God-is-a-Taco: http://www.fark.com/comments/1688267/#cu15894483

Is that really the first use?
I didn't think it was a meme proper, per say. More of a local fad/slang for a state of interest/relativity.

*shrugs*

God-is-a-Taco: Prof Honeybone:
Farking emo.


Damn. I didn't think there were any Farkers that didn't recognize the "getting a kick out of this thread" meme.

Here you go:
http://www.fark.com/comments/1688267/#cu15894483

I've seen the meme, not the original thread. If there are further references to that thread in your post I'll take your word for it. Too much too read at the moment... I gotta be abused in the shower at the truck stop in 26 minutes.

That emo crap is still rage inducing.

Mock26: Joe Peacock is a poser, Everyone knows that people who claim to be huge fans of Akira are just posers.

Now, roll for initiative. The orcs are attacking!

Too late! The orKs are already finished with you and took trophies!

So what does domo-kun taste like?

Dude sounds overly butthurt and elitist. "Waahhh, I don't like people that aren't as hardcore geek as I am co-opting my label!"

Newsflash farknuts, there are levels and niches and variations.Deal with it.

CygnusDarius: I hear this same rant about punk, just a few years ago. This was over, what, 2000? It was the first (and only) time I went to the Warped Tour. Best time I ever had, and even saw Bad Religion, which was awesome, but back then, with all what was going on, I heard the same rant. That punk was dead, that the mainstream tv had killed it and turned Warped into a massive frat party, etc. Maybe they were right back then, hell they're probably still right now since the Tour keeps going on.

But I know where this rant comes from. It comes from those years you were shunned, of those things of yourself you had to hide because of social awkwardness, and now all of a sudden the same people (or the people they represent) suddenly embrace the things they used to make fun of you, you feel like there's nothing sacred, and you feel sort of angry.

In truth, this is all a fad, it's all an interest, and it will go away, just like everything else.

Yeah but before that anyone remotely punk caught shiat for it all the time... Until Nirvana. And before that...

One Bad Apple: Prof Honeybone: God-is-a-Taco: Prof Honeybone:
Farking emo.


Damn. I didn't think there were any Farkers that didn't recognize the "getting a kick out of this thread" meme.

Here you go:
http://www.fark.com/comments/1688267/#cu15894483

I've seen the meme, not the original thread. If there are further references to that thread in your post I'll take your word for it. Too much too read at the moment... I gotta be abused in the shower at the truck stop in 26 minutes.

That emo crap is still rage inducing.


Just so you know rage is an emotion too

Just sing "I feel so angry" and you got an emo song going.

I will not deny the seething rage that has been built up by seeing the same people that tormented me in school for my geeky traits now trying to claim it as their own and as something they've always been into. The trend for girls to scream from the rooftops that they are playing a very popular game to try to show how geeky they are is also grating, and it wouldn't be as bad if I didn't seem to see it everywhere anymore. Oh, you have tits and play Call of Duty? Wow, you must really be a hard core gamer chick.

And I swear to all that is holy, I am inches from throttling everyone I see claiming facebook/iPad games make them a gamer geek. It's like me picking up a whiffle bat and ball and claiming to be a jock. It just doesn't work like that. Fun? Perhaps. Particularly with alcohol involved.

I suppose the thing that annoys me the most is even with this insurgence into the geek culture, it's still hard as Hell to pull together a group for a table top, pen and paper RPG.

どーもくんはNHKキャラクターです

blatz514: "Or when every white kid over the age of 13 was wearing flannel with corduroy and Doc Martens because Pearl Jam was the hot band of the day."

Hey, because Ten was my first CD means I earned the right to wear flannel. Plus it keeps you warm.

/Doc Martins were too expensive though.

Smashing Pumpkins "ZERO" shirt.
Alice in chains shirt.
Green day shirts.
Trench Coat.
Flannel.
Ratty Jeans.
K-Mart brand "combat boots" laced with guitar strings.

Yeah, I was that kid in 93.

rickycal78: Dude sounds overly butthurt and elitist. "Waahhh, I don't like people that aren't as hardcore geek as I am co-opting my label!"

I think all the people crying about the author being elitist are projecting a bit too much of themselves.

