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Posted by Dr Phlox (Member # 680) on :
 
Now in a new century does a love for science fiction make you a bonified nerd?
 
Posted by akb1979 (Member # 557) on :
 
I have been called far worse in my time I can assure you. Being called a nerd or even a bonified nerd would not bother me in the slightest.

I've always found that when people insult others because they like or are interested in something, it is only because they themselves are uninterested or don't understand what that person enjoys from it.

Did you understand that? Did it make sense?

Personally, it wouldn't affect me in the slightest and I'd be surprised if it affected anyone at all.
 
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
 
We are nerds and proud of it!
 
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
There's a big differnece between:

"I watch 'Star Trek' each week. I like it."

"I watch 'Star Trek' and gather as much technical details as I can about all the various ships possible! I hate it when TPTB don't listen to me."

"I wear a 'Star Trek' uniform on jury duty ..."
 
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
 
I'll take option B, please.

-MMoM [Big Grin]

[ January 02, 2002: Message edited by: The Mighty Monkey of Mim ]
 
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
 
Taboo?
 
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
 
No! I like sci-fi! I am not a nerd! I do not carry a calculator in my pocket, penicl in my ear, go to conventions, dress up like Spock...
I'm option A, and only care when the ships come on. Not about matter flow capacitor or whatever...
 
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
 
I'm midway between A and B. MWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
 
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
I wouldn't be insulted if someone called me a nerd. I call myself a nerd.

I might, however, take offense if someone called me "bonified".
 
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
 
:::throws Timmay a magazine::: Here. Go take care of that.
 
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
 
a bona fide nerd?

eh.. im between B and C.. but not all the time, just when it suits me.. i spend large amounts of time not being a Trek nerd at all.. and other times i use it as a tool to entertain everyone with how pathetic i am.. a nice mix
 
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
 
Is Trek taboo? If it is, I'm breaking all the boundries on yet another taboo subject. And, I blame my mother. She got me hooked on Star Trek. I guess that makes her my dealer.

Anyway, I've always been very open about my fanaticism for Star Trek. It was met with detached indifference in elementary school. In junior high school, I got made fun of for it. Then again, I got made fun of just about everything in junior high. In high school, no one really cared much, and people thought it was "cool" to like Star Trek. Then again, I was in high school when The Next Generation and Star Trek were at their peaks. In college, it's no bigger a deal than liking Dawson's Creek, The Sopranos, or the Teletubbies.

I never owned or wore a Starfleet uniform. If I ever had the opportunity, it would definitely only be for a costume or Halloween party. In junior high and high school, I walked around with a Star Trek novel and read during off-times. In high school, I had a Voyager-era communicator pin that I kept clipped to my letter jacket. I sometimes wore it on my marching band uniform when the band directors weren't looking (the uniforms vaguely resembled a TNG-era Romulan military uniform). I also had an Enterprise-D micromachine I kept on my stand during band rehearsals. The other trumpet players would play with it when the director was working with another section.

Definitely not a taboo subject, but it is fuel for cruel kids that need to be backhanded on a few occasions.
 
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
 
Actually, it can really work for you. I was on a date when the girl I was with made some off-the-cuff remark about Risa (For those who don't know: Riker's fav pleasure planet). I called her on it. Anyway, we were dating for a good two and a half years and although it's over now, we're still on pretty good terms. She still edits my scripts for me. I'm just saying it doesn't have to be a deal-breaker.
 
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
 
quote:
She still edits my scripts for me.


Know what I mean, know what I mean?
 
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
 
So you're saying you are now on good terms with that girls because she mentioned Risa?
 
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
 
i remember being in sixth grade and having a gir l draw a map of the Alpha/Beta quadrants for me.. i knew she liked me but was freaked out with the concept of girls at the time.. i asked her if she was going to see 'Undiscovered Country' and another kid overheard and thought i was asking her out on a date and i got mad at her and told her off because everyone laughed at us...

and i havent had a stable relationship since.

then four years later i got pissed again because she blew my best friend, even though i had decided i liked her at that point....
 
