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There\'s other kinds as well. My wife and I have been married 11 years and we carry-on like newlyweds
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There\'s other kinds as well. My wife and I have been married 11 years and we carry-on like newlyweds
lol raginggaijin
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Originally posted by Sukigod
That\'s funny. I\'m 38, married, three children (so no virgin) and when I meet people and they ask about it, they still give the 40 Year Old Virgin reference. (he was a crappy painter anyway
Truth. He was all basecoats, nothing else.
You speak wisdom.
Bengoodall
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Phil, never being a newlywed myself Id have no idea what your on about.
So Im gonna assume you mean all lovey dubby and vomitous in public.
So Im gonna assume you mean all lovey dubby and vomitous in public.
freakinacage
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Originally posted by hubbabubba
geek noun [C] INFORMAL
a person, especially a man, who is boring and not fashionable:
He\'s such a geek.
geeky adjective INFORMAL
boring and not fashionable:
a geeky-looking guy in glasses
freak (STRANGE) noun [C]
a thing, person, animal or event that is extremely unusual or unlikely and not like any other of its type:
I was born with black hair all over my back, like some sort of freak.
The pearl, valued at £75 000, is so big that it has been described as a freak of nature.
HUMOROUS At my school you were regarded as a freak if you weren\'t interested in sport.
freak
adjective [before noun]
very unusual or unexpected:
She was crushed in a freak (= very unlikely) accident in a cave in France.
A freak whirlwind has destroyed over 20 caravans in west Wales.
freak (ENTHUSIASTIC PERSON) Show phonetics
noun INFORMAL
a health/computer/surf, etc. freak someone who is extremely interested in a particular subject or activity
nerd Show phonetics
noun [C] INFORMAL DISAPPROVING
a person, especially a man, who is unattractive and awkward or socially embarrassing:
He was a real nerd in high school - I can\'t believe he\'s so handsome now.
nerdy Show phonetics
adjective INFORMAL DISAPPROVING
He\'s nice, but kind of nerdy.
These glasses make me look/feel nerdy.
I think the dictionary needs up dating, or there should be some intermediate term. Still curious how these terms seem to be the almost exclusive domain of guys, be good to get one of the women amongst us to give their six pence worths.
@ Iono, as long as you\'ve bathed in the last couple of days, I think you\'ll be ok
damn i think i\'m all of those to a greater or lesser degree!!
wiccanpony
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:twisted:I agree with Vikey about age.......when you get enough years under your belt, you come to that stage when you smile sweetly and reply with a sharp “F**k off” flip the “bird” and boldly stalk into the Mini Store with a chip on you shoulder. lollol
recently what I\'ve noticed is that once you get older, pretty much no one is cool...and being a geek pretty much makes you above average really. I mean, all the cool kids in high school college who were popular and partying and such have all either made horrible life decisions/mistakes and hate their lives, are still in that lifestyle...which is just sort of sad at 30, or have grown up and developed their own geek side. So really, at a certain point, being a geek is sort of the status quo.
That doesn\'t mean people won\'t pick on you for miniatures however. HOWEVER, I think that for the most part people don\'t pick on miniatures but rather will pick up on your own insecurities about it, and are really picking on your insecurities rather than the miniatures themselves. For a long time I was insecure about it, and I got picked on, then at some point I got to a place where I was confident in it, and suddenly people I talked to or showed my minis to were genuinely interested and even expressed admiration for the hobby. A big turn around.
Basically in this world there are always people out there looking to tear other people down to bring themselves up, and will pick up and attack any insecurity, sad as that is. So go out with confidence and I bet you that those you meet will react in a much different light.
That doesn\'t mean people won\'t pick on you for miniatures however. HOWEVER, I think that for the most part people don\'t pick on miniatures but rather will pick up on your own insecurities about it, and are really picking on your insecurities rather than the miniatures themselves. For a long time I was insecure about it, and I got picked on, then at some point I got to a place where I was confident in it, and suddenly people I talked to or showed my minis to were genuinely interested and even expressed admiration for the hobby. A big turn around.
Basically in this world there are always people out there looking to tear other people down to bring themselves up, and will pick up and attack any insecurity, sad as that is. So go out with confidence and I bet you that those you meet will react in a much different light.
What\'s all the reference with the 40 yo virgin. I seen this movie recently ( Found it both cool and painfully bad.), iirc the guy doesn\'t paint minis, he collects action figures. It\'s a totally different trade...
