Nerds Unite!

ravenstar25

*waves* Aspie nerd in my little happy neuro-atypical nerdy Aspie family. We all have our separate nerd favorites and mostly communicate to each other by texting or emailing each other from our computers in our own rooms across the house. Fitness... is a challenge >.> We're working on it!

DanOhh

I still have my D&D (2nd edition) character sheets stored away that I rolled up 30 years ago.

jeremyw1977

My nerd heart beats strong, and beats to the same rhythm as the Doctor Who theme song, all while I am debating the plausibility of a bootstrap paradox...........and have raised my daughter to love that madman in a blue box.

I will watch Star Trek: TNG reruns on BBC America..........why?............because it's on.
I enjoyed Firefly and Serenity, but I might be alone in appreciating what we have and won't demand another season for fear that new episodes might taint the posterity of the others.
Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Sherlock, Harry Potter............to many others to mention and/or remember.

I am a PC gaming junkie, with most of my games played through Steam..........my Steam hymen was broken by the purchase of The Orange Box. "Hmmmm, I've heard of Half-Life, but what's this Portal and Team Fortress game"........words uttered by a naive younger version of myself.

I still read the occasional comic, X-Men (The New, Uncanny, Wolverine & the), Avengers, and The Walking Dead...........I'm still waiting for the release of the 13th issue of Saga...........that one is so good.

I am also an NFL nerd (the oxymoron itself needs a wedgie, swirlie, and a good stuff in a locker).

I am happy to be among you, and will be more than happy to call you "friend", along with any who dare.

nygrl4evr

Don't know if I am a nerd or a geek.

Love Big Bang Theory, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, anything to do with renaissance fairs and history. My favorite period is the Tudor period and I just soak up all the information I can about it. Also big into dressing up for the fairs. Couple of years ago my husband and I joined a Pirate Group and we dress for everything! Recently the group went to a transportation museum to see an exhibit of items recovered from Blackbeard's ship and everyone went in pirate garb.

My husband and I even had a pirate/renaissance themed wedding. We wore garb instead of the traditional tux and dress. Most of our guests even dressed up, it was a very grande affair.

AlistairBernardNormal

Am I a nerd?

My daughter’s middle name is Leia. My son’s is Luke. My wife has never seen Star Wars and has no idea what I’ve done.

My son first made the noise of Vader’s respirator at about 6 months (totally true.) His ‘security blanket’ is a stuffed Artoo – he rubs the tag on his chin as he falls asleep.

I am also a beer nerd, a trekker, a religion nerd (it’s just so fascinating!) and on and on and on. I am a collector of completely useless knowledge.

NERDS UNITE!

Happymelz

I prefer the term "geek", but YES!

I play Warhammer 40K (Waaaagh!!!), board games, D&D, and other non-video games.

I also own a comic book/gaming store.

AND I go to Dragon*Con for vacation every year.

AND my secondary hobby is costuming! (I hate the term cosplay since I'm not into anime.)

AND my bestie is a female Sheldon.

glitterexploding

*stares at action figures on office desk*
....Yep. Huge Marvel nerd here!! Pokemon/Marvel/Doctor Who/Action Figures/Tea nerd/Coffee nerd/graphics designer/Mac & windows user & abuser/Donkey kong/huge fan of the muppets/lover of ancient history/PC gamer/lover of Nintendo.

Tony_Brewski

Atari, Commodore, NES, SNES, PC, 360, Wii ... I even got the Steam app yes I'm still crying from the Steam sales this summer as my wallet wouldn't let loose anything more the dust bunnies!



Nerd, Geek, whatever we are the legends that will rule the day!

Mothercruncher

I'm a nerd, married to a nerd, and happily raising little nerdlings.

I would like to enter into evidence the names of my children:

Xander, he's almost 15. I was quite the trendsetter back in the day.
Dresden, after the only wizard in the yellow pages.
Liam Maxwell, because someone else in the family was already named Ralph.
and Sarah Jane. If you're a fellow nerd then I won't have to explain why.



I also collect comic books, made my own gaming dice, and my baby carrier has Boba Fett on it.

Should I mention that I typed all of this one handed, while fixing the five year old's sonic screwdriver.

