You know you're a nerd when...

[monkeyman]

Do you ever think something, and then immediately realize "Holy crap, I'm a huge nerd"? That happened to me at dinner today. My stepmom had the radio on, and This Kiss by Faith Hill came on. Here's part of the chorus:

It’s the way you love me
It’s a feeling like this
It’s centrifical motion
It’s perpetual bliss


That bugged me. Probably much more than it should have.

Anyway, I'm sure there a lot more nerds on these forums. If nothing else, you're smart because you unicycle. Does anyone else have these moments?

[beeper]

well im not necessarily a nerd, and there is no way i can prove it to you, so believe what you want, but i have had these moments, and i dont think of them as "nerdy moments".. one of my moments was when i was in a public restroom with my friend outside, and while i was takin a whizz, i was singing james brown:

"i feeeeeel goood - *na na na na na na na* i knew that i would - *na na na na na na na* i feeeeel niiiice! - like sugar and spiiiiice. etc."

yea, weird, strange, embarrasing, akward, call it what you want, but i have a lot of dignity to lose, so why not lose some every once in a while?

[Spudman]

All the time. As a matter of fact, the first time I heard the chorus of that song I noticed the exact same thing.

[habbywall]

I'm using linux, and I love it.
That pretty much speaks for itself.

[harper]

Does anyone else have these moments?

My life is a concatanation of those moments.

[TheObieOne3226]

...you know exactly what a Psychatog is and think it is very broken.

[dan de man]

when you go to bash.org and and laugh at the jokes

[fluxusmaximus]

Oh yes. I was at Burger King the other day when the boyfriend points to one of the paintings on the wall that was a parody of Da Vinci's Man (http://www.latifm.com/artists/image/da-vinci-leonardo-proportions-of-the-human-figure.jpg) where there was a burger in place of a guy. He thought that was pretty funny.

Then I pointed to the rest of the paintings around the restaurant and named the different artists they were parodying (Van Gogh, Monet, Warhol, etc). Nerdy moment of the day.

[Jerrick]

Plenty of times. When im with my girlfriend, with my friends, parents, other peoples parents, employees at stores, and a lot of places. I embrace my nerd/geekiness.

[dudewithasock]

What are you talking about, Alex? I'm not a nerd.

[dan de man]

dudew/asock aint a nerd hes a geek

[BillyTheMountain]

Some people thought it was nerdy that I went to NAUCC.....

Don't criticize a nerd unless you have rode a mile on the nerd's unicycle.

[hobo_chuck]

[cheeky-sarcasticremark="NERD"]you guys aren't nerds!
nerds are smart!:p
[/REMARK]
(most people that get called nerds are NOT)

[monkeyman]

(most people that get called nerds are NOT)

...what on earth are you talking about?

[hobo_chuck]

...what on earth are you talking about?


have you ever talked with somone that everyone thought was a nerd?
usually they aren't very smart.....(geeks, not nerds)

[dudewithasock]

have you ever talked with somone that everyone thought was a nerd?
usually they aren't very smart.....(geeks, not nerds)

Well there's no real set-in-stone definition for a nerd or a geek, but the generally accepted connotations are that nerds are smart, science-y people and geeks are smart, tech-y people. Both are usually fairly smart in the average stereotype, though.

[Catboy]

...you know exactly what a Psychatog is and think it is very broken.

MTG is for the cool kids though, right?

[TheObieOne3226]

...you are amazed WotC printed Upheaval in the same set!

[Megatron]

...when you know my name.

[mattsmith]

Oh yes. I was at Burger King the other day when the boyfriend points to one of the paintings on the wall that was a parody of Da Vinci's Man (http://www.latifm.com/artists/image/da-vinci-leonardo-proportions-of-the-human-figure.jpg) where there was a burger in place of a guy. He thought that was pretty funny.

Then I pointed to the rest of the paintings around the restaurant and named the different artists they were parodying (Van Gogh, Monet, Warhol, etc). Nerdy moment of the day.
I have that sort of moment all of the time but I don't think it makes me a nerd / geek or whatever. It's just general knowledge and there's no shame in it. Nerds know the script of Monty Python sketches and stuff.

[Jack_C-B]

I have those moments when i start talking about computers when im unicycling... :\

[Into the blue]

My friend and I had a two hour conversation in a pub on the subject of whether it made more sense for Spiderman to have organic web that shot out from his wrists (movie version) or man-made synthetic web capsules strapped to his wrists (comic-book version).

Go figure.

[Jack_C-B]

uhh, lol.

I always thought the organic web version was cooler.

[Brian MacKenzie]

i'm 32 and i can't wait for the transformers movie to come out :(

[Into the blue]

And who is stronger anyway, the Hulk or the Thing?

[mattsmith]

My friend and I had a two hour conversation in a pub on the subject of whether it made more sense for Spiderman to have organic web that shot out from his wrists (movie version) or man-made synthetic web capsules strapped to his wrists (comic-book version).