Those guys are freaks, hihi...
Edit: Maybe this was Napoleon Dinamite.. I\'m not sure...
Those guys are freaks, hihi...
Edit: Maybe this was Napoleon Dinamite.. I\'m not sure...
raginggaijin
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Watch it again. He paints soldiers in a couple scenes, including the opening IIRC. (I could be wrong, but I do recall a scene where he\'s bent over the table applying paint to pewter.)
Geek chic.
hubbabubba
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Its like wearing jesus sandals, grey towelling socks and cut offs on the tube in the morning rush hour and just knowing your cooler than all the kids in their designer drain pipe jeans and cons, cause you can remember the whole thing from the eighties it sucked then, and it sucks even more now having seen it all before, and can still remember how damn uncomfortable those bollock crushing tight jeans were the first time round, man. And so I’s creepin’ into to local games store with sweaty palms, itchin for my next fix of white metal, and who cares if I don’t remember the last time I had a bath, eh what’s it to ya, he, he ha hahahaha:twisted::drool::drool::twisted:
I don\'t get it, this whole geek thing attached to painting. Everyone I tell (and I do tell everyone, no point in hiding it) thinks its really cool and they say they would love to have the patience to do it. Some of my mates even say that they wished they had gotten into a hobby like it and they wouldn\'t waste so much time doing sod all.
As soon as I stopped gaming after about 2month after I started (roughly about the same time I found CMoN and realised there was this entire other side to the hobby apart from what the staff at GW were telling me) and started to just paint, my credibility did go up with Laura, and she started telling her mates etc..
So in my case, painting is cooool, gaming is geeky.
(and im downloading 40 year old virgin to watch now, because I can\'t remember a painting bit)
As soon as I stopped gaming after about 2month after I started (roughly about the same time I found CMoN and realised there was this entire other side to the hobby apart from what the staff at GW were telling me) and started to just paint, my credibility did go up with Laura, and she started telling her mates etc..
So in my case, painting is cooool, gaming is geeky.
(and im downloading 40 year old virgin to watch now, because I can\'t remember a painting bit)
The same here.
Everyone just wants to see these miniatures I paint and then goes > oohh, its sooo small< no geekdom involved at all.
To be a nerd/geek needs much more than having a strange hobby.
My boss is an ex-army marine and his hobby is making doll house furniture.
Is his marine background still evident: Yes it is very much.
Does he try to hide his hobby: no he doesn\'t
Is he a nerd: no he definitely isn\'t
Bengoodall
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And would you call him a geek or a nerd to his face?
Bengoodall
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Hahaha, again, something else I wouldnt say to an ex marine
If Steve from American Dad were English I would be him. Just so we know my level of geekiness. I dont go out much, am criplingly shy and dont have a girlfriend. By the standards of some of the people at my local GW, I\'m a perfectly adjusted member of society. It rubs the lotion on its skin...
Sure I\'ll have the odd game of 40k every now and then but I get really pissed off with people who think they\'re a better tactician than Sun Tzu because they can move a couple of pieces of pewter around a table and roll dice. This is a battle. This is a game. Some people apparently cant tell the difference. And This, well, I have no fracking idea what this is.
Sure I\'ll have the odd game of 40k every now and then but I get really pissed off with people who think they\'re a better tactician than Sun Tzu because they can move a couple of pieces of pewter around a table and roll dice. This is a battle. This is a game. Some people apparently cant tell the difference. And This, well, I have no fracking idea what this is.
Sand Rat
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Bugger em all I say - its like buying porn - if you act like you know what your doing no one will remember what you bought - but if you sneak around you\'ll be explaining to the parish priest why he saw you coming out of the porn shop.
And before you ask - I\'m 41, been married twice and am currently dating a 30 year old. So while I live with two cats, I definately dont live alone.
And before you ask - I\'m 41, been married twice and am currently dating a 30 year old. So while I live with two cats, I definately dont live alone.
Amazon warrior
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Oooook. No more internet or sugar for that kid...
Personally I don\'t really care what people think of my hobby/obsession who are not involved with it. At 51 I\'ve matured enough to take any sarcastic comments and ignore them. People who have taken an interest in what I paint I occasionally show stuff to, but not that often that their eyes glaze over.
Besides which people don\'t want to P*ss me off, I know what they have hidden on their works PC\'s :evil::twisted:
