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I'd like to start a poll, but I need ideas: What's the nerdiest thing there is?

I don't mean "intelligent". I mean nerdy and stupid. Incurably, inherently, completely. "If you do this, you are a nerd." The activity must have no connection to reality, or the "life" in "get a life".

By definition, anything that normally produces money is out. Computer techies are not necessarily nerdy, since they can actually earn a living from that, and if it's stupid and works, it's not stupid.

My humble ideas:

Seriously debating Star Trek vs. Star Wars
Learning a constructed language, such as Klingon
Caring for school grades for their own sake

This is as far as I got.

Caring for school grades for their own sake

That makes me a nerd? *Psssssssh!* Hogwash.

I'd like to start a poll, but I need ideas: What's the nerdiest thing there is?

I don't mean "intelligent". I mean nerdy and stupid. Incurably, inherently, completely. "If you do this, you are a nerd." The activity must have no connection to reality, or the "life" in "get a life".

By definition, anything that normally produces money is out. Computer techies are not necessarily nerdy, since they can actually earn a living from that, and if it's stupid and works, it's not stupid.

My humble ideas:

Seriously debating Star Trek vs. Star Wars
Learning a constructed language, such as Klingon
Caring for school grades for their own sake

This is as far as I got.

Caring at all about Star Wars or Star Trek

*hides*

Owning anime porn
Collecting action figures if you're over 13
Attending comic book/sci fi/rpg conventions

Do any of those count? They seem kinda nerdy to me.

Dungeons and Dragons. Full stop.

I don't mean "intelligent". I mean nerdy and stupid. Incurably, inherently, completely. "If you do this, you are a nerd." The activity must have no connection to reality, or the "life" in "get a life".

Why do you have such a problem with nerdy pastimes? Why is it wrong for someone to derive enjoyment from different things?

Anyway, here's my suggestions:
- Playing an online game like NationStates
- Posting on the forums of an online game
- Asking for people's suggestions in order to compile a list of nerdy activities

That makes me a nerd? *Psssssssh!* Hogwash.
I'm sorry, but school grades are numbers teachers make up to describe your ability to follow their instructions, compared to other students. The natural questions are: first, is anyone going to read them, and second, is anyone going to care. With the exception of college admission, the answer is usually "no".

Mathematics, physics, chemistry and (my favourite) LOGIC!! :D
Of course computer programming is nerdy too..
A joke for you all:

if(i == 0)
return i;
else
return 0;


:D

Using the word 'n00b' as a serious and offensive insult. Especially in online games. (Ha! You have spent less time playing a computer game over the internet than me! Don't you feel bad?)

Caring at all about Star Wars or Star Trek

*hides*
:eek: DUDE!!

get out of NS! :mad: :mad: ;)



i'll add: a serious love of hentai
or even knowing what hentai is :p

wearing knee-high brown socks with shorts and sneakers

Oh! Oh! Oh! I got one!

Playing RPG's for 24 hours on end and actually considering them more important than reality. I don't mean people that play for really long times. I mean those that wear adult diapers, put a crate of bottled water next to the computer, and stock up on MRE's so they never have to leave their computer desk.

owning a "Transformers" t-shirt


.... my mate from school has a wardrobe full of them :headbang: :p

May I point out that D&D essentially invented the nerd culture?

Why do you have such a problem with nerdy pastimes? Why is it wrong for someone to derive enjoyment from different things?
Because people, especially Americans (it's apparently a cultural thing), straightforwardly equate "nerdy hobby" with "intelligent hobby". That's why. There was an earlier thread on this about "why intelligent people are hated"; I'm trying to find out why nerdy people are hated because of their nerdiness, not because of their (supposed) intelligence.


Anyway, here's my suggestions:
- Playing an online game like NationStates
- Posting on the forums of an online game

Touche!

What about verbally attacking someone if they call anime "Asian cartoons."

I probably could have shortened that, and it might not be an actual hobby, but can't you count it anyway?

