I know I'm a nerd, because...

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  • WorkoutMaine
    WorkoutMaine Posts: 91
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    The inside of my wedding band reads "My Precious" :)
  • 967_1111
    967_1111 Posts: 221 Member
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    I have a degree in Computer Systems Technology.

    COBOL is not a dead language - it's just not appreciated as it should be.

    I can still write all my JCL from scratch.

    I know what the current SAS date is all the time.

    I can no longer watch TV without my laptop and BB.

    My first job was a page at our local library. Worked there for four years....

    I think this has been the best topic on MFP in, like, forever!
  • ericcumbee
    ericcumbee Posts: 117 Member
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    my grandparents got a roomba for Christmas, while everyone was watching thinking how cool it was to have a automatic vacum cleaner, i was trying to figure out what algorithms and logic are at work.
  • tammy_lng
    tammy_lng Posts: 22 Member
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    Lets see i play W.O.W , I refuse to date anyone besides My shelly (BBT). While at Busch gardens looking into the tiger cage their was blue rocks I call them gems . FOr the next hour or so my sister and I walked around talking about the mining lvl and other details of them. I am also th only 24 yr old i know that had no CLue what a dougie was?! LOL my cousin had to explain it to me.
  • 967_1111
    967_1111 Posts: 221 Member
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    Because... I learned to program in BASIC on a TI-99/4a. Anyone else have one of these?

    Learned my BASIC (Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) on a Commodore 64.

    And no, I didn't have to look up the meaning of the word BASIC....
  • RimRK
    RimRK Posts: 96 Member
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    So reading through the answers, I kinda fall in between. I have never seen Star Trek, or Star Wars or any of the seemingly popular "nerd/geek" entertainment.

    But I do have nerdy qualities! Here are just some

    1) I am working on my PhD. in Neuroscience
    2)I have a background in electrical/aerospace engineering
    3) I took minors in statistics and math to avoid taking biology classes in my undergrad
    4) I work in a lab
    5) I own more lab coats then I do actually coats
    6) I am currently in the lab labeling tubes
    7) My lab is currently working on a tattoo design that incorporates the molecular structure of ghrelin with a robot
    8) I love me some READCUBE (if you dont have it and you do research or read journal articles, DOWNLOAD IT NOW. IT IS AMAZING!)
    9) I kinda get giddy when I am coding in SAS
    10) My favourite Teaching Assistant assignment was one where I was assigned to Graduate Statistics:)
    11) My posters in conferences have QR codes
    12) I have a neuroscience blog, and twitter account. Check em out www.neurobites.wordpress.com
    13) I have a thing for dry ice.
  • Shellitz
    Shellitz Posts: 188
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    - Because I have a T-Shirt that says "Talk Nerdy To Me"
    - Because I considered setting a journey to Mordor challenge for myself
    - Because I bought a replica of the One Ring for my friend for Xmas and wrapped it elf style in felt and leather. Also I got so excited about it I nearly squealed when she opened it
    - Because I have been known to line up for game releases
  • jerzygrl5k
    jerzygrl5k Posts: 13 Member
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    Thanks for the fish.
  • Shellitz
    Shellitz Posts: 188
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    And I have a Wickett Teddy Bear
  • youngtweezy
    youngtweezy Posts: 183
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    LEGOs are my weakness.
  • jerzygrl5k
    jerzygrl5k Posts: 13 Member
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  • firesoforion
    firesoforion Posts: 1,017 Member
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    I have Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars and The Hobbit tattoos. :P

    The Whale in Hitchhikers's Guide is one of my favorite but brief characters ever....."Hello Ground"

    I rather preferred the bowl of petunias. :laugh:
  • hapoo100
    hapoo100 Posts: 940 Member
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    I have Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars and The Hobbit tattoos. :P

    The Whale in Hitchhikers's Guide is one of my favorite but brief characters ever....."Hello Ground"

    I rather preferred the bowl of petunias. :laugh:

    The petunias were certainly more aware
  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
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    I have Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars and The Hobbit tattoos. :P

    The Whale in Hitchhikers's Guide is one of my favorite but brief characters ever....."Hello Ground"

    I rather preferred the bowl of petunias. :laugh:

    The petunias were certainly more aware

    The whale is an optimist, whereas the petunias are embittered pessimists. Although they probably consider themselves realists.
  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
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    I get excited over complicated Excel formulas....

    "Excel formulae"
    *runs away*
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,198 Member
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    I get excited over complicated Excel formulas....

    "Excel formulae"
    *runs away*

    Holy mother of...take me with you!!!!! :frown:
  • raevynn
    raevynn Posts: 666 Member
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    I want the t-shirt, as soon as I've lost enough weight, that says:

    "There are 10 kinds of people. Those that understand binary, and those that don't"
  • naiomi85
    naiomi85 Posts: 29 Member
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    I sleep with a "blankey", i play online fantasy games, i like anime, i like to smell paper.
  • ubernerdgirl
    ubernerdgirl Posts: 20 Member
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    I don't need to prove it, but I'll give you a small sample:

    Because I have a vanity license plate that reads, "NRD4LYF"
    Because people who know me at goth/industrial clubs but can't remember my name just call me "Nerd Girl"
    I have a d20 and I know how to use it.
    Not only do I still play AD&D, I insist on only playing AD&D 2nd edition
    I can recite "Monty Python & the Holy Graii" (in addition to many other MP bits)
    I have a Simpsons quote for every occasions (The Simpsons applies to *everything* in life!)
    When I bought my home, even though I live alone, I made sure that I had enough rooms so I could devote one entire room to books and have a library.
    All the books in my personal library are shelved by category.
    I have my history degree and actually enjoy writing research papers.
    I worked at a university library (until they lost funding for my job)
    I've read "The Silmarillion"
    I know that Frank Miller has gone mad with power.
    I know that Alan Moore is a demi-god
    One of my self-designed tattoos includes Latin and some 15th Century French artwork.
    My friends (who are also nerds) frequently have whole conversations in movie quotes from SciFi or Fantasy movies.
    I know that Comicon has become a joke and should be called "Everything Con"
    I was a paid Renaissance Faire musician for many years. I played authentic music on period replica instruments. (I stopped performing because the lack of historical accuracy at all the faires began to annoy and frustrate me).
    I love opera
    I love classical music
    There is more to prove it, but I don't need really to prove it to anyone. It is painfully obvious.

    I was bullied mercilessly as a child & teenager for being a nerd. Now I own it. Take that, haters. :D
  • MrDude_1
    MrDude_1 Posts: 2,510 Member
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    I was bullied mercilessly as a child & teenager for being a nerd. Now I own it. Take that, haters. :D
    oh yea?
    well i fart in your general direction......etc.. you already know it.

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