I'm a Nerd and proud of it

dpwellman

Yeah...I'm a nerd...

Where's your Apple Newton? Or I'll accept a Sharp Zaurus. . .

whovian67

I am Whovian so I think that qualifies me as a terrific nerd (& proud)

Dragonwolf

Yeah...I'm a nerd...

Where's your Apple Newton? Or I'll accept a Sharp Zaurus. . .

I was just a Poor Nerdling in those days, so no handheld devices for me until the Android days. Just an old DOS machine that I don't even remember the model of at the time.

And speaking of 'lings...how do we have a Nerd thread and no StarCraft references?

_errata_

Great. Now I want to play star craft all weekend.

j_bark

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detox_pixie

I was a nerd before it was cool, so..

j_bark

_Pseudonymous_

Not a gif... but entertaining all the same

Epic Rap Battles Nerd v. Geek!!!

http://youtu.be/2Tvy_Pbe5NA

Erin_goBrahScience

Not a gif... but entertaining all the same

Epic Rap Battles Nerd v. Geek!!!

http://youtu.be/2Tvy_Pbe5NA

LOL

Also kudos to the Geek for the Bluth Frozen Banana t-shirt

j_bark

Shalaurise

At 45 years of age, I still play D&D. Nerd level +10.

I am slightly envious. After kids, roll playing was gone and then relocation for a new job... 3 years here and I have made one friend who is actually nothing like me and holds no mutual interests. Some day... some day I hope to get back into this.

Love this. Felicia is one of my favorites and she pops up at some point in almost everything I watch.

Also loving the random gifs with Alan Tudyk.

Ha! Love this too.

genericscreenname

OMG! Pam and Codex.

_errata_

j_bark

delirious_vixen

poetgirl115

Most of the people who say they're "nerds" probably aren't. It's just cool to say you're a nerd these days. The bar is low in terms of criteria. Play video games? You can say you're a nerd (which is silly by the way because everyone in the post Nintendo generations grew up gaming). You don't even have to be smart anymore like the good old days. You don't need an odd hobby like collecting and mounting bugs.

You are clearly living in a nerd-light area of this planet. Around here a nerd must:

play video games
read incessantly
be intelligent to not deserve a beating via bat'leth.
know very odd and random facts about sci fi shows and/or other cultures
understand superwholock
be a trekkie and/or a star wars fan (though loving both gets you bonus points)
know where you stand in the great Marvel vs. DC debate, and agree that Marvel is far superior
know where you fit in the dork/nerd/geek venn diagram
know what a venn diagram is
and use obscure references that only those in your circle get.

If you fit all of these, and still manage to be confused by the strange concept of "flirting," then welcome! strap on a pen protector and join my friends and I on our latest D&D adventure.

MikeCrazy

Most of the people who say they're "nerds" probably aren't. It's just cool to say you're a nerd these days. The bar is low in terms of criteria. Play video games? You can say you're a nerd (which is silly by the way because everyone in the post Nintendo generations grew up gaming). You don't even have to be smart anymore like the good old days. You don't need an odd hobby like collecting and mounting bugs.

You are clearly living in a nerd-light area of this planet. Around here a nerd must:

play video games
read incessantly
be intelligent to not deserve a beating via bat'leth.
know very odd and random facts about sci fi shows and/or other cultures
understand superwholock
be a trekkie and/or a star wars fan (though loving both gets you bonus points)
know where you stand in the great Marvel vs. DC debate, and agree that Marvel is far superior
know where you fit in the dork/nerd/geek venn diagram
know what a venn diagram is
and use obscure references that only those in your circle get.

If you fit all of these, and still manage to be confused by the strange concept of "flirting," then welcome! strap on a pen protector and join my friends and I on our latest D&D adventure.

Let's see:
play video games ~ check
read incessantly ~ check
be intelligent to not deserve a beating via bat'leth. ~ check
know very odd and random facts about sci fi shows and/or other cultures ~ check
understand superwholock ~ check love love
be a trekkie and/or a star wars fan (though loving both gets you bonus points) ~ check both
know where you stand in the great Marvel vs. DC debate, and agree that Marvel is far superior ~ check, of course!
know where you fit in the dork/nerd/geek venn diagram ~ check nerd
know what a venn diagram is ~ check, duh!
and use obscure references that only those in your circle get. ~ check - dkp, d20, etc

"If you fit all of these, and still manage to be confused by the strange concept of "flirting," then welcome! strap on a pen protector and join my friends and I on our latest D&D adventure."

