Geek humor
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Geek humor is a rather diverse comical field, probably due to its wide definition. A geek can be considered a person who is preoccupied with a detailed or obscure area of knowledge or interest (i.e.: technology, the universe, Starfleet's ranking schema, etc.).
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[edit] Definition
Geek humor is the branch of humor that preoccupies itself with whatever knowledge domain a particular geek or geeks have interested themselves in. All forms of humor, be it the classic pun, the observational variant, and so on, are not beyond the reach of the geek.
[edit] Practical examples
The topics which the geek find enticing are generally not subjects embraced by the masses. A typical geek may be interested in computers, Star Trek, comic books, Star Wars, Magic: The Gathering cards, etc. Although these pursuits find mass appeal, they are not the stomping grounds of the masses. Thus, humor generated from within a geek circle becomes just as obscure as the geeks themselves. Indeed, the very need to isolate and identify geek humor as a separate branch of the comical lexicon is due in large part to the fact that a good number of people simply do not understand it. In fact, most geeks do not understand humor from other geek circles, unless they are "over lappers" (geeks that migrate between, or have multiple, areas of interest).
For example, the following joke is popular among computer geeks: "There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't."
Another joke popular among science geeks is: "A neutron walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender says, 'For you, no charge!'"
[edit] See also
- xkcd A webcomic concerning itself with "romance, sarcasm, math, and language."
- WP:LAME A directory of archived edit wars kept for entertainment value.
- Mathematical humor
- Science humor
