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Yeah, Todd. Learn to be a total geek, willya?
Maggie, don’t encourage him to do that. We don’t want him getting into the geek-girl pool.
I love nerds. Where are you guys? All I see are douches and emos.
I’m a nerd.
I’m a nerd!
Will you be my Nerd? :p
I’m a nerd… but I also have a wife.
She’s a nerd too. :p
Lucky.
You must have a child. they come in bunches!
Look carefully at ‘her’ name.
OHSHI-
yeah i’m a nerd and I have no dedication.
Do geeks count also? I’m not a nerd, but definately geeky (quite heavily into Star Trek, know loads of trivia and useful knowledge, plays RPG’s (but not D&D), knows his way around a pc but is not a techie, and some other geeky things).
To me a geek is someone who spends weeks on a pc to try to understand it. A nerd is someone who spends weeks infront of thier pc to play games.
im a nerd, xbox 360 RULEZ
quite the opposite! nerds are smart, geeks smell like mildew (when they’re not too busy biting the heads off of live animals).
I always thought the difference between geeks and nerds was the level of socialization, e.g. nerds are socially handicapped whereas geeks are quite good at social interaction. To further explain my train of thought; nerds are like Sheldon, geeks are like Leonard (both characters from “The Big Bang Theory”).
On the other hand, they might just be synonyms of one another, I’m only a dork anyway..
To further explain your train of thought you referenced a specific show that only nerds and geeks watch?
I think it has more to do with specialization- geeks specialize in one particular area of obsession, whereas nerds will like many areas.
Ex: A geek might play WoW for ten hours a day
A nerd will might play 3 hours of WoW, three hours reading The Lord of the Rings, and four hours hunting for shiny pokemans.
My understanding is that geeks (like myself) are people with decent social interaction but know a rediculous ammount about 1-5 subject, for example, Im a tech geek, radio geek, band geek, and military geek
I could talk to you for hours about any of those
However a nerd is very socially akward and knows a lot about everything
Dictionary Definitions
Nerd: an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit
Geek: a computer expert or enthusiast (a term of pride as self-reference, but often considered offensive when used by outsiders.)
ubuntu local community meetings
BRIDGET, ALL THE GUYS THAT ARE DOUCHES AND EMOS ARE JUST NERDS TRYING TO GET GIRLS.
Aerospace Engineering student at Ga Tech. I’m a nerd…
Nerd here.
Oh Oh! Right here! Me! Pick ME! I watch Star Trek, play Magic the Gathering, and know everything about every video game I ever played! Come and get me ladies!
your hawt, but do you like star wars?
Can you NOT like Star Wars (4-6 and maybe even 3)?! I’m aghast!
Also, I’m a nerd.
The true nerd test:
You are a standard level 7 barbarian using the 3.5 ruleset. You are wielding a greataxe with two hands and have just run into threat range of somebody wielding a pike.
Do you draw an attack of opportunity? Explain why or why not.
If you can answer that question without having to consult the internet or another source, you’re a nerd. If to answer that question you open up the core rule book that’s sitting on your desk in front of you, you are also a nerd.
If you ask any of the following questions:
•What’s 3.5 mean?
•What are you talking about?
•What is an attack of opportunity?
then you are not a nerd.
If you thought the question is bogus because I didn’t list the feats involed, you are a nerd.
-Pouts-
I thought it was bogus without the feats….
Damnit, that’s so not fair.
I wasn’t ready to pretend to not understand you.
At least you didn’t point out that I spelled involved wrong.
If you play NWN or NWN2 you’re a nerd? I think your definition leaves much to be desired.
Besides, isn’t “threat range” what determines how often you crit? Your usage makes no sense to me.
I do believe he was talking about the pen & paper D&D, not NWN.
As to his use of “threat range” I do believe he was talking about moving into a threatened square. And I too thought the question was bogus due to there being no feats listed.
I know what 3.5 and such things are because of NWN though, I’ve never actually played D&D with archaic methods.
But I guess I couldn’t answer, so I don’t qualify as nerd according to the test anyway.
I disagree. I believe you can be a nerd without doing EVERYTHING nerdy, and although I’d like to try D&D sometime I have not yet had the chance, ergo do not know precisely what you were talking about. I still think I’m a nerd. I also think you are silly.
According to a definition found further down in the thread, you and I are probably true nerds, whereas, the gamers that Tacomagic is referring to would be considered geeks.
Long ago Nerds and Geeks were nearly in the same camp, and as somebody who still does a lot of learning and “home science” I still think that geekdom and nerdom are often the same thing, or at least often enough can exist at the same time. Usually D&D is the joining line between the two camps, so I picked that as something both Geeks and Nerds would know a lot about. Perhaps that is not as true as it was 20 years ago.
However, the hazard of trying to be funny around Nerds has been illustrated rather well by this exercise.
Maybe next time I’ll make a quip about the Laplace transform or bucky balls.
Ah… long ago. I’m only messing with you.
HOW DARE YOU TRY TO BE FUNNY! FIEND! >:(
1st edition is better, have a game in an hour actually
and also HOORAH FOR NERDY BOYFRIENDS!
my awesome geeky boyfriend is the best, and also, he’s gorgeous, which is rare.
Who still uses 3.5? 4th edition hello
YAY FOR GURPS!
i dunno i think Gurps has too few settings. it’s also way to specific
I stopped playing after 2.5 edition. Switched to White-wolf games.
you douche, not all nerds play d&d! What about 40K? Way better than d&d.
Well, as far as I remember, a pike has a threatening reach of 2, so if you move into a square facing someone with a pike, you should draw an attack of opportunity.
Anyway, who cares, you’re a barbarian, just rage, hack and slash.
Yeah, I’m a nerd too ^^
Here is my reaction to your post:
“Crap, I don’t play barbarians”
“Crap, I usually play spellcaster with one handed weapons at most”
As I’m about to grab my Core Rulebook I read further on…
“Crap”
Then I see the follow up questions
“crap”
“crap”
“crap”
“I didn’t think of the feats…crap”
Well, No, you don’t recieve an AOO. You don’t recieve this because the target is entering your threat range not leaving. You only get it when something is leaving the Threat Range. Unless they use something that Specifically states that you don’ set off the AOO. Yes I play DnD. 2nd ed, 3.5, and 4th ed. I prefer 3.5.
Also, I play White Wolf games as well hence the name, I only play the Larps though.
Yes, I’m a nerd. Through and through.
Edit: I opened my PHB (Kudos to all) And reread the AOO. You can Trigger and AOO in one oftwo ways. Leaving a threatened square, or performing and action wthin a threateed square.
I hated 3.5 and prefer playing 2nd edition. What does that say about me?
First of all, flinterdun, love the BBT comment, it’s my faviorite show. second of all, I WANT TO MARRY THE WOMAN WHO MADE THIS GRAPH! Finally! Someone who understands!
I like how the lowest level of interest is “Feh..”
