where are my nerds?!?!?

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  • Tammi623
    Tammi623 Posts: 113 Member
    Nerd... According to Wikipedia...
    "Nerd is a derogatory stereotype of a person typically described as socially-impaired, obsessive, or overly intellectual. They may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, obscure, or highly technical pursuits, or those relating to topics of fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities.[1][2][3] Other nerdy qualities include physical awkwardness, introversion, quirkiness, and unattractiveness.[4] Thus, a nerd is often excluded from physical activity and is a social outsider. In the stereotypical high-school situation, they may be either considered loners by others, or associate with a small group of like-minded people. As with other pejoratives, nerd has been reappropriated by some as a term of pride


    *** I used to be a nerd. Now I'm more of a geek ***

    According to Wikipedia...
    "The word geek is a slang term for odd or non-mainstream people, with different connotations ranging from "a computer expert or enthusiast" to "a person heavily interested in a hobby", with a general pejorative meaning of "a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp[ecially] one who is perceived to be overly intellectual".[1]

    *******

    HI!! ^_^

    nerd/geek here. Bring on the anime (first love), science fiction, old super hero shows, classic cartoons, music, books, and history (research, articles, books, documentaries). I am not a super nerd but most of my friends are. I LOVE nerds, they make life happy.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    YUP nerd right here.

    fantasy adventure writer. cant un-nerd that one.
  • diadojikohei
    diadojikohei Posts: 732 Member
    Love Star Wars, Marvel Comics, D&D, Magic the Gathering, DBZ and console/PC gaming.

    I've been told I'm losing my nerdiness/geekiness as I spend more time in the gym playing sport though >.<

    I started feeling this way too. I restored it by wearing a Flash shirt while running. No word of a lie, more people stared than usual :tongue:
    Like no one's ever met a sports nerd?!
    Latest lycra stuff, latest water bottle............

    How about cardio dressed as Aragorn and waving a sword about to dramatic music?

    OO, I've gone quite flushed for a moment- I think I'll have to go and have a lie down! Or as Jane from Firefly would say 'I'll be in my bunk'!

    lol!
  • ZombieChaser
    ZombieChaser Posts: 1,555 Member
    Hey I'm more of a geek than a nerd, I <3 zombies, video games, sci-fi, techy gadget stuff and of course my super mario shoes:

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  • PaveGurl
    PaveGurl Posts: 244 Member
    I primarily identity as "geek-adjacent," because while I know a lot about typical fandoms and often engage in quote wars, I'm not terribly committed to many of them. I'm not into gaming, I'm not particularly into Star Wars or Tolkein, and coding makes me want to commit seppaku.

    On the other hand... I know that coding makes me want to commit seppaku, and I've used game memes in conversation ("I used to be a [whatever] like you..." and "the cake is a lie" are high on my list of regularly said Things).
  • binglebandit
    binglebandit Posts: 531 Member
    I have a software engineering degree, I used to have a Red Dwarf "Smoke Me A Kipper" t-shirt, I can quote vast tracts of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy and I know this much pi off by heart ... 3.14159265358979323846.

    And I thought The Big Bang Theory was a reality show ;)


    22/7's is more elegant and easier to use when crochetting hats, did I mention you can crochet a hyperbolic equation and make a coral. Nerd with hook who got very excited that I could download Darwin for free on my kindle. Oh and Holly has to be a boy

    I was actually going to crochet that pattern using the hyperbolic equation for a fellow nerd (he'd probably be a geek) friend of mine, only I don't know that is has any real good physical purpose. Loved the idea though.
  • DaSavedSinner
    DaSavedSinner Posts: 211 Member
    I would say hi but I am playing Guild Wars....
  • chocl8girl
    chocl8girl Posts: 1,968 Member
    Going to bed in a Katniss braid, and waking up looking like Hermione. (nerd girl problems)
  • Berto0391
    Berto0391 Posts: 273 Member
    Here I am ^.^
  • rlmadrid
    rlmadrid Posts: 694 Member
    Hey I'm more of a geek than a nerd, I <3 zombies, video games, sci-fi, techy gadget stuff and of course my super mario shoes:

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    Where in the world did you find those?!?
  • jen_bd6
    jen_bd6 Posts: 501 Member
    gamer/movie nerd here... Feel free to add me :P
  • sundancer1966
    sundancer1966 Posts: 478 Member
    I wave a geek flag high!! Add me if you like...
  • trojanbb
    trojanbb Posts: 1,297 Member
    NERD PARTY!!!

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    :laugh: I think it's time to start a nerd war. Firefly is better than Star ****. There, I said it. Furthermore, I have always preferred the original Battlestar Galactica to the modern one and Star ****.

    YES!!

