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Re:Youtube Easter Egg - One for the Geeks by ahoy on Friday August 09, 2013 @09:38AM (#6185508)
This is why I prefer a clearer distinction between 'geek' and 'nerd'. A geek cares a whole lot about the history of background characters in star wars, or about collecting limited-run Japanese mecha toys. A nerd cares a whole lot about his/her favorite scripting language, or about inorganic chemistry.

One can, of course, be varying degrees of either and/or a mix of both.

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Re:Youtube Easter Egg - One for the Geeks by themstheones on Friday August 09, 2013 @10:00AM (#6185661)
The whole geek movement is doing so well because it's so easily monetizable.

All the culture producers are playing in to it because it's easy to make money that way. So rather than shunning the D&D players and trekkies like they used to in pop culture, they now target them because they realized there's more money in it.

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