Nerds Unite!

*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!

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.

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!

*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.

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

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.

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.

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)

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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 !