Geeky/Nerdy Guilty Pleasure

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  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    I have a love for all things alien, supernatural or cryptozoological. :embarassed:
  • supershiny
    supershiny Posts: 170 Member
    Duuuuune <3 I love both versions. Also, I read linguistics textbooks and programming books for fun.
  • AtticusFinch
    AtticusFinch Posts: 1,262 Member
    The I.T. Crowd!!!!!!!

    Yeah !! Trouble is, I've met people like that in my professional life. Love it though.
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    I frequently catch logical fallacies in shows that aren't based in reality. Like in Farscape -- they all have "translator microbes" that enable them to understand each other, and that's ok with me. But those microbes wouldn't actually change the way they move their mouths when they speak, so when Aeryn mouthed something to John and he understood it even though he couldn't hear it, I got angry.
  • nsjacq
    nsjacq Posts: 3 Member
    I love Dark Angel! LOL
  • nsjacq
    nsjacq Posts: 3 Member
    I love that one too mostly because I work in IT and have been the only female in the group many times.
  • HMD7703
    HMD7703 Posts: 761 Member
    Not sure this makes me a geek, but it is definitely my guilty pleasure:

    geeky guys.

    I know, I know. Maybe I just want to be geeky by proxy. Maybe my use of the word proxy makes me slightly geeky. Who knows. But I love a smart man. Even better if he is totally geeked out like Sheldon. Ohhh how I love thee Sheldon.

    REF: Big Bang Theory. But, hopefully you already knew that.
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    My husband and I run a guild on World of Warcraft (Alliance, Shandris server) - and I am admittedly obsessed with the game. Our guild, some of them, have become as close to us as some family members. I take my job as GM quite seriously and have a blast with it. From creating events for our members, celebrating birthdays, and just doing silly things in game.

    I'm also a chain mail artist - but not sure if that's really geeky/nerdy - though I HAVE made dice bags.....

    I am a HUGE Harry Chapin, Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow fan as well.

    You sound awesome. If only you weren't Alliance. *sigh*
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    Did I miss it, or am I the only one here who watches The Guild and Red vs Blue??

    I LOVE the Guild, I have the music video for "Do you want to date my avatar" on my phone! The song itself is one of my ringtones.

    I have that, every song from Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Doctorin' the Tardis, the Ghostbusters theme, Blood Gulch Blues (from RvB), the theme song from Big Bang Theory and oh who knows what else, on my phone. Then I rock out in my car :laugh:
  • atsteele
    atsteele Posts: 1,358 Member
    I read books. Not kindle. Paperback and hardback.

    And I like anything that has to do with math or science. Scientific studies are most interesting because they involve both. *nerdy smile/wink*
  • nsjacq
    nsjacq Posts: 3 Member
    ****ens. Just had to see if it would block me too. LOL
  • Snakey74
    Snakey74 Posts: 276 Member
    Did I miss it, or am I the only one here who watches The Guild and Red vs Blue??

    I love The Guild!
    Also Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show. I can't help it...I sing along with the Wheel of Fun and giggle at Unicow.
  • Just_Dot
    Just_Dot Posts: 2,283 Member
    I am massively in love with everything Joss Whedon has done. Even Dollhouse.
    I can sing every line to the "Once More With Feeling" soundtrack.
    I own my own gaming dice...they're purple and silver glitter.
    I love reading fanfic p0rn.
    I have a serious girl-crush on Felicia Day.
    I have about 3 years worth of Grammar Girl podcasts on my computer.
    I'm sure there's more...
  • LeeKetty1176
    LeeKetty1176 Posts: 881 Member
    i have Bill Bryson " a short history of nearly everything" on my Ipod, and e-reader and two version in book form
  • I love video games that are definitely meant for kids and not 30 year old women. Ratchet & Clank, Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario. I just finished Lego Star Wars and am going to move onto Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4.
  • Micheller1210
    Micheller1210 Posts: 460 Member
    I love "words" words words words, the roots and when they were introduced into the language, how they have changed with culture, and words give away who the person is by how they use them, and I love to play words with friends and have about 10 games going. I subscribe to word blogs, and even check out books on words......and words are all I have....lol
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    Based on what I've read here these are some of the things I love that probably make me nerdy:

    NPR, The Guild, My WoW flashbacks, Nature shows, Nova, Mythbusters, Microsoft Excel, being a grammar nazi, LOTR, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, scrabble, and etymology.

    I also watch an episode of M*A*S*H almost every night before I go to bed, I have seen the movie Amadeus more than any other movie except for A Christmas Story, I am a poker geek, and I quote Mr. Show all of the time even though no one else ever knows what I'm talking about.
  • AlbertPooHoles
    AlbertPooHoles Posts: 530 Member
    Excel!

