Enforcer84

The Worst Insult Ever

Agreed. The whole idea that there is such a thing as a "real geek" and a "fake geek" is so precious as to be laughable. There's a crapton of fandoms/hobbies out there, and people are immersed to a greater or lesser degree in some/many of them. There are also many geekdoms that have nothing to do with gaming or fantasy at all. There doesn't exist some platonic ideal  ubergeek who masters every geekdom in depth.
 
I like scifi and fantasy, medieval music, play RPGs and videogames. Have done since long, long before any of those things were cool. But I'm otherwise pretty straight-up: I also like most of the the things that white middle class males are supposed to like.  Does that make me a "real" geek? Or not? I'm pretty sure some people would say yes, and some would say no, but the smart ones would say such a question is, at base so asinine as to not waste any time worrying about it.
 
Personally, when I check my give-a-**** meter, it's not registering this question at all.
 
cheers, Mark

Here's the next revamped uniform for my "Knights Templar"...the leader's last name is Templar...I know it's not terribly original, but it works.  Anyway here's the next character, Badger...actually 30 years now since I first played him. (Wolverine knock-off)...his skeleton was infused with Promethium (DC alloy...the harder you hit it, the harder it gets)...at this point, he's a galactic level hero.
 

The more I read the sadder that becomes. 

Showing how important cosplay has become in fandom; Marvel are doing a whole series of variant covers with Cosplayers in September
 

 
http://io9.com/marvels-september-comics-are-covered-with-awesome-cospl-1725610399

Disabled Cosplay: The Iron Mermaid.
http://fashionablygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/iron-merman-2.jpg

Disabled Cosplay: The Iron Mermaid.
http://fashionablygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/iron-merman-2.jpg

The sandwiches were the real heroes.

I agree with your point in general--but one of the results of the hack is the revelation that 86% of the accounts belonged to men, and that most of the women's accounts were fake. AM was a scam.

Look! Up in the Sky!
 


 
He's very excited about this. Took him two years to get into that shape.

Teen helps rescue Kidnapped Woman
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/canadian-teen-helps-rescue-kidnapped-woman/

Teen helps rescue Kidnapped Woman
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/canadian-teen-helps-rescue-kidnapped-woman/

Depressed Bakery donates to Mental Health Agencies. 
Bake sale for your brain 

You're thinking of DC's Captain Boomerang. Marvel's had been that way for most of his career.
 
EDIT: Beat to the punch. 

 
Kind of sad that they both came up with the same, sad character. 

That's what my brother says, too. 

How awesome is this?
 
 
Foo Fighters pull audience member to sing Rush's Tom Sawyer. He nails it.

Glenn Beck listed Portland, OR as the worst city in the US. 
 
WOOHOO!
GO us!

"You Ruined Everything" by Jonathan Coulton. One of the sweetest songs I've ever heard.