Edit: I totally prefer Geek as well.. LOL

Tony_Brewski

Any of you wish feel free to FR me. Always welcome more geeks, nerd, gamer's whatever label you want!

LaserOctopus

I enjoyed Firefly and Serenity, but I might be alone in appreciating what we have and won't demand another season for fear that new episodes might taint the posterity of the others.

^^ This x infinity.

BraidedKitteness

^.^ I prefer to call myself a geek, but I still fall into this category. I enjoy video games (handheld more than console.) My geekdom incorporates everything from music to animals to anime to books. Never got into roleplay games like D&D and LARPing but if it's a board game (other than Catan) I'm in. Yes, yes, everyone loves Catan... well...I have no luck and fail at the game so Nyah! :-p

Anyways... that a quick summary of me. Just joined, so hopefully this will work out.

LaserOctopus

Re the 'geek' vs. 'nerd' labels, many random, rambling, daytime or drunken nighttime (hey, we were all in our twenties once), goofy, and philosophical debates have led me to this conclusion:
Geek: collection based
Nerd: knowledge based
We all love Dr. Who (Tom Baker, FTW, even if that does show my age) and Star Wars and Firefly and Star Trek and Babylon 5 (I'm not sure anyone's brought that last up yet, but it's a favorite of mine). Most of us are gamers and/or readers, too. We *love* these other worlds we can visit and enjoy. We love sciency things and techy things and arty things. We spend way too much time at our computers, and probably have had more of them and for longer (my first was the TI-99/4A, but that shows my age again, so maybe I should stop).
But if you're more a geek, you probably have an *awesome* DVD collection or game collection or book collection or whatever (I'm guilty on two of these). You probably have an obscure hobby or two. You probably collect something excessively geeky or nerdy, like action figures or comic books or Pantone books (20 years in graphic design introduced me to *several* people who collect Pantone books). You drool over things in the ThinkGeek catalog (who doesn't?!). You probably watch anime or play JRPGs.
If you're a nerd, you might have some of those things, but what you really hoard is knowledge. You probably have some even weirder hobby that involves a lot of research and know-how. You read a lot more than you watch TV or movies. You probably write, too (yep). You probably sew (me!), knit, do metalworking, know how to make chainmail (yep), brew beer, make soap, or have at least some arcane knowledge that the people around you think is black magic - for example, probably half the wireless home networks on my block were set up by, you guessed it, *me*. And probably three quarters of the printers. You have a fascination with some incredibly nerdy or geeky subject (usually history or mythology/religion, but sometimes not. I have a language thing. Los idiomas me fascinan). You were probably "that one kid" all through school. You know. *That* one. Who always had over 100% in every class, who everyone made fun of in public but asked for help in private (only some classes for me, if I got bored - which was always - I'd sneak out and go do something else and show up on test days). Who tutored for extra credits/grant money/grade points in college (algebra and calc, in my case).
Obviously, there's a lot of crossover. We're all basically subcultures of one larger subculture.
So, yah, I'm a big geek. But I'm a bigger nerd.

vanderlogt1712

in the realm of nerdom i most closely identify with Sheldon from Big Bang Theory. if that's the nerd you're lookin for add me! lol (ocd issues and all just to forewarn lol)

TheDarlingOne--- That is the EXACT same answer I would have given. Actually diagnosed with severe OCD, no less.

a1wonder

Social science nerd married to an engineer we went to CERN on our honeymoon and have a 3rd printer and CNC machine in our basement. We aren't just entertained by the community but we live it (forced to or sometimes willingly)

Feel free to add

ChrisBrockway12

I must say, this thread was a success!

nerdfitquest

Nerd looking for more Nerd's! Add me!

PepperWorm

Nerdy kid right here!

TheNewLorrain

Although I am much older then you Chris I have two teenagers one 14 one 16 who are both nerds/geeks if you will. My son loves steam games magic the gathering full metal alchemist etc etc. My daughter and I are dedicated whovians potterheads and we love Sam and Dean Winchester and the whole ensemble cast of Supernatural just to name a few. I say Nerds Unite Indeed. Please feel free to add me I would be happy to be support and motivate if I can . Nerd on my friend Nerd on !

zedgt87

mechanical engineer here.. does that make me a nerd?

davepearson86

Hey everyone, my names Chris, I am 24 and I am a nerd. Don't get me wrong, I love sports as well but video games and such...that's where it's at. I enjoy superheros, playing Steam games, 360 games, computers, and geeky stuff in general. Was wondering if anyone else on here is a nerd like myself that would like to help motivate each other.

