You're a Nerd

[cynicalandbored]

People call me a nerd, but in an affectionate way. Which I've always thought of as odd...

I guess it's cos I alway fix their broken electronic equipment.

Or because I always talk about the newest technology, scientific breakthroughs, theories about maths and time and space...

Or because of times like the other night, where I was explaining the latest Doctor Who episode to someone who'd never seen it before. I explained to him about the Time Lords, the Daleks, the Doctor, the Master, events fixed in time, the Doctor's role in the entire Pompeii incident, and basically the whole backstory to the Doctor Who Universe, and didn't realise I'd been talking for the best part of an hour.

Yeah, so it's probably that last one...

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

I might think geek is more appropriate for some stuff, but that's just me.

I have built up a small Japanese vocabulary from watching anime.
My little brother and I spend a lot of time throwing anime references at each other.
I can often understand when a show or game is making a reference to Japanese mythology (if you couldn't tell, I'm big on Japan)
I am currently obsessing over Touhou.
I spend a lot of time posting on the Escapist or editing TV Tropes.
I once compared my math teacher to Tsuruya because he laughs a lot over little things (just like her)
I wish I had a magic weapon or powers of some kind.

 

[rg90184]

I'm pissed that I missed getting into Mensa by two IQ points.
I dream about C code and shell-opcodes
I've fallen asleep with my head resting on a computer case
Nobody understands the connections I make between items during conversation.
I check my karma daily on slashdot.
I pick up any computer and intuitively understand it on a medium level - I'm never shit hot but I'm never bad either
I can do basic examples of PGP encryption in my head
I get annoyed at PC gamers who think they know networking (which is mildly ironic considering the forum I'm posting on) because they've been to a LAN
I hate every user I ever come across.
I use tcsh and automate everything I can
I have earthquake sensors attached to my servers so they shut down in case of movement.
I have a 20TB array of disks in my home network - spread across two of the ten servers that are in my one bedroom apartment.

Yep I think I might just be nerdy...

YOU ARE MY GOD!!!

 

[rg90184]

im a nerd becouse not only do i LOVE anime manga and other such i also play mmo's like im smoking crack i buy any rpg i can afford i own swords i can recite full episodes of fullmetal alchemist. i almost learned the japanese language from watching anime i detest people and i frequently visit this site

 

[War Penguin]

I do well in school.
I play a lot of games.
I (did) know a lot about the Star Wars universe.
I make many references to Monty Python.
I write sci fi stories (kinda).
I have almost memorized all the lines in the Homestar Runner website.
I have Loser by Beck as my theme song.
I visit the Escapist daily (which not a bad thing at all).
Oh, and I can play a wicked air guitar solo.

If these don't fill in the category of nerd/loser then the world will end... somehow.

 

[Gitsnik]

WHORSHIP HIM HE IS GOD OF COMPUTERS

yea i'm a nerd old move refrences Social out cast one friend and he is a nerd as well it sucks living in an all jock city

YOU ARE MY GOD!!!

You two need some serious evaluations.

 

[GodofDisaster]

I'm a nerd for five of the following reasons.

*Counting backwards*

5. I know way to much stuff, and at least 60% of that knowledge is random fact based crap.

4. I've had an addiction to gaming since I was six.

3. I'm currently studying the Japanese language.

2. I freaking love anime and manga, which also brought on my will to learn japanese.

Finally number 1. I'm this site every single day since I joined.

 

[Vrex360]

I am known for making obscure referances to movies that usually I know I am the only person in the present company that would know what I'm talking about. I watch movies with great enthusiasm and while I'm certainly not on the same level of say Bob Chipman I do certainly think I'm a big movie buff. Also I play video games a lot, even if I just want to play thirty minutes or so of ODST Firefight to syke myself up for things. I think of myself as capable of being romantic and affectionate which is something that pretty much all the 'cool' guys I know never do. I have an interest in dinosaurs and evolutionary biology and ultimatley yeah I'd say I'm a nerd.

And proud.

*salutes while gazing at the Escapist embelem with clear pride in his eyes*

 

[p3t3r]

well my new hobbie is decoding bar codes. thats right i look at the bars and try and figure out the numbers at the bottom

 

[Xcelsior]

I own anime/japanese and gaming t-shirts
Spend a ridiculous amount of time playing video games
ANIME
and I'm on a gaming forum at 1.30am and I have an early lecture in the morning.

 

[Kron_the_mad wants to be deleted]

i have a huge glowing beast of a pc (which i do refer to as the big rig), i play waaaay too many games, study game developement, bit of a film buff, reference internet memes (sometimes for no real reason) in conversations and i tend to remember odd little details and massive amounts of backstory from sci-fi and fantasy shows..... but i'm big and scary so very few people call me a nerd to my face

 

[superbleeder12]

I work at Geek Squad
I am going to school full time for an associates degree in network security
I have over 20 D&D books
though I don't need them, I know most of the rules and feats and such like the back of my hand.
I have a beast of a gaming rig
I make up drinking games for video games (each time you get stuck or meleed or plasma-pistoled, every killstreak you get in halo 3, you drink)

 

[Datalord]

I'm a dungeon master
I've qualified for the USAMO
I took AP classes as a Freshmen
I play DDO (if you can't get the basics of DnD, i suggest you try DDO, it'll help you grasp the basics)
I think Kepler is the most Epic astronomer Ever
Most of the "You might be a physics major" apply to me, and i'm not a physics major
I look for creativity in games rather than fun
I believe that anything has the potential to be art (video games, turds, explosions, Naruto References, you name it)


YEAAAAH, im a nerd

 

[Dimbo_Sama]

Because I take great pleasure in not just the watching/listening/playing of my chosen distractions.

but I look for the subtext, the message within the story. I mean, I love watching stuff for the sake of watching it. Give me some Arnie, JCVD and Stalone anyday. But I love to look at good speculative fiction and think 'well what is this about, really? What are they saying with this?' I do the same thing with games (Portal and Half-Life are tales of the dangers of being reckless with science, Silent Hill 2 is about accepting your mistakes, and owning up to your guilt lest it destroy you) and with music.

Also the fact that I learn as much about something as I possibly can when I'm interested in it, also qualifies me as a nerd.