Comments on: Things That Piss Geeks Off

By: BILLIOeng1

BILLIOeng1 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:52:09 +0000

in addition to what DAVE said. being a geek is a state of mind not what social groups decide to categories us as. deep down i am a geek as i have now come to realise and accept but my geekiness originates from my need for intellectual fulfillment and because of this “us geeks” should be looked at differently, with respect. dont mess with us for our wrath is immense. and you may end up on youtube.lol.:d

By: BILLIOeng1

BILLIOeng1 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:47:02 +0000

though at first glance you may not traditionally pigeon hole me as a geek i do have some geek like qualities that show. i HATE dumb people, if i ask a question i expect an answer that will fulfill my need. people with little vocabulary that only give answers such as “yeah/no” angers me so. the meek will inherit the earth…my arse “the geeks shall inherit our earth”. long live the geeks!

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:33:18 +0000

Any self proclaimed geek is not a geek. It’s not something you can just proclaim, it’s something you come to understand about yourself.

Now there is a difference between RTFM and a little hand. If someone is consistently asking questions about a topic they have no clue on I say go do your homework and ask me about particulars. I’m a horrible teacher and don’t have that much time. But if you can’t figure out why your DVR keeps recording 5 minutes earlier than it should… Yeah i’ll show you where it is.

I don’t mind teaching people what I know, the world would be a better place if everyone was a little smarter. Myself included. But if I tell you something once, you better learn it. I don’t teach twice.

By: jerry

jerry — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:51:17 +0000

Most geeks I know are lazy, irresponsible, greedy, inept bureaucrats working in academia, or corporate America and pissing on the rest of the world because they hate the life they have chosen to live.

By: Hunt

Hunt — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:38:45 +0000

or people who stuff usb cords into an ethernet port..

By: ziraffa

ziraffa — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:29:18 +0000

“…ask a question that Google could have answered, or post in a forum with a question thatâ€™s answered on page one of the manual.”

Or more commonly, call me or stand at my desk so I can Google something for you.

By: missourimule

missourimule — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:51:34 +0000

“The only stupid question is the one that isnâ€™t asked.”
Not at all true. Asking a question, even one that’s easy for me to answer, doesn’t annoy me. What annoys me is asking the *same* question over and over, especially when the answer is a simple three-step process that you do 20 or 30 times a day. And you haven’t even *looked* at the online guides that show you how to do your job. A customer who hasn’t tried to decipher an owner’s manual? OK. As long as they follow directions, that’s cool. But when they argue how to do something they admit they don’t know how to do?

By: Teapot

Teapot — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:13:37 +0000

I think those things apply to everyone at some point or another, however, since a great many geeks end up working in IT depts they may have slightly less tolerance than others, because frankly, you get a lot of “starfish” to deal with and things you wouldn’t expect.
For example, my dept gets Help Desk tickets to hang cork boards, picture frames and change light bulbs in addition to “please create my powerpoint presentation that i need tomorrow and have done no work on, thanks, that’d be great.” This on top of general server maintenance, R&D etc.
Viva la Geek.

By: steeleweed

steeleweed — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:42:07 +0000

Geeks resent stupid questions? Never! The only stupid question is the one that isn’t asked. Why should surf thru manuals or obscure code for three hours if I can get the answer in 5 minutes from a fellow geek? True geeks got that way by being fascinated with something, usually technical but sometimes cultural – there are history geeks as well as computer geeks. Finding their specialty fascinating, they are generally eager to share it and DO NOT RESENT teaching others, at any level. I have been a computer geek for 45+ years and a language geek even longer. I am happy to educate any who ask or will even listen (probably tell you more that you wanted to know about everything).
Anyone – self-proclaimed geek or otherwise – who is pissed off at ignorance is suffering from hubris and bad memory. There was a time when they were also dumb as a post, until someone took pity on them.
We all stand on the shoulders of others.

By: Farker

Farker — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:27:55 +0000

Dude, if sites get farked, it’s not 1 geek’s fault.

By: Raptorrat

Raptorrat — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:15:17 +0000

[quote]
(These items do not apply to the geek community,) but more accurately apply to the subset of holier-than-thou geeks, something which I can honestly say I cannot tolerate.
[/quote]

Ah, but in my opinion, they are hypocrites, so that’ll fit right in the list.

By: Seamus

Seamus — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:50:09 +0000

RMPink seems to not have read the article very thoroughly.

Irresponsibility and Inept Bureaucracy are dead ringers of stupidity, and do not require a “holier-than-thou geek” to despise.

Patience on the other hand is a virtue. I work inbound tech support (looking for a better helpdesk job), and if you don’t have patience while walking a starfish* through technical problems, then you don’t last long.

*A creature with no brain, that excretes from the same orifice from which it eats.

By: cosmcruncher

cosmcruncher — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:24:38 +0000

I think many people have a problem with those things. As a geek, though, I try really hard to realize that not everyone can know as much or be as focused as I am. I have learned to be patient with others and realize that they likely have something they excel at also. Not everyone wants or cares to know as much as I do about everything.

By: florida mom

florida mom — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:05:59 +0000

Geeks also hate sites that don’t load properly or crash due to increased traffic. Dude, fix it!!

By: Alan the Great

Alan the Great — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:00:10 +0000

Nowhere is this more true than on http://forum.hackinthebox.org. These guys are awesome, but if you so much as suggest a violation of one of these rules…