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ppfufJohn Scalzi, author of the excellent novel Old Man’s War, recently published an article on being geeky. From many jewels, I’ll pick one: “Many people believe geekdom is defined by a love of a thing, but I think — and my experience of geekdom bears on this thinking — that the true sign of a geek is a delight in sharing a thing. It’s the major difference between a geek and a hipster, you know: When a hipster sees someone else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is to say “Oh, crap, now the wrong people like the thing I love.” When a geek sees someone else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is to say “ZOMG YOU LOVE WHAT I LOVE COME WITH ME AND LET US LOVE IT TOGETHER.” ”
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Date: 2012-07-27 10:19 pm (UTC)This alone means I'm going to go buy some of his newer novels from
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