My wife tells me that I am flirting, and I have no idea what she is talking about, I was just being nice! Probably how I ended up married to begin with...

Dragonwolf

Most of the people who say they're "nerds" probably aren't. It's just cool to say you're a nerd these days. The bar is low in terms of criteria. Play video games? You can say you're a nerd (which is silly by the way because everyone in the post Nintendo generations grew up gaming). You don't even have to be smart anymore like the good old days. You don't need an odd hobby like collecting and mounting bugs.

You are clearly living in a nerd-light area of this planet. Around here a nerd must:

play video games
read incessantly
be intelligent to not deserve a beating via bat'leth.
know very odd and random facts about sci fi shows and/or other cultures
understand superwholock
be a trekkie and/or a star wars fan (though loving both gets you bonus points)
know where you stand in the great Marvel vs. DC debate, and agree that Marvel is far superior
know where you fit in the dork/nerd/geek venn diagram
know what a venn diagram is
and use obscure references that only those in your circle get.

If you fit all of these, and still manage to be confused by the strange concept of "flirting," then welcome! strap on a pen protector and join my friends and I on our latest D&D adventure.

Let's see:
play video games ~ check
read incessantly ~ check
be intelligent to not deserve a beating via bat'leth. ~ check
know very odd and random facts about sci fi shows and/or other cultures ~ check
understand superwholock ~ check love love
be a trekkie and/or a star wars fan (though loving both gets you bonus points) ~ check both
know where you stand in the great Marvel vs. DC debate, and agree that Marvel is far superior ~ check, of course!
know where you fit in the dork/nerd/geek venn diagram ~ check nerd
know what a venn diagram is ~ check, duh!
and use obscure references that only those in your circle get. ~ check - dkp, d20, etc

"If you fit all of these, and still manage to be confused by the strange concept of "flirting," then welcome! strap on a pen protector and join my friends and I on our latest D&D adventure."

My wife tells me that I am flirting, and I have no idea what she is talking about, I was just being nice! Probably how I ended up married to begin with...

Do I get extra points for seeing "dkp" and immediately thinking of Dive and the infamous Onyxia Wipe Ventrillo recording?

poetgirl115

Most of the people who say they're "nerds" probably aren't. It's just cool to say you're a nerd these days. The bar is low in terms of criteria. Play video games? You can say you're a nerd (which is silly by the way because everyone in the post Nintendo generations grew up gaming). You don't even have to be smart anymore like the good old days. You don't need an odd hobby like collecting and mounting bugs.

You are clearly living in a nerd-light area of this planet. Around here a nerd must:

play video games
read incessantly
be intelligent to not deserve a beating via bat'leth.
know very odd and random facts about sci fi shows and/or other cultures
understand superwholock
be a trekkie and/or a star wars fan (though loving both gets you bonus points)
know where you stand in the great Marvel vs. DC debate, and agree that Marvel is far superior
know where you fit in the dork/nerd/geek venn diagram
know what a venn diagram is
and use obscure references that only those in your circle get.

If you fit all of these, and still manage to be confused by the strange concept of "flirting," then welcome! strap on a pen protector and join my friends and I on our latest D&D adventure.

Let's see:
play video games ~ check
read incessantly ~ check
be intelligent to not deserve a beating via bat'leth. ~ check
know very odd and random facts about sci fi shows and/or other cultures ~ check
understand superwholock ~ check love love
be a trekkie and/or a star wars fan (though loving both gets you bonus points) ~ check both
know where you stand in the great Marvel vs. DC debate, and agree that Marvel is far superior ~ check, of course!
know where you fit in the dork/nerd/geek venn diagram ~ check nerd
know what a venn diagram is ~ check, duh!
and use obscure references that only those in your circle get. ~ check - dkp, d20, etc

"If you fit all of these, and still manage to be confused by the strange concept of "flirting," then welcome! strap on a pen protector and join my friends and I on our latest D&D adventure."

My wife tells me that I am flirting, and I have no idea what she is talking about, I was just being nice! Probably how I ended up married to begin with...

I know exactly what you mean. A guy I was hanging out with once called me his girlfriend to his neighbor, and I just... :noway: Wait, what? How did I miss the relationship road sign?? It's like ending up in the delta quadrant and having no clue how I got there. :laugh:

MikeCrazy

I know exactly what you mean. A guy I was hanging out with once called me his girlfriend to his neighbor, and I just... :noway: Wait, what? How did I miss the relationship road sign?? It's like ending up in the delta quadrant and having no clue how I got there. :laugh:

LOL She calls me socially inept from time to time....and naive. Oh the insults!!!!