Go figure.
Nothing nerdy in that. It's pub talk. I've talked some real rubbish in pubs such as the great Quality Street vs. Roses debate.

Organic web makes more sense. "He can do anything that a spider can". Like spin a web. Hand made webs are more Batman's style.

[dudewithasock]

...you are amazed WotC printed Upheaval in the same set!

Well I'm not as nerdy as you, but I at least know what WotC is. :p

[ThisGuyIKnow]

Nerd is an intelligent person who often doesn't fit social norms simply because they do not care.

Why do nerds have tape on their glasses? Because they were broken.

Geeks are the obsessive fanboy types. They are often associated with some section of fandom, such as star wars, star trek, lord the rings, comic books.

You can be a nerd and a geek, but they are different things.

[dudewithasock]

I'm a nerd and a geek, then...but I don't wear glasses.

I just thought of another one, though it's more for geek.

You know you're a geek when you can watch a monty python skit you've never even seen before, and still be able to name the actors that are in it, despite the crazy costumes.

[dan de man]

whe nyou learn to play the FF7 victory theme song (guilty)

[ThisGuyIKnow]

You know you're a geek when you can watch a monty python skit you've never even seen before, and still be able to name the actors that are in it, despite the crazy costumes.

Nah, Doesn't happen, if you're geek you've seen every monty pyothn sketch. So there aren't any you haven't seen.

[UniTyler]

//"You know you're a nerd when..." reply.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
cout << "You go to a summer camp completely dedicated to learning C++. Guilty as charged.... I'm going in August at the University of Washington.";

return 0;
}

[CKCrowe]

I work out a lot, and play tons of sports. So I'm no nerd.

[Brian MacKenzie]

I work out a lot, and play tons of sports. So I'm no nerd.


and you ride a unicycle. nerd

[fluxusmaximus]

and you ride a unicycle. nerd
HAHAHAHA!

[Borges]

//"You know you're a nerd when..." reply.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
cout << "You go to a summer camp completely dedicated to learning C++. Guilty as charged.... I'm going in August at the University of Washington.";

return 0;
}

10 PRINT "When that makes you feel nostalgic."

[wobbling bear]

//"You know you're a nerd when..." reply.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
cout << "You go to a summer camp completely dedicated to learning C++. Guilty as charged.... I'm going in August at the University of Washington.";

return 0;
}
so "passé" !
C++ is for the Byzantine Oriented Programmer! "language of choice" for the über-Nerd super-Geek wiz-Hacker should be C, Lisp and Java (and APL :D ).

[podzol]

I knew I was a nerd today when I told a joke that had the punchline:

"Yeah, but do you know the fugacity of copper?"

Worst part, the fellow to whom I was speaking got the joke.

[monkeyman]

Oh wow. Ok, Blake wins. Thread over.

[habbywall]

I knew I was a nerd today when I told a joke that had the punchline:

"Yeah, but do you know the fugacity of copper?"

Worst part, the fellow to whom I was speaking got the joke.


HAHA!
I've heard that joke before. Someone dressed as a stormtrooper was telling it at a star trek convention I went to. :D

[podzol]

HAHA!
I've heard that joke before. Someone dressed as a stormtrooper was telling it at a star trek convention I went to. :D

Really? I made it as a smart quip to a genetic engineer that I ran into at the hardware store who was using Cu pipes for anaerobic supply lines.

I'd like to hear the real joke; if you remember it please do tell. If you made that up, you came up with a very nerdy scenario. :)

In any case, we are all nerds, it's not a nerdicity contest. That was just noe exceptionally nerdy moment.

[habbywall]

Yeah, I was just coming up with something nerdy to say.

[spazdude222]

Anyway, I'm sure there a lot more nerds on these forums. If nothing else, you're smart because you unicycle. Does anyone else have these moments?
lol, I use my knowledge of waves to find a place to stand where the waves won't crash up against me. I find spots with destructive interferrance.

[beeper]

u know ur a nerd when you make a new thread in these forums, and wait 10 minutes doing nothing, just to wait for someone to post in it.

[evil-nick]

If you get half the jokes in the comic XKCD.
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/centrifugal_force.png

[monkeyman]

Gosh, I love those comics. They're so freakin' funny.

[ivan]

I'm even a member on XKCD forums, although I rarely read them.

And I love the comics.

I'm gonna get myself the XKCD T-shirt: "Science: It works, bitches!"

[monkeyman]

When I stopped at Walmart today my tank odometer read 133.7

[johnfoss]

Do you ever think something, and then immediately realize "Holy crap, I'm a huge nerd"?Wait a minute. You noticed this before you *said* anything? I think you just disqualified yourself.

Then I pointed to the rest of the paintings around the restaurant and named the different artists they were parodying (Van Gogh, Monet, Warhol, etc).Sorry, knowledge of classical art does not make you a nerd either (though having the originals in your Burger King might).

