What makes you a geek/nerd?

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  • jacques57
    jacques57 Posts: 2,129 Member
    I can't stand football, basketball, or NASCAR; I took ballet and theater in High school for gym (more interaction with girls). I like watching and reading Sci-Fi and Natural History guides. I ground and polished my own telescope mirrors as a geophysics student at Brown. I know my birds and wildflowers. And I work part-time as a magician. Oh and I wear glasses and favor converse high tops.

    But does that make me a geek/nerd? Or just a generic Ivy-league Wack-O?
  • WombatHat42
    WombatHat42 Posts: 192 Member
    Dr who and science but I balance that w a plenty of football :D
  • mantium999
    mantium999 Posts: 1,490 Member
    For 3 years my choice of bedtime story for my 5 year old daughter is old Wonder Woman comics. The clerks at the comic store know her on a first name basis, and set aside any Wonder Woman comics that come in on trade for her to have first dibs.
  • Chalk_Slinger
    Chalk_Slinger Posts: 1,012
    I am watching WITCHES based on the Roald Dahl classic and feel NO guilt.
  • swaistle
    swaistle Posts: 119 Member
    I'm a little bit of a geek/nerd. I'm quite into superheroes, primarily Marvel, I'm wanting to start getting into the comics though but a little overwhelmed on where to start. I have the Deadpool Classics atm, I have 4 volumes and I started reading them but I need to collect the rest!

    I like gaming to an extent, mainly Nintendo though :$ Legend of Zelda being my favourite :) I really need to explore more stuff ORZ I'm like a baby geek/nerd hahaaa
  • dhall2011
    dhall2011 Posts: 209
    As my husband says I am "a Vulcan on the street and Klingon in the sheets."
  • _Lovely77_
    _Lovely77_ Posts: 993 Member
    science, mainly health sciences. Studying to be a PA so there's that. Then I like to look everything up. I have a ton of unnecessary information just floating around in my head lol
  • hajenkatt
    hajenkatt Posts: 331 Member
    This past weekend, I helped my 7-year old son build the Tardis out of an old wardrobe box from our garage.
  • dhall2011
    dhall2011 Posts: 209
    I have a strong opinion on the Oxford comma.
  • roxywho42
    roxywho42 Posts: 165 Member
    And my towel is orange
  • MikeCrazy
    MikeCrazy Posts: 2,716 Member
    I design new types of power systems, and space craft propulsion, just for the fun of it.
  • OperationSuperKAT
    OperationSuperKAT Posts: 886 Member
    I'm kind of a different kind of nerd, I guess. I absolutely love languages, and spend hours every week translating things. Of course, part of that is my job being an opera singer, but it's my personal goal to become fluent in at least five languages other than English during the next few years.

    Also, my friend and I got into a huge argument the other day about whether a parsec is a unit of time or distance. *blush*
  • jmt08c
    jmt08c Posts: 343 Member
    I'm a revenue analyst. Enough said.
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    I design new types of power systems, and space craft propulsion, just for the fun of it.

    So what you're saying is.... you would be a good friend to have in the event of an apocalyptic event.
  • ashleydawndill
    ashleydawndill Posts: 242 Member
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    EVERYTHING Harry Potter. (see Deathly Hallows in profile pic :P)
    Anime (especially Deathnote!)
    Spelling and grammar
    Pokemon!
    SKYRIM
    The Simpsons and Seinfeld
    Space stuff (not so much the physics, though I am trying to understand it)
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,819 Member
    I'm decidedly un-nerdy.
  • MikeCrazy
    MikeCrazy Posts: 2,716 Member
    I design new types of power systems, and space craft propulsion, just for the fun of it.

    So what you're saying is.... you would be a good friend to have in the event of an apocalyptic event.

