patentcad

I realize of course that my daughter thinks that I am the Ultimate Dork, particularly when I'm wearing my bike racer garb. She compared me to the nerdy boys in her school who (gasp) have anime images as their My Space or Face Book backgrounds.

What she doesn't realize is that people like me and these teen dorks don't care. In fact, while we may realize the world views us as nerds, we secretly think that is because the world doesn't GET us, because we are on some Ultimate Cool Level that eludes them. Which may be completely delusional, but like the Placebo Effect, it's profoundly effective. We don't care. We're very happy. We think the rest of the world are all idiots. All of which is amplified in my case by a large dose of Endorphins that I recharge on a daily basis.

I also pointed out to her that the Biggest Nerd EVER (B. Gates) became the World's Richest Man. I think that did get her attention.

Endorphin Fueled Self Delusion RULES.

MrCrassic 

Incorrect. The world's richest man right now is pretty much yet another greedy money hungry exec or something.

But it's something that she probably won't get until she grows up. My sister, who's turning 20 this November, still doesn't quite understand me, and I'm the total outlier in my family!

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patentcad

Don't split hairs Crassic. For the purposes of this discussion, we can call $50 billion in net worth the World's Richest Man. Close enough for rock n' roll.

Bop Gun

perhaps if you didnt spend so much time reading and posting on this trivial, meaningless 21st century exercise in socializing known as BF, she wouldn't think you are the "ultimate dork"?

I think your self loathing you so often refer to is displaced feelings you have about hammering your life away at your keyboard looking at BF.

patentcad

I concur.

MaillotJaune

You are a geek.

patentcad

Fixed.

MrCrassic 

Point well taken. I think that when your net worth is over a few billion, it barely matters if you're the richest man or not. You're still living HUGE (and can probably afford that Cervélo you've always wanted!)

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patentcad

I'm getting that Cervelo I always wanted and I haven't even made my first million (which in the NY Area qualifies you for Public Assistance). But I have extremely skewed priorities.

uke

This will get dismissed by almost everyone, but I do think it sums up a lot of the posts here.

Hocam

Pcad, didn't you hear? Teenagers know everything.

AEO

Al gore is a big geek too. Look where he got.

patentcad

They don't know how to make me faster.

merlinextraligh

Abandon all hope of convincing your teenage dughter that you are not a geek.

You could be David Beckham, Lance Armstrong, Tom Brady, Tony Stewart, Michael Schumaker, Kobi Bryant rolled all into one, and you would still be a geek to your teenage daughter.

<3 2 Ride 

All teenage daughters think their parents are dorks. You are no different than any other parent with a 14 year old daughter...with the exception of the lycra and funny shoes.

Nerds & Geeks make the world a better place

But we don't hold it against them.

patentcad

What in my original post ever gave you the impression that I was trying to do such a thing? I simply pointed out that the geeks of the world have it made. They revel in geeky oblivion. Blissful oblivion. I don't know if she understood any of that. Why the F would I care? I'm high on Endorphins.

txvintage

Mine will be 18 in a few weeks.

She's spent more than half her life in Under Armour, cleats and/or running shoes. I've seen her turn herself inside out with conditioning. She gets the bike thing.

As for as everything else, I'm an idiot and it's a miracle I've managed to live this long.

cccorlew

Wait. We're geeks?
I had no flippin' idea. Lycra not cool? Bombing downhill at near 50 mph not cool? Mushroom helmet, not cool?
Clearly you are wrong.

celticfrost

You can try to explain/ justify it to her all you want, but if she ever happens to look at any of your rantings on BF, then she'll know (beyond a reasonable doubt) that daddy is too far gone and is never coming back.

patentcad

Please review my Original Post. There will be a quiz.

In fact, while we may realize the world views us as nerds, we secretly think that is because the world doesn't GET us, because we are on some Ultimate Cool Level that eludes them. Which may be completely delusional, but like the Placebo Effect, it's profoundly effective. We don't care. We're very happy. We think the rest of the world are all idiots.

sojourn

I'm not really clear just whom the 14 year old is.....you, or her?

patentcad

Flip a coin. She's more mature. I have a lower resting HR. Most of the idiots here would opt for the latter of course.

nycphotography

Incorrect. Any nerd worth the label, at a minimum, knows how to count.

patentcad

The wealthy nerds have accountants who count for them.

monkeyevil

I just don't care what people think about me in my personal life.

It gives me more time to worry about other things... like how people feel about my business