Neither of these, of course, means you aren't nerds in other ways... :)

Some people thought it was nerdy that I went to NAUCC.....Okay, *you're* a nerd.

if you're geek you've seen every monty pyothn sketch. So there aren't any you haven't seen.That's right!

I work out a lot, and play tons of sports. So I'm no nerd....And you're on these forums. You're not fooling anybody.

u know ur a nerd when you make a new thread in these forums, and wait 10 minutes doing nothing, just to wait for someone to post in it.Actually the first part makes you a nerd. The second part means you have enough self-control not to post "bump."

[torkerdx]

Do you ever think something, and then immediately realize "Holy crap, I'm a huge nerd"? That happened to me at dinner today. My stepmom had the radio on, and This Kiss by Faith Hill came on. Here's part of the chorus:



That bugged me. Probably much more than it should have.

Anyway, I'm sure there a lot more nerds on these forums. If nothing else, you're smart because you unicycle. Does anyone else have these moments?
you know you are a nerd when you go on the unicycle forums and create a thread called "you know you are a nerd when...". also when you respond to it

[dudewithasock]

When you know that /NIN is overused and that CoP was designed not to be beaten, but you still accept those as facts and join TP burns/try to get your Rajas Ring anyway.

[señor coolguy]

I thought NIN meant nine inch nails...

[señor coolguy]

I'm even a member on XKCD forums, although I rarely read them.

And I love the comics.

I'm gonna get myself the XKCD T-shirt: "Science: It works, bitches!"

Besides saving a couple seconds at a red light, does anyone know what XKCD really means?

[AnOldCripple]

Besides saving a couple seconds at a red light, does anyone know what XKCD really means?
http://xkcd.com/207/
"xkcd is not an acronym, and Munroe attaches no meaning to the name, except in a joking manner within the comic. He claims that the name was originally a screen name, which he selected as a combination of letters that would be meaningless, as well as phonetically unpronounceable."
from wikipedia

[uni57]

My life is a concatanation of those moments.You know you're a nerd when...

You know how to spell concatenation. And you use words like deprecated in everyday conversation.

[dudewithasock]

I thought NIN meant nine inch nails...

AFAIK, you can't sub Nine Inch Nails at the moment. Maybe when WotG is released...

[señor coolguy]

ah, of course

I don't really know what you just said

[dudewithasock]

See, now we're on the same page.

Yeah, I figured as much. =P

[Poseidon]

When I stopped at Walmart today my tank odometer read 133.7

My watch read that today. (Military Time). I like it.

[monkeyman]

you know you are a nerd when you go on the unicycle forums and create a thread called "you know you are a nerd when...". also when you respond to it

Oh that was clever. Good job.

[torkerdx]

Oh that was clever. Good job.
thanks but you came up short. the correct response would be "well you responded to it".

[JJtheunicycle]

Oh that was clever. Good job.
There is always a twat that comes into these kinds of threads and says that.
BUT, torkerdx is cool so its not that bad

[digigal1]

We just returned from the 20th anniversay of Star Trek the Next Generation Convention in Las Vegas and it was one of the best vacations we've ever had.

WE ARE NERD. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.

Top that, nerd weenies.

[uni57]

We just returned from the 20th anniversay of Star Trek the Next Generation ConventionOh, God! That can't be beat! :)

(A LONG time ago, I attended a Star Trek convention. I bought (and wore at the convention) a Next Generation uniform shirt with the four things on the collar that signify captain. "Make it so, Number One!")

[dudewithasock]

Uh oh...the trekkies have arrived...

http://www.brunching.com/images/geekchartbig.gif

[unisteve]

...you just spent $300 on headphone amp for what is actually only a moderate increase in sound quality.
...your computer is water cooled
...your computer is housed in a clear acrylic case equipped with UV lighting to showcase all the UV-reactive components you have carefully strewn throughout it
...you insist that not overclocking a computer is a waste
...you have this t-shirt (http://www.noobstore.com/prod_tshirt-m-ipwn.shtml)
...you think that spending an hour discussing the merits of Star Trek vs. Star Wars is a worthwhile pursuit (bonus: ...you think that Star Trek is more enjoyable)

[JJtheunicycle]

...you just spent $300 on headphone amp for what is actually only a moderate increase in sound quality.
...your computer is water cooled
...your computer is housed in a clear acrylic case equipped with UV lighting to showcase all the UV-reactive components you have carefully strewn throughout it
...you insist that not overclocking a computer is a waste
...you have this t-shirt (http://www.noobstore.com/prod_tshirt-m-ipwn.shtml)
...you think that spending an hour discussing the merits of Star Trek vs. Star Wars is a worthwhile pursuit (bonus: ...you think that Star Trek is more enjoyable)
I would go for that shirt...

[Wheel Rider]

10 PRINT "When that makes you feel nostalgic."
I know what that is. I still have a couple books about that.

[Hazmat]

I would go for that shirt...
Me 2. :D

[mcnuggets300]

when you go to bash.org and and laugh at the jokes
agreed :)
bash is a never ending source of entertainment