    Maybe...if you're nice to me.... :tongue: :laugh:
  • valkaree
    valkaree Posts: 519
    star trek
    I still read bleach and naruto (wow)
    love DBZ (wow)
    monster superman fan
  • cosmiqrust
    cosmiqrust Posts: 214 Member
    transformers is basically my life. i collect the comics, the figures, the tacky t-shirts, anything i can get my hands on. i even buy the rescue bots toys in the f*ckin playskool aisle. a 21 year old buying toys based on a show for three year olds for their office. fantastic. i feel like that brony from the powerpuff girls. but it did inspire me to get into robotics and engineering, so at least it's done more for me than suck my wallet dry.
  • DreamOfSunshine
    DreamOfSunshine Posts: 911 Member
    I have a collection of Assassin's creed figures... and all of the games of course... and I'm quite good at them... :)

    Oh, and I :heart: excel! :)
  • shadowofender
    shadowofender Posts: 786 Member
    I have the following tattoos:
    Anakin's Jedi and Sith lightsaber crossed over the quote "Fear is the path to the darkside. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to Hate. Hate leads to suffering."
    Rebel alliance symbol
    Imperial Navy symbol
    Peanuts comic Panel
    Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy Arkham City versions
    "I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar" with three leaves
    Pokeball

    I am fascinated with Excel
    I love calculus
    I read on average a full novel every other day
  • MuscleAndMascara
    MuscleAndMascara Posts: 1,260 Member
    I play in the SCA
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    All things comics/Marvel/DC
    Lord of the Rings
    Doctor Who
    Star Wars
    Firefly/Serenity
    Star Trek TnG
    Stargate SG1
    and my latest obsession is with all things Battlestar Galactica.

    My friends and I have regular board game nights. We don't drink, go to bars, go dancing, no...we sit around my dining room table with mountain dew and doritos and play Battlestar Galactica the board game, Cards against Humanity, Mage Knight, RISK Legacy, etc...
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    I design new types of power systems, and space craft propulsion, just for the fun of it.

    So what you're saying is.... you would be a good friend to have in the event of an apocalyptic event.

    Maybe...if you're nice to me.... :tongue: :laugh:

    I'm in California. The zombies would get me before I could even meet you half-way. I still have to work on cardio.

    My sister tells me I need to learn a good apocalyptic talent - like how to make beer...
  • runnergirl0721
    runnergirl0721 Posts: 2,289 Member
    Let's see---

    1- I wear glasses
    2-I am 31 and still in school (grad nonetheless but still in school)
    3-I am a bookworm
    4-I love to write
    5-I wear glasses
    6-I love the big bang theory
    7-I snort when I laugh
    8-I love to learn new things
    9-Everyone tells me I am
    10- There's no way you can tell me I'm not
  • puggglet
    puggglet Posts: 102
    My love of all things comic. Marvel and dc...
    Starwars
    Massive love of retro films like back to the future and gremlins
    And retro cartoons!!! Thundercats transformers

    I make a living as an artist, more than often with portraits of people like harry potter, star wars characters and super hero's.
    I also customise "toys" like munny world. Kidrobot

    My house looks like a section of a forbidden plannet store.

    I have produced 2 mini geeks which are in training lol
  • MikeCrazy
    MikeCrazy Posts: 2,716 Member
    I design new types of power systems, and space craft propulsion, just for the fun of it.

    So what you're saying is.... you would be a good friend to have in the event of an apocalyptic event.

    Maybe...if you're nice to me.... :tongue: :laugh:

    I'm in California. The zombies would get me before I could even meet you half-way. I still have to work on cardio.

    My sister tells me I need to learn a good apocalyptic talent - like how to make beer...

    How about how to find wild herbs and other edible plants? Wild onions make some of the best stew ever!
  • EmmieBaby
    EmmieBaby Posts: 1,235 Member
    making a list is easier


    1. my bedroom is iron man themed (with a figurine on display)
    2. my fiance and I have attended comic con for 4 years (and cosplayed)
    3. I have a tattoo of the song of time on my ankle
    4. I plan on getting a tattoo of wonder woman on my arm
    5. I have a replica of a gravity gun as well as the portal gun
    6. I have a wall of autographs of all the celebrities I have met
    7. I own a 10th doctor dress
    8. I own a sonic screwdriver
    9. My first born son will be name Conner and my first daughter Kara
    10. 42
  • BrillFit
    BrillFit Posts: 368
    I guess society would say it would be my love for video games / comics.
  • MikeCrazy
    MikeCrazy Posts: 2,716 Member
    making a list is easier
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    ....
    .....
    10. 42

    42
    /endthread
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