{"id":2985,"date":"2010-03-12T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2010-03-09T00:51:14","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T05:51:14","slug":"the-new-dork-geek-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/12\/the-new-dork-geek-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Dork &#8211; Geek Anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Geek Underwear\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/geek_underwear.jpg\" alt=\"Geek Underwear\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Viva Geeks!\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t too long ago that being a dork meant you weren&#8217;t cool. Oh how times have changed. A new generation of geeky entrepreneurs are setting the standards for business and the world we live in &#8212; they are the trendsetters. Being a geek is considered sexy nowadays (as the underwear above demonstrates).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the spirit of trendy geeks, enjoy this geek-centric parody of Jay-Z&#8217;s &#8220;Empire State Of Mind.&#8221; Thanks to my old friend Butz for directing me to this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/exmwSxv7XJI&#038;color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you can&#8217;t view the embedded video above, please <a title=\"Geek Anthem\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/03\/08\/the-new-dork-geek-anthem_n_490082.html\" class=\"broken_link\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2985\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/12\/the-new-dork-geek-anthem\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2985\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/12\/the-new-dork-geek-anthem\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/12\/the-new-dork-geek-anthem\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/12\/the-new-dork-geek-anthem\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2985\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/12\/the-new-dork-geek-anthem\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viva Geeks!\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t too long ago that being a dork meant you weren&#8217;t cool. 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