We all know one variation of douchebag poser or another that's just annoying, why should this guy be vilified for calling a spade a spade? He touch a raw nerve?

White kid from South Dakota with a fake hood accent and talking gangsta...doesn't even know what a black person looks like except on TV, much less anything about life in the ghetto, never even heard of anything but pot in real life, a hand gun, typical snowflakes.

Self proclaimed neighborhood watch guy who thinks he IS THE LAW, all 350 lbs and sweating gravy and adjusting his batman utility belt with the empty holster being an asshole towards the neighborhood kids. Alternatively, Religious or manners zealots that tell you you CANNOT say a given word in public. Really, any sort of overly officious asshole.

Pro athlete wannabe 40 somethings with a bad knee and beer gut, insisting that they'd have thrown better than Elway(not a sports guy and that's the only QB I could think of, sub in whatever active good QB you can think of).

Chef wannabe's who insist on telling other people how to cook even though they manage to burn water and ruin dry snacks like pretzels or chips.

The list of pretentious and officious douche bags goes on and on, sure you can think of some yourselves. If you really cannot, then it's really highly likely that you're one of those sorts of people. Yeah, you're all kind of doing a self-reveal...newsflash...You are probably "That Guy"
What is this, a Brothers Under Our Lord JFP^tm support group thread?

Don't you all have somewhere to be in 26 minutes?
/douchebag assholes

The only real way to get a t-shirt is to have been involved with the project in some way and had it given to you for being there.

If you bought it off the Internet long after the fact and had nothing to do with it, you're a poseur.

Mock26: Joe Peacock is a poser, Everyone knows that people who claim to be huge fans of Akira are just posers.

Now, roll for initiative. The orcs are attacking!

Please.

That Camarilla bastard is getting away in that limo. I need a difficulty for getting the ember of that's guy's cigar to land on the stream of gasoline and blowing up the car.

Target has been selling Domo stuff for going on 5 years now, only 2 years after that "Every time you masturbate god kills a kitten" pic started the Domo craze in the US and a year before the Domo Magna came out.

If you are only now getting outrage about Target your showing your true geekness by coming to the party too late when all the cool kids have left.

To all the no-name columnists who pad out their one-paragraph articles to fit an entire page: welcome to the party.

omeganuepsilon: We all know one variation of douchebag poser or another that's just annoying, why should this guy be vilified for calling a spade a spade? He touch a raw nerve?

It's one thing to call out a douchebag poser in a particular niche the way he started out doing, but as he went on and on the article began to imply that unless you were a hardcore geek in ALL the required geek fields you weren't really a geek. No true Scotsman and all that. That's when the author started to become elitist and was doing more than just calling a spade a spade.

rickycal78: but as he went on and on the article began to imply that unless you were a hardcore geek in ALL the required geek fields

Citation?

Sure, he gave some examples to demonstrate the original point which you admit was credible.

I'll even cite one that was contended above:
I've seen geek posers whip out their iPhones while wearing the Secret Wars or Domokun t-shirts they bought at Target for $9.99, telling their friends what a great time they're going to have at DragonCon or San Diego ComicCon, as if those are the happening parties of the day
Bolded the important parts that above posters either missed or ignored.
It's not the events, it's the manner of their delivery. Granted he didn't explain it quite so well after the "as if" but when taken in context, it's just another demonstration of a typical poser. It's about status, and just like self labeling one's self as a geek, saying it and doing it doesn't make it so. You've got to love it. That's where credible geek status comes into effect, not necessarily skill, but some amount of dedication and enjoyment.

Are you just upset that he used too many words? Is that what you meant by on and on? That is kind of necessary when building a whole concept and citing multiple examples of what is/isn't genuinely geeky, and well, writing an article under a guideline or requirements.

That's the kind of passion that makes up many a geek, to thoroughly hit up a topic. It's not like he's posting to twitter or something.

Ed Grubermann: Meh. True nerds wear these:

I am on my 5th blue Totoro shirt, they keep wearing out.

Logging in and looking at my j-list orders there have been 40 orders since 2005 totalling $4936.

I am NOT a nerd....

>.

omeganuepsilon: rickycal78: but as he went on and on the article began to imply that unless you were a hardcore geek in ALL the required geek fields

Citation?

