gymell Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Why yes, I am, and proud of it! -- Liz Shameless plug for my online photo gallery Check out my backyard bird feeders Link to comment
RaeVynn Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Woot!! RaeVynn Revs it Up Link to comment
sumdawgtwigg Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 That's a big woot! "It's always the ones that don't do anything that try to bring you down" - Henry Rollins "There is no meantime, there is only now" - The Ditty Bops Trail Blazing Elf Ranger Sumdawgtwigg Level 3 STR-3 DEX-4 STA-4 CON-3 WIS-5 CHA-2 Fitocracy My Game Blog DO IT CHALLENGE! Link to comment
Wicked Pixie Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I always giggle when people think they're insulting me when they call me a nerd...they just don't get it! Link to comment
gymell Posted June 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 This person wasn't trying to insult me, she's a friend and can be kinda nerdy sometimes herself. But I can out-nerd most people. And my response to "you're such a nerd", is usually "try to contain your jealousy!" -- Liz Shameless plug for my online photo gallery Check out my backyard bird feeders Link to comment
gymell Posted June 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Someone else called me an "engineer" for my hastily-assembled duct tape/cardboard/music stand Venus transit scope, but I couldn't take credit for it since I found the idea on Google. *sigh* -- Liz Shameless plug for my online photo gallery Check out my backyard bird feeders Link to comment
Wicked Pixie Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 This person wasn't trying to insult me, she's a friend and can be kinda nerdy sometimes herself. But I can out-nerd most people. And my response to "you're such a nerd", is usually "try to contain your jealousy!"Ahh I see! That is a perfect response! I will have to borrow that if you don't mind! Link to comment
cracked_belle Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 This person wasn't trying to insult me, she's a friend and can be kinda nerdy sometimes herself. But I can out-nerd most people. And my response to "you're such a nerd", is usually "try to contain your jealousy!"Ahh I see! That is a perfect response! I will have to borrow that if you don't mind!seconded! there is never a sudden revelation, a complete and tidy explanation for why it happened, or why it ends, or Why or Who you are. you want one and I want one, but there isn't one. it comes in bits and pieces, and you stitch them together wherever they fit, and when you are done you hold yourself up, and still there are holes and you are a rag doll, invented, imperfect. and yet you are all that you have, so you must be Enough. there is no other way. ― Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia Link to comment
cline Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 My trainer called me a nerd last night.... LOL I AM going the distance 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood. Link to comment
empeg9000 Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Woot!! Check out my woodworking at peonywoodworks. Link to comment
cline Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 I should add that he referenced a lab coat, sterile gloves, and safety glasses too - none of which I wear in my job. LOL. I AM going the distance 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood. Link to comment
gymell Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 What were you doing that provoked him to call you a nerd? -- Liz Shameless plug for my online photo gallery Check out my backyard bird feeders Link to comment
cline Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 I told him I was gathering data regarding my "injury". I'm a researcher by profession. I AM going the distance 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood. Link to comment
gymell Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Yup, that sounds like a nerd. Congrats! -- Liz Shameless plug for my online photo gallery Check out my backyard bird feeders Link to comment
tigersheart Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 love it! I was going to say, just smile at them and say..."Jealous much?" Link to comment
Luthorcrow Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Damn, the closest I have been able to manage in the last couple of years is "how is so technical", "we love your technical expertise" but no one flat out calling me a nerd. Congrats. Link to comment
weirdquark Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Several years ago I was arguing with someone on an online forum, using the same username that I have now, and they called me 'weird' in a way that made it clear that they were trying to insult me. I suppose they weren't paying attention? I lift heavy things. Current Challenge Between Challenges Workout Log Sassafrass: a capella folk fantasy mythology Link to comment
gymell Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 I'd much rather be considered weird than unoriginal (which apparently that person was.) -- Liz Shameless plug for my online photo gallery Check out my backyard bird feeders Link to comment
--- Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 At a former workplace, a coworker called me "cute weird." More specifically, he said, "You're weird, but--cute weird. Not, like, creepy weird." At the time, my reaction was akin to "Um, thanks...?" But with the benefit of hindsight, I now wear the badge with pride. Besides, I later found out that the guy who said that thought he had the best sense of humor on our department--his words!--yet didn't think The Princess Bride was funny. The heathen.I once asked my mom, who's a Big Bang Theory fan, which character she thought I was most like, and she said Sheldon. I was a little miffed, but after rewatching an episode, I realized I should probably take being compared to a brilliant theoretical physicist as a compliment, especially since I have an artist's non-relationship with science--and math, for that matter. We stopped talking after I CLEP-ed out of those classes in college, and haven't been friends since.Also, Abby from NCIS is my hero, though I'm not a goth. Nor a brilliant forensic scientist. See above comments regarding science and me....I'm not quite sure how this post went from labels to comparison with characters in media.On another note, whenever I get called "eccentric," "nerdy," et. al., my standard response is, "Everyone's got a freak flag. Some of us are just brave enough to fly it," but I like gymell's response, too. Link to comment
gymell Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Not thinking the Princess Bride is funny! Blasphemy!I haven't gotten into the Big Bang Theory. Just can't relate to the stereotypical male nerd characters and their non-nerdy girlfriends.Here's one TV character I can relate to: -- Liz Shameless plug for my online photo gallery Check out my backyard bird feeders Link to comment
--- Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Point of technical correction: most of the girlfriends on BBT are just as stereotypically nerdy. And Penny, the designated "non-nerdy" character, has been revealed to have her own freak flag run up the pole as well.That being said, I hear ya. I don't actually follow BBT because I just don't care for TV in general. However, when I do watch it, I find it funny for the same reasons that I as a D&D enthusiast find and hilarious. Making fun of stereotypes? Most definitely. Funny as heck? Oh yeah! Diff'rent strokes and all.Lisa. Hee. Link to comment
Josh Cross Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Jon Stewart after showing several clips of Congress members asking for "nerds" to come to the floor to explain exactly what SOPA/PIPA was said: "When those idiots say nerds...don't they mean experts?" [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential." ~ Winston Churchill ~ LEVEL 1 HUME ADVENTURER STR: 1 (+1) | DEX: 2 | STA: 1 | CON: 3 | WIS: 5 (+2) | CHA: 3 My Blog: All I Want For Christmas is Traps Challenge: Josh Versus The Baboon Belly Link to comment
morethanjustamom Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Point of technical correction: most of the girlfriends on BBT are just as stereotypically nerdy. And Penny, the designated "non-nerdy" character, has been revealed to have her own freak flag run up the pole as well.That being said, I hear ya. I don't actually follow BBT because I just don't care for TV in general. However, when I do watch it, I find it funny for the same reasons that I as a D&D enthusiast find and hilarious. Making fun of stereotypes? Most definitely. Funny as heck? Oh yeah! Diff'rent strokes and all.Lisa. Hee. I don't like the fact that they've turned Penny into an alcoholic this past season. Ok, back to your regularly scheduled nerdy programming. The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything. ~Oscar Wilde Link to comment
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