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Smile Re: Breaking the Geek-FIRST Bias

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Originally Posted by JVN
Andy is the perfect example of how to break the "stereotype".

Baker was a "big dumb jock" (football), a rockstar (singer), who is also a huge geek (robots).

We need more "big dumb jock" rockstar geeks like Andy!

I love ya buddy.

John
That's funny. So here is the Merriam-Webster definition of Geek:

Main Entry: geek
Pronunciation: 'gEk
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from English dialect geek, geck fool, from Low German geck, from Middle Low German
1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of
- geeky /'gE-kE/ adjective

Don't some rock stars bite the head off animals? That's why Andy thinks he's a geek.

Raul
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