I’m a geek, a nerd, a loser, a… can’t think of a fourth, especially anything that rhymes… ANYWHO

Star Wars versus Star Trek.

REALLY?

Is this still the quintessential debate for  geekdom even though it’s like TWENTY FUCKING YEARS OLD?  Come on!  The Mac vs. PC I can understand… but really… trek vs. wars?!  I know people who enjoy both, I know people who enjoy neither, all are geeks.  How has this stereotype persisted?

I almost have to wonder if this comparison is perpetuated not by us (geeks) but by everyone else, in an attempt to understand us.  Let’s face the simple fucking facts.  Living in the Star Wars universe would be terrible, but you’d be a badass, living in the Star Trek universe would be sweet, but you’d be a red shirt.

a. It’s like comparing Communism to Medieval Knights…  wtf.

The only real connecting factors are they began in close proximity to each other (RL-wise) and they both fall under the sci-fi genre.

Now, if you read what I have lovingly titled sentence A and said to yourself, “NO Z, IT’S EXACTLY LIKE THAT, WTF”.  Then you’d be correct, and this article is probably either really obvious, or a tiny bit funny to you.  IF not, you’re destined to learn something.  (I’m starting to forget how this began… did I mention I’ve been drinking?)

There’s a lot of definitions for nerds, geeks, dorks, whatever the fuck else name they were given in highschool.  But I feel like making up my own.  I consider myself a geek so from this point forward, whatever you consider yourself to be, I shall refer to you as a geek.

A geek is someone who has an interest in a subject that is adamant to the point that other people can no longer relate to them about it.

That’s what I’d consider to be a geek.  Jane Goodall is a Gorilla geek in my book.  Travis Barker’s a drum nerd, Ricky Carmichael is an MX dork.

Tell you what.  (You being the hypothetical person that I will never do this…)

Next time you see someone who is OBVIOUSLY a geek, I mean… you usually can’t tell if it’s not obvious, but this isn’t an article about how dumb the average human being is, so I’ll leave it at that.  This fellow is wearing his federation symbol loudly and proudly, or as you walked into a random building he yelled “It’s a Trap!” after you… so you know he’s your guy.  (P.S. if you don’t get that last reference… you think you live in this world?)  Now you’ve found the most stereotypical geek that has ever graced god’s strangely formed planet, ask him if he prefers Star Trek or Star Wars.  You didn’t even make it to the end of the question before you had an answer did you?  Stop lying… I’m right.  Now ask them his or her thoughts on the other.  (That’s right… HER, these conversations can happen between women! (double parens: Most unlikely, but 42x as hot))  Odds are, it’s respectful, they probably like both.  Not liking both is basically saying you don’t like a sweet version of a medieval fantasy tale, or you don’t like the idea of a basically perfect society (holodecks never hurt).  Which one he likes more may be a bit of a talking point… but both sides can be respected.  And that’s where the problem lies.

STAR WARS VERSUS STAR TREK?!

Everyone get’s the debate, but it almost seems like it’s more important to non-geeks.  People who watches the original trilogy and decided they were basically flawed as human beings and didn’t like it that much decided tribbles were more fun, so Star Trek is a better show… On the opposite side, all this neutralism and getting along with other races with barely any fighting could disturb some people, so Star Wars is obviously their thing, where they can pretend to beat someone up for literally no other reason than they’ve been told he’s the bad guy.

OKAY I’M DONE BITCHING

You can wake up now.  This “epic” debate between star wars and star trek seems to only exist in the minds of people who are incapable of understanding the minds of others.  Dumbasses, if you will, the American public if I must be so bold.

Somehow, even though the “geek” is becoming an increasing majority of the American public, most people still don’t give them a second thought.  Upon learning of a geek, the only thing they can think to fucking say is “Hey! can you help with my email?! durrrrrrrr”…

Well you know what… Farve’s playing for the Viking’s bitch.  It’s a new age, you can be a fan of both now.  Stop being such a big douche about how awesome your Vikings are now, you stole the enemies captain.  (This is all a metaphor btw.)

At the end of the day a geek is a complicated creature… and boiling it down to Star Wars versus Star Trek is like going Firefly vs. BSG… or Dr. Who vs. SG1, they’re really arbitrary things, that anyone who’s remotely informed realizes they can be hated or loved on their own merit… OH I GOT IT.

Are you an annoying Twilight chick?  or are you an annoying Harry Potter chick?  Odds are, if you’re actually female, you said “WTF!  I like both!”… EXACTLY.

SLIGHT TOPIC CHANGE

I’m just going to use ST or SW for Star Trek or Star Wars cause I’m getting really lazy…

I was reading an article about, how to date a geek, or some shit like that, I dunno, it was on digg (i think)… that’s actually what got me started on this god awful rant.

Yes, they like SW/ST… DO YOU?  Okay you don’t, yeah it’s nice to watch it with then but WTF, you don’t have to sit next to them hating ever second.  It’s not like they’re not human, like somehow they can’t sense the fact that you want to be somewhere else.  THIS IS NOT A CHICK FLICK if you want to get up and leave, that’s perfectly understandable.  They’re not going to throw a hissy fit that you don’t respect them.

Geeks are very accepting to other people opinions, so, quite frankly, if you don’t want to be there… then why are you?

BUT, on that same venue, they do need time to trek out (or whatever-out), and this needs to be respected as well.

WHAT THE FUCK did I just type… If this get’s published… use someone else’s name (I’m so clever).

I think it’s time for bacon… yeeeeeeees.

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