There's a fundamental change that's happening in the world. This isn't a phenomenon I've only just noticed – it's something that I've been noticing for years and years, and seems to have reached its culmination in the current generation of kids.
And this is the perfect example of it:
The other day I was taking the train home from work and I happened to spot this kid. He was probably 23 or 24 years old, and he was, like so many kids today, in really good shape. Tight tee shirt, stylish jeans, stylishly scruffy and tousled hair with oh-so-perfect amount of product. The kid could have been a model right from the pages of GQ or Details.
He was with a friend, and they were both carrying these binders that looked like the type you might carry your school papers in.
As the doors closed, he and his friend settled in on the subway train and the model-y kid took out a notepad and furiously set to work, scribbling and talking shop with his friend.
I couldn't actually hear what they were talking about, but it was clear that they were both very passionate about their subject and were totally having a ton of fun.
The the kid unzipped his binder and started flipping through plastic sheets that were meant to hold and protect cards. Playing cards.
Magic the Gathering cards.
This stunningly hot specimen was a total geek.
And that's what I've noticed all over the place.
Back when I was twenty-three years old, there was a firm divide between the jocks and the geeks. Jocks didn't play Magic the Gathering or Dungeons & Dragons, and geeks didn't spend hours each week in the gym, look like Adonis, or have muscles rippling under their tight tee shirts. Hell, the geeks barely wore tee shirts that weren't two sizes too big.
But the world has changed, my friends. The geeks have had their revenge by turning into the hot guys of the 21st century.
I'd suggest you start boning up on your Magic the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons rules. The Hot Geeks are taking over and soon you'll be required to learn anyway.
And this is the perfect example of it:
The other day I was taking the train home from work and I happened to spot this kid. He was probably 23 or 24 years old, and he was, like so many kids today, in really good shape. Tight tee shirt, stylish jeans, stylishly scruffy and tousled hair with oh-so-perfect amount of product. The kid could have been a model right from the pages of GQ or Details.
He was with a friend, and they were both carrying these binders that looked like the type you might carry your school papers in.
As the doors closed, he and his friend settled in on the subway train and the model-y kid took out a notepad and furiously set to work, scribbling and talking shop with his friend.
I couldn't actually hear what they were talking about, but it was clear that they were both very passionate about their subject and were totally having a ton of fun.
The the kid unzipped his binder and started flipping through plastic sheets that were meant to hold and protect cards. Playing cards.
Magic the Gathering cards.
This stunningly hot specimen was a total geek.
And that's what I've noticed all over the place.
Back when I was twenty-three years old, there was a firm divide between the jocks and the geeks. Jocks didn't play Magic the Gathering or Dungeons & Dragons, and geeks didn't spend hours each week in the gym, look like Adonis, or have muscles rippling under their tight tee shirts. Hell, the geeks barely wore tee shirts that weren't two sizes too big.
But the world has changed, my friends. The geeks have had their revenge by turning into the hot guys of the 21st century.
I'd suggest you start boning up on your Magic the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons rules. The Hot Geeks are taking over and soon you'll be required to learn anyway.
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