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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I BEG TO DIFFERGeekiness, to me, implies some form of mild, possibly self-induced, OCD.
Nerditude, I would argue, stems from social ineptitude.
That's not to say they're mutually exclusive; quite the opposite as most geeks are quite socially inept as well. (Pot, kettle, black)
Geekiness is not something necessarily* shameful. I think it stems from knowing an awful lot about something that's not really worth knowing about (e.g.,http://b3ta.com/questions/nerds/post126832 for shameless self-reference).
Nerds tend not to be quite so obsessive, just a bit shy and bookish. Generally unwashed as well.
*At least, it's open for debate. Admittedly, I'm no longer proud of my Warhammer...
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