Author Topic: You might be a nerd/geek if... (Read 85131 times)

Sporty_Otaku · « **Reply #100 on:** December 12, 2008, 09:49:27 pm »

not me

you might be a geek if you know the episode washougalotaku is talking about without having to look for it on google

Teasel · « **Reply #101 on:** December 12, 2008, 10:33:41 pm »

Quote from: NightLotus on December 12, 2008, 05:16:02 pm

Quote from: Teasel on December 12, 2008, 03:17:12 pm
You might be a geek (or an idiot) is you have ever jumped off a house with a chicken held above your head.
I was 7! AND IT WAS A LARGE AND POWERFUL CHICKEN!! I THINK I DID FLY!! ;;;>_>

I rest my case!

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #102 on:** December 12, 2008, 10:47:55 pm »

If you frequently change your avatar, you might be a nerd/geek.

melchizedek · « **Reply #103 on:** December 13, 2008, 06:04:53 am »

If you spend your idle time pondering RTS stragities that might work well.

Prinz Eugen · « **Reply #104 on:** December 13, 2008, 06:24:16 am »

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"You know you're a geek, when you get a coloscopy bag so you can play WOW longer."

I think that should be 'colostomy.'

You're a gun-geek if you watch 'Gunslinger Girls' and can tell that's *not* an HK G3 but a CETME knock-off because of the gas ports in the forestock are wrong...

You maybe a geek if you own and can use an abacus, slide rule, a Kurta mechanical calculator, or a planimeter.
And you can beat a hand calculator.

You can flawlessly quote any four contiguous lines of dialogue from any Monty Python skit or movie.

You can quote any line from The Blake 7.

You tell tech-jokes or puns which use physics or chemistry terms. And your friends get the jokes.

You try to find an alloy phase diagram that would make a good pattern for an evening dress.

You read a recipe and start thinking through the protein chemistry changes caused by temperature plus the lemon juice lowering the pH, and know the oxidation states of whichever elements will get that "golden brown" color mentioned when it's done.

When computer code appears in a movie, you recognize the language and you can spot the bugs. And Camel Case is 'old school.'

You can build a working crystal radio set with stuff around your house, including making a working semiconductor junction with, say, a piece of galena or other mineral you picked up outside.

You have your own weather instruments and can beat the Weather Channel on an accurate 4-day forecast for your local area.

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #105 on:** December 13, 2008, 08:43:02 am »

If you know hoe to hack into the Pentagon, you might be a nerd/geek.

Deviant Spider · « **Reply #106 on:** December 13, 2008, 06:57:16 pm »

Quote from: Washougal_Otaku on December 13, 2008, 08:43:02 am

If you know hoe to hack into the Pentagon, you might be a nerd/geek.

And in BIG trouble if you get caught! Yikes!!!

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #107 on:** December 13, 2008, 08:41:05 pm »

Good thing I haven't yet.

JUST KIDDING!!!

Deviant Spider · « **Reply #108 on:** December 13, 2008, 09:18:55 pm »

Washougal:

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You have your own weather instruments and can beat the Weather Channel on an accurate 4-day forecast for your local area.

So are we going to get massive snow of doom? Or do I get to leave my house to finish christmas shopping? Pregnant Klutzy woman + Snow and Ice = VERY BAD.

Sporty_Otaku · « **Reply #109 on:** December 13, 2008, 09:25:39 pm »

congradulations on being pregnant

NightLotus · « **Reply #110 on:** December 13, 2008, 09:30:51 pm »

spider has been pregnant for a while... >_>

Sporty_Otaku · « **Reply #111 on:** December 13, 2008, 09:56:53 pm »

i havent met her yet so i had no way of knowing until now

if you dress your kids up like chibi sailor moon and tuxedo mask you might be a nerd

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #112 on:** December 13, 2008, 10:04:17 pm »

Quote from: Sporty_Otaku on December 13, 2008, 09:56:53 pm

i havent met her yet so i had no way of knowing until now

It's okay, Sporty.

Hey Spider, you're like, what, seven months pregnant now or something like that? I have a hard time keep track of this stuff.

Quote from: Sporty_Otaku on December 13, 2008, 09:56:53 pm

if you dress your kids up like chibi sailor moon and tuxedo mask you might be a nerd

...or chibi Link & Zelda.