Sure, he gave some examples to demonstrate the original point which you admit was credible.

I'll even cite one that was contended above:
I've seen geek posers whip out their iPhones while wearing the Secret Wars or Domokun t-shirts they bought at Target for $9.99, telling their friends what a great time they're going to have at DragonCon or San Diego ComicCon, as if those are the happening parties of the day
Bolded the important parts that above posters either missed or ignored.
It's not the events, it's the manner of their delivery. Granted he didn't explain it quite so well after the "as if" but when taken in context, it's just another demonstration of a typical poser. It's about status, and just like self labeling one's self as a geek, saying it and doing it doesn't make it so. You've got to love it. That's where credible geek status comes into effect, not necessarily skill, but some amount of dedication and enjoyment.

Are you just upset that he used too many words? Is that what you meant by on and on? That is kind of necessary when building a whole concept and citing multiple examples of what is/isn't genuinely geeky, and well, writing an article under a guideline or requirements.

That's the kind of passion that makes up many a geek, to thoroughly hit up a topic. It's not like he's posting to twitter or something.

In other words you either didn't read and understand the entire article or are selectively ignoring it for the purpose of debate.Here's a hint, the article goes on beyond the paragraph you quoted. Either way, continuing on with you is a waste of time.

To all of you wondering who the hell Joe Peacock is, all I will say is this:

All of you are currently using something made by him. Something of a very geeky nature.

Hopefully SOMEONE here knows what I'm talking about.

Heamer: I don't get why people get in such a huff when others begin to co-opt "their" lifestyle. Is it somehow diluting your credibility as a [fill in the blank]?

As long as dakimakuras and cast off figures don't become mainstream I don't care.

I can do without 3D pig disgusting girls thinking I am cool.

rickycal78: In other words i'm going to make shiat up and toss around ad hominem attacks so I don't feel like a loser for backing down

Yup.

WhippingBoy: Fark's not really geeky. It's been taken over by attention whores and normies.

Pretty much, that's the price of accessible popularity, having to up with indignorance of the unwashed masses.

It seems to me that most of the people who call themselves 'geeks' are just people who are into comics/games/fantasy/role playing. You guys run around to conventions and dress up like your favorite characters, kind of like those people who go to conventions dressed as their favorite animals. Maybe we should call you guys/gals furry lites instead to separate you from those who love science and electronics.

AbiNormal: It seems to me that most of the people who call themselves 'geeks' are just people who are into comics/games/fantasy/role playing. You guys run around to conventions and dress up like your favorite characters, kind of like those people who go to conventions dressed as their favorite animals. Maybe we should call you guys/gals furry lites instead to separate you from those who love science and electronics.

But then, what would the appropriate venue for my electrolytic capacitor costume be?

Soupysales: vampishlypale: I will not deny the seething rage that has been built up by seeing the same people that tormented me in school for my geeky traits now trying to claim it as their own ...

And I swear to all that is holy, I am inches from throttling everyone I see claiming...

Yes, one day you will impose your geeky superiority on the uninitiated masses. Good luck on the clock tower.

I take it your sarcasm meter is on the fritz. I just find embellished, angry rants much more amusing than saying I might go so far as to roll my eyes at something I listed above. Isn't that in the rule book here?

Greek

To all of you wondering who the hell Joe Peacock is, all I will say is this:

All of you are currently using something made by him. Something of a very geeky nature.

Hopefully SOMEONE here knows what I'm talking about.

Our dicks?

God-is-a-Taco: I failed at it.

I wouldn't call it a fail, you did use it correctly. It's not your fault it's relatively unknown in that form because it's so widespread and bastardized. Maybe throw in a link with the actual post instead of after.

All in all though, thanks, something I'd never seen before, nice to see how it was born. There are so many that float around casually like that which I see all the time and wonder about, or don't know the meaning of at all.(with no hint of origin they can be tough to track down when they're just a movie still or something variably worded)

studebaker hoch: Greek

To all of you wondering who the hell Joe Peacock is, all I will say is this:

All of you are currently using something made by him. Something of a very geeky nature.

Hopefully SOMEONE here knows what I'm talking about.

Our dicks?

How in the hell do you have a "geeky" dick? Do you dress it up or something? Nevermind. I don't want to know.

