Thread: Are you an internet Nerd or Geek?

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

this macabre form of interactive medium is everything to some people and that is fuking sad.

I agree. To some people, the internet provides most of their entertainment in life. But, more than that, there is on-line shopping, banking, voting, signing-on, instant messaging, study couses etc. Soon there will be no need to leave the house at all. Face-to-face conversations will be a thing of the past. THAT will be very sad!

I'm a bit of a secret internet geek. I'm actually cool as fok IRL!

Nah, I don't really tell me pals about the shite I post online, probably cos of some subconscious "geek" stigma...but, it entertains me when I'm staying in on a Friday night like a sad twat!

To me, it's as valid a diversion as watching telly for example, and often far more informative. Live my life around it? No, but I do enjoy it so who really cares if I spend a bit too much time online eh?

I'm currently frying eggs, with the laptop in one hand......

Originally Posted by khmen

To me, it's as valid a diversion as watching telly for example, and often far more informative. Live my life around it? No, but I do enjoy it so who really cares if I spend a bit too much time online eh?

True enough, and better than being at the pub, eh ?

I am fully addicted to the Internet and recon I would be foked if it disappeared over night.

I use it for everything, paying bills, researching destinations, getting cheap air tickets, keeping in contact with friends when over sea's, storing and editing photos, Banking, transferring money, checking my rosters at work, it goes on.

Jeez, there's that much I do on the Net its on going.

As far as this forum goes, its been an invaluable format for my research concerning Thailand and my up coming retirement. I don't plan to live in Thailand full time but will spend maybe 8 months a year there.

The information I have garnered from the long term expats has hopefully set me up for a trouble free experience once I'm there not to mention some nice contacts Ive made using this forum.

Its bloody brilliant L/T and I even met you for a few beers EH.

Its still better than watching soapies.

Originally Posted by Gravesend Dave

Originally Posted by Looper

Originally Posted by waradmiral

before the internet people had pen pals from around the world.

I was forced to have a penpal against my will as some sort of school project when I was 9. She was a girl in Canada. I didn't want to have a pen-pal or write letters so my letter was subtly rude in ways that an adult could not detect. I did not hear back from her.

Looper

So when you was nine you could out smart adults.

Even the most out back hard of learning sad prick is not going to have any of that.

Your post get more and more far out the longer I use this forum.

Your a bullshitter!! I have little doubt.

Well that was my cunning plan as I remember it and it succeeded judging by the outcome. Whether my subterfuge was in fact picked up by an eagle-eyed adult letter vetter or not I cannot say but I was not pulled up about it.

Originally Posted by terry57

I use it for everything, paying bills, researching destinations, getting cheap air tickets, keeping in contact with friends when over sea's, storing and editing photos, Banking, transferring money, checking my rosters at work, it goes on.

The list does go on. If I wanted to crank one out when I was 15 I had to use my feverishly warped imagination. The internet is so awesomely great 15 year olds should not be allowed to use it.

Why don't you ask Smeg LT? He has a lot of data on this I hear?

Originally Posted by ltnt

Why don't you ask Smeg LT? He has a lot of data on this I hear?

I hardly contribute to his threads mate but what I do post seems to infuriate him.

It also seems what I post here is closely followed by a select few and which also hits close to home even to the point of them building innuendo into my words when it was not there in the first place.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

even to the point of them building innuendo into my words when it was not there in the first place.

I hadn't noticed that. All replies seem innocent enough to me? Geek or Nerd seems like a pair of words that are time worn these days. Everyone's on the computer these days. If you're going to do the 24/7 thing perhaps, but nobody here does that, do they?

I just while away the time looking for fish pictures.

7,000 posts in 6 years seems an awful lot to me.

Originally Posted by Thormaturge

7,000 posts in 6 years seems an awful lot to me.

Sounds a bit fishy to me mate.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by khmen

To me, it's as valid a diversion as watching telly for example, and often far more informative. Live my life around it? No, but I do enjoy it so who really cares if I spend a bit too much time online eh?

True enough, and better than being at the pub, eh ?

Well, I dunno about that - I do like a good swill from time to time!

But yes in the sense that staying in pissing about on the net, listening to music or whatever saves me a lot of cash and certainly keeps me out of mischief.

Originally Posted by ltnt

Geek or Nerd seems like a pair of words that are time worn these days. Everyone's on the computer these days.

