[Sage]

Originally Posted by Jelena

Do the words geek and nerd only apply to computer obsessions of different kinds or is it possible to be a geek or nerd beacuse of devotion of any interest?

In gambler's parlance, I think you've just agreed to see my computer obsession and raise me a social handicap.
Okay then, in normal society I'm a geek because I'm gay and therefore have very little to add to discussions about the aesthetic qualities of, um..."jiggly bits". In gay society I'm a geek because I'm a "bear" (a hairy, older, and reasonably masculine guy...the exact opposite of a metrosexual) and because I couldn't care less about fashion or dance clubs. In bear society I'm a geek because I have long hair instead of the requisite buzz cut and because I openly associate with non-bears.