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Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« on: October 12, 2012, 10:48:00 AM »
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2012, 10:53:11 AM »
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I love bacon, but fuck you for ruining it, everyone. Holy shit, just shut the fuck up about bacon. Yeah, it's great, we know. Bacon cups, bacon salt, bacon shirts, bacon gum, bacon, bacon, bacon, WE GET IT. Bacon is your Jesus, we know, now do a shot of bleach and take some buckshot to the face.

He's right.

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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2012, 10:54:04 AM »
The thing about bacon is so true.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2012, 10:57:58 AM »
Pretty much nails it.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2012, 11:01:55 AM »
fuck belch :rofl
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2012, 11:23:56 AM »
Who is this guy? Never heard about him.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2012, 11:37:04 AM »
Quote from: Fifstar on October 12, 2012, 11:23:56 AM
Who is this guy? Never heard about him.

He's been writing rants like these for like 10 years. I think I found out about him with his I, Robot review.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2012, 11:53:49 AM »
Quote from: Andrex on October 12, 2012, 11:37:04 AM
Quote from: Fifstar on October 12, 2012, 11:23:56 AM
Who is this guy? Never heard about him.

He's been writing rants like these for like 10 years. I think I found out about him with his I, Robot review.

15.

Most I see mentioned about him these days is "SHITTY CHILDISH HUMOR", but he's rarely wrong and that's sort of the point.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2012, 12:12:40 PM »
Yeah I'm sure people unfamiliar with him would peg him in the "unfunny angry internet nerd" bin except with text instead of videos, but he's been doing it longer than almost everyone.

And yeah, he's rarely wrong. Like his QoS review.

In fact now I'm seeing his movie reviews are pretty much always spot on.

His april fools day posts are great for a laugh.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2012, 12:53:51 PM »
Anyone who considers maddox shitty or childish is not only wrong but also an idiot.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2012, 01:34:06 PM »
Quote from: Stringer Bell on October 12, 2012, 10:54:04 AM
The thing about bacon is so true.

It can also be said about cupcakes and zombies.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2012, 01:45:15 PM »
Reminds me of this

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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2012, 01:46:48 PM »
:lol :lol
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2012, 01:49:07 PM »
Quote from: Stringer Bell on October 12, 2012, 12:53:51 PM
Anyone who considers maddox shitty or childish is not only wrong but also an idiot.

I think some people are just burned out on him (like me).

I'm cool with just reading that above comic.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2012, 02:03:11 PM »
Maddox is the Dave Barry of the internet. What Rick Reilly is to sportswriting.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2012, 02:06:01 PM »
Science is fucking boring.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2012, 02:10:22 PM »
Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on October 12, 2012, 02:06:01 PM
Science is fucking boring.

For rizzle. I love reaping the fruits of science, but not the actual science itself.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #17 on: October 12, 2012, 02:28:04 PM »
I like watching the Science Channel, that's about it.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2012, 02:28:40 PM »
Shit, I forgot Maddox was a 'thing'.

Dude's still funny though!
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #19 on: October 12, 2012, 02:39:00 PM »
Nothing wrong with this.  Promote science and we'll have more students enroll in STEM programs.  And more people who drop out of STEM programs 'cause maths is hard.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #20 on: October 12, 2012, 03:16:40 PM »
I was always good at science, or more particularly life sciences. In another life time I'd love to be a biologist.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #21 on: October 12, 2012, 03:24:04 PM »
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #22 on: October 12, 2012, 03:47:06 PM »
Quote from: fryinghigh on October 12, 2012, 02:39:00 PM
Nothing wrong with this.  Promote science and we'll have more students enroll in STEM programs.  And more people who drop out of STEM programs 'cause maths is hard.

yeah, it annoys me sometimes when people do the "i fucking love science" bullshit, but it's better than them thinking science is from the devil
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2012, 04:15:21 PM »
I am a nerd and I'm not sexy so I am okay with this
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2012, 04:37:50 PM »
Quote from: Stringer Bell on October 12, 2012, 12:53:51 PM
Anyone who considers maddox shitty or childish is not only wrong but also an idiot.