I wonder where that ranks when compared to “Meh..”
woohoo! i got 50 points! lol.
I praise your analysis of the word “meh.” Though I would also add to that argument that “feh” sounds more forceful. “Meh” has more of a rolling sound, I’d take feh as being negative or having an angry tone. Meh is complete indifference.
So let me get this straight…
Nerd are neither attractive nor unattractive? I guess they toe to average line very closely then. Or are you referring to only female nerds?
Yeah, that could be clearer.
I wouldn’t fancy it’s referring to female nerds. They rarely make good boyfriends.
Touché.
I wonder if being totally dedicated is a good thing, though. Honestly, I would think that whilst dedication is a nice thing, she may need her space at times, also.
But I’m desperate, so bring on the Velcro and let’s get clingy!
Yeah, I’m not so sure I want to be anyone’s “everything.” I generally prefer my guy to have a life. (Self-sufficiency is attractive. Neediness? Not so much.)
I’m all about the hot nerds, though. Yay for brains!
Ah but they have lives, they play WOW or code all night or play rpgs or go to cons.
Please, generalize some more. Most of us have lives beyond that, regardless of what we claim.
True, why generalizing is only correct for 5% of the stereotype in question imo.
Indeed. After all, we also watch cartoons or weird obscure TV shows from the past or Asia.
I’m MUCH more into classic old people referenced movies rather than Asian cartoons/TV shows. Heh.
I totally do, actually.
So far it seems that only the geeky girls are the ones who have noticed this wonderful fact. I love my nerd. But I think more non-geek females are noticing this and being more forgiving of their WoW playing boyfriends.
yes, indeed. I am having my very own nerd for six years now, and forgive him all the playing and nerd-talking with his friends while I am bored! I hope he knows how grateful he should be
Ha!
No, he would have cause to be grateful if you played as well. Why should you be valued for simply putting up with his hobby?
as a geeky chick myself i noticed it like in 3rd grade. fortunately i met my hot nerd husband and we group on mmorpgs alot. plus we quote movies, which apparently is a weird and scary thing to some people i know. whats wrong with quoting people? if it fits it fits!
I met my wife at a D&D session. Her rogue stole my ring of +3 protection while I was sleeping. It was love at first theft.
+5 to awesomeness on the theft.
but i bet that put up some trust issues. :p lol
I feel like the way you presented that event it sounded like she stole your condoms. O_o
Well I play WoW and got mah boyfriend hooked, he blushingly admits to enjoying nerdy convos with other WoW enthusiasts. And he is total hotty even in the eyes of some cheerleader tweeny boppers…he and his brother want to join together and team the Computer consultation and aide business his brother owns…is there nerd in there or do I just have a compy geek who likes MMORPGs?
Hey!! I’m a relatively attractive nerd
So am I, doesn’t change the fact that you’re a nerd though. The amount of girls I know that are attracted by nerdiness is in the one digit range of binary.
So you do know one, then? Or is that one digit zero?
If that one digit was zero, he would know one. If it was a one, he would know two…
There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don’t. Clearly you are the latter.
my mistake, its early
Ouch. Btw, I can count in binary on my hands, it’s really fun. You just hafto watch out for the numbers 4, 128 and 132 in public.
Well it depends who you are facing. Even if in public when you are facing a buddy or yours it is not too bad, count all you want
)
I didn’t think I was a nerd because I’m no good at games/technology but I totally get this joke…should I be afraid?
Nerd Boyfriends are the BEST! They always think you are the HOTTEST girl ever and they appreciate all that you do for them!
sounds like you need someone to feed your ego…
After dating an attractive asshole (the most common attractive male), girls generally do.
Sounds like your a judgmental prick.
Thank you, this is exactly what I was getting at.
Except you have to get past his shyness, and the fact he would rather do something else then go on a date/activity.
well, I thought that too, but that is not true at all…
This only works when your nerd doesn’t turn into an asshole. And believe me, it CAN happen
I had a nerd boyfriend once. Yes he did have the “you are my everything!!!” level of commitment, also known as the “if you leave me I’ll kill myself!!!” commitment level.
LEARN THIS!! if you date a guy who idolizes you and is very clingy, break up with him as soon as possible. The longer you let it go on for the worse it gets, and the more pathetic begging emails you get telling you how he’ll never get another girl and even though you weren’t actually that great, being with you is better than being single.
I’ll agree with this. You should break up with crazy people. But bear in mind that it’s not the “nerd” in this guy that made him crazy, it’s the CRAZY in him that made him crazy.
Every type of person has equal opportunity to become a crazy moron. Just avoid them.
dear roxanne,
you dated a psychopath, not a dedicated nerd.
big difference.
good luck finding a real nerdman.
Actually, I gotta say, a psychopath is kind of the opposite of a clingy stalker-type. Psychopaths don’t form emotional attachments to people, so it’s hard to imagine why one would pretend to be clingy and annoyingly attached to someone else if there was nothing in it for them.
oh whatever, a “crazy person”
the intent was obvious.
AGH! Agreed! Thank you! My most recent ex has been doing this to me for months, it’s terrible.
It’s not love, it’s obsession and neediness. There’s a vast difference there.
Hurricanechelsea’s response, formatted to fit you.
“dear lolMiel,
you dated a psychopath, not a dedicated nerd.
big difference.
good luck finding a real nerdman.”
Well of course, nerds are my favorite men.
I’m just pretty skeptical about this graph’s claim that a “You are my everything!!!” level of dedication is something to be desired in a boyfriend.
Actually it does not suggest that the “You are my everything” point of view should be desired.
Also depends what the maker of this graph means by the word “nerd” – the actuel meaning(discussed somewhere here) or just a strange, more or less perverted, obsessed guy. To me it seems that it is the second case. Which brings us back to my first sentence.
1. suck whaaaaaaaaaat?!
2. “you are my everything” doesn’t have to be clingy or stalkerific. it doesn’t mean “i will be around you at all times whether you want it or not.” it just expresses respect and devotion (people can choose to *take* it to the creepy level, but they can do that with anything, i mean, people will cut the words “i love you” into their flesh, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t want to hear “i love you”… and p.s. nerds aren’t the type to carve words into their flesh, that’s for unhinged emos and the like)
there are way too many non-affectionate people out there, it’s scary.
Ohhhh you just pegged every nerdy boy I’ve ever dated (even ones I wasn’t in a relationship with).
I constantly hear compliments, it starts with “you’re everything I want in a girl” to “I’ve never clicked with someone like this before,” and then “oh well I’m used to rejection” when I find it overbearing and stop dating him, and then eventually leads to “nothing in my life goes well. I always get rejected, just don’t know what to do without you and I can’t deal with just being friends” I cannot handle that kind of pressure. I’ve only had one nerdy boyfriend who wasn’t like that, and I’m still with him.
I agree with Rachel though, that it’s the crazy in him that makes him crazy, not the nerd. But I will say that more crazy boys are nerds. So it’s hard to avoid.
