You know how some people are *really* into being geeks and proudly declare they're geeks and are super into things specifically because they're geeky and it's just incredibly cringe, especially if you're also a geek? I feel like a lot of identity labels work like this.
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I don't think identity labels are bad BTW. Identity labels serve a lot of useful social functions which are hard to replace. It's just that taking them too seriously seems to be a very cringe failure mode.
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I'm a little worried I've reinvented the "Fake Geek Girl" concept as most of the examples I can think of doing this are women. There are guys who are clearly a bit too into being geeks, but their identity isn't challenged so they don't need to perform it.https://twitter.com/GeniesLoki/status/1305033957713612800 …
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Fake geek girls hinge on the assumption that the person in question is making a false claim, but you said "if you're also a geek", suggesting latent acknowledgement.
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also it's worth noting that being challenged on one's identity will put someone in the stress-activated "performing for a test" mindset, which is somewhat notorious for degrading performance astoundingly.
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Yeah, this is why I was wondering about that as a causal factor. And for sure I'm not saying people doing this aren't geeks, just that their performance is cringe (which I very carefully do not police because that seems entirely unhelpful)
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