Posted by StarFire (Member # 748) on :
 
Heh. In high school I think I was a "closet" trek lover. No one but one of my best friends and family knew (my dad was the dealer in this case) that I loved those shows. By the time I got into college though, I didn't care what people thought anymore. I can now be seen with some sort of Trek or other Sci-Fi/Fantasy book tucked under my arm.
 
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Sol System:
Know what I mean, know what I mean?


No, it's not like that. OK, well it was like that for a while, but it's not anymore. (It's getting cold out now, and... NO. Must not.) Anyway...

No, I mean that Star Trek really hadn't come up in conversation before, and with her little comment, rather than uncomfortable silence and stares, it sparked an interesting debate over Kirk v. Picard. Suddenly we had another thing in common. It did turn out to be a very excellent relationship with some kind of bad obsessive stuff from her there at the end, but a good time. And the fact that she was into Star Trek only made it better.

I dunno. The way I look at it, if the person (friend or otherwise) is going to blow you off because you like a particular TV show (or comic book, or video game), then they're probably not worth the effort. No one should be so dismissive. That's not how to be a friend. You don't need to bring it up all the time, but if it's something your into, you're going to talk about it. Deal.
 
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
Uh, I won't blow a person off because of something they like and I don't, but that doesn't mean I won't blow off the subject that they like and I don't when it comes around. And I'll tease them, too, and they'll tease me in return, and its all in good fun.
 
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
I don't think Trek nerds should be picky about who they blow-off. They should just be glad of the experience.
 
Posted by Michael_T (Member # 144) on :
 
I am not a nerd...I am a gay Trekkie!!!

Simple as that...
 
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
 
I had an interesting conversation this evening attempting to discern the difference between dweebs, dorks, geeks, and nerds. Several of the distinctions were based upon the genre (fantasy, gothic, victorian, future, space, etc.) or technicality of the obsession/devotion/interest. When I asked where trekkers (dude, get over it, it's still trekkies) fit into all this, the people I was with were ready to define a new category. Ikes!

[ December 12, 2001: Message edited by: Balaam Xumucane ]


 
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Well, I know these aren't the official definitions, or anything, but here's the image each word conjures up in my mind...

nerd: I think of this as someone who's fairly brainy and puruses more intellectual activities, to the exclusion of more "normal" activities...

geek: This would be pretty much anyone who's really "into" something. A Trek geek, a computer geek, a sci-fi geek... Hell, I guess you could even have a "sports geek", though I hate to think what that person would be like... :-)

dork: I would probably only apply this to someone who's kind of slow. And I'm not talking about how fast they can run...

dweeb: This makes me think of the traditional image of the guy w/ the black-rimmed taped-up glasses and pocket protector.
 
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
 
a "sports geek" would be a guy who doesn't play the game, but has all the statistics for every team and player in his head. He also probably doesn't read anything else besides about his sport; hence you have wrestling geeks and football geeks and baseball geeks.

There's not a single picture of me in all the 'candid shots' in my high-school yearbook, even though most folks are in there three or four times.

Why?

Every time a guy with the camera showed up, I flashed the Vulcan salute. I think they thought it was a gang sign, or something. They were idiots, anyway.

About four years ago, I was dating this girl for the first time, going to see that movie about the little girls taking pictures of faeries. Our dinner conversation drifted toward reading habits, and I let slip:

"I have every Star Trek book ever written. I'm going to marry the girl who's impressed by that."

She looked right at me and said: "I'm impressed by that."

I nearly choked on my spaghetti.

We're still together.
 
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
 
Sports Geek: see Jeremy from Sports Night
 
Posted by Dr Phlox (Member # 680) on :
 
I'm suprised you found women who are interested in Trek. It seems whenever I let it slip the conversation is over.
 
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
I'll give you a link to illustrate exactly why 'Star Trek' is taboo.


 
Posted by StyroFoam Man (Member # 706) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Dr Phlox:
I'm suprised you found women who are interested in Trek. It seems whenever I let it slip the conversation is over.