“more crazy boys are nerds”
again i say…
suck whaaaaaat?! more crazy boys might be socially inhibited, and nerds can also be, but DO NOT confuse the two! eek!
Nothing wrong with playing WoW and D&D and Magic. I love nerds, well actually I like geeks. There’s a difference between nerds and geeks.
Do tell.
Well my bf would classify himself as a geek. He’s really interested in computers, building them, modifying them, playing on/with them, as well as like larping and D&D and WoW and Magic.
So what’s a nerd then?
A young geek, Devy.
Somewhat like a padawan, if geeks are Jedi.
Masters of the wiring and coding, they are.
Do I get points for the nerdy definition?
Yes!
Thank you!
Awesome.
Thanks
It wasn’t particularly accurate, but I felt it would be a good addition to our brainstorm.
It certainly is!
Generally, “geek” = LARPing anime fan and “nerd” = pocket-protector-wearing brainiac recluse. Many people are both.
Now this response shows an actual contrast. Thank you.
By a little searching i was able to find the following:
“For The Record:
A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.”
A nergedork fits all of these categories.
Go me!
Yay! Although, somehow I don’t think you have “difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.” If you do, you’re hanging around the wrong people.
Well, Devy, I have non-verbal learning disorder, severe anxiety, and depression.
Sounds like your basic, run-of-the-mill kid, nowadays. Lol. Seriously, though, what exactly is a non-verbal learning disorder, if you don’t mind me asking? Also… can I look you up on FB?
Awesome. Now I can finally sleep tonight! Lol. But seriously, good clarifications.
I just remembered i had seen them somewhere and now looked them up
Cool.
So let’s do geek and dork (my speciality)
would I be a gork? A deek(just thought of the prounounciation…lol) or something else?
Find me on steam if you have a good answer.
Actually, geeks are more like specialized nerds, often more computer oriented. A geek would know how to take apart a computer and put it back together, and you would go to him for all of your techie needs. A nerd, however, isn’t someone who would give good tech advice, but would most likely never have a tech problem either. Geeks have a great deal of interest in ‘geeky’ things, nerds are able to figure them out faster, and therefore usually have more interest.
interesting…
I consider myself a geek because I get geeked out over biology (a geeky subject). For example, I was thrilled when they found a third receptor in the human retina. It’s not just rods and cones anymore! We have upsilon cells that detect motion!If you found this at all interesting, you may be a bio geek, too.
Wow, that is interesting! Okay, so I may be a bio-geek, but I’m a pretty ignorant one. Please explain the difference to me?
Yeah…this only works until they discover WoW or EQ and then completely forget you exist.
Trust.
only on wow have i had that problem, i hate wow. but i play eq2, eq2 is better anyways.
Oh I’ve been ignored plenty for EQ2. For the neglected gf, they are both exactly the same.
I still don’t understand it though, I mean I have boobies! Real ones that you can touch and stuff. No game can be more fun than that.
I know, I don’t understand how most nerds can resist seduction. I have a laptop, so I can use PC and cuddle at the same time. Mostly, I just watch tv/movies on Hulu.
Boobies are overrated. I never understood the general male fascination.
*lip quiver*
Being male myself, I feel for you, I actually prefer flat chests over……very not flat chests.
I think a part of it has to date back to primal urges (bigger women=better chance offspring will survive), but at this era it has gotten warped into something else.
I really don’t see beauty ideals as a result of any kind of biological instincts, it’s just societal pressure.
…
I don’t forget that girlfriends exist.
Eugh. I dislike EQ2, and I’ve tried it. Don’t like it at all. and Toasty, not all of us can’t control ourselves. Give me a few hours a day scheduled when I can raid, and it’s fine
Ever Crack 2? I hate Ever Crack and Ever Crack 2. YAY WoW
Totally agree…
NERDS
quite the witty one, are you?
He just likes the candy a lot I think.
Ah. Well, they ARE pretty good.
They are also made by Wonka’s, which is a cheap and obvious publicity ploy but totally worked on me when I first saw them.
Heck yeah! Willy Wonka nerds (pun intended) ftw!
this is because nerds are desperate.
+30 points.
not always. -10 cool points
or maybe they just appreciate finally finding someone who appreciates them?
that’s different from being desperate. what if they were looking for someone who interested them as well? just because they couldn’t necessarily “snag a hottie” by stereotypical standards doesn’t mean they would actually *WANT* to.
Sadly, I was a nerd long before nerds were cool. In high school, I didn’t connect well with girls, being both shy and awkward (and two years younger than my classmates, but that’s another story).
Went to my 30-year reunion recently, and nearly everyone I talked to (including the cute girls I had crushes on) said “man, I wish I had spent more time talking to you”. The ultimate revenge is sadly the ultimate loss though.
You kids growing up in the modern “nerd is cool” world will never know our pain of having been ahead of the wave.
Since when are nerds cool?
I think since CHUCK, but I could be wrong. (Mmmm… Zach Levi.)
I’ve never noticed nerds being regarded as cool, personally. I find that lacking social skills is not conducive to popularity.
I grew up in the supposed “nerd is cool” world, and I was a nerd, and I was not cool by any means. Only reason I survived high school was because I had a girlfriend through it (who is also a nerd, although a different type).Still sucked most of the time though.
I think the “nerd is cool” thing isn’t so much of “that guy is a nerd and he’s cool” but instead, the interests of those that are “non-nerdy” have changed to include previously nerd-exclusive things. So now, things that were once considered nerdy are no longer, hence “cool”.
My experience from school during the 90s was hardly that I was cool, but I didn’t take people’s crap and didn’t need to be popular. I always tended to feel superior rather than inferior. Still do, actually.
Congratulations, you are an arrogant sonuva!
…but then, so am I.
I find it’s logical. Nobody lives up to my idea of how one should be better than I do, since other people don’t have the same idea of how one should be.
It’s like a race where everyone thinks the goal is in different directions. They all will think they’re in the lead because the others are running the wrong way.
According to my definition of the goal, I am winning.
I LOVE that race metaphor! Made it up or looked it up?
I made it up myself, in the shower, when pondering how I would explain this to someone in a hypothetical conversation. My brain works like that, it tends to overanalyze and plan things when idle, even very pointless things.
I used to analize things that have happened to me and well all sorts odf daily events willingly, but at some point is got subconcious. Now I just get the results. Still I think of stuff sometimes.
This wasn’t pointless tho’. It’s great!
Well, it’s kind of pointless to think of an explanation just in case you will need it, when you can think of one when you actually do need it.
Though I’ve thought of much more pointless things.
Yeah, my mind works in the same manner. I don’t think any conversation I’ve ever “simulated” has ever actually come into use. Oh well, it can be nice when sitting idly, although i dislike being idle.
I think I may have a case of advanced nerd syndrome.
Or the nerd is cool wave hasn’t hit my high school yet.
