maybe by quitting. I guess the poll of "conservative" columnists is slim in NYC, but please, let's have someone who avoid writing op-eds that end in "For Better or For Worse"-style puns.

Re:David Brooks: And the geek shall inherit the earth by yef on Friday May 23, 2008 @08:56AM (#197962)
Please bring Krugman back...
Re:David Brooks: And the geek shall inherit the earth by Alex3917 on Friday May 23, 2008 @10:37AM (#198035)
Krugman beat up Brooks and made him do his column. Brooks in turn apparently did the same thing to Safire.
Re:David Brooks: And the geek shall inherit the earth by senthil_rajasek on Friday May 23, 2008 @11:55AM (#198116)
I can pass this on to my non-geek friends and griends (short for girl friends). Writing is an art.
Re:David Brooks: And the geek shall inherit the earth by queensnake on Friday May 23, 2008 @05:25AM (#197874)
What warmed-over yestershite is that? Boo.
Re:David Brooks: And the geek shall inherit the earth by mnemonicsloth on Friday May 23, 2008 @11:51AM (#198114)
Ha.

Right this minute (~12PM EDT) this article is one spot below an old link to a very old XKCD strip about hanging on to your idealism.

(America's Paper of Record) < (paint-program stick figures)