Do I get extra points for seeing "dkp" and immediately thinking of Dive and the infamous Onyxia Wipe Ventrillo recording?

Yes!!!


Oh I forgot to mention that I still play DnD and other obscure paper and dice games. Rifts - specifically nightbane, Toon RPG, Mecha...etc.....

calbadger

Not only am I 46 and play D&D, my two teenagers are now playing in the campaign I created in college 28 years ago. On the other hand, I can pass as mundane, so I guess I'm just a changeling Nerd.

EmpireBusiness

kittens

MikeCrazy

Your post should be reported to the Counsel of Nerd Relations, for review and deliberation.

EmpireBusiness

People apparently can't comprehend what I said, so there's no point in keeping it up.
I spoke of individuals with mutually exclusive traits. Having both is not the same.

delirious_vixen

Your post should be reported to the Counsel of Nerd Relations, for review and deliberation.

This is why I hate nerds.

I used to consider myself a nerd. Those around me called me a nerd. I strove to learn as much as possible about everything. I will do a proof to verify a formula because I can. I sincerely thought I was a nerd, adhering to the definition that a nerd is someone overly intellectual, studious and technical. That is no longer what it means.

Society has changed the connotation of that word and turned it into something completely different.

Society now deems a person a nerd if they play video games, like comic books or like cosplay. The word nerd no longer implies intelligence, technical interests or studious behavior. The word nerd has been corrupted and I now hate the term. Down with the nerds who have sullied their title and rid it of its former glory.

I was top of my class in all my studies and was known to get multiple awards for these studies. I understood concepts in math, science, reading, and other academics easily. I would be classified as a nerd by the old 'standards.' Not only that, but I play video games, enjoy the sci-fi shows, and all that other jazz that "society" now considers as being a nerd. Would I, since I enjoy these pastimes along with being a studious person, be denied any right to consider myself or be considered a nerd?

I'd say not, and the same goes with people who do not always go for the intellectual. They are interested heavily into something, just as the classic nerd might've been interested heavily in their studies. Hate is a strong word and hating a whole group of people simply because you believe they do not live up to the label they have given themselves is bigoted, in my own opinion.

Don't hate an entire group because they do not live up to your definition of something. You do not know the person personally, so projecting hate onto them does nothing more than limit your chances of ever doing so.

MikeCrazy

Your post should be reported to the Counsel of Nerd Relations, for review and deliberation.

This is why I hate nerds.

I used to consider myself a nerd. Those around me called me a nerd. I strove to learn as much as possible about everything. I will do a proof to verify a formula because I can. I sincerely thought I was a nerd, adhering to the definition that a nerd is someone overly intellectual, studious and technical. That is no longer what it means.

Society has changed the connotation of that word and turned it into something completely different.

Society now deems a person a nerd if they play video games, like comic books or like cosplay. The word nerd no longer implies intelligence, technical interests or studious behavior. The word nerd has been corrupted and I now hate the term. Down with the nerds who have sullied their title and rid it of its former glory.
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I actually agree with you to a point. I study nuclear physics for fun, and try to invent new types of powersystems; I write sci-fi, and work as an analyst. I believe I fit your definition of "nerd" and I enjoy video games, paper and dice, and spurious science fiction and fantasy works.

You could call me the jack of nerds.

MikeCrazy

I was top of my class in all my studies, was known to get multiple awards for these studies. I understood concepts in math, science, reading, and other academics easily. I would be classified as a nerd by the old 'standards.' Not only that, but I play video games, enjoy the sci-fi shows, and all that other jazz that "society" now considers as being a nerd. Would I, since I enjoy these pastimes along with being a studious person, be denied any right to consider myself or be considered a nerd?

I'd say not, and the same goes with people who do not always go for the intellectual. They are interested heavily into something, just as the classic nerd might've been interested heavily in their studies. Hate is a strong word and hating a whole group of people simply because you believe they do not live up to the label they have given themselves is bigoted, in my own opinion.

Don't hate an entire group because they do not live up to your definition of something. You do not know the person personally, so projecting hate onto them does nothing more than limit your chances of ever doing so.

I would say that he missed this:

delirious_vixen

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