The nerdist thing you do?

[tjayspjs]

Well, I've always loved link... 😜 I wanna just go around yelling Hi-Ya! And break pots

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[Red1263]

Well, I've always loved link... I wanna just go around yelling Hi-Ya! And break pots

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It's never too late.

 

[Guest swordPlayer]

I was a college Muggle Quidditch player of a World Cup team. I was a Chaser!

[The Tenth Doctor]

Let's see...

• Whenever I go somewhere, like anywhere, I occasionally yell: "ALLONS-Y!" (Especially when I'm in my Tenth Doctor cosplay.)

• Whenever I'm on a roller coaster at the take off or the drops, I tend to exclaim: "GERONIMO!"

• Whenever a friend has a birthday, when I give the birthday boy/girl their balloons I say: "Here's some air from my lungs."

• Whenever I don't understand something, I do the head motions Lt. Commander Data from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" makes when he doesn't understand a concept.

• I ordered my first cup of Earl Grey by saying, "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot." to which the waiter replied: "Of course it's gonna be hot, why wouldn't it be?"

• When things get out of hand, I exclaim in a manner much like C-3PO: "THIS IS MADNESS!"

• When someone suggests a good idea for a group project, I say: "Make it so."

[Crystal Jade]

I attend two puzzle competitions a month - one is an hour drive away, and the other two hours.  We complete in suduko, kakuro, trivia, and other math and word puzzles.  I've come in 2nd twice, and was the reigning champion for 2013.  And I brag about it.

[Butternut]

I have certain writing utensils for certain homework.  If I'm writing in my journal I like a thicker ink.  If I'm writing notes for math, mechanical pencils only, for Biology a Bic normal pen is ok, but I love my thinner lined Pilot pen.  I carry my pencil/pen bag in my purse for emergencies.....

 

Crystal by the way, that's awesome, patience in doing puzzles is hard enough for me.

[Flagwaver]

What's the nerdiest thing I do?  Here's a picture from college...

 

Better-than-screen accurate and cost more than my first car.  Yay, charity costuming.

 

 

[Robkashikoi]

2 minutes ago, Flagwaver said:

What's the nerdiest thing I do?  Here's a picture from college...

 

Better-than-screen accurate and cost more than my first car.  Yay, charity costuming.

 

 

 

I have the droid you are looking for.  I also happen to be building the droid your grandson is looking for.

[Ravis]

Aside from the endless hours I spend on Skyrim (currently - still), I dabble in some light cosplay and any Comic Con I can get tickets to (barring travel expenses).

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[Bob the Bardbarian]

One word:  Pathfinder!

Or is that two words...?

[Mark D]

Can't believe I never responded to this.  First-generation nerd here.

 

I have BS and MS degrees in Computer Science and I've been programming computers, daily as a full-time job, for over 30 years.

 

I programmed my first computer as a sophomore in High School in about 1979.  Couldn't even tell you a language, it had a separate key for each command (there were only a handful, IIRC IF, GOTO, DISPLAY, PRINT and arithmetic functions, no character strings except for print/display.  Six variables (A,B,C,X,Y,Z) and one array (R(), max 173 entries but it got smaller as the program got longer).  The second computer I worked on was an Apple II in Basic in my senior year.

 

May not sound like much, but back then computers were the exclusive domain of nerds, not quite Heathkit (you didn't HAVE to solder your own computer together), but not far off (and Heathkit was still VERY much around when I bought my first computer, a TRS-80 Model 3, in college).  

 

Oh yes, I worked in the college computer center too.

 

On top of which, I've been to a few Mensa parties (former co-worker was a member, I never joined).

 

How's that for nerdy?

 

 

 

[curryfiend]

That's just beautiful right there.

[Stannis DeMannis]

Microsoft Flight Simulator. Why do the real thing when you can do it from the comfort of your 24 inch monitor

[petefeet]

My love of reading in the genre turned into part-time job.

 

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One of the biggest joys it has given me is the chance to meet fellow Nerds/Geeks that I might never otherwise had a chance to cross paths.

[Prairieknitwit]

In high school I played flute in marching and concert band.  I sang in the jazz choir (alto)

I had a kick ass cyborg in Heroes Unlimited

I actually read the books in lit class

I collect weird and funny sounding words (this helped me a lot in medical terminology and pharmacology class in nursing school)

 

Fast forward to adulthood:

I loves me some Harry Potter

I loves me some Skyrim

I play Pathfinder (level 5 Human Ranger and a level 1 Dwarven Druid)

I went into labour with my first baby at a gaming convention and breathed through early contractions while playing 'Toon.  (a lovely distraction)  My husband was in the D&D tournament down the hall.  His team mate knew I was about to pop and volunteered to kill him at any moment I needed her to

 

THe nerdiest thing I am doing at this very moment is participating in mystery knit-alongs that are thematically tied to certain TV shows.  I have done two Downton Abbey themed ones and now I am working on an Outlander one.

[Jijiang Quan]

Man, I feel like my nerd cred is lacking.  I'm big into anime, D&D, Kung-Fu action theater, and video games (not as much as I would like).  In my spare time I work on developing video games for mobile and PC (if that counts).