Oh! Oh! Oh! I got one!

Playing RPG's for 24 hours on end and actually considering them more important than reality. I don't mean people that play for really long times. I mean those that wear adult diapers, put a crate of bottled water next to the computer, and stock up on MRE's so they never have to leave their computer desk.


Something that threatens nerds with extinction.. :(
We've seen this happening in Asia several times lately. :eek:
We must stop these MMORPG's before it's too late!
Yes, you know what I mean: :mp5:

:eek: DUDE!!

get out of NS! :mad: :mad: ;)

Briantonnia And find a small dark place to hide...

i'll add: a serious love of hentai
or even knowing what hentai is :p

Hehee, hentai is about as nerdy as it comes (no puns or innuendo intended)

Also, I'll add train spotting. Not the movie or book, but actual activity. Seems to serve no purpose to me.

I'm sorry, but school grades are numbers teachers make up to describe your ability to follow their instructions, compared to other students. The natural questions are: first, is anyone going to read them, and second, is anyone going to care. With the exception of college admission, the answer is usually "no".

I'm sorry, but in college, they actually mean something. It means I studied. The "instructions" are to learn, period. I study my fucking ass off. As for what my High Honors will get me.. it'll get me a guaranteed job with higher pay than the "I got a C" people. Not only that, but I get free cookies. :p *Heavens*

owning a "Transformers" t-shirt


.... my mate from school has a wardrobe full of them :headbang: :p
I'm positively crying http://fallacio.us/misc/smileys/ani_crying.gif

http://www.nesbuckle.com/images/pics_nesbucklewhite.jpg

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thats the nerdiest thing I can think of at the moment. God I want one.

http://www.nesbuckle.com/images/pics_nesbucklewhite.jpg

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thats the nerdiest thing I can think of at the moment. God I want one.

Hmm, classic nerdyness :D

I'm sorry, but in college, they actually mean something. It means I studied. The "instructions" are to learn, period. I study my fucking ass off. As for what my High Honors will get me..
You're not motivated by the grades themselves, which is caring about school grades for their own sake, as shown by:


it'll get me a guaranteed job with higher pay than the "I got a C" people. Not only that, but I get free cookies. :p *Heavens*
If it pays off, it's not stupid.

http://www.nesbuckle.com/images/pics_nesbucklewhite.jpg

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thats the nerdiest thing I can think of at the moment. God I want one.


Pure, utter NERDISHNESS. Brings a tear to my eye...

......

Also, I'll add train spotting. Not the movie or book, but actual activity. Seems to serve no purpose to me.
Bus spotting: that's the hardcore.

Bus spotting: that's the hardcore.


*shudder*

Owning a copy of "The Zombie Survival Guide".
I'm a nerd. But a well prepared one! :D
:headbang: :sniper:

Buying Official Harry Potter Broken & Fixed Glasses, if either a) you don´t wear glasses at all or b) could have broken and fixed your own for the price of a piece of tape and a yell from your mum.

And D&D? Seriously, even non-rpger know what it is - heck, there are even movies about the stuff. D&D is so 20th-century nerdy.

Try PP&P, a roleplay where you play cuddly stuffed animals, hooked on washing powder, on a crusade against the Owners. :cool:

Buying Official Harry Potter Broken & Fixed Glasses, if either a) you don´t wear glasses at all or b) could have broken and fixed your own for the price of y piece of tape and a yell from your mum.

And D&D? Seriously, even non-rpger know what it is - heck, there are even movies about the stuff. D&D is so 20th-century nerdy.

Try PP&P, a roleplay where you play cuddly stuffed animals, hooked on washing powder, on a crusade against the Owners. :cool:


wtf?!:confused:

Oh, I got another one.

Committing suicide because someone accidentally severed the internet wire in the building, thus preventing the entire household from being able to play Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne.

