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Unread 14 Aug 2003, 16:31   #1
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Today I attened my first math lecture at my university. There I encountered a shocking sight.

Seven or so of the 50 large group fitted perfectly - and I say perfectly! - into the traditional 'nerd', 'geek' stereotype.

They were for real. The hair, the clothes, the shape of the body, the shape of the glasses, the body language, the behaviour, the voice. So striking. So convincing.

True, I've seen one or two that might fit such a description before, but almost always in isolated cases - never consentrated in one place like this.

I feel like I've been thrown into the real world at last.


This does sound weird but I felt like putting it to text since it's been running through my head ever since I came home.




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Unread 14 Aug 2003, 16:36   #2
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Pure coincidence. The first math convention I attended was filled with average looking (and some beautiful) people, and not a single one who could be spotted among people on the street, quite contrary to my prejudices.
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Unread 14 Aug 2003, 17:05   #3
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From your picture, I would of said that you aren't too far from fitting into your own stereotypes there. So stop being so judgemental.
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From your picture, I would of said that you aren't too far from fitting into your own stereotypes there. So stop being so judgemental.
a very valid point!
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Unread 14 Aug 2003, 17:23   #5
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Although, if I'd google for all the pics under topic "Tietäjä", I'd end up with a bunch of pics of a finnish mythological character, Tietäjä Väinämöinen, who, apparently, is ageless, usually pictured as an old man with a lenghty beard and a weird hat.

Instead, I am 18.

I get rid of my beard every day.

A valid point indeed.
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I get rid of my beard every day.
Every day????

By the time you're 30 you'll be shaving every hour!
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Unread 14 Aug 2003, 17:27   #7
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Every day????

By the time you're 30 you'll be shaving every hour!
A bit exaggerating indeed, but I do shave daily, or at least every other day. I doubt the growth will speed up any, but, isn't it a bit varying individual-by-individual? Some people don't shave before they are twenty innit. Some do at 15´s.
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The stereotypes in uni are phenomenal.

You think that TV plays it up but no...theres real people who actually look/sound/act like the stereotypes that are portreyed...
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A bit exaggerating indeed, but I do shave daily, or at least every other day. I doubt the growth will speed up any, but, isn't it a bit varying individual-by-individual? Some people don't shave before they are twenty innit. Some do at 15´s.
It has speeded up for me over the years. Maybe I'm just a freak, dunno.
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It has speeded up for me over the years. Maybe I'm just a freak, dunno.
So, how often did you shave at 18's?
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i shave once a week, or less, as i'm too lazy. and i like my 3 day beard. If i think about it, i would prolly need to shave once every 2-3 days to look more or less good...
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Unread 14 Aug 2003, 18:37   #12
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From your picture, I would of said that you aren't too far from fitting into your own stereotypes there. So stop being so judgemental.
i believe that this is matrim

http://gallery.netgamers.org/view.php?nick=Matrim

who tho obviously geeky, is by no means as geeky as the person in matrim's sig. If you did actually mean the matrim im on about then
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Unread 14 Aug 2003, 18:43   #13
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What's wrong with fitting into some stereotype?

Are you saying that black people should deliberately avoid eating fried chicken simply to buck your unimportant cliche?
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What the **** did you expect? Did you think they would all be wearing gucci or something?
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So, how often did you shave at 18's?
About every 3/4 days. 5 years on I'm shaving every 2 days.
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The stereotypes in uni are phenomenal.

You think that TV plays it up but no...theres real people who actually look/sound/act like the stereotypes that are portreyed...
JJ goes to my Uni. JJ fits into the fag stereotype.

I love him in the ass
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Maths and University

What the **** did you expect? Did you think they would all be wearing gucci or something?
I did maths at Uni
There were 7 people in my (single honours) class, of which I'd say one fitted the nerd stereotype. One was a 36 yr old ex electrician with a drink problem, one was a single mother of 28, one looked like the singer out of Simply Red, but was from Newcastle, one was a 'trendy' type, one was a kinda demure pixie like female, and then there was me.
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My point is that math people do not always fit the sterotype.

I also met a guy who designs rockets for NASA. He is probably in his 50's, so it is hard to tell whether he matches the stereotype, but I will say that I met him on the golf course, and he was a much better player than I.

I did not study math in Uni. I took tests that would allow me to get credit for the courses necessary to get a degree.
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