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This is a question 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.

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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One thought though
We consider, as does society as a whole, being able to quote Hitch-Hikers Guide or Star Wars verbatim as geeky and sad. Yet knowing who scored the winning goals in every FA cup final is fine.


I fail to see the difference.
(I helped save b3ta! Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 10 Mar 2008, 22:34, 7 replies)
Possibly...
...because there is the chance that the football fan may go outside from time to time?
(I helped save b3ta! Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 23:11, closed)
spin
That's because football geeks can put a positive spin on it by claiming they have a "passion" for the "beautiful game" or some such nonsense, whereas this tends not to work with other nerdly pursuits - unless you're a drum geek, then you have a passion for percussion.
(ScottFree, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 23:36, closed)
You make a good point



and, when I was in school, I thought drum geeks were hot.
(I helped save b3ta! flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Tue 11 Mar 2008, 0:02, closed)
it's because
quoting Hitch Hikers takes actual brain cells, after all you have to acutall read the book before you can quote from it.
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Tue 11 Mar 2008, 2:00, closed)
Psychobabble
"Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care".

Considering the general public love football, being able to name FA Cup winners/scorers is seen as super-awesome.

Quoting books that are generally considered nerdy, is not, super-awesome.
(I helped save b3ta! whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 11 Mar 2008, 9:19, closed)
I could do both
Not entirely sure what that makes me...
(Milo Minderbinder, Tue 11 Mar 2008, 11:32, closed)
@CSJ
I guess they'd consider you mostly harmless.

Then not get the joke.
(I helped save b3ta! uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Tue 11 Mar 2008, 13:22, closed)

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