Nerds who lift

Nerding out playing D&D while camping in the rain.

That's before we get into the D&D, fact that I'm wearing an unfashionable comic book shirt

I have an entire closet full of unfashionable and entirely unironic shirts; they're basically the only shirts I wear when I'm not wearing gym clothes! My current favorite is "Occupy a Squat Rack" from 70sbig, and I'm also partial to my Jayne "Public Relations" and my Bubba Ho-Tep shirts. That's before we get into my entire collection of Rush swag... Yes, I'm a Geddycorn, so, I win the nerd contest! :laugh:

You, me and Bruce Campbell. Threesome. STAT.

Do you have to play video games these days to be a nerd? Since when isn't just being smart and socially awkward enough??

Why is socially awkward a requirement?

"What do you mean you people!?"

Social awkwardness is one of the hallmarks of nerddom. Not because social awkwardness is a prerquisite to nerdery, but rather one of the EFFECTS of nerdery.

If you spend all of your time imaging amazing things and off in your own world, rendering an entirely accurate model of all you survey in your mind along with a functional wet-works physics engine, you don't tend to spend a lot of your time playing My Little Ponies with that ***** Sarah across the street. **** that *****, she always did think she was too good for me. WHO IS LAUGHING NOW SARAH?

Do you have to play video games these days to be a nerd? Since when isn't just being smart and socially awkward enough??

I always considered that more geek than nerd.

I don't play video games that much, or watch Doctor Who (sure I'll get some rage deletes for admitting that), but I'm an engineer who lifts and runs. I like math. And computers. And quantum and particle physics. And space.

Do you have to play video games these days to be a nerd? Since when isn't just being smart and socially awkward enough??

I always considered that more geek than nerd.

I don't play video games that much, or watch Doctor Who (sure I'll get some rage deletes for admitting that), but I'm an engineer who lifts and runs. I like math. And computers. And quantum and particle physics. And space.

Do you have to play video games these days to be a nerd? Since when isn't just being smart and socially awkward enough??

Why is socially awkward a requirement?

"What do you mean you people!?"

Social awkwardness is one of the hallmarks of nerddom. Not because social awkwardness is a prerquisite to nerdery, but rather one of the EFFECTS of nerdery.

If you spend all of your time imaging amazing things and off in your own world, rendering an entirely accurate model of all you survey in your mind along with a functional wet-works physics engine, you don't tend to spend a lot of your time playing My Little Ponies with that ***** Sarah across the street. **** that *****, she always did think she was too good for me. WHO IS LAUGHING NOW SARAH?

Apart from dropping things like de novo lipogenesis into conversations randomly, I am not actually particularly socially awkward at all.

*takes nerd socks and leaves*

Do you have to play video games these days to be a nerd? Since when isn't just being smart and socially awkward enough??

I always considered that more geek than nerd.

I don't play video games that much, or watch Doctor Who (sure I'll get some rage deletes for admitting that), but I'm an engineer who lifts and runs. I like math. And computers. And quantum and particle physics. And space.

I think I'm a scientist, but my bachelor's degree says engineering, but my master's does. I have nerd identity issues. Or geek identity issues. I'm so confused.

Do you have to play video games these days to be a nerd? Since when isn't just being smart and socially awkward enough??

Why is socially awkward a requirement?

"What do you mean you people!?"

Social awkwardness is one of the hallmarks of nerddom. Not because social awkwardness is a prerquisite to nerdery, but rather one of the EFFECTS of nerdery.

If you spend all of your time imaging amazing things and off in your own world, rendering an entirely accurate model of all you survey in your mind along with a functional wet-works physics engine, you don't tend to spend a lot of your time playing My Little Ponies with that ***** Sarah across the street. **** that *****, she always did think she was too good for me. WHO IS LAUGHING NOW SARAH?

Apart from dropping things like de novo lipogenesis into conversations randomly, I am not actually particularly socially awkward at all.

*takes nerd socks and leaves*

I'm not socially awkward either. I'm actually pretty socially awesome. *slinks off*

Do you have to play video games these days to be a nerd? Since when isn't just being smart and socially awkward enough??

Why is socially awkward a requirement?

"What do you mean you people!?"

