Both are
oppressed groups, but when it comes to "
gay pride" vs. "
geek pride", you've got to hand it to the geeks, they've got something gays don't: Geeks have
geek code. No, it's not a
secret language (well...), it's like an
ID3 for a geek. This was probably created because geeks realize that while geeks are different from others - this doesn't exclude other geeks. Not every geek likes
Star Trek, reads
Slashdot on a regular basis and gets
wired on
caffeine.
Geek code allows other geeks and the
population at large to read past the general geek
stereotype and find out what SPECIFIC geek traits you have (or lack thereof).
Sure, for gays there is a site called straightacting.com that will create a 1 through 10 (lower numbers are more manly)
integer representation of how much you act like a
stereotypical flamer (or is
queen the more
PC term?); however, a number tells little about you. What about the outcast
homosexual who can't identify with
gay stereotypes? He's branded "
straight acting". Well, gee... (begin dripping
sarcasm) Since 85 - 90% of the
population is
straight, it's blatantly obvious
how straight people act. (end sarcasm) It is obvious the
geek code system could be modified and applied to
homosexual traits to create a
gay code. But why stop there? There could be a
straight code, a
Christian code, etc. - definitely a subject worthy of more than just one
node.
Gay geeks could even combine a
geek code and a
gay code into a
gay geek code - now that's what I call
digital convergence! ;)