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Are you a real geek or a pretend geek?

True geeks put their imposters to shame.

Jul 18th 2013, 2:05 PM 2,434 Views 6 Comments

YOU CAN’T JUST claim to be a geek, you really have to earn it.

Here are a few people who are throwing the word around way too liberally.

Not Dr Who geeks

Dr Who geek

Via Andy Tyler Photography

Not a crochet geek

Total crochet geek

See her whole apartment on Flickr/happyfamousartists

Not a Superman geek

Definite Superman geek

Herbert Chavez even underwent surgery to look like his (super)hero.

Via Female Mag

Not a gadget nerd

Gadget nerd

Via Shutterstock

Not a Game of Thrones geek

A clatter of Game of Thrones geeks

Via Flickr/GabboT

Not a numbers geek

This kid who memorised 518 digits of pi? Numbers geek

Not a Twilight geek

Complete Twilight geeks

Via Your Daily Laughz

Not a Harry Potter geek

Harry Potter himself

Not a Lord of the Rings geek

Real (and quite scary) Lord of the Rings geek

Via Deviantart/laughingdaredevil

Not a video game geek

The ultimate video game geek

Via SuperGeek

Well, which are you?

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Are you a real geek or a pretend geek?