How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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What makes geeks angry?The realization that, if you are 12 and sleep in a room decorated with astronomy posters, with astronomy books, with space bedclothes and space models and sticker books, you are a weirdo obsessive geek.
Whereas, if you are 12 and sleep in a room decorated with football posters, with football books, with football bedclothes and football figurines and sticker books, you are "normal" and to be respected.
Sigh.
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Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 15:46,
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HyprocrisyIt's a wonderful thing, isn't it? And woe betide anyone who points it out...
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jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 10 Mar 2008, 16:23,
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Sadly, this is true.Even now at the age of 45 I feel a bitter tinge at this, as there are guys I've worked with who looked at me oddly for not having an opinion on who should win the Super Bowl. Maybe I should have asked them their opinions on Mac vs. Windows...
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 10 Mar 2008, 17:20,
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It was alwaysthe hulking had-to-shave-aged-7 morons who decided that anything associated with knowledge was for puffs: the same ones who fetishised muscly men grappling with each other in the mud and sharing showers...
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uncle bastard is twanging a dan moi, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 17:54,
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