Nerds!!!!!!!

If teasing eachother for using the bitmap format on internet qualifies, I guess you find some.

lol, nerds......not really :D

dont nerd me boy :D

Nerds?! Where? Oh, you mean us. :D

you might find this thread helpful http://www.sorcerers.net/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000411.html

I aint a nerd!

I know I'm not a nerd! Nerds go to the library or games room instead of going to dances to dance their asses off for 2 hours.
Nerds hang around reading for 40 minutes instead of talking with the popular kids. Nerds love homework and don't leave it until the last minute. Nerds keep shoving their glasses up until it almost touches their eyes. Nerds don't wear makeup and say it's really stupid. I go to dances, I talk with the popular kids, I do my homework at midnight the day it's due, I let my glasses hang loosely and I wish I could get laser eye surgery so I don't need to wear them, I wear makeup. I'm no nerd!

People who go to the library, read books, wear their glasses however they like, don't wear makeup, and don't like to dance aren't nerds. They have more guts than everyone else because they don't conform just to fit in with everyone else. They are who they want to be and don't care what everyone else thinks. This does not make them nerds. In fact the real nerds are the people who do care what everybody else thinks and tries to conform.

PS I don't have glasses, and I don't have anything against dancing. I certainly don't wear makeup ;). And I don't care what others think.

To chose your friends based on popularity seems kind of sad to me...

Nerds answer this topic..................Damn!

I don't pick my friends from popularity! Helllllo, you won't find anyone who picks their friends from popularity! 700 people are too much to have "popular" and "non-popular" people. I'm looking at the other schools around me.

SG: If there are no popular people, how come you talk to them?

...dances, I talk with the popular kids, I do my homework...

Clearly one of us must be imagining things. :D

As I said before on the chat I'm a wannabe nerd. I have all the social ineptitude, the mild health/fitness problems (myopia, asthma etc.), the pallid complexion and so forth generally associated with the "Nerd" class, but none of the redeeming features such as the work ethic, the superior cultural/intellectual understanding, the technical wizardry or general employability. Perversely, I sometimes like to celebrate my nerdiness by doing such things as hanging a periodic table on my wall - for two reasons. One, it's very fashionable to identify one's self as an individual, or at least be different in some superficial way. Two, I hope that if I embrace the negative aspects of nerd-dom the positive ones will rub off on me in time. :D
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[This message has been edited by Ironbeard (edited October 28, 2001).]

Mark: Why do you ask? To me its a silly/weird question.

Well, i have some of the classic "nerdy" qualities: I have glasses, im smart (no to brag or anything but my lowest grades are usually about A- so i guess its kinda good) I like Star Wars, I play D&D, I chat in english (here ONLY), I hate PE and I'm god at the computer.
But im still popular in class, dunno why though. I dont wear fashion clothes, i dont listen to the new pop/techno music (I despise computer/electronic music) and so on. But i like it so im not complaining ;)

I don't think that any one on the face of this planet can say that they "are not a nerd."

Honestly, you must have done something in your life that has been slightly nerdy before, you are here aren't you?

Popularity is over rated; i'm not popular but i have lots of friends. I have found that the "popular" people are real idiots some times(the ones i know) exept for the limited few that care for what they do to others.

If being a nerd means that you know just enough about computers to be incredibly dangerous, count me in.

If being a nerd means that you can solve math/algebra/calculus problems in your head at a glance, count me in.

If being a nerd means that you talk to your computer as though it was your friend, count me in.

If being a nerd means that cyberspace IS your reality, count me in.

If being a nerd means that your IQ hovers around genius, yet your social IQ bumps along at a constant below average, count me in. :o

If being a nerd means that your only girlfriends have been virtual, count me in.

If being a nerd means that your biological clock has no clue what day and night are, count me in.

If being a nerd means that you spend a mandatory 72 hours straight playing a game after you first buy it, count me in! :D :grin: :D

I consider myself more of a Science Geek actually.

