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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2020 3:10:03 GMT -5
I think Shorty G is a runner up on this one at least.  |
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 13, 2020 4:23:10 GMT -5
I prefer geek to "____ is a bitch" threads since, I dunno. A geek is very here and in the now. A geek can improve, while bitch feels more inescapable.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 13, 2020 5:55:28 GMT -5
I prefer geek to "____ is a bitch" threads since, I dunno. A geek is very here and in the now. A geek can improve, while bitch feels more inescapable. I’m a bit iffy on this too, mostly because it just becomes one of the many terms that get spammed to death whenever someone looks even remotely weak. |
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Post by 4TheGlory on Aug 13, 2020 6:08:13 GMT -5
Not a big fan of it but chalk me up as another person that finds it better than calling a wrestler a bitch for losing
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Post by nisidhe on Aug 13, 2020 7:22:29 GMT -5
The problem with that, of course, is that "geek" has a somewhat different meaning nowadays in popular culture from what it might have done in the past within the pro wrestling culture.
And WWE has its fair share of the video-game and TTRPG-playing, comic-reading, Lego-building, and cosplaying kind of geeks. Hence, the ensuing confusion, I think.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Aug 13, 2020 7:49:52 GMT -5
The problem with that, of course, is that "geek" has a somewhat different meaning nowadays in popular culture from what it might have done in the past within the pro wrestling culture. And WWE has its fair share of the video-game and TTRPG-playing, comic-reading, Lego-building, and cosplaying kind of geeks. Hence, the ensuing confusion, I think. See I dunno; nerd has been reclaimed as word so it no longer has the same connotation as it did, if you call someone a geek then you're still at least tacitly calling them a loser. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2020 8:48:29 GMT -5
It's basically another word for "bum"
"Man, Ziggler has lost 500 times now. Man's a geek."
It just sounds funny haha
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Aug 13, 2020 9:52:08 GMT -5
Socrates: Ha! Geek!
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Aug 13, 2020 9:55:16 GMT -5
The problem with that, of course, is that "geek" has a somewhat different meaning nowadays in popular culture from what it might have done in the past within the pro wrestling culture. And WWE has its fair share of the video-game and TTRPG-playing, comic-reading, Lego-building, and cosplaying kind of geeks. Hence, the ensuing confusion, I think. While I think the term is good for what it is used for, I agree with this. It's one of those weird things about Alvarez that suggests that he has a very specific idea of who his target audience is. |
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Post by nisidhe on Aug 13, 2020 10:53:38 GMT -5
The problem with that, of course, is that "geek" has a somewhat different meaning nowadays in popular culture from what it might have done in the past within the pro wrestling culture. And WWE has its fair share of the video-game and TTRPG-playing, comic-reading, Lego-building, and cosplaying kind of geeks. Hence, the ensuing confusion, I think. While I think the term is good for what it is used for, I agree with this. It's one of those weird things about Alvarez that suggests that he has a very specific idea of who his target audience is. In which case, I would hope that Alvarez would try to work in some newer term like "bum" or "chump" to distinguish the loser-geeks from the UpUpDownDown crew. |
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