Sporty_Otaku · « **Reply #113 on:** December 14, 2008, 12:04:21 am »

Quote from: Sporty_Otaku on December 13, 2008, 09:56:53 pm

if you dress your kids up like chibi sailor moon and tuxedo mask you might be a nerd

...or chibi Link & Zelda.
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lol

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #114 on:** December 14, 2008, 12:43:04 am »

If you're making your own Final Fantasy style video game based on you and your friends, you might be a nerd/geek.

LtCommanderRichie · « **Reply #115 on:** December 14, 2008, 01:24:19 am »

If you're watching the new trailer for X-Men Origins and can name almost/every mutant as they come onscreen, you might be a geek.

Wolverine, Sabretooth, Emma Frost, Gambit, Blob... I'd have to re-watch it to tell you the others.

RemSaverem · « **Reply #116 on:** December 14, 2008, 03:35:54 am »

If you're totally mystified by some of what's in Prinz Eugene's post, but *really* wanna learn how to do some of it (particularly assembling the radio and using found rocks or whatnot), you might be a nerd/geek or at least a wanna-be! *guilty*

If you watch an ep of The Big Bang, and you actually follow all or almost all of what the nerd/geek lead characters say, and not only comprehend it, but debate it or add accurate commentary upon it on the commercial break, you might be a nerd/geek. *guilty*

If you watch The Big Bang because you enjoy refreshing your memory on topics such as quantum physics more than you bother with the whole romantic tension subplot, you might be a nerd/geek. *guilty*

If you actually find someone from whom you can learn esoteric information sexier than someone intellectually bland but physically looking like a model, you might be a nerd/geek. *guilty*

If you watch My Name is Earl because you love Jason Lee from Mall Rats and Chasing Amy, you might be a nerd/geek. *guilty*

If someone asks what your favorite scene from Batman is, and yours is from a comic from before you were born or from the original series, you might be an old-school nerd/geek.

If your friend is talking about the rock band, The Who, but you keep giggling because you're thinking of something you saw on Dr. Who, you might be a nerd/geek. If it's from the original series, you might be an old school nerd/geek.

If you were watching the ep of "Chuck vs. Tom Sawyer," involving **spoiler alert!**

the '80s arcade game, Missile Command,

and you were mentally playing along and correcting the moves in the game,
you might be an old school nerd/geek.

If you were watching "Chuck vs. Tom Sawyer," as above, and knew all the lyrics to the titular Rush song, and sang along with it, you might be an old school nerd/geek. *guilty* And if, while doing so, you proudly pointed out that Geddy Lee (singer of Rush) is Jewish, you might be a Jewish old school nerd/geek. *guilty*. Speaking of which, Happy Chanukah (12/21 eve) everyone. Oh and if you ever heard the story of Chanukah, and tried to envision how one might scientifically keep a menorah aflame for 8 days on only one cruze of oil, you might be a Jewish nerd/geek. *guilty*

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #117 on:** December 14, 2008, 08:42:47 am »

Quote from: RemSaverem on December 14, 2008, 03:35:54 am

Happy Chanukah (12/21 eve) everyone.

Well, more accurately, it starts at sunset on the 20th.

If you think dressing up like a Jeff Dunham puppet is cool, you might be a nerd/geek.

If you hope that the next American Idol is an otaku, and dresses up in copslay during his/her final performance, you might be a nerd/geek.

Sporty_Otaku · « **Reply #118 on:** December 14, 2008, 09:13:49 am »

if you respond to this post...

Quote from: Sporty_Otaku on December 14, 2008, 09:12:24 am

^ catgirls! bunnygirls remind me of those playboy bunny twits that hang around that wrinkly old hugh heffner just for his money

V playboy or play gameboy

..with the answer play gameboy you might be a nerd

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #119 on:** December 14, 2008, 10:17:48 am »

^ HAHAHAHA!!! I LOVE THAT!!!

If you think girls sporting the Playboy logo on their clothes are dorks and girls girls sporting Final Fantasy gear are hot, you might be a nerd/geek.

Deviant Spider · « **Reply #120 on:** December 14, 2008, 11:35:47 am »

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Hey Spider, you're like, what, seven months pregnant now or something like that? I have a hard time keep track of this stuff.

Ill be six months on Christmas. Its our first and we are SUPER excited! And I dont think Ive said it in the forums yet but ITS A BOY!

*Back on Topic

*

You might be a geek if your plotting cosplays for a 1 year old that wont make him uncomfortable.

You might be a geek if you get irratated in Suncoast for changing all the names of the Animes you grew up watching! No more english names!