Either way, I’m ahead of SOME kind of wave of crazy smart that makes people avoid talking to me.
Then again, I don’t get picked on by people, but I’m sure if I was smaller and more pacifistic, I would.
You smell like queefs, is the reason.
as someone in highschool atm i can atest to the fact that nerds/geeks arn’t cool, even intelegence and understanding of things above the 5th grade level is shuned. this could be because i am in a intercity school but people are still frustratingly resistant to education and the educated. i however enjoy a supirior feeling as well and hang out with fellow geeks (i define a geek as a nerd with less social trouble) also it dosent hurt that i already have a job in a local workshop as a sophmore and counslered for the majority of this and last summer, while my fellows still whent to camps.
a nerd (or geek, if that’s what you prefer– though why anyone would prefer it, i do not know) should be someone who knows how to spell. even for the internet, your spelling is appalling! sad but true.
“never know our pain”
…
My initial reaction is outrage. If there is any reason that this generation is having an easier time of it (which I am not assuming as a given), it’s because previous generations are creating a safer space for them. Now there may be images of nerds in the media that are kinder, and that have the potential to both comfort those who identify and broaden those who don’t…
But come on, are you paying attention? It’s not real– it’s not even close. The reality is that humans are hardwired to notice and be afraid of the different. That is not going away, regardless of whether the trimmings have become socially sanctioned.
Part of being a nerd is sticking out like a sore thumb, being ostracized, being favored, being hated and humiliated, feeling pressured to use the gifts we didn’t ask for to solve the world’s problems, the world that mostly marginalizes us.
Plus, so much of the “nerd is cool” paradigm is based on the desire to not look like a fool when the young nerds in questions grow up to make millions of dollars. But what when the majority do not? I fear a new wave of adult shaming, one that makes me hesitant to go to my ten year reunion.
Incidentally, and I don’t think this will be news to you, but it looks like your pain and loss are a direct result of isolating yourself from others, including those who would be your allies and friends. Why are you still turning away?
The only problem with nerds is you get back burnered for the Tuesday night Raid for WoW and the Friday night D&D nights with his bbuddies.
Honey, have you ever tried playing along with him? D&D/Magic/WoW/ect have a horrid reputation, but they’re actually a lot of fun.
If not, remember that every guy needs time with his buddies, just like you need time with your girls to watch chick flicks and gab.
Gaming with him (D&D on Friday nights) is awesome. WoW is evil. WoW is designed to be a time-suck. D&D is not. I’ve always dated nerds and I married a wonderful one – but when you get stood up on the night YOU were going to ask HIM to marry you because of an impromptu raid… well, like I said, WoW is evil.
It’s only designed to be a time-suck if you need money, or something else, Kat. I can raid 3-4 hours a night tops, complete all the raids for the week, and just need a few minutes each day to pay for the extreme repair bills I get for tanking.
I’ll heal, you’ll tank
I’m a pally, though, so forget to cleanse that poison before the web sprays on Maexxna and I start banging my head in the wall
As luck would have I’m a pally too
So I’ve got cleansing in the bag!
So, are you excited you get to press a new button today? (Talking about the Sacred Shield patch addition)
Yes. And as a matter of fact that’s why I’m sitting here re-reading this thread! Waiting on the patch
The servers are still down, though.
Sad, kind of. Now I can’t send my ex (who used to play my server, also) a birthday greeting.
Ah, how I love Blizzard.
Indeed. Sigh. Looks like it’s xbox time.
You have a gamertag too?
Sweet baby jesus, that’s attractive.
I do!
Mine is warriorpotato89 (I do love my little brother sometimes), and if you hear what sounds like an 11 year old talking, or it’s on Fifa or something to that effect, that’s not me playing.
I mostly play RPG shooting, fighting or fantasy games, particularly futuristic or medieval themed ones. Like Prototype, Fable II, or Fallout. And some GTA.
Lifebyllama
If anyone uses steam look up the name spcosborne, I’ve been playing Left 4 dead mostly but if people have an alternative game find me (that and I gotta test out my headset in a controlled environment anyway: You can’t exactly say “testing, testing, one two three” when you’re fighting off a city full of zombies.
And, what if, within those 3-4 hours, your girlfriend decides that all the time and money she spent to make this the perfect night for the two of you have been a total waste and decides that, rather than proposing to you, she will dump you and never speak to you again. This has never happened to me, btw. I just wanted to add that scenario since Kat kind of set it up. Luckily for him, Kat still married the guy, though, apparently.
I never said I skipped out on dates.
That’d be horrible. Those 3-4 hours would be on a night we DON’T have dates or she wants attention, no exceptions
Well, I would certainly hope so.
Yep, I did in fact marry him and we manage pretty nicely overall. When he finally *did* remember our date and came over at two am he was devastated. He saw the guttered candles, the D&D cake I’d baked him with “Wanna Go On Epic Level Adventures Together?” (with a couple of rings of “true strike” embedded on the top, and me curled up on the couch konked out with the empty tissue box. The next day he quit WoW. Ironically enough, I didn’t make him quit, he quit WoW himself when he realized he could have lost me over that.
We’ve been married 3 years, game every Friday together, and play CoH (which is easier to put down IMHO) together when he feels the urge for some MMO’ing. So, yeah, I have a special anger in my heart for WoW but not all MMOs are bad. D&D though… it’s teh win.
That is so awesome, Kat. Even though the story started out sad, it ended on a very happy note. I’m so happy for you!
Thank you. I’m glad it worked out as well!
We’re expecting our first kid in January and while I was unwilling to accept “Zod” or “Leia” I am willing to have an Alexander shortened to “Lex” or “Zoe” (from Eureka). Sadly he thinks “Diana” and “Kara” aren’t recognizably geeky enough. 
You should totally go with Leila
Our son’s name is Orion Zander. Leia’s not too bad. Maybe a middle name? Lex is nice, and so is Zoe. I was great friends with a geek named Kara, and one named Khara. Lol. Congrats on the most amazing accomplishment you will ever make!!! Oh, also, try looking for this book called the Name Analysis book or something to that effect. It’s not a baby name book. It breaks down names into the main sounds. For example, Orion was found under the ORN section. Basically, it gives you an idea of what type of person you may be dealing with based on their name. One of the very few negative traits of a person with an ORN name was sarcasm. We figured we could handle that. Lol.
haha. that book sounds nuts in a cool way.
but how could it list sarcasm as a NEGATIVE trait? seriously? sarcasm is so closely tied with wit, that someone who lacks it is bound to be boring!
+15 to you for realizing what a time-drainer WoW is. If i feel like being nerdy i jump into blender and make a cool looking Warcraft-esque object which i then add to my stash of models for some project i may or may not do in the future =D
This is where you realize that you’re not into that so he’s not the guy for you. Play WoW with him, I do and I love it! Play D&D with him, I laughed at D&D till I played and then I loved it and I so enjoy it! The type of things nerds do are fun, you get to live outside the box. Maybe your problem is you aren’t suited for a nerd.
ok, sorry to be outing me here, but what is D&D?