Jeez. A post after a couple of beers and kind have harmed the pholk on the Sorcerer's board.
Please accept my appology. I only ment my undying respect for your being.
If I had the money i would buy you all all the beer you could imagine. Not mega brews either, but Sammy smiths, Sierra Nevadas, and even some Brooklyn Brewery!!!
And than if there's time possibly some NL#5 for afterwards. But only if you forgive me. And.....If I had the money.
Damn money! Always getting in the way of my fun!!

There are 200 people in my scool, 196 of them consider me a "nerd", if all the things mentioned above make you a nerd then I'm completely nerdtacular ('cept about the homework bit). I agree that we unfaily dubbed "nerds" are if fact the only half intelligennt people around ;) .

BTW, you rock capstone! :D

Cheers, Void.

[This message has been edited by void (edited October 30, 2001).]

Nerds love tweaking, overclocking etc. I'm not one. I know some about computers but prefer going out and sport and girls so I'm definetly no nerd :) Ah I have also no glasses :)

stop trying to define yourselves!

everyone is an individual in their own right. everyone is different, has their own quirks and ways of doing things.

the only way you can be a "nerd" is if you believe yourself to be one!

i dislike the way everyone stereotypes each other, but everyone does it at some point. *i* have done it, and wished that i hadn't. But i think it's crazy to try and do this.

so stop this stupid topic already as it makes no sense to try and define yourselves in this way.

you are you!

and that's the end of it...

Can a history geek be a nerd? Or is nerdhood a math thing? I envy the math nerds.

I guess I'm the "invisible nerd" my friends (who are all musicians and construction workers and that sort) think I'm the biggest nerd alive, because I dig obscure humor, take weird courses in college, play D&D, read a whole lot, watch geeky TV shows, listen to "uncool" music, hang out with nerds, and yet I'm not accepted into nerdish circles. There's a few nerd-types who I game with, and they whisper intellectual things behind their hands and snicker about it.

I feel left out, really.

cheers deano...

I agree compleatly.

There is a little nerd inside all of us. Only the brave ones can admit it.

populair ppl talk to me :D

I know Kevlar..... I just love to talk with my southern Neighbours from Belgium.

I am with Deano. Labels are weak. It makes it easy for people to categorize I(and marginalize) others in a way that is convenient for the labeler.
Arbitrary exclusion is one of the worst common human traits. It usually starts with labeling.

Labeling helps you identify people. Identifying people helps you understand them. It's all in how you use it; it need not be a mode of marginalization nor exclusion.

If you don't like discussing who you are, what the heck are you doing in this topic?

Labels say a bit about a person but not all for everybody is unique... So of course you can use labels, it makes some things easier, to understand people etc... Just be careful that a label doesn't say all....

Capstone ---> I label you as a mad psycholgical ;)

Labels are handy. I for one want to define myself. After all, even a stereotype's better than a nobody. I've also benefited from mistaken assumptions in the past (e.g. good grades at school, must be smart)

HEH! Hush, Ironbeard, you wouldn't want to destroy those precious positive labels now would you?

Headbanger, I have no idea if that's a compliment or not. :confused:

Remind me one of these days to start a topic concerning the current negative attitude towards stereotyping.

Labels are necessary -- we are pattern-seeking animals. We all "judge" people based on the limited information we have until we obtain more information. So this is not a bad thing.

You guys seem to be so smart and funny and interesting that if you identify as nerds -- I want in. Though because of my job and and what I like, my old friends -- from when I liked clubbing and playing guitar -- classify me that way anyhow.

I don't understand the make-up controversy, however. That one is simple. Like Pavlov's dog, men respond to instinctual cues of female fertility and receptiveness to mating. If you want to attract a man, you make sure to send out those cues. Make-up, glossy hair, high-heeled shoes, all that ties into male instinct. If you don't want to do this, if you "want to be loved for yourself," ask yourself why you would deliberately play against biology. If you say that you do all of the above "for yourself, not for male approval" -- you are full of... denial.

Biologist hits the boards...:D:D

I dont think Im a nerd, or any of my friends are.
I'm like so totally popular duh whatever talk to the hand.

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Labels often lead to exclusion/marginalization. I have never seen a label that adequately describes anyone. Everyone is different.

