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<p>76.30.185.115: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 747<br /> | date = May 31, 2010<br /> | title = Geeks and Nerds<br /> | image = geeks and nerds.png<br /> | titletext = The definitions I grew up with were that a geek is someone unusually into something (so you could have computer geeks, baseball geeks, theater geeks, etc) and nerds are (often awkward) science, math, or computer geeks. But definitions vary.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete}}<br /> A geek or a nerd with a strong opinion on the distinction between a geek and a nerd is both a geek and a nerd.<br /> <br /> The irony here is that the only people who have strong opinions trying to differentiate between geeks and nerds are people who are particularly geeky/nerdy. Presumably none of these people recognize this fact, but their attempt to demonstrate that they are not one or the other serves to prove that they are.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[There is a two-circle Venn diagram; the left circle is labeled &quot;Geeks,&quot; the right &quot;Nerds.&quot; The intersection is labeled &quot;People with strong opinions on the distinction between geeks and nerds.&quot;]<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Charts]]</div>

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