My girlfriend and I are sci-fi/comic geeks. We kind of feel like we're in somewhat of a heydey on that one, but maybe it's because we hang out with other sci-fi/comic geeks. Then again, except for TV like Lost and Alias, TV shows in the sci-fi/comic vein have become more rare these days.
makes you wonder if geeks became more accepted/tolerated within mainstream culture strictly because of dotcom economics? perhaps wealth is indeed the grease of the social-acceptance machine?