    Firefly is the best
  • LindseySprake
    LindseySprake Posts: 333 Member
    *Proudly Raises Hand*
    :-)
  • V3ggieL0vinGinger
    V3ggieL0vinGinger Posts: 235
    Fellow nerd here!
  • katheern
    katheern Posts: 213 Member
    Yay nerds! I'm a huge gamer (not facebook games) of FPS, RPGS, etc. I have a computer science degree and work for a well known tech company.
  • Dayna5K
    Dayna5K Posts: 136 Member
    Quirky, wanna-be nonconformist, loner, high school reject, college/grad school-champion, first-class nerd and PROUD :-)
  • FuneralDiner
    FuneralDiner Posts: 438 Member
    This pertains to some of you. And don't act like you don't know who you are.....

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  • HeatherLaShae4
    HeatherLaShae4 Posts: 59 Member
    harry potter diehard fan here... im constantly thinking of my life as if i were in harry potter... spells i could use for this or that...or against my haters... lol...... and i can tell u anything u need to know about it. :) AND im even brave enough to say VOLDEMORT aloud!!!
    i also used to be a tibia nerd... loooooooove tibia, but dont have the time to play it no more, so i guess im an EX-tibia nerd haha
  • IAmFranciscoB
    IAmFranciscoB Posts: 125
    I nerd out anything with technology. sports, equipment, whatever. and video games too.
  • Mama_Mila
    Mama_Mila Posts: 511 Member
    Hey I'm more of a geek than a nerd, I <3 zombies, video games, sci-fi, techy gadget stuff and of course my super mario shoes:

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    ^^^THESE!!! ahhhhh :laugh:
  • trojanbb
    trojanbb Posts: 1,297 Member
    I hate it when people call themselves nerd because they enjoy pop culture.

    I know, right? You are not a nerd just because you enjoy some of the most popular movie and book franchises ever. There is nothing "nerdy" about Star Wars, Disney, LoTR, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games etc. These things are massively popular. Even my mom has read the Hunger Games. Harry Potter has his own theme park down in Florida. Right next to the Disney one that has the Star Wars ride in it. If something is popular enough to warrant a theme park, it's not nerdy.

    There's nothing wrong with liking these things if you do. Just don't think that liking them makes you unusual or nerdy.

    When you have Tolkien's The Silmarillion and the Appendices to LOTR nearly memorized, I think that transcends the line between "enjoying pop culture" and nerdom.
  • clioratha
    clioratha Posts: 29 Member
    Nerd and geek here by popular definition. Software engineer by trade, bookish bespectacled social outcast growing up, still a bookish bespectacled introvert in my early 40s. Not as much of an outcast now that I live and work in an area with a lot of fellow engineers and introverts. 20+ year tabletop gamer (mostly AD&D), prefer fantasy and sci-fi as reading genre. About due for another reread of LotR/Hobbit/Silmarillion.

    My sister joked about getting husband and I matching pocket protectors when we got married 22 years ago :embarassed: She was a teenager then and a bit of an a$$hat, but she's mostly outgrown that.

    Edit: Thinking about the definition of geekdom as having specialized knowledge in a particular esoteric field (ie band geek, etc) - consider that the folks who memorize all sorts of sports statistics like Hank Aaron's batting average are really sports geeks :wink: I suppose if there's a particular field I tend to truly qualify as 'geek' in, it's probably needlework. Not your average geek specialty, but there you have it.
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
    LoTR here!!! And all the X-Men (except for the new *kitten*).
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    Hard core geek here. I may or may not have dressed up as a klingon.

    When people ask me how I'm losing weight I say "Adipose".
  • oOMusicBabii
    oOMusicBabii Posts: 494
    Star Trek, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings here!

    And anime.

    And games.

    And, yep nerd/geek here. Used to hate it, finally just accept it.
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    I work as a systems administrator. Learned to program from my mum who was a software engineer for Grumman. I am also a classical singer (Baroque music mostly) as a side job on weekends. I committed the BWV catalogue to memory when I was fourteen. I was picked on in high school for being a smart theater kid. I love reading science fiction: Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, Dan Simmons, et al. "Geeky" pop culture is fine, but since when is Harry Potter "nerdy"? Does that mean all twelve year olds are nerds?
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    Stargate or bust.
  • oOMusicBabii
    oOMusicBabii Posts: 494
    but since when is Harry Potter "nerdy"?

    Ever gone to a book or movie midnight release (and in costume)? Or a convention of any kind as a HP character? Or play muggle quidditch. That's when it became nerdy. Nothing wrong with it, actually really awesome!
  • Rothwilder
    Rothwilder Posts: 32 Member
    but since when is Harry Potter "nerdy"?

    Ever gone to a book or movie midnight release (and in costume)? Or a convention of any kind as a HP character? Or play muggle quidditch. That's when it became nerdy. Nothing wrong with it, actually really awesome!

    Last two books midnight release.

    More of a geek than a nerd, but both are fine :)

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