The Secret Nerd Society

Aviflora
Aviflora Posts: 85 Member
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Hello everyone! I am curious, how many of you guys are Closet Nerds? Y'know, not telling your friends about your newest favorite anime, wondering if a playstation controller could be logged as exercise, attempting to lose weight for a skimpy-ish cosplay...

Most people don't see me as a closet nerd at all, and they are quite surprised to know that I've even tried LARPing (I didn't like it). And I will admit, I'm guilty of the three pointers I listed above. :D

So, where oh where are my nerd-friends? <3
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  • usernameMAMA
    usernameMAMA Posts: 681 Member
    The nerdiest I get is a WoW obsession.
  • LazyGuy91
    LazyGuy91 Posts: 171 Member
    Everyone has some "nerd" in them ... only the cool people admit it though!
  • Crawkins
    Crawkins Posts: 32
    I think everyone is nerdy about something, though anime, computers, video games, and table-top gaming are the traditional interests. I definitely hide my nerdy side at work because its my job to be very outgoing and well-adapted haha.

    I just did a cosplay last week for a con! (Eri Kasamoto from the Metal Slug games).

    You betcha I worked my butt off to look good in that outfit!
  • atypicalGirl
    atypicalGirl Posts: 12 Member
    I went on a 35 minute run this morning so that I could proceed to sit around and play Minecraft and Assassin's Creed III all day.
  • LazyGuy91
    LazyGuy91 Posts: 171 Member
    Nuttin wrong with that!
  • chessgeekdavidb
    chessgeekdavidb Posts: 208 Member
    Nothing closet about it, I'm a total nerd.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,342 Member
    I'm out of the closet and proud. My living room is full of Lego, my feature wall is 9 prop replica lightsabres, my DVD cabinet is full matched seasons of every sci-fi show you can name, my wedding cake topper is my and hubby to be in a tardis...
  • louiselebeau
    louiselebeau Posts: 220 Member
    I am a full blown nerd. No need to be closeted!
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    I remember the day I came out of the closet. I was working on building a desktop computer when my Mom walked in on me. The look of horror on her face while I stood there with a heat sink in one hand and a tube of thermal paste in the other was just too much to take. There were lots of tears, which freaked me out because I didn't want my internal computer components to get wet, but we made it through. All of my family members have come to accept that I like computers.

    I feel so free now.
  • Crazy4Healthy
    Crazy4Healthy Posts: 626 Member
    I'm a nerd, but I work with all nerds and my hubby is a nerd, so no hiding it here. :drinker:
  • EngineerPrincess
    EngineerPrincess Posts: 306 Member
    Complete nerd, and luckily I live in an environment where it's fully acceptable to be uncloseted about it (college, engineering school.) :glasses: Spending my free time volunteering in a lab, being the ultimate Harry Potter and Doctor Who fan, building things on circuit boards for fun, spending valentines day playing video games with my date... I can't get much nerdier.
  • Cp731
    Cp731 Posts: 3,195 Member
    NOT A NERD, but
    What is an intelligent man? A man who enters with ease and completeness into the spirit of things and the intention of persons, and who arrives at an end by the shortest route

    The brave, impetuous heart yields everywhere to the subtle, contriving heart
    Talent, taste, wit, good sense are very different things but by no means incompatible. Between good sense and good taste there exists the same difference as between cause and effect, and between wit and talent there is the same proportion as between a whole and its parts.
    The slave has but one master; the man of...
    Discretion is the perfection of reason...
    The exact contrary of what is generally...
    It is easier to enrich ourselves with a...
    There are only two ways of getting on in..
    More Thoughts On Intelligence
    I am clever; and make no scruple of...
    If you would take, you must first give...
    Intellectual blemishes, like facial...
    People of quality know everything...
    Not many men have both good fortune

    Ability
    Achievements
    Beliefs
    Business
    Family
    Friendship
    Government
    Happiness
    Health
    Intelligence
    Knowledge
    Life
    Love
    Memory
    Mind
    Money
    Nature
    Opportunities
    Perseverance
    Pleasure
    Politics
    Progress
  • kms1320
    kms1320 Posts: 599 Member
    <-- closet nerd (math major, technogeek, gamer, knows lines from Vampire Hunter D..)
  • chessgeekdavidb
    chessgeekdavidb Posts: 208 Member
    NOT A NERD, but
    What is an intelligent man? A man who enters with ease and completeness into the spirit of things and the intention of persons, and who arrives at an end by the shortest route

    The brave, impetuous heart yields everywhere to the subtle, contriving heart
    Talent, taste, wit, good sense are very different things but by no means incompatible. Between good sense and good taste there exists the same difference as between cause and effect, and between wit and talent there is the same proportion as between a whole and its parts.
    The slave has but one master; the man of...
    Discretion is the perfection of reason...
    The exact contrary of what is generally...
    It is easier to enrich ourselves with a...
    There are only two ways of getting on in..
    More Thoughts On Intelligence
    I am clever; and make no scruple of...
    If you would take, you must first give...
    Intellectual blemishes, like facial...
    People of quality know everything...
    Not many men have both good fortune

