You know you're a Nerd when...

robdel302

I thought all that made one a geek and that gamers really were nerds? WTH do I call gamers now? Gamers? That won't work for me - there are too many levels of gaming. I mean, console gamers were always just gamers to me. Even PC gamers are just gamers....but tabletop gamers are like a different species. If they're not nerds, what are they?

These days there are different kinds of gamers. Back in the 80's and 90's most gamers were nerds cuz you had to be hella smart just to setup the system without mom and dad. Or finish games due to convoluted puzzles; king's quest anyone? Learning to build a PC for yourself because your parent's computer sucked and console games were nothing. Multiplayer console FPS is what made gaming mainstream and that didn't really kick off until Goldeneye64. Other kids couldn't understanding how a dial up modem lets you play diablo 1 with people all over the country. And don't even get me started on how confusing it was to setup quakeworld.net or the original gamespy.

And we didn't get all our kicks with video games. We know the difference between a lifecounter and a REAL D20.
I'm attacking the darkness!!!

Cold_Steel

The definition of nerd , geek etc has changed drastically specifically in the 2000s ...

I realized this when attractive and hot people played World Of Warcraft and they sounded like normal people on vent yet still played

I think there are so many categories and ways of identifying nerds - geeks etc

Like I am definitely not an intelectual nerd by any means but I am a huge sci fi fan, RP'r, gamer, comic book aficionado etc

Phoenix24601

PS reading Harry Potter and watching episodes of Dr. Who does not a nerd make. Only spending hours hiding in the library at school so the mean girls wont pick on you a nerd makes.

Well glad I still fall under that. :smokin:

Phoenix24601

You are teaching your students balancing chemical equations and then go into a 30 minute happy rant about how awesome these are and how you do them for fun when you are bored. Then you go off on a physics tangent, and your poor eighth graders are just looking at you like this. :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh:

dirtnap63

Can you people speak English please? The rest of us cannot understand a word you're talking about.

robdel302

The one thing most nerds/geeks had in common was being socialy awkward during our adolescence. And the one thing we feared more than the opposite sex; phys ed. You can have whatever bizarre trait and consider yourself one of us. We had to deal with it most our lives so us ON's and OG's won't discriminate. Plus, knowing the universal greeting will definitely help.

Bah weep granna weep ninny bon?

SrJoben

http://xkcd.com/747/

Joreanasaurous

When you attended a high school that had a LAN party the same night as the prom... and the LAN party was better attended.

mstissa02

Yes, definitely!! Big Bang Theory is like my undergraduate physics & calculus classes with funny students who knew what they were talking about all in one sitting!!!

bregalad5

http://xkcd.com/747/

Hahaha I was coming on here to post this since people were mentioning how definitions have changed:

logicofsound

Aw, I don't think I count as a nerd then. I have the build for my computer picked out but I won't be able to afford anything interesting, just a damn good CPU and a few extra hard drives for multiple OS. I know I could partition, but I want to swap in and out between Linux, Various versions of Windows, and whatever other OS's I can find that might be fun to play with - possibly Haiku?

And these days I have to spend time studying, and not playing with programming Oh well, at least the studying promises to be more interesting eventually...

melb_alex

when you understand the term 'Not Enough Minerals' and 'Creeps'

robdel302

Aw, I don't think I count as a nerd then. I have the build for my computer picked out but I won't be able to afford anything interesting, just a damn good CPU and a few extra hard drives for multiple OS. I know I could partition, but I want to swap in and out between Linux, Various versions of Windows, and whatever other OS's I can find that might be fun to play with - possibly Haiku?

And these days I have to spend time studying, and not playing with programming Oh well, at least the studying promises to be more interesting eventually...

Sounds nerd enough to me since most people don't know the difference between a fan and a heatsink. Copying and pasting a link of someone else's graphic isn't a valid argument of what is and isn't nerdy. Any true nerd would've had a sever case of CDO, picked the photo apart, and then created their own with diagram which would've been a 50 slide power point presentation with peer reviewed essay.

And I'm fully aware it's OCD, but my version is in ABC order.

when you understand the term 'Not Enough Minerals' and 'Creeps'

Awesome games, unless you're CDO then a total nightmare.

bregalad5

Aw, I don't think I count as a nerd then. I have the build for my computer picked out but I won't be able to afford anything interesting, just a damn good CPU and a few extra hard drives for multiple OS. I know I could partition, but I want to swap in and out between Linux, Various versions of Windows, and whatever other OS's I can find that might be fun to play with - possibly Haiku?

And these days I have to spend time studying, and not playing with programming Oh well, at least the studying promises to be more interesting eventually...

Sounds nerd enough to me since most people don't know the difference between a fan and a heatsink. Copying and pasting a link of someone else's graphic isn't a valid argument of what is and isn't nerdy. Any true nerd would've had a sever case of CDO, picked the photo apart, and then created their own with diagram which would've been a 50 slide power point presentation with peer reviewed essay.

And I'm fully aware it's OCD, but my version is in ABC order.

I'm way too goddamn busy working on papers for my Master's to make my own diagram since I have to do all the work for my two month long class within the next two weeks due to travel. Sorry if I don't fit your definition of nerd because of that, but feel free to pick it apart yourself, make that 50 slide power-point presentation with peer reviewed resources, and send it to me :flowerforyou:

tehboxingkitteh

you know you're a nerd when you watch the Big Bang Theory marathon and totally understand what they are talking about! #lovethatshow #marrymesheldon #nerd

Watching it as I type this... although I do understand more of the neuroscience than the physics.

You are teaching your students balancing chemical equations and then go into a 30 minute happy rant about how awesome these are and how you do them for fun when you are bored. Then you go off on a physics tangent, and your poor eighth graders are just looking at you like this. :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh:

That reminds me of my organic chemistry professor. And my calculus 2 professor. The former would go off on hour-long tangents (it was a 5 hour evening class) about how much of a *kitten* carbon is, and the latter would make math jokes over every equation he wrote on the board. They were both a little too excited about the subjects.

nickyfm

You've seen every internet gif or meme at least 3 days before a friend passes it on to you.

I wonder if I've crossed the line between nerd and loser, lol...

robdel302

I'm way too goddamn busy working on papers for my Master's to make my own diagram since I have to do all the work for my two month long class within the next two weeks due to travel. Sorry if I don't fit your definition of nerd because of that, but feel free to pick it apart yourself, make that 50 slide power-point presentation with peer reviewed resources, and send it to me :flowerforyou:

This ppt and essay will have to wait. I'm currently pre-occupied conducting research on my thesis of "Why Mandalorians are better than Jedi". :laugh:

seltzermint555

The one thing most nerds/geeks had in common was being socialy awkward during our adolescence. And the one thing we feared more than the opposite sex; phys ed. You can have whatever bizarre trait and consider yourself one of us. We had to deal with it most our lives so us ON's and OG's won't discriminate. Plus, knowing the universal greeting will definitely help.

Bah weep granna weep ninny bon?

I don't know what in the world I was/am! I was the chubby girl with glasses who was still pretty great at phys. ed. and had friends...not really awkward, but worried myself sick about spelling errors on signs at the grocery store, and read 20 times the number of books as anyone else throughout K-6, got an A on every test without studying or doing homework... Now I'm the woman who wins trivia contests and bridal shower games because I have everything memorized and alphabetized in my brain. My fiance and I have 3 degrees between us and all we're *really* qualified to do is win at Jeopardy and make obscure literary references to amuse ourselves and annoy others.

Geek, nerd, I don't know...dork? I don't have a clue of the correct term for me!