Steven Grant on geeks and religion

"Comics geeks" is a loaded phrase, of course, and, really, it could be any kind of culture geek; they all fit the mold. Many comics readers aren't comics geeks. The two terms aren't anything near synonyms. Comics geeks are a special breed, the ones so obsessed with the product (and you can substitute STAR TREK geeks, Elvis shriners, neo-cons, whatever) that the real world becomes a nuisance and a bother for them, to the extent they acknowledge it at all. Where the world clashes with their obsessions, the world is where the fault lies. It's not surprising that they tend to be so focused and picayune, but that they're all so completely convinced that they're right and everyone else is wrong. (I mean, sure, we all feel like that some of the time, but the geek reverses the norm.)

Wow, harsh words, but fairly accurate. Why do I feel antisocial and lame all of a sudden?