Dungeons and Dragons= D&D
Ah, ok thanks
Nerdfail.
Rather than Tuesday night poker and Friday night drinking sessions?
or screwing your best friend???
The point is that no group of people are all awesome or lame and that if your not a priority in your SOs life it’s pretty lame no matter what they are neglecting you for. I don’t care if he they are out making me millions or playing Magic, it shouldn’t be more important that our relationship.
Wednesday night raids are one thing, not going out on your anniversary because they “have to raid” is another. One is a hobby and one is lame. I don’t think standing up a sick gf for a raid or missing out on birthdays or other special events is the pinnacle of “dedication.”
That only matters if you care about anniversaries and birthdays, I know I don’t. They’re just traditions, something someone else decided people should do, and mostly just serve to create additional consumption. Hardly the pinnacle of dedication.
But some people hold these “just traditions” close to their heart, and it has nothing to do with buying materialistic gifts. Toastygod’s point is that she wanted to spend quality time with him on a day that was important to her, and he thought a game was more important. If it was just a hobby, he’d be able to step away from it to spend time with her. It sounds like it was more of an addiction than a game, and that’s not healthy no matter how you look at it. I think traditions are what help shape us as individuals and groups of people. Some may say that your “tradition” of raiding once a week is silly and just serves to create lethargy/apathy. Toastygod felt neglected by her boyfriend. End of story. She shouldn’t have had to change who she is or what she enjoys doing just to get some quality time with him either. If he had appreciated her, he wouldn’t expect that.
I’m sorry, I meant Sheldwyn, apparently, not Toastygod, but I think you get my point.
…and he shouldn’t have to change who he is and what he enjoys doing just to please her. You can’t seriously expect people to drop whatever they’re doing because you want time with them. You don’t own people.
I think traditions are stupid, think for yourself, do your own things. Besides, what matters is what you do on average, not specific days which really aren’t different than any other day if you disregard society’s expectations.
I don’t have any traditions. I don’t raid once a week, or at all. I don’t even play an MMO.
I was speaking in general anyway, but since you were speaking as though you do, I was directing it towards you. No one has to change, unless what they do affects their life or the lives of others in a negative way. I am married and have to make many compromises, as does my husband, especially since we also have a son. Neither of us are gamers, but we have different likes and dislikes, and sometimes I let him watch whatever he wants to watch on tv, and sometimes he lets me watch what I want to watch, and sometimes, I make him turn off the tv, so we can have some quality time together and just enjoy each other’s company. No, no one has to change who they are, but every relationship has to have compromise to last. Also, you say “do your own things,” rather than practice a tradition, but don’t you realize that you can make your own traditions, as well? Just because the root of the word is also found in “traditional” doesn’t mean your tradition has to be anything that everyone else does. Traditions can be very simple. For instance, I give my son a bath before bedtime every night, and then I read him a story and tuck him in. This is a tradition because it is instilling in him the value of books, and it’s something he looks forward to, because it’s quality time spent with his mommy.
I do what I like when I feel like it rather than making things habits. Traditions are inflexible.
I can’t be concerned if what I do affects others negatively, as long as I’m not doing something immoral or grossly impractical. Yes, you do have to compromise to spend time with people, but there’s a difference between people wanting to compromise to spend time with you and you giving them ultimatums to coerce them to spend time with you, or getting pissed off if they don’t.
If I call a friend and they’d rather do something else than hang with me, no harm. I don’t get angry, sad or anything. I just do something else too. High expectations are a good way to set yourself up for disappointment, and making demands is a good way to alienate your friends.
As strange as it is I agree with you both. Maybe, although you have different opinions, you still might mean similar things. What Davy says is that traditions and compromises what come naturally and make people happy are OK. Nash on the other hand is focusing on traditions forced onto you. So the short summery would be that it is OK as long you have free will to decide whether you want to be a part of it.
As for relations, yes, in my opinion it is important to make compromises, but people should not try to change who they are. If you do not like who or what your partner is why stick to it. If you cannot sort things out and find a way suitable for both it would be better to let go. I am not saying that making changes to details and habits is a bad thing when it is discussed or is causing problems, but still there is a great difference between details and personality.
Awesome. You found the similarities in our dissimilar thoughts and made it cohesive. Yes, I think you’re right. What do you do for a living? You are a great diplomat.
JERK OR NERD! There are no inbetweens, overlaps or other options!
These are the facts: For me, there is nothing better than a “nerdy-cute” boyfriend who will play Magic the Gathering with me over curly fries and have a mini LAN party for NeverWinter Nights 2 with me in my pajamas. Therefore, my nerd boyfriend, who is a video game journalist, is the bestest.
If you have to give up who you are and what you like for a boy, you’re doing something wrong.
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS FTW!!!
Oh how I wish there were more girls like you.
there are!!
Where?
Here!
… Marry me?
I’m sure I can get my parents to sign a parental agreement form.
lawl so cute! i love it!
*whips out checkbook*
How much will it take?
He probably would, if it meant I wouldn’t live in his house any more. He can’t WAIT for me to get my own apartment, and he’s been saying that since I was 12.
GET OFF MY LAWN!
No no, daddy, you’ve forgotten your own lines.
It’s “Get the f*ck out of my house, you worthless little (insert chosen insult)!”
Is this someone from PK, perhaps, Deep thought or HST?
You’re a putrescent mass, a walking vomit. You are a spineless little worm deserving nothing but the profoundest contempt. You are a jerk, a cad, a weasel. Your life is a monument to stupidity. You are a stench, a
revulsion, a putrefaction, a big suck on a sour lemon with a lime twist. You are a bleating foal, a curdled staggering mutant dwarf smeared richly with the effluvia and offal accompanying your alleged birth into this world.
An insensate, blinking calf, meaningful to nobody, abandoned by the puke-drooling, giggling beasts who sired you and then killed themselves in regret for what they had done.
I’m just a caricature.
DT!
I thought you’d appreciate a little denigration in this thread…
…and just a titch of humiliation to make it ever so palatable.
Oh, I always appreciate the denigration. Your insults are so… verbally diverse!
Where do you come up with ALL these words at once, anyway?
The innertubeez, of coarse!
I loves me a good insult. Makes the hard grow fonder.
nothing. just need cuddles. fortunately you have a laptop too!
over there and there, and i heard germany had a lot of hawt nerds…hmmm, they hide pretty well though, usually not the “im full of myself” type chicks that just bleeds self esteem. if she likes star trek, chances are shes your girl.
I’ve started attending a “Trek Dinner” (monthly nerd meeting, really awesome and fun) in Germany (as that is my place of origin) and there are surprisingly many females around… most of them a lot older than me, though :/
“The only problem with nerds is you get back burnered for the Tuesday night Raid for WoW and the Friday night D&D nights with his bbuddies.”
That’s absolutely right!