Actually happened to a friend. :(

I'm sorry, but in college, they actually mean something. It means I studied. The "instructions" are to learn, period. I study my fucking ass off. As for what my High Honors will get me.. it'll get me a guaranteed job with higher pay than the "I got a C" people. Not only that, but I get free cookies. :p *Heavens*
Neeeeeeerrrrrrrrrd! It's cool, though, you're amusing because of it.
And as some additions to the list:

Building a rail gun (an acquantince claims to have made one to fire pennies)
Getting into a fist fight over the exact details of an anime quote
Having a large amount of Yu-Gi-Oh cards on your person
Loudly commenting on how much said cards are worth to everyone
Getting suspended after attacking someone because you think they stole said cards and hawked them
Attacking the wrong person, 'cuz I'm the one who stole those cards, loser!
Confessing to an act of theft over the Interweb

Because people, especially Americans (it's apparently a cultural thing), straightforwardly equate "nerdy hobby" with "intelligent hobby". That's why. There was an earlier thread on this about "why intelligent people are hated"; I'm trying to find out why nerdy people are hated because of their nerdiness, not because of their (supposed) intelligence.
Intelligence and nerdiness aren't the same, but have some connection, e.g. to learn a constructed language, you have to have language-related intelligence.

Also, activities that "aren't useful" often involve thinking and learning simply for pleasure, which is something that would not apply to anti-intellectual people.

Touche!
Just being honest. Seemed kinda hypocritical, so I thought I'd point it out to save you from being hypocritical in future.

Oh, I got another one.

Committing suicide because someone accidentally severed the internet wire in the building, thus preventing the entire household from being able to play Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne.

Actually happened to a friend. :(


I'd call that tragic, not nerdy

Neeeeeeerrrrrrrrrd! It's cool, though, you're amusing because of it.
And as some additions to the list:

Building a rail gun (an acquantince claims to have made one to fire pennies)
Getting into a fist fight over the exact details of an anime quote
Having a large amount of Yu-Gi-Oh cards on your person
Loudly commenting on how much said cards are worth to everyone
Getting suspended after attacking someone because you think they stole said cards and hawked them
Attacking the wrong person, 'cuz I'm the one who stole those cards, loser!
Confessing to an act of theft over the Interweb



Taking someones yu-gi-oh cards isn't theft, its an intervention

wtf?!



Only to be topped by Paranoia, an rpg set in the world of tommorrow. Everything is controlled by The Computer ("The Computer is your friend"), and The Computer naturally doesn´t like disorder. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people with hidden mutant powers around - a.k.a. the players.
Your main goal - aside from whatever quest The Computer issues - is to reveal the mutant identity of your fellows, eliminating them immediately once that is accomplished.
Luckily, the cloning facilities provide unlimited supply of exactly the some persons over and over again. Of course, they come out of the factory officially mutation-free, but you know they ain´t like normal buddies.

Well, the main fun derides from the secret little messages you pass to the other players and the DM. 4 hours of this, and you start to learn the meaning of paranoia (and serious chest/ stomache pain, accompanied by temporal, near-fatal lack of of oxygen).

But remember: The Computer is your friend.

Screw all the high school startrek or starwars sci fi garbage geek nerds the real nerds are Nazis, Islamists, KKK, religious nuts in general, Potheads, Cokeheads, Rockers, pornostars, Mets and Yankee fans, gearheads, high shool minded teams or groups at work, sudo intellectuals on this board, i can go on and on but I have to say that people who follow islam or any religious tripe stands out head and shoulders as the worst nerds.

Rich

Local one: Reporting prostitutes "advertising" themselves on the roadside to the police.

I'm positively crying http://fallacio.us/misc/smileys/ani_crying.gif
crying in envy or crying because of the sheer nerdiness of it all? ;)


i have to admit that i own a Family Guy t-shirt, but thats just awesome :D

Building a rail gun (an acquantince claims to have made one to fire pennies)
I think this is just "techie". An engineer able to build a real, actually working rail gun makes money from these skills.