You might be a geek if your plans for the winter ivolve camping in a self constructed igloo for the night. *Not mine, David's and friends*

You might be a geek if you just HAD to buy the Limited Batman Edition phone as soon as you saw it. *Guilty*
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=3845

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #121 on:** December 14, 2008, 11:41:37 am »

If your idea of a good joke is something like this...

...you might be a nerd/geek.

Deviant Spider · « **Reply #122 on:** December 14, 2008, 11:50:21 am »

HA HA HA HA! That was awesome!

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #123 on:** December 14, 2008, 11:51:32 am »

Thank you.

Coconutty93 · « **Reply #124 on:** December 14, 2008, 11:51:49 am »

That dude should be "Happy as hell". xD

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #125 on:** December 14, 2008, 11:56:04 am »

You might be a nerd/geek if you know what anime this image is from.

Quote from: Sporty_Otaku on December 14, 2008, 11:44:36 am

i dont know what anime that is but i think it creeps me out

Sporty_Otaku · « **Reply #126 on:** December 14, 2008, 01:24:46 pm »

Quote from: Washougal_Otaku on December 14, 2008, 11:56:04 am

You might be a nerd/geek if you know what anime this image is from.

Quote from: Sporty_Otaku on December 14, 2008, 11:44:36 am

i dont know what anime that is but i think it creeps me out

thanks for that washougalotaku

Quote from: Vampire-Kameko on December 14, 2008, 11:51:49 am

That dude should be "Happy as hell". xD

id be too nervous to be happy as hell

Prinz Eugen · « **Reply #127 on:** December 14, 2008, 02:02:16 pm »

Quote from: RemSaverem

If you're totally mystified by some of what's in Prinz Eugene's post, but *really* wanna learn how to do some of it (particularly assembling the radio and using found rocks or whatnot), you might be a nerd/geek or at least a wanna-be! *guilty*

Gah! It's "Eugen" (OY-gen) not "Eugene" (you-GENE.)

Next Happy Hannukah to ALL, while we're thinking about it! And very cool on Geddy Lee and RUSH.

OK back to geek-a-zoid life: The guy that did the crystal radio from galena was one of my good friends from high school. He was prez of the ham radio club and new tons about circuits and tubes (he could identify what many of them did by their numbers - I just know about 3 or 4.) There are also books about how to make your own vacuum tubes using ashtrays and epoxy. Much geeking required...

jaybug · « **Reply #128 on:** December 14, 2008, 03:49:57 pm »

...if you know why two nuclear scientists "gone fission" is funny.

...if you'd like to put a Santasaurus Rex on your roof or lawn.

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #129 on:** December 14, 2008, 11:14:23 pm »

If you try to find any "reason" to cosplay in public, you might be a nerd/geek.

If you can convince non-nerds that what you're doing is logical and maybe even cool, you're an awesome nerd/geek.

Sporty_Otaku · « **Reply #130 on:** December 15, 2008, 12:39:31 am »

if you can compare cosplaying to dressing up for football games and annoy your uncle by doing so you might be a nerd

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #131 on:** December 15, 2008, 08:49:39 am »

^ Close; I did it with my dad once.

Prinz Eugen · « **Reply #132 on:** December 15, 2008, 03:44:17 pm »

Quote from: Sporty_Otaku

dressing up for football games

Speaking of football and other sports, isn't there (generally) an inverse relationship between interest in sports on TV and interest in things that geeks and nerds tend to get into? The correlation may be weak, or maybe stronger. So:

You may be a geek if someone mentions 'the playoffs' or 'semifinals' and you have no clue what sport it is.

You could score a perfect zero on any quiz where you match the college or the city to its sports teams. Or the team name to what sport they play.

Truth is geekier than fiction: Back in the VCR days, we came up with the term 'crudball' for any sport that runs overtime and eats into the SF show you are trying to tape so as to watch later... If you press 'play' and see guys and a ball instead of spaceships and cool costumes, the sport you are watching is a crudball game.

Teasel · « **Reply #133 on:** December 17, 2008, 01:06:28 am »

You might be a geek if you choose "Spoony Bard" for your title in the Spoon Castle thread.

RemSaverem · « **Reply #134 on:** December 17, 2008, 01:11:17 pm »

You might be a *relatively broke* nerd/geek if you just hooked your VCR back up after a year or two dormant, because you can't afford to buy or rent new anime or pay for cable, so you're going to watch the VHS tapes you got on sale for $5 each from Emerald a couple years ago instead.
Yeah that would be me.