Yeah, that's a pretty good point actually. Only really applies to proper IT geeks and techies nowadays I suppose - but a lot of them probably don't care as they're raking in the dough from
their cushy IT jobs.

Originally Posted by ltnt

If you're going to do the 24/7 thing perhaps, but nobody here does that, do they?

There's quite a lot of everyday people who are on the net 24/7 nowadays looking at facebook etc, so even that doesn't strictly apply to everyone anymore either. Geeks are becoming extinct, the normaloids have taken over!

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

It also seems what I post here is closely followed by a select few and which also hits close to home even to the point of them building innuendo into my words when it was not there in the first place.

what, no innuendo, useless, everyone needs some of that

you can find it on the net

Originally Posted by Thormaturge

7,000 posts in 6 years seems an awful lot to me.

bloody terrible, you should be ashamed

Originally Posted by khmen

But yes in the sense that staying in pissing about on the net, listening to music or whatever saves me a lot of cash and certainly keeps me out of mischief.

Playing around on this forum has certainly keep me away from other more sinister and expensive pastimes mate.

Having said that I spend a lot of time everyday sitting in front of a computer working and the last thing I am looking forward to is opening this page and reading some of the tripe that has been put up lately.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Originally Posted by Thormaturge

7,000 posts in 6 years seems an awful lot to me.

Sounds a bit fishy to me mate.

Seems to me he is hooked.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Having said that I spend a lot of time everyday sitting in front of a computer working and the last thing I am looking forward to is opening this page and reading some of the tripe that has been put up lately.

That's the beauty about Teakdoor IMO. You never know what you're gonna get. I think you're pretty good at tolerating the shite LT. I don't recall you really biting on anyones line, even Smeg's shit really. I can't do that, sometimes I just have to let it all out, rather than tolerate a fool. I have felt a tad nervous logging in, in the mornings on a few occasions

I wouldn't really call myself a nerd or geek for going online , logging in here, checking facebook, sickipedia, then banging one out to cream pie Thais, maybe weirdo, not geek. To me a geek or nerd is someone who can build their own pc , learn everything about Ubuntu or other obscure operating systems and understand how to use photoshop.

I do know how to use the teakdoor gallery though, so i guess i'm getting there

^ & ^^ I would label myself a computer dunce rather then a geek or nerd.

In this day and age unless you are pretty much computer literate you get left behind at the job counter.

Thank fok I surround myself with plenty of geeks and nerds that can do that job for me.

Originally Posted by Thaimato

Just for a change, I'm in agreement with Dr. A. Certainly don't count myself as anything near to a geek, even after working 27 years with computers, before - err - retiring. As Dr. A. points out, back then mainframes (as they were often called) were enormous room-sized buggers that took hours to compute anything useful. Half the time they didn't work and there were techie guys crawling all over the thing, trying to fix summat or other.

And for the poster that reckons IT people have cushy jobs - that may well be the case now (I have really no idea), but it certainly wasn't in days of yore, where often a 16-hour day was often called for and expected - and with unpaid overtime, too. However, the salary was above normal, granted, with a few other benefits. The most I ever worked in one stretch was 38 hours - must've got through around 100 gallons of coffee in that time.

Not that interested but can you recall what was so important that you were needed For 38 hours,what was your job?
What was needed of you you would be more the way I put it!

Originally Posted by Dillinger

I think you're pretty good at tolerating the shite LT.

Well I do my best mate.

Got a pretty vile PM from a bloke here that accused me of calling him a peodo which I did not but fucked if I know what is going on in his head.

This particular bloke was so proud that the Mods here removed my post upon his demand which in my opinion should not have been deleted.

Quite a turn about by the administration here considering I have had to photo-shop some of my photos in the past at the request of the administration because of their concerns about this particular poster who now seems to hold fort.

How things have changed here.................And particularly after the passing of the founder.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Got a pretty vile PM from a bloke here that accused me of calling him a peodo which I did not but fucked if I know what is going on in his head. This particular bloke was so proud that the Mods here removed my post upon his demand which in my opinion should not have been deleted. Quite a turn about by the administration here considering I have had to photo-shop some of my photos in the past at the request of the administration because of their concerns about this particular poster who now seems to hold fort.

come on, don't be shy, you can name him

Originally Posted by DrAndy

come on, don't be shy, you can name him

I'd prefer if the mod that deleted my post could send me a message informing me about my indiscretion.

And the next time I get a request from the administration to delete certain images from my posts because of others questionable and obviously worrying posting manner I may not be so forthcoming.