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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #25 on: October 12, 2012, 04:46:02 PM »
Maddox has always been shitty.  Sorry folks.  And yeah, people don't get into Science careers because they love collating data (well some people might, but some people also like Sega because they like to jerk off to anthropomorphic animals), they got into it because they're smart and someone bought them a dinosaur book.  No reason not to promote the better side of it, or you end up with creationism.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #26 on: October 12, 2012, 05:30:09 PM »
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #27 on: October 12, 2012, 06:53:55 PM »
I actually don't like science all that much but I do love love love me some DATA (& charts & graphs)
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #29 on: October 12, 2012, 11:47:05 PM »
I stopped caring about Maddox when he would take 6-8 months to write a try-hard article.  His earlier stuff (pre-2004) was pretty good.  Now it kind of seems like he does it because he feels obligated to.

I did get Alphabet of Manliness though.  It was okay.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #30 on: October 12, 2012, 11:55:37 PM »
Quote from: The Experiment on October 12, 2012, 11:47:05 PM
I stopped caring about Maddox when he would take 6-8 months to write a try-hard article.  His earlier stuff (pre-2004) was pretty good.  Now it kind of seems like he does it because he feels obligated to.

I did get Alphabet of Manliness though.  It was okay.

Eh, I disagree. A lot of his recent stuff is pretty good.

http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=pass_sopa
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #31 on: October 13, 2012, 12:25:06 AM »


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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #32 on: October 13, 2012, 12:36:57 AM »
Didn't even know Maddox was still around...
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #33 on: October 13, 2012, 12:39:07 AM »
Quote from: Stringer Bell on October 12, 2012, 11:55:37 PM
Quote from: The Experiment on October 12, 2012, 11:47:05 PM
I stopped caring about Maddox when he would take 6-8 months to write a try-hard article.  His earlier stuff (pre-2004) was pretty good.  Now it kind of seems like he does it because he feels obligated to.

I did get Alphabet of Manliness though.  It was okay.

Eh, I disagree. A lot of his recent stuff is pretty good.

http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=pass_sopa

Oh fuck this.  Really?

his post on sasha grey is pretty spot on though
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #34 on: October 13, 2012, 11:30:51 AM »
Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on October 12, 2012, 06:53:55 PM
I actually don't like science all that much but I do love love love me some DATA (& charts & graphs)

this. fuck science; bring on the tedious empiricism!
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #35 on: October 13, 2012, 12:42:45 PM »
Quote from: BrandNew on October 12, 2012, 04:15:21 PM
I am a nerd and I'm not sexy so I am okay with this

You're not a nerd and you are sexy, you just have other issues. Queer.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #36 on: October 13, 2012, 01:04:46 PM »
I never heard of Neil Degrasse or whatever his name is before I came into this topic. I still dont know who he is. But apparently he is a thing?
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #37 on: October 13, 2012, 01:09:48 PM »
he's a black astrophysicist, integral to nasa, science education, space awareness, and is very much the public face of science today.
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« Reply #38 on: October 13, 2012, 01:11:12 PM »
must be a very american thing cause no one knows him here
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« Reply #39 on: October 13, 2012, 01:23:11 PM »
it is
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #40 on: October 13, 2012, 01:23:27 PM »
Quote from: Premium Lager on October 13, 2012, 01:11:12 PM
must be a very american thing cause no one knows him here

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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #41 on: October 13, 2012, 01:48:08 PM »
Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on October 13, 2012, 01:23:27 PM
Quote from: Premium Lager on October 13, 2012, 01:11:12 PM
must be a very american thing cause no one knows him here

Black + science = complete and total polish blind spot, we get it
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #42 on: October 13, 2012, 02:15:22 PM »
"Cool science" is basically the same dumb movement as "hip Christianity." Both feature insufferable dorks masking their product behind a mixture of groovy tunes, smugness, and free Halo LAN parties at a local community center
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #43 on: October 13, 2012, 03:11:21 PM »
Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on October 13, 2012, 01:23:27 PM
Quote from: Premium Lager on October 13, 2012, 01:11:12 PM
must be a very american thing cause no one knows him here

Black + science = complete and total polish blind spot, we get it

hur dur when did black people get the right to vote in the US again?

your memory is like your history, short
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #44 on: October 13, 2012, 03:12:40 PM »
Quote from: Eschaton on October 13, 2012, 12:12:19 PM
cant endorse. even though im a STEM major ill take any and every form of public enjoyment of science even though its some pictures of Neil DeGrasse Tyson wiping his ass or something. If it gets people even mildly interested- i'm for it, even if it isn't "real science"

I agree. There's nothing wrong with "pop science" to raise interest in education, especially when there are still parts of the country (e.g., Appalachia) where people have to be instructed not to give their infants Mountain Dew in the baby's bottle.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #45 on: October 13, 2012, 03:14:35 PM »
He was pretty good in Degrassi Junior High.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #46 on: October 13, 2012, 03:26:02 PM »
Math is hard.  I'm just going to be a Humanities major #yolo
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« Reply #47 on: October 13, 2012, 03:32:53 PM »
 :lol