RemSaverem · « **Reply #135 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:10:28 pm »

You might be a nerd/geek if you instantly recognized specifically what types of dinosaurs were the toys Wash plays with in Firefly/Serenity.....

jaybug · « **Reply #136 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:20:26 pm »

how about if you own dinosaurs just like them?

If you know the plural of y'all is all y'all.

Hidamari · « **Reply #137 on:** December 17, 2008, 09:07:54 pm »

You might be a nerd/geek if you know what Touhou is.

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #138 on:** December 17, 2008, 11:13:04 pm »

Quote from: jaybug on December 17, 2008, 04:20:26 pm

If you know the plural of y'all is all y'all.

That'd make you a redneck.

If you think of ideas for AMV's every time you listen to a song, you might be a nerd/geek.

Teasel · « **Reply #139 on:** December 17, 2008, 11:13:56 pm »

^ Guilty

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #140 on:** December 17, 2008, 11:25:01 pm »

If you hear a football commentator on TV referring to a "crossplay" & think of ManFaye, ManRei, or Sailor Bubba, you might be a nerd/geek.

(Tidpit of info: in football, crossplay is an offensive play where the quarterback passes the ball to a runningback, about eight yards to his left or right; it's similar to a lateral pass. Crossplay is also a spiking technique in volleyball).

soundninja12 · « **Reply #141 on:** December 18, 2008, 09:22:26 am »

Quote from: Mr_Mustash on December 17, 2008, 09:12:48 pm

You might be a nerd/geek if you know where most people's screen names come from on these forums.

Quote from: Washougal_Otaku on December 17, 2008, 11:13:04 pm

If you think of ideas for AMV's every time you listen to a song, you might be a nerd/geek.

guilty for both...

You might be a nerd/geek if you can connect anything anyone says to something in some anime.

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #142 on:** December 18, 2008, 11:46:19 am »

You might be a geek/nerd if you spend 99% of your time in the spam forums.

Sporty_Otaku · « **Reply #143 on:** December 18, 2008, 05:53:08 pm »

you might be a nerd/geek if you wear anime shirts to sporting events

not sure how many of you are guilty of that one

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #144 on:** December 21, 2008, 12:53:07 am »

If the term "old school" to you means an Atari, you might be a nerd/geek.

StarryShay · « **Reply #145 on:** December 21, 2008, 01:07:37 am »

You might be a ner/geek if you post on certain anime convention forums. x3

RemSaverem · « **Reply #146 on:** December 21, 2008, 09:12:28 am »

Quote from: Washougal_Otaku on December 21, 2008, 12:53:07 am

If the term "old school" to you means an Atari, you might be a nerd/geek.

Guilty.
Really old school, I suppose, would be Pong, TRS-80s, & Basic......

If you are so addicted to things such as this forum, con planning, and Facebook, that you periodically have to agree to hide your laptop to placate your fuming boyfriend, you might be a nerd/geek.
That was me yesterday morning. Sigh.

Oh yeah and btw if you're on Facebook, PM me so we can friend-add

RemSaverem · « **Reply #147 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:44:24 pm »

If, while your Christian boyfriend is mentioning the Dead Sea Scrolls, your mind immediately leaps to "Ninja Scroll," you might be a nerd/geek. *just happened this morning*

If, when your boyfriend tells you to quit using the word 'cute' so much, you automatically switch to 'kawaii', you might be a nerd/geek. If, when your boyfriend is puzzled wondering why you'd refer to an island of Hawaii, and you have to explain 'kawaii' to him, you might be a nerd/geek who seriously needs to nerdify or geekify her partner to stay afloat. *just happened this hour*

If you love Hello Kitty so much that even your hanging air freshener is Hello Kitty, you might be a nerd/geek. *looking right at mine now*

If Anthony Michael Hall's character was the one with whom you most identified the first time you saw "The Breakfast Club," you might be a nerd/geek. *guilty* Especially if one of your favorite scenes in the whole movie is when he gives himself a light jab on the chin congratulating himself for how well he wrote the Club's closing salvo to the Principal. *guilty* Especially if you remember that piece virtually word for word. *guilty back in the day*.

RemSaverem · « **Reply #148 on:** December 24, 2008, 01:20:14 pm »

Guilty. You might be a nerd/geek if you picture what you're friends would look like as action figures, and if a couple of the main reasons you're looking forward to next year are Joss Whedon's Dollhouse and Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman remake.

RemSaverem · « **Reply #149 on:** December 26, 2008, 01:21:32 pm »

If you're already making plans w/your friends for the opening of the Harry Potter theme park in Florida, you might be a nerd/geek.
*guilty*

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