Some people are still catching on to the fact that geek culture and geek values have infiltrated the mainstream of American society. Take David Brooks’ editorial in the Times entitled “The Alpha Geeks“. Brooks’ late-to-the-party enthusiasm for geek cool is kind of cute, but it makes you wonder how astute the first Times‘ op-ed writers really are. I do like this sentence, though:
The jock can shine on the football field, but the geeks can display their supple sensibilities and well-modulated emotions on their Facebook pages, blogs, text messages and Twitter feeds.
Hear that? I’m both supple and well-modulated. If that isn’t the definition of “sexy”, I don’t know what is.
As long as we’re talking about geek awesomeness, check out the video for Weezer’s “Pork and Beans” and see how many YouTube references you can identify.
Some of my best friends are geeks. I’m a bit of a geek myself. Go geeks!
I don’t think the new Weezer album is too hot as a whole, but I’ll be damned if that video isn’t awesome. I like the light saber drumsticks. (there I go showing my geekiness)