This graphic is a lie. My boyfriend spends all his time with the PC.
…yeah, for fat chicks…
I’m going to guess you think you’re attractive and not a nerd…
We nerds make great husbands too.
We get the high paying jobs.
mmmhhmm, aint that the trooth!
As a nerd… I just wish it were true.
it’s totally true, nerds will be more devoted, it’s just the girls either don’t realize it, or they realize it and don’t see what it’s worth yet
I’d agree. I’m under the impression that nerds have fewer friends but are more loyal. Besides, a nerd isn’t going to pick up other women, if nothing else then just because of low probability of success.
the RNG was never in his favor….
The what?
RNG – Random Number Generator.
I swear, RNGs have it in for me, man.
Agreed. I’m under the same impression, because I am like that- although, I’m a local tournament tennis player who spends most of his time nerding around. And mostly, it’s not because I wouldn’t necessarily succeed, but because if I’m with a girl I really like, I wouldn’t f*ck that up just to be with someone else who I’m not sure about. Cheating= BAD.
And Tyler= very loyal, in regards to friends/girlfriends.
Awww, keep up the good work. Need more men like you out there
Is that the same Tyler I think it is?
Oh, right- Yeah, Devy, I changed it ‘Cause Tyler/Trogdor/Igor/Iggler/Tygore lives in PK and Tyler is FAR too common a name.
I like to debate the politics and bash the trolls, plus it’s not too crowded there.
nice. well, i’d been wondering where you were. glad to know you didn’t leave for good!
BAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, naive, black and white view of the world, hello there. Lot of bitterness too, heh. I’m willing to bet that anyone who believes this graph is shooting for some gorgeous but shallow woman, while ignoring the average looking girl who shares their interests right next to them. Some of their interests, anyway. She’ll probably be into yaoi on the side.
And if anyone declares that you are their everything – RUN!
as a language nerd, i must say this to you.
vai-te foder.
reis til helvete.
The graph never actually said that the boyfriend would be SAYING “you are my everything”… people are just assuming that. If a guy makes a girl feel like she’s his everything, the thing he loves most, like my nerdy boyfriend does, there is nothing, NOTHING wrong with that. That’s just love.
Douchebag.
Seriously, though, just because people in general are tending to be less affectionate and more distant with their significant others doesn’t mean that every exception to that, every truly loving couple or individual, is a clingy freakshow.
Come on, people. LOVE. It’s what it’s all about.
my boyfriend is attractive, AND a nerd. but DEFINITELY on the very very dedicated side of things!
nn-hey this graph misrepresents my fellow nerds as being desperate, if you will draw your attention to my nn-glayvin in the charts are very nn-hoyvinnnnn…
It only tells people that Nerds are not attractive, and all attractive people =Bad Terrible horrible liars, shame on them, in fact i would prefer a contrast in a relationship but again, Weather my BF/GF plays WOW with me or weather He/She likes Star Trek is not a good criteria for a relationship, my best relationships were opposites.
The truth is, i really love nerds
This may be true, but don’t most nerds only crush on those hot blondes with big boobs type? Not to be mean but…expectations are a little too high yeah? Meanwhile girls like me are looked over. I’m don’t know if I classify as a nerd, more like awkward loner but I’ve had my fair share of crushes on nerds with no success. Guess I’m stuck dating a-holes.
Meh. I don’t, and I’m a nerd. It’s perfectly possible that said nerd doesn’t even know you’re (or that anyone is) aware of his existence, therefore likes to look at the “hot blonde with big boobs type” just because he finds her more pleasant to look at. Try getting their attention
Oh, and while I do agree that blonde hair and a nice figure is nice to look at, the “type” you refer to actually annoys the f*ck out of me. It’s hard to be attracted to someone who never has ANY idea what the hell she’s talking about or listening to.
Agree with you totally. In some cases that kind can be also smart, but usually when trying to have a conversation you run into a dead-end. Although I can’t say it is not fun to hang out with them sometimes. Still i care for the inner beauty and meaningful thoughts a lot more than for looks
I’m working on it with a British grad student! *sigh* We’ll see how that goes…
I’m not really a nerd either, more, as you say, awkward loner. I certainly don’t care for stereotypically hot women with big (and often fake) boobs. I hate gender stereotypes and would rather spend time with someone who is like me over someone who is shallow and tries to live up to moronic ideals and norms.
Course, this is all hypothetical since I don’t actually bother trying to pick up women. Being a loner, someone who hates social games and doesn’t care much for non-essential biological functions, it’s not exactly high on my to do list.
“non-essential biological functions?” Is that your way of saying you’re still a virgin? Depending on how old you are, this is perfectly acceptable of course. But I have to say from a female perspective, there are those women who find this trait in a man very attractive. Unless you’re asexual, in which case, maybe you just haven’t had the right woman yet. Or, you could be a kid, and if that’s the case…
*slaps wrist accordingly and bows head in shame*
I’m 25, and a virgin, though I don’t like the term, why do we need a word to describe that one hasn’t done this one specific thing? There’s no word like that for any other of the innumerable activities one may partake in. Once we’ve rid ourselves of all outdated and irrational views on sexuality the word will cease to be used.
Pet peeves aside, I would say I’m asexual, not because I lack a sex drive (though granted, I don’t have much of one) but rather because I just don’t care about sex. It’s just any other activity, but with far more idiotic stuff and effort involved to even have an opportunity to do it.
Add to that that I don’t care much for biological functions, I prefer doing something with my mind instead. Many biological function are essential, sex is not, and the purpose of it, to fool your body you have attempted to procreate, can be achieved more efficiently and with far less effort through masturbation.
Even if I was to actually try to get laid, for some strange reason, my social skills are crap and I don’t have much patience with ingratiating myself. Lots of effort (doing something I hate, at that), low chance of success, and very little reward, it’s a simple choice.
I don’t care if others regard this as perfectly acceptable or not (usually not); I am not a democracy, my views are not subject to referendums.
Although I personally do not agree with all of it you have made a point, a quite good one and explained it thoroughly.
Everyone has to make thair decisions and sees the world and components of it differently. This is your view and regardless of my own and others’ it should not be discriminated (whych doen not mean we can’t argue with it).
Despite not being a virgin (and getting some regularly) I agree, and worship your viewpoint.
Ah, i wish i were you again. You, Nash, have my utmost respect. One of the few humans that deserve it, on top of that.
Now please donate sperm, so the world may benefit from your offspring.
The problem with donating sperm is that the child has a right to know who the father is when turning 18, and I certainly don’t want some kid coming to look me up in 18 years in some misguided attempt to connect.
It’s a nice sentiment, though!
While I do disagree, I do not discriminate against your viewpoint, but I’m not going to argue with you either. Although, I do hope that one day you get the chance to enjoy this nonessential activity with someone special and that it is meaningful to you.
I’ll likely get the chance to do many non-essential activities I may enjoy with people I like being with. Just necessarily doesn’t have to be this one specific thing.
