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¿Question #3876?
erli: Why are geeks stereotyped as having no fashion sense?

Woelf: Most stereotypes have some basis in truth.
frumpish: I have no idea. (Glances at username)
kathleenryan: I think because of those plastic pocket protectors, and the eye glasses that are taped in the center.
Jatoha: Because we could not care less about clothing. At least I couldnt', altho I do try cuz I'm a girl and I'm supposed to care.
Blott: Check the image galleries for "people" pics.
tank13: beacause we are pratical
Hendal: ever been to a gaming Convention?
jessitron: ha ha, I resemble that remark
tankexmortis: Because the stereotypical geek suffers from strong Asperger's Syndrome, and a common symptom of that is not to care about one's appearance.
WatchmanX2000: have you ever seen the geeks at a convention?
Zarion of Arabel: beats me
Bixby: Can't talk now, my polyester suit is one fire and I need to put it out with my Jolt cola.
aleo09: check the bgg photo album
personwholives: Because we consider orange to be a valid color for a shirt. Traffic cone orange. AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
CardboardCultist: I have no idea, because my argyle butterfly collar is SO HOT right now!
DHEK: Because they are stereotypically seen as spending too much time on their geek pursuits to care about other stuff, which include fashion sensibility.
TheArchAngel: because it is thought that we wear whatever gets us out into public that won't get us locked up
Inntrepid: probably because most of us do not. we have other things to think about that are more important.
darcyj2: Because most do not.
Libra: Because stereotypes are based in truth.
clandaith: Most don't.
drummermark: Because instead of searching for close online and seeing the newest fashion, we search for games
Hate: Because they don't have any fashion sense. WHY they don't is another question entirely.
presence: Because its true. It's not important enough for them to worry about it.
POvidiusNaso: Because 99% of us don't have any. Actually, that may be low...
ZeroZilla: Stereotypes exist for the truth in them. Like jokes, but meaner.
Beelzebub: They are above the need to primp.
rawdawg: no
mcross: Because most of us don't
SgtTodd: Geek is style, $%&* fashion
heli: There are 4 types of human personalities and this is how they dress: Artisans - to be cool; Guardians - to enhance their status as much as possible; Idealists - to please their own whims; Rationals - don't care.
ghcstr: Because they are generally more concerned with other things more important than the superficial.
beri: Because we enjoy classic games as well as new ones, so we don't get suckered into following trends as ephemeral as 'fashion'.
dietevil: Because people for some reason love to put others down.
bigbadsteve: cause people with a good sense of fashion are DORKS
duLac956: Look around...
dmomo: Never heard that they were. Dorks and Nerds.. a different story.
JonBen: because we elect the worst dressed geeks as public representatives
Cromaa: Because we don't
Nekura: Because we don't
gr8lookinguy: because you don't
nexttothemoon: Cuz most of us are pretty screwed up from playing board games with German names like Die Macher and surfing sites like boing boing and slashdot with computers all day long...not exactly pursuits that require nice looking Italian threads and bling-bling.
play an instrument: cuz they dont
Shotmagnet: plaid trousers, white loafers and lime green polo shirts: self-evident
marshalljansen: Sterotyped? That implies that they might have some... have you been to a gaming convention recently?
Mordachai: I think it goes hand in hand with the prejudice that male geeks don't have girlfriends.
Ebon Wendigo: They have more important things to think about.
Helenoftroy: Well, I don't like high fashion. Because . . .we were shirts that say know your roots with a nintendo control on it. clothes scream geek sometimes.
mrspank: Because we... er... they like plaid patterns, pocket protectors and play Dungeons & Dragons.
Loquutus: Just look at us, man!
enricodandolo: Are you serious?
locusshifter: Because most don't
jellospike: Because everyone needs a stereotype. Geeks seem to need a lot of them, though. Blame it on their insecurities.
Unitbuster: I'll ask those jerks at school next time they snap my suspenders
talanthan: Because most don't have any.
darthcliff: Because they don't have any.
Tushratta: Because its true.
MochaKimono: Doesn't 'stereotype' imply it being not true?
Steve Leach: cuz they don't
scriptorum: Stereotypes are there for a reason.
skrutsch: Isn't that part of the definition?
melissa: Have you ever been to a gaming convention?
djlg: Envy by the stoopid classes.
consolewa: People with fashion sense are fashion geeks. Which geeks are you talking about?
Belash: look in mirror. look at any social/trash magazine. compare. find enlightenment.
Chaz: because they don't
Cavedog_pdx: All those D&D players make us look bad.
Lord_Prussian: Because they don't
CharlieWonka: find a mirror
puffinge: Um, because most of them don't?
ValJor: It's absolutely true...
snoozefest: 'cause it's true?
skelebone: That's a fallacious stereotype. The ones that have no fashion sense are the ones that get noticed for not having fashion sense. One cannot look at a person and determine they are a geek merely by clothing alone.
CDRodeffer: Their fashion sense is usually whatever's on top of the clean pile.
sourwyrm: revenge of the nerds
jttm: Beats me. Flannel is 'in' this year
Spielfreak: There are exceptions, but generally people are considered geeks because the concentrate on some disciplines while neglecting others, noteably fashion.
chaddyboy_2000: I don't know.
CortexBomb: I don't know...perhaps the ripped, airbrushed dragon shirts have something to do with it?