That's more "geek" than nerd, the lady who replied about libraries falls more under "nerd".

Chrisplayer136

Hey everyone, my names Chris, I am 24 and I am a nerd. Don't get me wrong, I love sports as well but video games and such...that's where it's at. I enjoy superheros, playing Steam games, 360 games, computers, and geeky stuff in general. Was wondering if anyone else on here is a nerd like myself that would like to help motivate each other.

Dude, I think we're long lost twins.

CarolynB38

Hey everyone, my names Chris, I am 24 and I am a nerd. Don't get me wrong, I love sports as well but video games and such...that's where it's at. I enjoy superheros, playing Steam games, 360 games, computers, and geeky stuff in general. Was wondering if anyone else on here is a nerd like myself that would like to help motivate each other.

That's more "geek" than nerd, the lady who replied about libraries falls more under "nerd".

Hahaha! Yep, I agree with that description of 'nerd'. I'd say I was a geek too. A physics graduate that loves gaming and gadgets :bigsmile:

EDollah

My nerd pedigree is such that I don't deign to list my CV. I'll just say I have a hatred of "Big Bang Theory" for pandering to what the audience thinks nerds are instead of what they actually are. Martin Starr in "Freaks and Geeks"? Now that's a nerd, not 4 dudes that somehow date girls that range from 8s to 9s and spout random science facts that sound smart to a CBS audience.

I also have a weight projection spreadsheet, even have it on Google docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Am-mnUCcfwiadF9Hb1E2WnZPNU9ENHFWZWpCb2ZwbFE#gid=1

For the 3 months from when I started in April 1 to the end of June, my projection was never more than 2 pounds off from actual. It's started to deviate though. Fortunately actual fat loss is faster than projection, so if it has to be wrong...

hanwyz

I probably count as a Nerd and a Geek and a boffin and any other terms you want to throw at me Im quite a big gamer, ps3 and sims 3 on my computer, but mostly with rpg games... Im aspie and dyspraxic so I used to be the person picked last for teams because of social ineptitude and because the ball was more likely to hit me in the face than anything else I'm majorly into fantasy (some sci fi), but mostly high fantasy, preferably with lots of magic/dragons/other mythical creatures. Tv shows, has to be Eureka, Vampire Diaries, True Blood and crime dramas... I love to read and cook, plus am a huuuuuge film fan. Add me if you want motivation from someone similar
btw, for the person who said reading and running would be good, I used to run with audio books on

anna_louise90

I have fallen off the big bang theory wagon too, I don't like it now that its changed!

I never ever reveal the full extent of my nerd/geekiness to others so here goes:
-studying for a PhD in Chemistry
-write python code in my spare time, and going to learn other computer codes after this - next on the list is probably Java
-like RPG, supernatural, buffy, firefly, harry potter, LOTR, dr who

The only reason that I'm not more of a gamer is lack of ability to use the actual controls and then I get fed up. A point and click game is good for me

scruffykaz

I can't remember if I replied to this topic or not. I know I've added some peeps from here!

I enjoy RPG especially Cthulu, also enjoy Steampunk.

Computer games, currently playing 'The Last of Us', Darksiders, Assassins Creed, Command and Conquer.....oh and Pikmin of course!

I adore (Harry) Dresden, Game of Thrones (read the books before the series), Death and The Luggage from Discworld, Sherlock...err what else?

That's probably about it for now!

Oh, I'm trying to put together my first cosplay for London Film and Comic Con in October :-D

gonnasee33

<<<<<16 year IT experience . Big fan of dc comics and sci - fi. Feel free to add me!

BigLynxae

Video game nerd here. I love XBOX games and I am also an avid World of Warcraft player.

Also a huge Harry Potter fan. Re-reading the books right now!

I used to play tabletop RP such as DnD and WhiteWolf stuff, as well as table top Star Wars, but I haven't been doing so for quite a while.

And I am a BIG anime and manga nerd!

nerdfitquest

WTB> More Nerd Buddies! Add me!