“Is that your way of saying you’re still a virgin? Depending on how old you are, this is perfectly acceptable of course.”
So at what age would it be unacceptable for someone to be a virgin?
Ah, jeez, semantics. I was actually referring to an age that it may be unacceptable to *not* be a virgin. For instance, I would not be very happy if my son lost his virginity before he even hit puberty. If someone stays a virgin til the day that person dies, it’s no skin off my back, but really, why do you have to nitpick what I’m saying. Obviously, Nash wasn’t offended by the question, considering how candid he was with his answer.
Well, I interpreted it as “age socially acceptable to still be a virgin”, which seems to be fairly low. When you’re 25 and a virgin, people think you’re weird or they try to make you “see the light” by telling you to hit on women, offering advice how to get laid and whatnot.
I don’t think they get that I don’t need a walkthrough for a game I don’t like playing. But then, I don’t think they can really grasp the idea that someone would actually not care about playing it.
It’s a bit like those fanboys who, when you tell them you don’t like whatever game they happen to be obsessed with, reply with “its just cuz u suck at it lol”.
You, my friend are a nerd.
Not because of the sex thing, but the comparing of getting laid to video games so naturally.
I’m far too apathetic to be a nerd.
Oh yeah, and I agree that “you are my everything” is a little too much. Total dependence is not attractive.
You are overly literal. The graph doesn’t say the boyfriend would actually say this, people are assuming that.
It’s about how he makes the girl FEEL.
I realize the graph does not say this, I just said that I agree with someone else saying that a nerd acting like “you are my everything” is a little too much.
Well this is very off-topic but how the hell do you keep up with all those incoming comments? They are all spreaded arount too…
I’m really into Star Trek and sci-fi and think Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory is a total dreamboat * _*
…what does that make me? D:
From my own experience, I say the graph is accurate. However, the highest level of dedication *should* read, “You are my everything!! Now, let’s get your OS switched over to Linux.”
haha my boyfriend has made some remarks in that direction.
it makes me wonder wether this was made by someone who has dated a nerd, or a nerd who has never dated anyone…
Yeah, I call total BS on this… Nerds are just as big of jerks as regular guys…
i call total BS on that commet
Agreed
agreed
Well, it would probably be better stated as, “Nerds *have the potential to be* just as big of jerks as regular guys.” This is a more agreeable sentiment and may not get as much flack. But then again, I could be wrong…
most nerds are ACTUALLY NICE
(like me) i respect women and dudes
This is bull. I’m damned attractive (I’ve been asked to model for A&F and Armani Exchange…) and I’ve been told that I should give lessons on how to be romantic
Oooooh, Craig! Be still, my heart….I’m swooning with instant love.
all be it that you may have had these offers, i really wouldnt know, it still doesnt change the fact that you sound like a complete ego-maniac douchebag!… and be it that you’re a nerd, geek, jock or whatever your still a complete arse who feels compelled to tell people (on the internet who cannot see you) that you are model-esc.
i might also add that you look like a llama.
lol!
There i a difference between nerds and losers. NERDS are usually highly intelligent, and antisocial. Antisocial does not mean “sits around all day on the internet playing online multiplayer games and thinking they’re smarter than everyone else”. That’s what losers do. Just to clear things up.
i like that.
lmao, good one…….oh wait (thinks back, did i sit on my ass all weekend playing eq2?? no! i did take a nap and fed the cats)
:phew:
Socrates was a nerd. So was Newton. And Marx. And Freud. And Voltaire. And Aristotle. Oh, and Einstein, too.
Thomas Edison was a big big nerd.
Galileo Galilei was ahead of his time and started the Nerd Pride movement. So they burned him.
However, not sure what these names would have meant to history if computer games had been invented in their times.
So true!! I love my nerd ^_^
He’s amazing.
Fact: so not true. I’ve dated my share of nerds and of “attractive” guys, and they all end up the same.
Quoting Nash from this very topic:
“High expectations are a good way to set yourself up for disappointment, and making demands is a good way to alienate your friends.”
Did you ever think that maybe it’s *you*?
No, it’s them. Men are all self-serving bastards, nerds are just ugly self-serving bastards. If you have to take a moron, why not take at least a good-looking one who won’t constantly be bitching to you about how all women are evil because they’re not worshiping the ground this über-perfect nerd walks upon.
And yeah, these kinda guys feel they’re entitled to the best women (meaning the skinniest, hottest, youngest girls with huge boobs and nothing to say about anything but ‘yes’) because they know some math and that makes them better than everybody else. They usually come at you with trying to convince you that you’re ugly and dumb and therefore need to be their sex-toy because it’s not like you’d get anything better, and seriously, women are made by evolution to fulfill the sexual needs of men anyway, so what the hell are you trying to do, thinking about what you want for yourself?
I treat people equally regardless of their gender, which is more than one can say about you… How many generalizations can you fit in to one comment?
“If you have to take a moron…”, well, you don’t, but if you’re so desperate you’d settle for a moron then I guess your ridiculous man-hating is just a facade anyway, and you’re just another woman in need of validation from a man.
well said, Nash.
1. you are an idiot.
2. “nerd” is a characteristic of personality, so, ugly can’t be used to describe all of them.
3. Nerds are NOT ego-trippers. They’re more likely to err on the side of “i’m not worthy” (which can be annoying, but is bearable in moderation!)
4. You’re a bitch, and yet, you think you’re entitled to a guy who’s anything else. How is THAT ok?
5. you’re an idiot. That’s probably why people make you feel like an idiot, because you are one.
I LOVE the “LEARN THIS” after Nerd. Perfect for GraphJam…and so true! If only I could have annotated some of my graphs in that way, the world would be such a wiser place now…!
It’s the LEARN THIS that reveals the maker of this graph to be as big a jerk as any other guy. Without it, it’s just a lame rehash of the tired old ‘nice guys finish last’ sort of idea.
Most probably you are correct. We still do not know if the maker meant “nerd” by just as an insult and only some kind of creeps by it or maybe he was a bit more intelligent. Although it seems that the 1st option is more probable. It could be meant as a tribute to nerds and their loyality but i doubt.
Nerd is a really friggin’ broad term, and loads of people like to take it up. I’m nerdy, most of my friends are nerdy. Loyalty is one thing, and the graph might have played on that if it suggested that the top option is as undesirable as the bottom one, with ‘devoted’ being the ideal. Instead it comes off as saying, clingy is good, and you only get it from nerds because all nerds are clingy!
The maker commented somewhere on here indicating that (s)he meant it in favor of nerds. Just do CTRL+F for Jordrake (unless you’re a mac person, then do… whatever satanic ritual is required to find something
)
Nerd not always bad, in fact most nerd-people is always be the winner
reference: all of the “Nerds” movies
You forgot the much overlooked “Attractive Nerd” category. Admittedly, there are almost no people in this category, but nonetheless, it exists.
