10 Ways To Provoke A Geek Fight

 

For the most part, we geeks are peaceful people.  We're typically fairly open minded and don't generally go out of our way to cause confrontations.  However, even we have our limits.  Sometimes, when interacting with others (both geek and non-geek), something will get said that just has to be responded to.  Usually it's an idea that is completely and utterly against our geeky way of seeing things that we have to point out the error to whomever had made the faulty point.  When it's a fellow geek that said the erroneous statement, then it's a full on geek fight. 

 

The things that set us off vary greatly depending on the geek in question, but the folks over at GeekDad have put together a rather accurate list of things that will start most of us off on a geeky rant.  They've dubbed this list the Top 10 Ways to Provoke a Geek Argument.  Be warned though, even the act of just reading the list was enough to make me angry.  Especially items #1 and $4.  Them's fighting words.

 

Also, the more I think about it, GeekDad left a couple of important items off of the list.  Here's some other things that I think when said aloud are pretty much guaranteed to start a geek argument.

 

• Aren't Star Trek and Star Wars the same thing?  I can never tell the difference.


• The "Dark Knight" was totally overrated.  I think  "X-Men 3:  The Last Stand" was a much better film.


• The Muppet Show was just a stupid kids show.


• Science Fiction and Fantasy novels aren't real literature.

 

Can you guys think of any more?