The Evolution Of The Geek [Infographic]

Who knew the term “geek” had such a long history? This awesome infographic shows the many branches of geekdom that have evolved over time. (Click to enlarge)

boomslang Community Contributor posted about 9 months ago

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No women or blond men allowed I guess?

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It's missing the “Who Geek”.

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“Glee Geek?” DOES NOT COMPUTE.

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No women? Under computer geek, you should mention the women computer programers, who were actually the first to start innovating software programming while their other colleagues thought it was unimportant compared to hardware programming.

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