    Favorite function? VLOOKUP.
  • mixedfeelings
    mixedfeelings Posts: 904 Member
    Let me see. I have every single computer console i have ever owned since I was 8, and the one I didn't own but played on (it was my parents), I still buy and read comics although these days it's just the "bumper" packs with the graphic novels, Alan Moore, Daniel Clowes, The Brothers Hernandez. I love anything like The Twilight Zone, Red Dwarf, The Outer Limits, Round the Twist, Eerie Indiana. I like action figures, and buy/collect. I also collect old Tomy games, like the water ones and for the sake of it, not really geeky but I have to mention it as it was one of the most amazing series that should still be going, I love "Jonathan Creek" - if you haven't seen it, watch it. I also buy cartoons that I loved as a child on dvd. I love John Wyndham, he's one of my favourite authors.
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    Excel!

    Favorite function? VLOOKUP.
    vloolups are so cool! Although, it seems as if no one can ever figure out how to do them. I've had to teach and reteach people the function on multiple occasions at various jobs.
  • Lizzy_Sunflower
    Lizzy_Sunflower Posts: 1,510 Member
    I'm watching Contact right now, but when I'm sick all I want to watch is Dune and sometimes Dark Angel...judge me about the Dune and I'll cut you, judge me for the Dark Angel and I'll nod in agreement.

    I loved Dark Angel!

    I love reading and I am an all out Fantasy nerd LOTR, Dragonlance, Eragon, Harry Potter etc. I also love Vampire/Werewolf books.

    I am a Trekkie Original or New Generation preferred. I Love Star Wars, and can't wait to see Episode One in 3D this weekend. I also love Indiana Jones and Comic Book Movies, especially the X men, and Batman.

    And this is just the tip of the Geek/Nerd Iceberg.
  • AlbertPooHoles
    AlbertPooHoles Posts: 530 Member
    Excel!
    Favorite function? VLOOKUP.
    vloolups are so cool! Although, it seems as if no one can ever figure out how to do them. I've had to teach and reteach people the function on multiple occasions at various jobs.
    I thought it was only me! :laugh:
  • LeeKetty1176
    LeeKetty1176 Posts: 881 Member
    Excel!
    Favorite function? VLOOKUP.
    vloolups are so cool! Although, it seems as if no one can ever figure out how to do them. I've had to teach and reteach people the function on multiple occasions at various jobs.
    I thought it was only me! :laugh:

    AND ME !!! hahahahahaha
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
    Forgot to add that some of my favorite books include The Wheel of Time series and The Sunrunner Chronicles.
  • Tropical_Turtle
    Tropical_Turtle Posts: 2,236 Member
    dateline
    48 hours mystery
    lockup
    these are my favorite shows.. i have a love affair with prisons! i have a host of doc's on my netflix ranging from white supremicists to gay love in the 70s.

    Then you can come to work with me sometime lol (I work on one of those prisons from Lockup)
  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
    Ooh, and I love Jeopardy, crossword puzzles, linguistics, have read encyclopedias for fun.
  • Etiqueta
    Etiqueta Posts: 42 Member
    I've been watching Doctor Who since the first episode with Christopher and I love it! In high school I found out our new chemistry teacher is obsessed with DW, so I got to watch all the previous Doctors, too. I love reading DW fanfic and usually spend a few hours at a time.

    I watched the Transformers cartoons (Armada, Energon, etc) as a kid and was so excited when I found out about the cartoon movie while walking around a video store! My brother and I rented that movie really often.

    I play horse sim games online and have for years now. (Horseland, Howrse, Horsephenomena)

    I started playing Runescape in middle school and still have my account. I go through spurts of paying for a membership and playing for a bit nonstop.

    My preferred videogames are things like sims, harvest moon, etc.

    I used to do roleplaying online (text-based) and have been wanting to get back into that. I mostly stuck with animal characters.

    I love Aqua and I wish I had their new album right this second.

    Almost 20 years old and I still use my Pooh and Tigger comforter as well as my Spongebob comforter.

    My boyfriend is a nerd and I think that's why we go so well together. He plays D&D every week if possible, owns nearly every Zelda game and plays them religiously, loves Boondock Saints as much as I do, is obsessed with Star Wars, LOTR, etc.

  • My boyfriend is a nerd and I think that's why we go so well together. He plays D&D every week if possible, owns nearly every Zelda game and plays them religiously, loves Boondock Saints as much as I do, is obsessed with Star Wars, LOTR, etc.

    You madam, have an awesome boyfriend, hold on to that one!
  • JennS19
    JennS19 Posts: 642 Member
    I watch Real Housewives seasons on Bravo. I love Bravo TV. I love all the drama and thinking, holy crap, I can't beleive you spent that much money on that thing!
  • boyslie72487
    boyslie72487 Posts: 181 Member
    Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, incorperated into my wedding. Bam.
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