Karl Gallagher ([info]selenite) wrote,
@ 2008-02-18 15:28:00
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Geekier Than Who?
[info]xinef posted the list of 20 Pop Culture Obsessions even geekier than Monty Python. Let's see. Am I obsessed with these?

1. Star Trek - Not since Babylon 5 started, but in high school especially, oh, yeah.
2. Renaissance faires - Yep, to meet girls. Found one, now it's a more casual interest.
3. Fantasy sports leagues - Sports? No.
4. Michael Jackson - Dude did some good music once, not that I bought any.
5. Wikipedia - Useful resource, I'm not a contributor.
6. Battlestar Galactica - Seen six eps. Will probably watch the rest sometime after I'm done with Buffy.
7. The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Went once.
8. Joss Whedon - Firefly, yes. Buffy, getting there. Angel, TBD. Never saw Aliens 3.
9. Media-specific role-playing - Star Trek (FASA) in high school, Firefly now.
10. Magic: The Gathering - I've played using other people's decks.
11. World Of Warcraft - Some of my best friends . . .
12. The Simpsons - Used to watch it, enjoyed it.
13. Doctor Who - Like what I've seen of the revival, the originals are kinda slow for me.
14. Frank Zappa - See #4.
15. Game-show tape trading - I live in a glass house and shall not throw stones.
16. Anime - I like Cowboy Bebop.
17. Cosplay - Ren faire/SCA count?
18. Live-action role-playing - See #17
19. Second Life / MySpace / FaceBook - How'd LJ not make that list?
20. Fanfic - Write fanfic? Moi?

Table-top role playing games are less geeky than Monty Python?


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[info]mostuff
2008-02-18 10:13 pm UTC (link)
I'll admit to participation in/enjoyment of 2, 6, 7, 8 and 11. Obsessed? Probably not.

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[info]cjsmith
2008-02-19 12:00 am UTC (link)
I'm guessing table-top role playing games just barely stayed outside the "pop culture" defining line.

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[info]thegameiam
2008-02-19 12:33 am UTC (link)
hardcore: 5, 6, 7, 8, 14 (Zappa is the MAN! My band did a fundraising benefit concert for his presidential campaign - I think we raised all of $15 or something like that).
not-so-hardcore: 1 (and I would think that B5 is waaaaaay geekier than ST, anyway), 2, 3, 12 (although I do have a pair of cousins who write books on #13), and 19 due to being in a band.

I definitely knew better than to start playing Magic:the Gathering, because I like having some left-over money occasionally.

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[info]lolleeroberts
2008-02-19 04:19 am UTC (link)
Angel TBD - not an acronym I grok. Care to enlighten me?

(It's okay if you don't like it, it's not everyone's cuppa)

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[info]selenite
2008-02-19 05:32 am UTC (link)
"To Be Determined", a very common placeholder in government contracting docs. I'm only a few episodes in so I haven't made up my mind yet.

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