Getting into a fist fight over the exact details of an anime quote
Fist fights aren't nerdy =P


Having a large amount of Yu-Gi-Oh cards on your person,
Loudly commenting on how much said cards are worth to everyone,
Getting suspended after attacking someone because you think they stole said cards and hawked them,
Attacking the wrong person, 'cuz I'm the one who stole those cards, loser!,
Confessing to an act of theft over the Interweb

Why go into this precise detail on Yu-Gi-Oh cards? Are we witnessing a confession?

Pure, utter NERDISHNESS. Brings a tear to my eye...


I Win! :D

I Win! :D


I sumbit this as the number one entry of nerdy behaviour! :p

My humble ideas:

Seriously debating Star Trek vs. Star Wars
Learning a constructed language, such as Klingon
Caring for school grades for their own sake



:D My 4 year old is a nerd !!!!

oh, how about worrying when your GPA gets to a point that it will hurt it more if you screw up then it will help it if you get a perfect score. :p

I think this is just "techie". An engineer able to build a real, actually working rail gun makes money from these skills.
No, it is nerdy because it was small and used to harrass cats (once again, according to "legend")
Fist fights aren't nerdy =P
That depends on what the fight is over:
Fist fight over a Girl? Normal
Fist fight over Anime? Nerd
Fist fight over one's place in the lunch line? Dumbass.
Fist fight over Star Trek v. Star Wars? Nerd.
Why go into this precise detail on Yu-Gi-Oh cards? Are we witnessing a confession?
Confession is good for the soul.
Of course, I don't have one, so the quotations doesn't apply. Instead, I'm just engaging in a bit of petty bragging (nerdy) because I'm bored and am killing time 'till things fall into place on this end.

Learning a constructed language*tackles your legs*

oh hey, I got a few more

naming your kids after Star Trek characters

dressing up like a Klingon on "casual Fridays" at work.........every Friday

having more toys than your kids, but not ever being able to play with them *cries*

This thread has inspired me to create a region: Nerd Alliance (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=display_region/region=nerd_alliance) - for nerds who aren't afraid to admit it!

naming your kids after Star Trek characters
best. idea. ever! :p

best. idea. ever! :p
thanks. I thought it was cool. My in-laws......not so happy with us. :p

just thought of another one..........can't seem to stop thinking of them really

when you look forward to Thanksgiving, not for the turkey, but for the X-files marathon on the sci-fi channel

when your calendar has more dates of conventions marked than birthdays.....

I've always found breadmakers to be extremely nerdy ... and a little gay.

There once was a lady of Wight
Who traveled much faster than light.
She departed one day
In a relative way
And arrived on the previous night!

when you look forward to Thanksgiving, not for the turkey, but for the X-files marathon on the sci-fi channel

[shifty] Am I the only one then who watches the 48-hour New Year's Twilight Zone Marathon on Scifi instead of the ball drop, or going to parties?

Having a large amount of Yu-Gi-Oh cards on your person
Loudly commenting on how much said cards are worth to everyone
Getting suspended after attacking someone because you think they stole said cards and hawked them
Attacking the wrong person, 'cuz I'm the one who stole those cards, loser!
Confessing to an act of theft over the Interweb


You neglected to add "stealing Yu-Gi-Oh cards and then telling a bunch of strangers on teh intarwebz."

Well, you added the part about confessing on the Internet. But I must say... stealing Yu-Gi-Oh cards? NERD! ;) (Unless, as someone mentioned, you were staging an intervention?)

(part above written by a good friend of mine)
I'd like to add LARPing in general, furries in particular because of the general creepiness of wanting to run around looking like a Disney face character gone horribly wrong.
SCA is pretty nerdy too, but in a more reasonable way. And look on the bright side: at least the Larpers get some fresh air.
But there lies a debate: Which is nerdier, D&D or Larping?

You neglected to add "stealing Yu-Gi-Oh cards and then telling a bunch of strangers on teh intarwebz."