So on the discussion of nerd v. geek, where do those of us who get along great with the gamers/programmers/Nerd/geeks but are not technologically inclinded nor very good at stratagey games fit? I love my nerd bf, my family is full of nerds so I get the culture, but I am lacking in any abilities to participate in typical nerd activities, I’m smart yes, but these games and computers are just over my head!
I lie somewhere in this same boat, as well. Hmmm… let’s see if our nerd/geek friends in this stream can come up with a solution.
So is this graph calling me an unattractive male? That seems rude.
True, but rude.
Eh, I’m on Slashdot a lot. I used to be on Digg before it got overrun with 12-year-olds. I’ve been in IRC channels a lot too. They tend to sound pretty much the same as the guys who beat up their girlfriends when they don’t know there are any women around — and sometimes even when they do. They’re no better than other guys.
Hmmm…some people call me a nerd because im better then them at school.But i can whoop their ass because you can say that i am a…Swimming Kickboxing Nerd…
And BTW nerds dont always win in life.
is being a hot female nerd some kind of anomaly or rarity? just wondering and want a general consensus.
i think its a rarity still. but it all depends on what you think is hot or not. i consider myself average but alot of my online gaming friends think im hot. After thinking about it, ive came up with some stats as to why, here are few that tipped the scale in my case:
+5 to not being overweight
+3 to having good personality
+/- 5 to being married
+/- to being black
+3 to playing female toons and actually being female.
So in the end even if you see me as a 1 on a scale of 1-10 im averaging fairly well.
i reject your reality and substitute my own
Where there’s a *will* there’s a way!
I can totally attest to this. I married a wonderful nerd and the’s the best husband and father a woman could want.
Oh, I already knew that. You want to be my geeky guy? I’ll be your geeky girl
There’s someone out there for everyone. My problem is I’m a nerd, but not a very good one. I mean, I still struggle with the vi editor when I write my stalking love notes…
Oh how nice it is to finally have a graph that represents myself and other nerds and our dedication for our loved ones. I am nerd! Hear me double click!
how come nobody here has mentioned the different “flavors” (chosen to coincide with the term for linux– see, i’m learning from my nerdy boyfriend) of nerds?
for example, i’m a total language and arts nerd. i like computers, and can do some things well with them (i.e. using the GIMP to pimp photos in fun colors) but I feel so stupid and in awe of people who are like “oh i can write something to do that.”
BUT i know random facts about and phrases in several different languages, and pick them up quickly, but i’m a total nerd about it! a nerd gets really excited about learning something in the interest area, while a geek (metaphorically-ish speaking) goes to their basement and thinks about nothing else when they learn something new.
Also, I’m a nerd about writing… and spelling…
Nerds are, in fact, a group with diverse interests.
Where does home-pyrotechnics rank on the nerdy/geeky scale?
I don’t play computer games that much… the occasional bit of halo on the xbox and suchlike, but i do enjoy making fireworks. i don’t get bogged down in the science of it, past what metals make what colour, and have no books about it; i just make something and set fire to it to see what it does.
The question is, people, does that make me a nerd or a geek? That should stretch your definitions a bit.
pretty sure it just makes you a low-key pyromaniac
wow this graph has more coments then any other graph on graphjam…
i wonder why…
anyway NERDS FOREVER
(this is the truest graph on graphjam)
the same applies to social outcasts
oh you could replace dedication with loyalty and it would be true
lulz what a wierd world we live in
My husband is attractive and a nerd. Is great!
As is my boyfriend. He’s sweet too. =) Nerds are the best!
PEOPLE this is definitely not always a good thing!
Hm… I collect Gundam and other mecha related items. I even have a couple Gundam model kits and some Transformers.
Heck I even plan on cosplaying at the next convention. Either that or making one of my friends wear the costume. It’s a Dom.
Hm.. I have a very focused eye and a main area of interest. Does that make me a nerd or a geek?
In point of fact: Geeks get Nadia. Nerds watch said Geek get Nadia… (American Pie reference… :~) )
Lol, my girlfriend figured this one out.
This is so true. Mine is a total nerd. Although I am too. However, he is also super hot, so I just got lucky.
I’m outside of all males archetype!!! And proud of it, I’m complicated and really happy to have a girlfriend that love me ^^!!!
Totally true. I’ve been with my nerd for nearly a decade. He’s never cussed at me, insulted me, or put me down. He’s never raised a hand to me or treated me badly in any way. I love nerds.
I don’t really care for classifying people like that. However I guess I would be a nerd. (In the sense of getting straight A’s and stuff like that). But at the same time I am not a typical nerd. I workout quite a bit. I have tried buy failed to watch a full movie of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter. I always find myself to busy with other stuff
after dating nerds for years, ive decided id rather wait for an attractive guy to be occasionally interested in me than to have a nerdy guy creepily devoted to me. Creepy Nerd is Creepy.
the best of both worlds is a hot guy who likes nerdy things but isnt obsessed with them and knows how to behave around non nerdy people.. ie not talking about world of warcraft all the time.
I’m a nerd, and this definitely applies to me.
BTW, by nerd I mean someone who knows a lot about computers and other tech-related topics. I do play some video games, but I’m not like “ZOMG I HAEV TO PLAY DIS GAEM OR ILL DIE!!!1!!1!!”
Geeks are the ones who play WoW/DnD excessively, or are obsessed with Star Trek/Star Wars/Doctor Who/Battlestar Galactica/Lord of the Rings/Any other works of fiction.
i’m neither unattractive nor a nerd but i have total 100% dedication to my now ex gf…even if its not returned.
thank you for making my day that much worse.
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HOOAH! So true! 1 million internets to you!
While I love nerds, I’ve also found them to often be TOO dedicated, to the point of clingy. Not so hot.
I love nerds! Just a warning, though: the “You are my everything” concept is what often stops people from dating them. Love and devotion are great, but you have to have your own life and sense of self.
ia somewhat. nerds are still guys so some still treat girls as ‘worth 40% of their time.’
then again mebbe i just haven’t found the right nerd. lol.
what about the nerd pretending to be attractive?
heres a tip: DONT TALK TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST GOT IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT!!!… unless she is interested in that… or is deaf
Uhhhh wrong! I am marrying a NERD and he would rather play any video game than act like an actual companion. Oh, and I can’t get him to leave the house and go out like normal people ever.
I clearly hate my relationship
I don’t mean to but in where I don’t belong, but this begs the obvious question.
If this is how you feel about the relationship, are you sure marrying him is a good idea?
That’s just what I was going to say.
Brandi, that makes him not a nerd, but an idiot.
And you, I must say, a double idiot, because you know something’s wrong with him, and yet… YOU’RE MARRYING HIM.
Suck what?!
The only man that ever broke my heart was a nerd. All the non-nerds I’ve dated have been much better.
this makes a lot of sense XD
I like to think I’m attractive but I’m not an arrogant ass hole so I’m in the unattractive category. Wassup with that?