    Ability
    Achievements
    Beliefs
    Business
    Family
    Friendship
    Government
    Happiness
    Health
    Intelligence
    Knowledge
    Life
    Love
    Memory
    Mind
    Money
    Nature
    Opportunities
    Perseverance
    Pleasure
    Politics
    Progress


    Don't forget he needs to know the difference between Prada and Versace and also knows how to pronounce Hermes (not the Greek god)
  • Aviflora
    Aviflora Posts: 85 Member
    Amazing responses. You all make me want to come out of the closet. :D I believe I shall. Thank you all!
  • Cp731
    Cp731 Posts: 3,195 Member
    Yes, Agreed!

    lmao
  • sgrubby
    sgrubby Posts: 103 Member
    I am an OUT of the closet nerd. I attend Nerd Pride every year. It's called Comicon!
  • TheStephil
    TheStephil Posts: 858 Member
    I'm trying to lose weight to look better in my Erza cosplay in May
  • xiofett
    xiofett Posts: 138 Member
    I've never hidden my geekiness either. I don't tend to use the work "nerd" though, since that word also implies a social ineptitude that I don't possess. At least I don't think I do... I mean, I can talk to a girl without stuttering and staring at her boobs. Usually...
  • Tachyonic
    Tachyonic Posts: 64 Member
    It's pretty hard to keep a secret; frankly, I embrace it. I've logged over 370 hours in Skyrim, play video games during 75% of my free time, love my college major (and write a blog so I can gush about it), read a lot for fun, and regularly cite memes and internet culture during my everyday life.

    If we're gonna get real stereotypical, I also wear glasses and used to have an overbite.

    Nerd reppin'.
  • Aviflora
    Aviflora Posts: 85 Member
    It's pretty hard to keep a secret; frankly, I embrace it. I've logged over 370 hours in Skyrim, play video games during 75% of my free time, love my college major (and write a blog so I can gush about it), read a lot for fun, and regularly cite memes and internet culture during my everyday life.

    If we're gonna get real stereotypical, I also wear glasses and used to have an overbite.

    Nerd reppin'.


    I feel like we're the same person. :D
  • Tachyonic
    Tachyonic Posts: 64 Member
    Haha, awesome!

    I really like that I tend to have a fairly decent balance with my nerdery, though!

    I like fashion, interior design, graphic design, hipster clothes, hiking, drinking, and going to raves.

    Sooo, I'm kind of a cluster***k of "cultures" I guess!
  • ugottafriend
    ugottafriend Posts: 97 Member
    I am a HUGE NERD! I don't even know where to begin. Everything from Art, History, and Psychology to trivia and Doctor Who!!! I use to run a video arcade and grew up on video games (the Atari generation, baby)! I love Jeopardy, Monopoly, and Trivial Pursuit. My favorite magazines are Mental Floss and Psychology Today. Favorite TV shows are Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Sherlock, and Good Eats (love Alton Brown!), I have a list on Twitter called "Nerds Unite" with the absolute geekiest, nerdiest randomness out there. I made TARDIS bras for a breast cancer charity event last year, and have a ton more art and crafts planned for 2013 and beyond. I love being a nerd! :bigsmile:

    Feel free to friend me! We can be nerdy together!
  • chessgeekdavidb
    chessgeekdavidb Posts: 208 Member
    Nerds Я us
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    What? No, I'm a cool kid!
    This isn't hischool anymore, you can't just put me in my locker!
  • FootsoreRambler
    FootsoreRambler Posts: 80 Member
    I am a big ol' nerd, it's no secret! I came out of the nerd closet in high school and never looked back. Now I have a nerdy job that I love, and my friends are all awesome nerds. Nerd is the new cool, as far as I'm concerned. And if it's not, I don't care. :)
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
    I'm not in the closet at all... Everyone knows I'm a nerd :)
  • subconscious_ink
    subconscious_ink Posts: 194 Member
    Stumbled across this topic while taking a break from world-building for the fantasy novel I'm writing :laugh:

    Does this get me membership to the Secret Nerd Society? (Also, can we stick something that begins with an E in between Nerd and Society? Because then the acronym would be SNES, which would be awesome.)
  • Tachyonic
    Tachyonic Posts: 64 Member
    Stumbled across this topic while taking a break from world-building for the fantasy novel I'm writing :laugh:

    Does this get me membership to the Secret Nerd Society? (Also, can we stick something that begins with an E in between Nerd and Society? Because then the acronym would be SNES, which would be awesome.)

    <3 Haha, I love you for that comment.

    Secret Evil Nerd Society?
    Secret Existential Nerd Society?
    Secret Enlightened Nerd Society?
  • Cp731
    Cp731 Posts: 3,195 Member
    What? No, I'm a cool kid!
    This isn't hischool anymore, you can't just put me in my locker!

    LOL, No body puts baby in a locker, I'll protect you

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