Geek Gang Signs

Looking at a “Gang Signs” chart, I asked myself “Why should gangstas have all the fun?” The end result: the “Geek Signs” chart, pictured below. Enjoy!

Geek Gang Signs
Click the image to see the original version.

[This was also posted on Global Nerdy.]

36 Comments

  1. Posted May 29, 2008 at 11:21 am | Permalink

    D’oh! “Blub ” was coined by Paul Graham, not Reg “Raganwald” Braithwaite.

    Maybe I’ll post a corrected image later today…

  2. Posted May 29, 2008 at 1:25 pm | Permalink

    Wut? No Turbo Pascal? ;)

  3. Posted May 30, 2008 at 5:49 am | Permalink

    neat, love it, very funny

    chris @ http://www.gofrostfire.com

  4. robert
    Posted May 30, 2008 at 12:40 pm | Permalink

    missing “vi” => thumb holding ring finger of right hand. don’t ask me about emacs … but i’m sure their fingers are flexible enough to spell it out. ;^)

  5. Posted May 30, 2008 at 9:13 pm | Permalink

    Objective-C:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtae/1172691688/

  6. Posted May 30, 2008 at 9:20 pm | Permalink

    let’s not forget the IA (Information Architects) gang sign: http://www.eleganthack.com/archives/IAgangsign.jpg

  7. Posted May 31, 2008 at 3:41 am | Permalink

    Simpson people only have 4 fingers, and the drummer from Def Leopard only had one arm.

  8. Posted May 31, 2008 at 3:56 am | Permalink

    HAHA! Pretty cool. It’s nice to see that you gave Leah a shout out - or hand out. ;)

  9. Posted May 31, 2008 at 5:09 am | Permalink

    What about PHP?

  10. jezra
    Posted May 31, 2008 at 5:42 am | Permalink

    Windows Vista? Visual Studio? Did MS pay you for that crappy attempt at viral marketing? Turn in your geek card due to epic fail.

  11. John Thomas
    Posted May 31, 2008 at 6:42 am | Permalink

    LOL, I just love Nerds. they are SO kewl!

    JJ
    http://www.Ultimate-Anonymity.com

  12. Posted May 31, 2008 at 6:59 am | Permalink

    cool, lol. C++ was the best.

  13. Posted May 31, 2008 at 7:34 am | Permalink

    woot where is c#?

  14. Apollyon
    Posted May 31, 2008 at 7:42 am | Permalink

    Here is Stephen Colbert doing the Windows Vista sign:

    http://static.crooksandliars.com/2008/05/colbert-tirade.jpg

  15. Posted May 31, 2008 at 9:23 am | Permalink

    Funny - why no WordPress or PHP? =)

  16. Posted May 31, 2008 at 9:25 am | Permalink

    Cool, what would be the geek symbol for LOL?

  17. Posted May 31, 2008 at 9:25 am | Permalink

    @jezra: Nope, MS didn’t pay me, and hey, only 3 out of 16 of the signs are Microsoft-related. The only thing that the chart virally markets is me as a humourist.

  18. Posted May 31, 2008 at 9:29 am | Permalink

    @Robert: Considering that Wordpress and PHP currently pay my bills, I’d like to have seen those signs, but there wasn’t a sign that looked like the letters “WP” or “PHP”.

    I’m not even sure how you’d make a “PHP” sign, but I’m sure there’s a way to be clever about it, the way the Bloods made their “blood” gang sign.

  19. Robert
    Posted May 31, 2008 at 10:29 am | Permalink

    Man oh Man… Windows Vista should’ve been flipping the bird.

  20. Posted May 31, 2008 at 10:41 am | Permalink

    Hey I think someone tried to unsuccessfully rip off your post -> http://designyoutrust.com/2008/05/31/b10gg3r-ar3-dang3r0u/

  21. Kim
    Posted May 31, 2008 at 11:13 am | Permalink

    What about the right hand rule? (has to do with generators, flux, etc.)

  22. chitta
    Posted May 31, 2008 at 11:16 am | Permalink

    Where’s the sign for Linux?……

  23. chris
    Posted May 31, 2008 at 12:02 pm | Permalink

    I think the Blender logo is a better fit for the last than Quake Engine. And it’s certainly talked about more.

    ( http://www.blender.org/ )

  24. Posted May 31, 2008 at 12:48 pm | Permalink

    Epic fail.

    sorry, better luck next time

  25. Posted May 31, 2008 at 1:10 pm | Permalink

    whre is OS X … ??? :P

  26. asd
    Posted May 31, 2008 at 1:13 pm | Permalink

    Only for TurboNerd!

  27. Gneekman
    Posted May 31, 2008 at 2:03 pm | Permalink

    Also missing:
    The Right-Hand Rule (aka the official gang sign of the math & science center that provided my most valuable high school education)

  28. Sly
    Posted May 31, 2008 at 6:55 pm | Permalink

    #4 Robert: Your vi sign is too close to another, more scandalous one.

  29. Malcolm X
    Posted June 1, 2008 at 3:48 pm | Permalink

    yo! why you got to use the black man for gangs.. there are white gangbangers too!

  30. Posted June 1, 2008 at 4:52 pm | Permalink

    @Malcolm X: I used a black geek because the original graphic had a black gangsta. If I’d used a white geek, someone else would’ve complained to me that I was erasing a black man’s identity by replacing him with a white one.

    (That’s why, when it comes to these “you can’t win” race-political games, my reply is invariably “Homey don’t play dat.”)

  31. Posted June 1, 2008 at 7:30 pm | Permalink

    he he he lol @ rails

  32. adam
    Posted June 1, 2008 at 11:35 pm | Permalink

    what about ctrl-alt-delete
    right hand- all fingers straight but the pointer and thumb making a (C)
    left hand- all fingers straight but the pointer and thumb making a circle (D)
    both- touch the tip of both middle fingers to make an upside down “v” (A)
    done!

  33. Robert
    Posted June 2, 2008 at 10:19 am | Permalink

    the “blub” sign IS an actual gang sign for the Bloods and the same goes for the “Windows(old school)” and the “Quake engine”. The blub is blood, windows is westside, and quake engine is CK or Crip killer. Just thought I’d let you know…wouldn’t want techies getting messed up or killed over it.

  34. A true geek
    Posted June 4, 2008 at 6:21 pm | Permalink

    It seems to me that geek gang signs are completely pointless. It seems that it is merely a symbol of geekiness, and it would be a better use of time than learning these to learn the aspects of true geekdom.

  35. Jonh
    Posted June 5, 2008 at 9:29 am | Permalink

    I can’t believe u forgot to put the java sign… soo easy

  36. Mark Gilbert
    Posted August 2, 2008 at 1:49 am | Permalink

    I definitely interested reading more from this/es author/s. What I read I enjoyed. I’d like to read more. I’d like a subscription.

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