Threadless T-Shirts - Geek Graph (coolnes levels)

Geek Graph (coolnes levels)

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againstbound
on Jan 24 '08

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Average score:

2.34 out of 5

Number scored:

1,818 people

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107 days ago

Comments:

52 comments

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againstbound on Jan 17 '08

How cool of a geek are you?
(Optional gold foil for the yellow version.)

6 days later

Raphe10 on Jan 24 '08

i break those rules, :]

Mayward on Jan 24 '08

"Coolness" is spelled wrong. And it could have been funnier with different geek aspects, such as pastiness of skin, Battlestar Galactica wisdom, and mastery of the Klingon language.

Just saying those things put me at a level 4 geek. This has potential.

animelover on Jan 24 '08

i like this shirt

johnny_quest on Jan 24 '08

Ahhh cosplay...

Considering it is a geek graph...Increased geekiness should correspond with increased height on the graph as opposed to the inverse...IMO of course...

againstbound on Jan 24 '08

mmm, damn i thought the coolness being measured was clearer :/

von Vismal on Jan 24 '08

I totally agree with johnny quest on the inverse relation of the geekiness... that's odd to me. But I love the concept. And would add rating t-shirts on Threadless in there somewhere.

scribbleicious on Jan 24 '08

ummm world of warcraft definately falls under freak category

Keter on Jan 25 '08

Concept good, graph layout bad. ;o) And I agree, WoW is definitely freak.

againstbound on Jan 25 '08

well, where were all of you when it was in critique u_u, and i know not everyone will like the categories and levels as is, but its hard to please EVERYONE, so i tried to balance it out, and yet again this is measuring the coolness of the geeks :/

orwell on Jan 25 '08

what's cosplay and world of warcraft? just curious

MCS4096 on Jan 25 '08

cosplay can be freaky good..!

Dabem on Jan 25 '08

Oh man! me and my friend totally came up with a geek level system. except it's reversed as you go higher and higher you ascend into more geekdom. Awesome sub! High $5

caleb haws on Jan 25 '08

guitar hero ftw!

madruga on Jan 25 '08

I think the graph should be inverted
cosplay... that's for REAL freaks!

ellabeeinc on Jan 25 '08

Geeks Unite!

.MINUS. on Jan 25 '08

Nice idea!

i know very little about art on Jan 25 '08

well presented.
Looks very nice on shirt!
$buy

memoangeles on Jan 25 '08

Coolness! Kind of a geek myself.

quister on Jan 25 '08

"Coolness" is spelled wrong. Mayward what dictionary are using?

The concept here is satire. The design ridicules the establishment's notion that geeks are society's misfits and social outcasts. It proclaims the geek's indifference to society's notion of what's cool and establishes the new cool. So, I'm not going to get into which activities or what's coolest. They're important of course, but really only play a supporting role in the antiestablishment message the design conveys.

That said, I'd gladly wear it for the simple pleasure of saying, "I'M A GEEK, AND YOUR NOT" or as a means of connecting with other geeks and debating what's cooler or coolest.

A high 5$ for mocking against the machine.

dragonkeeperkid on Jan 25 '08

$5 $5 $5 I'd buy

li4m on Jan 25 '08

I´ll buy this tshirt, this time u must win, or im gonna cry T-T

Please threadless admin print this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rathany on Jan 25 '08

Cosplay is by it's very nature a social activity... so saying they should stay in basements makes a complete lack of sense.

TobyD81 on Jan 25 '08

Very complete, and accurate, too! I'd just say that the graph should be inverted (Guitar hero low, and cosplay high to show the extreme geekiness.) 5$

Savage Companion on Jan 25 '08

Cosplayers are not...well they are a different group of folks.

Savage Companion on Jan 25 '08

oh $5 on this

againstbound on Jan 26 '08

thanks everyone for support!! =D, and again this wasnt intended to measure geekiness itself, but the coolness in geek activities, hence the way th scores are arranged, but people dont seem to read that part :/, lets see how it goes, maybe i'll resub with this measuring geekiness alone, anyway thanks, and aslo what quister said ;D

dream_vortex on Jan 26 '08

$5 i really need to have this shirt :)

numbsock on Jan 26 '08

yeah you should definitely reverse it. high values, high geekiness :P $4

edean on Jan 26 '08

should you have a disclaimer for some of these things, like harry potter? maybe something like "* this does not apply to children under the age of 14" also, I like how it's set up, and i get the concept, but should you have the bars in ascending order, so cosplay is all the way on the left, then d & d, then all level 3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,10. anywho, $5!

Oscarilbo on Jan 26 '08

hahaha of course $5 !!! this is also perfect for any holliday gift

schumacherenator on Jan 27 '08

waaayyyy too much to read. i don't want people coming up to me and staring at my shirt for five minutes -- "what does it say? ... oh. haha."

againstbound on Jan 27 '08

shcuma, you should get friends that read a bit faster than 7 year olds then ;D, and thanks averyone for support, i dont expect a high score on this at all, i know is a long shot, but its good to see people that like it =D

Thickblueink on Jan 27 '08

Come to SPSU and get an idea of what "geek" really is. Cool concept, yet better execution is desired.

BellicoseButterfly on Jan 27 '08

i like harry potter so i guess im in the okay range, love the shirt 5$

schnookums on Jan 27 '08

my boyfriend NEEDS to own this shirt. i love it!

againstbound on Jan 28 '08

Eduardo Trigueros muybien on Jan 28 '08

Wooooww !! I have a friend called liam, he really loves tshirt like this !!

5$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ !

nike1 on Jan 28 '08

this shirt is the total integral of my husband.

i like every thing about it.

i'll take one, please!

J-Ray on Jan 28 '08

Very funny, and nice choice of font. You'll probably rustle a few feathers but it'd be fun to wear. 5

Kogepan on Jan 28 '08

I'm heavily a geek, bordering on freeeeak.

Lol, $5.

courtney pie on Jan 28 '08

hey! dance dance revolution is WAY cooler than guitar hero

12monkeys on Jan 28 '08

i agree with everyone who has said that a bigger bar graph should be more geeky.

that said, i do like the idea... i'm questioning some of that criteria though. probably because i'm not into any of those.

againstbound on Jan 28 '08

kyrn on Jan 29 '08

yes yes yes awesome!

akaMazi on Jan 29 '08

Oh my god. As a comic-book-reading, Harry Potter-loving, Star Trek & Wars afficiando, Guitar Hero-playing (although I love Rock Band more!) geek who lives in the World of Warcraft, I give this a thumbs-up!

I won't nitpick as to the geekiness levels of everything, but an above commenter was right that the highest bars should denote the highest levels of geekiness-- I think it's more intuitive that way.