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May 14, 2010 2:50 PM

Raising a geek child in a geek household? The Geek Alphabet is the ideal primer for teaching your budding geek their ABCs.
posted by hippybear (16 comments total)

Could someone explain the "S is for Science, though the cake is a lie" to me?
posted by Think_Long at 2:54 PM on May 14, 2010

My gentleman caller will be so proud I know this one. It's a reference to the game Portal.
posted by Polyhymnia at 3:03 PM on May 14, 2010

Portal, Think_Long, which is free.
posted by stavrogin at 3:03 PM on May 14, 2010

The Cake Is A Lie from Knowyourmeme.com.

(one of the best repositories of explanations of strange online things out there -- worth knowing in and of itself.)
posted by hippybear at 3:04 PM on May 14, 2010 [1 favorite]

Or there's these.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 3:06 PM on May 14, 2010

Unbelievable. You, **subject name here** must be the pride of **subject hometown here**.
posted by ecurtz at 3:06 PM on May 14, 2010 [2 favorites]

I like how Frobisher appears to have sneaked into the Doctors' group photo. That rascal.
posted by maqsarian at 5:05 PM on May 14, 2010 [1 favorite]

See also, if you're a bit more old school. [note: self-link from a previous incarnation]
posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 5:23 PM on May 14, 2010

((though lisp is a pain))

I'm sitting here with a scheme book open in from of me, so

(screw 'you)

Also, if Portal is free, does that retroactively make *cough* anyone's previous download and running of same under Wine kosher?
posted by DU at 6:11 PM on May 14, 2010

Also, if Portal is free, does that retroactively make *cough* anyone's previous download and running of same under Wine kosher?

Might as well get a Steam account with Portal credited to it.
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:35 PM on May 14, 2010

If they're going to put lisp in for P, shouldn't it be "P is for 'paren'" ?
posted by strange chain at 6:38 PM on May 14, 2010

Geek alphabet?
Nah, this is less geek and more dork.
And it's not really the Dork Alphabet.
More like a.
posted by humannaire at 8:06 PM on May 14, 2010

If they're going to put lisp in for P, shouldn't it be "P is for 'paren'" ?

Prefered-p?
posted by Netzapper at 8:25 PM on May 14, 2010

Beg to differ, humannaire, I'm pretty sure that's geeky.

Not to be confused, of course, with the nerdy alphabet.
posted by i_am_a_fiesta at 10:08 PM on May 14, 2010

Holy shit! My photo was used for the letter A! God this feels so weird.
posted by Del Far at 10:39 PM on May 14, 2010 [1 favorite]

Now I want to do a geek alphabet that would actually, y'know, be useful for teaching the alphabet to children. Rather than a self-indulgent method for showing just how adorkable one is.
posted by geek anachronism at 10:53 PM on May 14, 2010 [2 favorites]