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Aric Shapiro
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LOL. Well, I like comics(though I don't read them any longer) and I do not consider myself a geek. I think the term is pejorative. I would not call someone who enjoys other hobbies a geek. For some reason, anyone who likes anything comic book or sci-fi related gets labelled a geek.
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Rick Bruni
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I'll have to ask Bones and Chewie what they think about this whole nickname thing.
And Scotty?
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Trevor Krysak
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Indiana Jones gets called Indy at various points.
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Brian O'Neill
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Bones!
DAMMIT, Jim, I'm a DOCTOR, not a skeleton!
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Patrick Drury
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LOL. Well, I like comics(though I don't read them any longer) and I do
not consider myself a geek. I think the term is pejorative. I would
not call someone who enjoys other hobbies a geek. For some reason,
anyone who likes anything comic book or sci-fi related gets labelled a
geek.
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Some of my friends invited me to play fantasy football with them this year. I've never seen such geekery. The only think I can think to compare it to was a bunch of guys sitting around playing Dungeons and Dragons. I let my friends know they had out-geeked me that night. I didn't think any less of them, though, just because they have an area of interest that they can get geeky about. Like I said, most people do.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 11 October 2006 at 4:13pm | IP Logged | 6
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I'll have to ask Bones and Chewie what they think about this whole nickname thing. +++ And Scotty? *** And Kirkie, and Spocky, and Picky, and Rykie, and Sisky, and Janey, and Chaky, and Archy and Polly.
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Brett Rankin
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I don't understand this whole argument. On one hand the mantra is that comics are for kids, on the other hand everyone gets bent when they're not "respected" like Shakespeare.
Maybe...just maybe...comics should be fun? And if someone calling Superman or Spiderman by a nickname makes them more fun, then that should be okay?
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Todd Douglas
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OK...on this one, I definitely agree. It just plain wasn't a nickname that fit Hippolyte at all.
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John Byrne
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if someone calling Superman or Spiderman by a nickname makes them more fun, then that should be okay? *** How does it make them "more fun"? "Kirkie". "Spockie". "Hannie". "Lukie". Did I just make STAR TREK and STAR WARS "more fun"?
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John Byrne
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It just plain wasn't a nickname that fit Hippolyte at all.
****
Exactly right.
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Brett Rankin
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I don't know, I can't read your mind. Did it?
All I'm saying is calling Spider-Man "Spidey" makes me feel happy, and I love the character, am not embarrassed by the my love for the character, and leave comic books out in clear view of guests without shame, yet you're telling me I'm secretly disgusted by my hobby and don't respect Spider-Man. I say thee nay, doctor!
So connect all that for me, eh? :)
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John Byrne
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I can't read your mind*** Interesting. Yet, apparently, you feel confident enough to "read the minds" of everybody else who reads comics, so you know that their use of these "nicknames" is all for the "fun" of the hobby, and don't add at all to the general disdain for superheroes held by, well, pretty much everybody who isn't a fan. Forest, meet trees.
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