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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #48 on: October 13, 2012, 03:40:56 PM »
Quote from: The Experiment on October 13, 2012, 03:26:02 PM
Math is hard.  I'm just going to be a Humanities major #yolo

Most of the people who are a part of "movements" like "I heart science" could actually use more enrichment in the humanities so that they could think critically and for themselves.  A Good Post.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #49 on: October 13, 2012, 05:32:00 PM »
Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on October 13, 2012, 01:23:27 PM
Quote from: Premium Lager on October 13, 2012, 01:11:12 PM
must be a very american thing cause no one knows him here

Black + science = complete and total polish blind spot, we get it

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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #50 on: October 13, 2012, 06:23:10 PM »
Quote from: Eschaton on October 13, 2012, 12:12:19 PM
cant endorse. even though im a STEM major ill take any and every form of public enjoyment of science even though its some pictures of Neil DeGrasse Tyson wiping his ass or something. If it gets people even mildly interested- i'm for it, even if it isn't "real science"

Yup.  People who disparage the inroads science has made in pop culture have just forgotten how bad it was before.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #51 on: October 13, 2012, 06:32:10 PM »


this cunt.

it's like he honed is oratory style by date raping his freshman physics students, stroking their palms and telling them how they were all born inside the heart of a dying star as he slips a rohypnol in their alchopop.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #53 on: October 13, 2012, 06:56:27 PM »
Malek with the false modesty!  That's a good look bro, girls like smart dudes who can be modest. 
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« Reply #54 on: October 13, 2012, 07:04:43 PM »
Women also like men who go outside once and a while. :shrugs
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #55 on: October 14, 2012, 01:47:06 AM »
I met a teacher the other day who was arguing "STEM" should be "STEAM" - Science Technology Engineering ART and Math ... because kids need art, too!

I got in a really unpleasant argument.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #56 on: October 15, 2012, 02:47:50 AM »
Quote from: Andrex on October 12, 2012, 11:37:04 AM
Quote from: Fifstar on October 12, 2012, 11:23:56 AM
Who is this guy? Never heard about him.

He's been writing rants like these for like 10 years. I think I found out about him with his I, Robot review.

That's the first article from Maddox I saw too!

Actually, it may have been the third or fourth, but it was definitely among my favorites.

Nowadays though, he's kinda hit or miss.
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #57 on: October 15, 2012, 04:18:57 AM »
Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on October 14, 2012, 01:47:06 AM
I met a teacher the other day who was arguing "STEM" should be "STEAM" - Science Technology Engineering ART and Math ... because kids need art, too!

I got in a really unpleasant argument.

You should have told him that kids need food and understanding so it should be STFU
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #58 on: October 15, 2012, 09:24:30 AM »
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Re: Maddox tells it like it is: You're not a nerd, geeks aren't sexy
« Reply #59 on: October 15, 2012, 09:57:41 AM »
Maddox was also an inspiration for some of my web design principles, believe it or not.

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Why does your site look so shitty? / Why do you use such huge fonts?

My site looks shitty for the following reasons:

1. Bandwidth conservation. I'm costing my ISP, Xmission, a lot of bandwidth per month, even with the text-heavy layout I have now. Xmission has been great about hosting this site, and I want to make it as efficient as possible while still getting my point across.

2. Protest. I'm keeping my web site shitty as a protest against all the slick-looking, contentless web sites out there. Nobody cares about your stupid rotating icons and fading links. Mine isn't the only site on the internet that uses a simple layout, perhaps you've heard of this one?

(Image removed from quote.)

Some webmasters have spent years tweaking their layout and designing their site, and very few get any traffic. This site, as shitty as it looks, gets over 1 million visits per month. I use large fonts also as a protest against all the stylish garbage you see out there. When I go to a web site, I WANT TO READ THE CONTENT. Trust me, that micro-font everyone uses isn't nearly as original as they think. I've chosen a black background for most of my text because it's easier on the eyes than staring at a white screen. Think about it: your monitor is not a piece of paper, no matter how hard you try to make it one. Staring at a white background while you read is like staring at a light bulb (don't believe me? Try turning off the lights next time you use a word processor). Would you stare at a light bulb for hours at a time? Not if you want to keep your vision.

Along with Google, obviously.
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