Social awkwardness is one of the hallmarks of nerddom. Not because social awkwardness is a prerquisite to nerdery, but rather one of the EFFECTS of nerdery.

If you spend all of your time imaging amazing things and off in your own world, rendering an entirely accurate model of all you survey in your mind along with a functional wet-works physics engine, you don't tend to spend a lot of your time playing My Little Ponies with that ***** Sarah across the street. **** that *****, she always did think she was too good for me. WHO IS LAUGHING NOW SARAH?

Replace Sarah with Tanya and MLP with Barbies and this may be a scene from my life.

NO TANYA, I'm plotting how I'm gonna genetically mutate myself like SPIDERMAN but less of a WUSSY! I can't play goshdarn barbies with you right NOW! How am I going to bring about social reform and world peace without SUPERPOWERS! Humanity only responds to STRENGTH and POWER so I need to be the STRONGEST!

Magneto taught me that. At age 6. Thanks Mom, for letting me read all your comics and developed an authoritarian personality.

Still. Not socially awkward. People love me. Why? Cause power and confidence.



Edit: This is very much a true story, btw. Wonder whatever happened to Tanya.

IN! All day video game player, avid reader, nerdy television junky, former comics collector (Daredevil) and I'm considered well spoken for my people*







*my people are meatheads.

I'm always impressed when I see DayPul write. It's like the last 200 years were all a fiction and we're living in some alternate universe where people like him* are just as capable as anyone else.



*referring to meatheads.

Do you have to play video games these days to be a nerd? Since when isn't just being smart and socially awkward enough??

Why is socially awkward a requirement?

"What do you mean you people!?"

Social awkwardness is one of the hallmarks of nerddom. Not because social awkwardness is a prerquisite to nerdery, but rather one of the EFFECTS of nerdery.

If you spend all of your time imaging amazing things and off in your own world, rendering an entirely accurate model of all you survey in your mind along with a functional wet-works physics engine, you don't tend to spend a lot of your time playing My Little Ponies with that ***** Sarah across the street. **** that *****, she always did think she was too good for me. WHO IS LAUGHING NOW SARAH?

Apart from dropping things like de novo lipogenesis into conversations randomly, I am not actually particularly socially awkward at all.

*takes nerd socks and leaves*

NO! You get back in here, Sara! I went to all that trouble of copying and pasting your lift gif url into here (IT TOOK 4 FINGERS!!!) and you damn well better stay

Again, I rarely post, but since this isn't a controversial topic, and I am a huge geek (less a nerd

Evidence: my most recent purchase online: https://www.thinkgeek.com/product/13ba/

As for how much I lift and that... I get by. Curl 55 lbs (one-arm, no cheat), dead-lift 315 (max, as I almost give birth to my colon if I do 1 oz. more).

My husband and I walked into the Legend of Zelda theme to our wedding reception and cut the cake to the main theme from Skyrim.

I love this. I love you.

In for the nerds lifting heavy. For nerdcred, I play a lot of FPS involving space, zombies, apocolyptic themes, ect. I also play a lot of Pokemon. And watch lots of anime. And draw manga. And write fanfiction. I just bought myself an awesome pair of Turtle Beach Xbox 360 mic headphones and am very excited about them.

Apart from dropping things like de novo lipogenesis into conversations randomly, I am not actually particularly socially awkward at all.

*takes nerd socks and leaves*

I'm not socially awkward either. I'm actually pretty socially awesome. *slinks off*

Again, hallmark, not prerequisite. Although damn, the sensitivity and pedantry of nerddom, you have in spades.

Apparently joking does not work in nerddom. Sorry about that. Will remember it for next time.

No one gave you the handbook?
SENSITIVITY AND PEDANTRY.

Apart from dropping things like de novo lipogenesis into conversations randomly, I am not actually particularly socially awkward at all.

*takes nerd socks and leaves*

I'm not socially awkward either. I'm actually pretty socially awesome. *slinks off*

Again, hallmark, not prerequisite. Although damn, the sensitivity and pedantry of nerddom, you have in spades.

Apparently joking does not work in nerddom. Sorry about that. Will remember it for next time.

No one gave you the handbook?
SENSITIVITY AND PEDANTRY.

Apparently not as I have no idea of the point you are making.