The only label I want is my name.

Really, Jack?
How about: "Babe-magnet."

Well, I'm a nerd...

Yet...

The nerd squad and me worked out that I have a Cha of 17, so perhaps I'm an inverse Nerd, or something stoopid like that...

Anyway, I'm Lawful Good, and that's all that matters!

I like my computer room.
I feel safe in my computer room.
Outside is bad.
Outside is Cold.
For I am the nerd, subspecies, computer-geek.

Not really.

Methylviolet, LOL.

I spend 95% of my time either using computer, reading or in school.

I have been the most unpopular person in the whole school for 9 years and thorough three schoos.

I own 5 computers.

I never bother reading to class; I'll know it anyway.

I got thorough the comphrehensive school without cracking a book

I have floppies in my pockets

I have classes that I always push back. The lenses are -5,5 and -11.

I spend more time using a computer than sleeping

BUT...

I love dancing and going to parties

My friends are those really popular ones.

I do homework at the last minute

I get lousy grades in Math

I am a complete dummy when it comes to fixing a computer

Ara
(Nerd, and damn proud of it!)

Methylviolet, what is insect imunity? Imunity to them? Or imunity to us??

What a stupid post

you must have been drunk when you put this up!!
Who cares what others are like, it only matters what you and your friends are like.

You must be some loser with no friends at all to be bothered to come in here and set this up in the first place, just to be noticed for once. Yppie people are talking to you, it took a long time but good for you!

Did you know the human body produces the most testoesterome during the fall.
Something to think about when you get angy during this time.

thats very nice, you keep telling yourself that!

[This message has been edited by Feirhanith Dengeird (edited November 19, 2001).]

Enough Feirhanith, if you read the FAQ (http://www.sorcerers.net/ubb/faq.html) you will see there are to be no personal attacks on these boards.

I honestly ment it as "Tongue in cheek."

Heh. It depends on whether you mean, "nerd, as labeled by others", or "nerd, as labeled by self/character". This may sound a bit snobby or like I'm making excuses -- but I'm not. I'm a part of the first group, but not the second. I'm smarter than average and most people don't like it. I don't take BS from anyone and I don't bow down to the popular people, so they don't lke me. I don't really follow the "in style", so people don't like me. I wear glasses (though they are not thick ;)) so people don't like me. They don't like people who are different. But: I do like dancing. I do not like schoolwork (I'm good at it, but I don't like it). I turn in assignments late. I read for myself, not schoolbooks. You will not find me in a library. I am not pale or spotty. My friends are few, but that's because I'm picky about my friends, and I'm close to the people I pick.

So, am I a nerd? Looks like everyone who's dumb and mainstream would LOVE to label me as one, to make THEIR lives easier.

My contact lenses are -8.0 and -8.5
Does that qualify for nerd? :p

Impressive! Mine are only -6.5 and -8.0, but I have had them since I was five years old. My nearsightedness was caused by too much reading in dim light. ;)

Guys, Girls
Since when is somebody´s personality measured by wether you wear glasses, lenses, homework activities. Isn´t that all a bit superficial ?. Be yourself and try not to judge others by these idiotic social-standards and do not care for being judged.
Have a ball..... :roll:

At a family gathering, my grandmother brought out a bunch of my junior high pictures ... and according to my wife, it is confirmed ... I was a geek.

Dork is actually the word she used.

So cheer up ... all you nerds, dorks & geeks, chances are you could turn out just like me!

Wait ... that might not be good news ;) :p

Mark, that was brilliant -- you rock.

I read this very good article at Reader's Digest (I can't say which one because it was from the Finnish version) that gave out the general idea that I think about nerdiness:

Be proud of it! I bloody well am a nerd, and I admit it openly. I am proud that people call me nerd.

Ara
(Nerd, computer addict, and strawberry youghurt addict)

Some people think I am a nerd for I work in the Helpdesk of an Internet provider. I'm glad to say I have no computer addiction, don't computer too much at home and you don't need to be a computernerd to work here. I know a lot about computers but that doesn't make me a nerd.