Well, you added the part about confessing on the Internet. But I must say... stealing Yu-Gi-Oh cards? NERD! ;) (Unless, as someone mentioned, you were staging an intervention?)
Yes, actually. My wallet was becoming dangerously annorexic, and so I decided that she needed some sustenance in a truly desperate way. Those cards, and a few buyers, offered my little leather bound friend a feast fit for a king, and helped her remain on track with her weight for some time.

Instigating the creation of a client to play Pokemon TCG online.

[shifty] Am I the only one then who watches the 48-hour New Year's Twilight Zone Marathon on Scifi instead of the ball drop, or going to parties?
nope, I stay up for that one, next year when the 4 year old is 5 she will get to stay up for it too........she is so excited.

almost as excited as getting to go to her first Trek convention this summer:D

[shifty] Am I the only one then who watches the 48-hour New Year's Twilight Zone Marathon on Scifi instead of the ball drop, or going to parties?
You mean there are people who don't do that?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7521044027821122670

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7521044027821122670
hahahahaha this is funny :p :p

naming your kids after Star Trek characters

I prefer officially changing your name to that of a cartoon hero. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28person%29)

I was told I by a family member I was because I got over twice the amount of TER entrance points i needed in college to get into the uni degree i wanted, but I dont think that is true.

Only to be topped by Paranoia, an rpg set in the world of tommorrow.


I'll see your Paranoia and raise you a Wuthering Heights: The Roleplaying Game (http://philippe.tromeur.free.fr/whrpg.htm).

Here's one for the list...
people trying to prove how Nerdier they are to others.

- Pretending to be of the other sex and seducing members of your own sex
- Falling for the above "joke"

And finally:
- Furries

Learning a constructed language, such as Klingon

And also creating languages.

I prefer officially changing your name to that of a cartoon hero. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28person%29)
ah, I do taxes for someone whose legal name is James T. Kirk.

I also do taxes for a woman who has a child named Clark Kent, it was so dissapointing when he didn't get any of my really cool Superman jokes, the kid didn't even know why his name was so cool to me and he was 8! what the heck are they teaching kids these days? :mad:

one word haxx0r,
and anyone who takes pride in being "l33+"

one word haxx0r,
and anyone who takes pride in being "l33+"
That's 1337, you poseur!

oh no ive been pwned! guess im not 1337(nerdy), that suxx0r5.

oh no ive been pwned! guess im not 1337(nerdy), that suxx0r5.
That's pwnt, j00 n00b.

I'll see your Paranoia and raise you a Wuthering Heights: The Roleplaying Game (http://philippe.tromeur.free.fr/whrpg.htm).

My flatmate won´t know what hit him when he comes home.

And in case you get tired of all that cross-referencing and chart-checking,
try TWERPS (http://www.twerps.de/).

That's pwnt, j00 n00b.

eewww

im so glad to be a n00b

So far:

Toys, Transformers shirt when grown up
Role playing games, Magic the Gathering
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Made-up languages
Geek Pride
Trekkie
Hentai, furries
Collecting nerdy stuff
Anime/other quote pedantry

This one may fall under collecting nerdy stuff, but how about those collectible card games? You know... like Magic... I mean... there were guys at my university who skipped class to sit around and play this card game.

Computer networking with your buddies for more than 24 hours to play games, only taking breaks for food and pop. (God that's painful)

Computer networking with your buddies for more than 24 hours to play games, only taking breaks for food and pop. (God that's painful)
I don't think that's really nerdy. You're listing it as nerdy because it has something to do with computers. But even non-nerdy people can occasionally hyperconcentrate on something, like a movie-watching marathon.

Nerdy things about me
1. Play magic the gathering and read the books.
2. Fantasy baseball nerd

Things I think are nerdy:
Playing Maple Story
Playing WoW
Have watched a total of over 30 episodes of Anime in life (only applies to non-asians)