You're a Nerd

[Anarchemitis]

I am very nerdy, although you'll be hard pressed to make me admit it or show it unless you actually show some expertise in some fields I know as well. (Eg: Most anything Star Wars, Star Trek TNG, Half Life 2, GMod, Most things Youtube, Video Compression, 3Ds Max, image compression, photoshop, sciency things, Homestar Runner...)

And since grade 8, I don't take offense to Geek, Nerd, Dork or Smart Weirdo. Those words have little meaning to me.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

I agree with Russ on this one, I am no nerd, simply someone who's not ashamed of the things he enjoys.

 

[stompy]

I'm not a big nerd... just ace tests... As by your definition of nerd (I reckon you're talking about geeks), I'm one since I play quite a few video games, and have watched quite a few anime (no otaku by the way).

 

[Hey Joe]

I'm a nerd because I read Wired.

I'm not a nerd because I've played sport for a state-team.

I'm a nerd because I spend more than four hours a day on the PC (non-work related)

I'm not a nerd because I'm fashionable

I'm a nerd because because I have to wear glasses to watch TV

I'm not a nerd because I don't know how to code (apart from very little HTML)

Make of that what you will

 

[Logan Westbrook]

We're posting in the forums of a video game website. I think our status as nerds is assured.

 

[Isaac Dodgson]

A "Nerd" in my opinion is someone who not only holds interest in a particular subject that a wide majority wouldn't (though with video games this is rapidly changing), but also holds a vast bit of knowledge on these subjects and for some reason feels opinionated about them.

ever watch two nerds try to out nerd each other? priceless

 

[Groovewood]

I play Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 (that's a lie really, I haven't constructed a 40K army yet, waiting for Dark Eldar to be redone.) That's about it, I know absolutely nothing about computers or networking or photoshopping, or any cool computer related stuff. I maybe a movie nerd, but I think it's more I just remember quotes well, especially melodramatic ones. I read comic books occasionally, but don't keep up to date, hell, I don't probably don't even know all the main characters in Silver Surfer (my fav.)

I dunno why, but none of my nerdy habits have ever garnered anything but support. Usually people laugh at my nerdiness, as if it's some kind of thought out joke, but generally it's just me talking about my hobbies. I dunno, maybe it's because I'm a big guy people don't insult it for fear that I will throw them into a volcano or something.

 

[Moo of the seven]

I think it's not really what you DO that defines you as a nerd, but what you think and say. I mean, someone can be a nerd, but never have touched a PC, XBox, ect. Just my thoughts.

 

[Ultrajoe]

meh, id say i'm a nerd, but minus the social isolation... i'm something of an extravert.

 

[Badabinski]

I sleep with a Compaq Proliant DL360. Nuff said.

 

[N-Sef]

What makes me a nerd? let's see shall we?

- Have loved Sci-Fi since I was a tiny tucker
- Love reading Fantasy and Science Fiction books
- Make stupid references when I'm talking to someone, pop in a Simpsons quote or something and see if they get it
- Have been reading comics since I was 7, mainly Marvel but have also picked up a few issues of Supergirl and Green Arrow. Currently collecting Spawn. Bring back Godslayer dammit!
- Used to watch anime, but now collect Manga (collecting around 19 different titles)
- I go to anime conventions and geek out each time I see someone cosplaying as Dante from DMC.
- I strike video game and anime poses at random for no reason.
- I still play the Sega Master System (my first console), and am currently collecting old classics (PAL only)
- I geek out each time I see Stan Lee in Marvel movies, and in Mallrats.
- I used to play Magic: The Gathering, and consider going back into it.

I can go on all day, but the list is too long.

 

[HSIAMetalKing]

I don't even feel like listing all the reasons I'm a nerd-- sufficed to say, I'm posting on The Escapist forums at 3 a.m.

 

[Larenxis]

I became an irrevocable nerd after spending two days playing Half-Life (1 through to 2.2)

Oh, that's awesome! It took it slower played through the entire thing, but it took me a few weeks. Although I did also play Blue Shift and Opposing Forces as well.

I should probably say that I'm a comic book nerd too and a bit of a scifi although I've never watched an episode of Star Trek in my life.

Comic book nerd as well? Have you read Action Philosophers? I love 'em.

 

[aussiesniper]

I am a nerd because I once tried to decide on which type of image file best fits my personality (I decided on .dds, useful, but never easily accessible).

I am a nerd because I once made a comeback in an argument after I was called nerd by calling him "a poorly compressed .GIF file" (this worked like a charm, because the other guy was so confused that he couldn't reply).

I am a nerd because I have personalised all the gamedata in CSS and STALKER beyond all recognition.

I am a nerd because I can actually read the error reports fron STALKER's bugtrap system.

I am a nerd because I can make my own (admittedly simple) weapons in garry's mod LUA coding.

 

[JaguarWong]

We're posting in the forums of a video game website. I think our status as nerds is assured.

Beat me to it.

That really is all anyone needs to know.

I'm afraid that if you feel otherwise it's because you've forgotten how a non-nerd thinks.

 

[PurpleRain]

This should prove my nerdiness, I just posted a massive thing on that Evolution thread explaining Darwin Neo-Darwin, Fossil and Carbon Dating, our relations to the Dolphines and Chimps, etc only for the thread to be closed before I could hit post. Damn.

I became an irrevocable nerd after spending two days playing Half-Life (1 through to 2.2)

Oh, that's awesome! It took it slower played through the entire thing, but it took me a few weeks. Although I did also play Blue Shift and Opposing Forces as well.

I should probably say that I'm a comic book nerd too and a bit of a scifi although I've never watched an episode of Star Trek in my life.

Comic book nerd as well? Have you read Action Philosophers? I love 'em.

Haven't even heard much of them. But I will know look into it. I like a lot of Graphic Novels and a few special edition events like the Marvel Civil War. I did enjoy Marvel Zombies a bit too much.

 

[Sampler]

Nerd? I made a visio network map of my home (and it's more complicated than the one at work).

 

[MGG=REVIEWS]

I am a nerd well at least i think i am i come under frustation due to criticism oftem and play mass effect and watch star treck... so i say i was a nerd and proud

 

[Anarchemitis]

I read, but I don't read anything that complex (disregarding the Bible, one page every night)
I've never read James Joyce, don't care for comic books and the day I read anime is the day I eat a shoe with my ear.
I still need to read Ninteen-Eighty-Four and am about half-way through The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin: Gentleman Burglar". Man, that title is a mouthful.
And to convince you I am a bit of a nerd, I can retexture anything that can be seen in anything using the Source Engine. I can't edit models because I have neither 3Ds Max 8, nor XSI. But with vtf plug-ins, textures are a snap in Photoshop.