So I suppose the reason I don't like to see people mock geeks-- especially when the mockers are geeks themselves-- is that I see it as internalized self-hatred, an unwillingness to see their geekdom as something which is perfectly fine and should be socially acceptable.
As you know, I value the business of laughing, of making mock. It's a bit of a . . . creed? No, that's not the word. Worldview, habitus -- somewhere in there. I look to laughter to tell me what the laughed-at will not say. When it's about me, or something that's close to me, then it's even more important, because that's where I look for truth, for what I couldn't otherwise perceive. So that's why I listen particularly to those who mock. Laughter is power, and you have to take it by being the one who's laughing.
I really do believe in the power of geek. Even since we were kids, geeky pastimes have become accepted more and more in the wider society. Should we keep from looking at our own follies and excesses, just because we love who we are and what we do?
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Date: 2005-01-24 03:13 am (UTC)As you know, I value the business of laughing, of making mock. It's a bit of a . . . creed? No, that's not the word. Worldview, habitus -- somewhere in there. I look to laughter to tell me what the laughed-at will not say. When it's about me, or something that's close to me, then it's even more important, because that's where I look for truth, for what I couldn't otherwise perceive. So that's why I listen particularly to those who mock. Laughter is power, and you have to take it by being the one who's laughing.
I really do believe in the power of geek. Even since we were kids, geeky pastimes have become accepted more and more in the wider society. Should we keep from looking at our own follies and excesses, just because we love who we are and what we do?