“I think the reason I find geek culture so obnoxious at times to engage in is because the people are for the most part the same privileged dips that inhabit mainstream culture, but with the added detriment of a victim complex. They’re still largely white and center their race, they’re still largely straight and center their sexuality, they’re still largely cis men who center their gender. They challenge nothing about the status quo and what bodies get to be placed at the center of it, they offer nothing radically different to the typical narratives about which groups of people are and are not important and they can be just as hostile to groups who try to find a place in their space as the mainstream is, in some cases even worse. But for some reason they think the fact that they like Battlestar Galactica instead of Monday night football makes them radical alterna-gods who are too good for this sinful Earth.”

“Geeks – I think the reason I find geek culture so obnoxious at times to engage in is because the people are for the most part the same privileged dips that inhabit mainstream culture, but with the…”

Occupy The Disco – Geeks

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The Pervocracy: The Geek Social Fallacies of Sex.

“Water in Lake Horowhenua is so toxic that it could kill a small child, regional councillors have been told.”

Lake Horowhenua toxic enough to kill a child | Stuff.co.nz

“Every bus route in Wellington is set to change in the first major review of the city’s network in about 20 years.”

Wellington Bus Route Major Review | Stuff.co.nz

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“My avg. daily fitbit #fitstats for last week: 14,581 steps and 9.6 km traveled. http://www.fitbit.com/user/22NNRC”

My Weekly Fitbit Stats

“The phrase “Magical Negro” refers to the phenomenon in which a white character in a tv show or movie finds enlightenment through the wisdom of a Black character.  It is widely considered an offensive trope in which Black people — imbued with special spiritual, religious, or primitive powers of insig…”

The Magic of India (for White People) » Sociological Images

“Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has reversed Canadian policy, quietly directing Canada’s spy agency to use information that may have been extracted through torture in cases where public safety is at stake.”

CSIS may use intelligence derived from torture, Toews says – Politics – CBC News

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