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Mixing Geek Culture With Serious Societal Topics

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Geek culture isn’t just necessarily about entertainment. It’s also possible to take a lot of the technical aspects of the culture and combine them with serious societal topics. If it weren’t for the geeks taking on certain types of information flow, then who would do it?

When you think about online drug addiction and rehab material, fitness apps to help people get healthy, information flow that leads to gender equality in the workplace, and the war against fake news, you start to get an idea of the importance of how geeks can affect modern culture positively. [Read more…]

3 Anime Shows to Get Your Geek On

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It is obvious that when you mention “anime,” the Japanese animated cartoons come to mind. Japanese animation has been such a big thing over the years that it has created a whole other world from the other cartoons we used to watch on TV as kids. When we say, “anime,” it meant Naruto, Gundam, Bleach, etc. It could never be confused with Spongebob, Johnny Bravo, Justice League, etc. The things you see in Comic Con is different from the things you see in the Anime Expo. It has become such a big industry that it has created its own community.

You cannot easily enter this community for anime lovers just because you watched one anime. There are terms – most probably Japanese words – that anime fans from all over the world use just because a translated word is not enough. Delving into this community, you’d commit yourself to learning other things and be forming your own opinions – such as the classic animes of all time, iconic heroes and villains, one’s favorite anime archetype, and more. If you have never watched an anime and you find yourself wanting to know if you’d like it, there are animes out there that you could start off with – just to test the waters if you’d really like anime. [Read more…]

Four Ways To Make Money For Your Nerdy Obsessions

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You’re obsessed with superhero movies, you want to get a degree in science and be like Sheldon Cooper, or maybe you just want the money to go to the biggest Comic Con in the United States and be able to fully enjoy all three days of it. Whatever your nerdy obsession is it isn’t free.

They say that money can’t buy you love, but money does warm hearts and put smiles on faces. They also say it’s the root of all evil, and while that may be so you simply can’t live without it at all these days. Just because money is tight doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be able to have a little fun and do the things you want to do every once in awhile. [Read more…]