So, Joe Peacock, you like learning things, and playing with arduinos, LED's, and XBox hardware.

Welcome to the party you poser, but you're no true hacker...

FunkOut: awwww, who could possibly not like Homsar? That's like hating The cheat or Pom Pom

[i36.tinypic.com image 350x262]

The Cheat is friggin awesome.

My geek creds: I have a The Cheat plushie. Fun to kick around when you're angry.

And Homsar rocks too.

I'm That Guy: Learned computer programming, played D & D, and "chatted" online, all well before 1986.

10 PRINT "GET OFF MY LAWN! ";
20 GOTO 10

RUN

C:/DOS>
C:/DOS>RUN
RUN/DOS/RUN

(old school geek humor FTW)

JonnyBGoode: FunkOut: awwww, who could possibly not like Homsar? That's like hating The cheat or Pom Pom

[i36.tinypic.com image 350x262]

The Cheat is friggin awesome.

My geek creds: I have a The Cheat plushie. Fun to kick around when you're angry.

And Homsar rocks too.

I'm That Guy: Learned computer programming, played D & D, and "chatted" online, all well before 1986.

10 PRINT "GET OFF MY LAWN! ";
20 GOTO 10

RUN

C:/DOS>
C:/DOS>RUN
RUN/DOS/RUN

(old school geek humor FTW)

C:\DOS>cls

C:\DOS>

Quasar: WhippingBoy: Quasar: (playing Farmville was enough to throw you in the 'gamer' category)

You've got to be kidding me.

Farmville, Bejeweled, etc. Apparently my mom's a gamer (she plays Solitaire).

Now, there's an argument to be made that the definition has and should be changed simply because the industry has changed. The advent of detailed phone apps and browser games is indicative that gaming is pushing into new frontiers. So as much as it pains me to think of it that way, it may be valid. Old school-definition gamers are probably a minority now. But the terminology and categorization needs to keep this in mind when looking back into the past and making comparisons otherwise we're not having the right conversations.

Also, if you seriously and honestly look back on old school games - before Doom and excluding classic epic RPGs - there's a strong case to be made that most early games were just as casual games as modern ones, it was the kids starved for entertainment that obsessed over extremely simple button-mashing games like Mario and Double Dragon. (And I say this as an old school obsessive button masher and nerd-game player.) Just as old games punished you with fake difficulty so you have to spend more hours to beat it, new games often punish you by forcing you to come back in five, ten, twenty minutes, or keep you hitting that retry button until you get 3 stars in every level.

The rise of FPS games split gaming in two, essentially, into casual and hardcore. Nowadays who are considered "hardcore" gamers? FPS and some RPG players. Anything that's not an FPS or epic RPG is considered casual no matter how much time or skill it takes. Before FPS, almost everything was "casual" games you could pick up and play and put down at any time; even fighting games, with their contorted combo chains, were still pick-up-and-play games. Pretty much the only exceptions before that were for the real propeller heads: Realistic simulators, RPGs, and text adventures.

My Mx518 just died on me after 5 or so years of loving use. Tried more expensive versions and different brands but nothing fit my hand or my preferences quite like the Mx518. Went on the Egg to price check a new one and I found out they were discontinued -_- Supposedly the G400 is the successor but reviews of it seem sketchy and not quite the same. Digging around for info on Mx518 deaths, I found that it is a common problem where the cord farks up near the head of the Mx518. Turns out the cord can be switched out fairly easily with another 5 prong USB mouse cord. So my weekend will be spent cannibalizing another mouse to hopefully restore my Mx518.

The Domo merch is amusing to see around and Hello Kitty has invaded every orifice of America.

As long as you enjoy what you do/ who you are, no worries. If a 'poser' enjoys being such, good for them. I've started a random conversation with someone that had a Hot Topic Domo shirt on. They didn't know what the little bugger was, but they seemed keen to find out.

/dabbler jack of all trades master of none.

I don't know about all of you gasbagging on about nothing, but let me point something out: hot girls with glasses. Mind if I repeat that? Hot girls with glasses.
Hot girls with glasses.

If they sold D K shirts at Target, I might actually shop at Target...which is pronounced Tar je to all you uninishiated