I found one. In fact, she's as bad as I am when it comes to technobabble. Helps write for our RPG sessions. Did I mention the fact that she's my wife? She also refers to us as The Richard Collective instead of a family. (Somthing to do with the fact that niether of us wants kids...)

They are out there, it just takes some digging to find them.
 
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
We've got four or five of them here...
 
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
 
There are women here?!
 
Posted by StyroFoam Man (Member # 706) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Balaam Xumucane:
There are women here?!


...And no, we can't force them to post pics and phone numbers either...
 
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
 
We make them all wear fake beards, of course.
 
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
From TrekBBS: "I feel like that woman in Trekkies who got in trouble for going to courts in her Star Trek uniform. I feel like that because now I am in trouble for the same thing except I don't where the clothes. I have my communicator and my rank pins and decorations on my white shirt and my jean jacket has a Deanna Troi on the back that I drew but the jacket is none of my jerk boss' business because that is what I wear TO work. I take it off when I get to my work. I want to wear my pins all day, because I have a right to. He can't tell me how to conduct my clothes."

Stage 1 of "How not to ever have sex."
 
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
And, from the same chap:

"I write too alot of Star Trek stories that fill in the gaps between Kirk's show and Next Gen but I'm not giving them to paramount. They might steal me too. Anyway, that is why."

The stories of Paramounts blatent fanfic author kidnappings are famous across the land. That's why I haven't written any Trek pieces of work. The last thing I want to do is wake up and find Rick Berman putting me into a big bag.

I should also point out that in the same post this frankly astonishing person also wrote "No. I got no disability. In fact, I have big scores on IQ teats. I'm above average. I type too fast and I don't like proofreading so sometimes I make mistakes. Big deal. Why is this so wrong? Sometimes my thoughts are not as clear when I type as when I say them because they are fast. I am an American." I really want to put him in a room with Darkstar (or, failing that, MIB. )
 
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
 
And he has big scores on IQ teats.

Up until i read that, this was the stupidest fanboy id ever experienced:
quote:
The U.S.S. Defiant was the best ship ever concieved. The ways it killed people, mostly the CARDEES, excited me the most. The battles it has been through, and the struggles that it has conquered through for the past four years gives it the right to have a memorial. This memorial must also go to all of the Federation lives that have been lost in the two year long war. I don't care for any Dominion casualties. The ship was the first of it's kind, and it had the best commander. All that is left of the glorious ship are dozens of escape pods. It was literally torn in half by the Breen. I'll never forget this. -"NX-74205 Web Master," Brandon Hudson " target="_blank">http://members.tripod.com/~Defiantnx_74205/DefiantMemorial.html[/QUOTE]
 
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
 
ROTFL! That guy has made some priceless remarks

"I know the guy who uses my desk in the afternoon plays with my figures and sometimes does dirty poses to them and when I find them on my shift sometimes I get so angry and cry so hard I have to leave to the bathroom but if he ever took anything or if my boss did what you did I would really have to hurt him or call the cops. I would set my faser to kill and find his car and trash it so good and see him like it. And he would desereve it and I wouldn't listen to any sorrys."
 
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Well, at least he uses capital letters and punctuation marks, anyway...
 
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
Tim, when you favour good grammar over a sane mind, you need to review your standards. Or I will us my fazor on you for laughing at my stuff I hate you all!
 
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
I said "at least". I didn't say he wasn't crazy. Just that he's got a minimum (likely maximum) of one thing going in his favor.
 
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
 
"I know the guy who uses my desk in the afternoon plays with my figures and sometimes does dirty poses to them and when I find them on my shift sometimes I get so angry and cry so hard I have to leave to the bathroom"

In college a guy on my floor in the dorms used to have this enormous stuffed animal collection. When he was in class, his roommate would allow me and some co-conspirators to "edit" his collection. In particular, he had these two hugging monkeys with velcro arms that we would put in very "dirty" poses. We did this only to make this guy crazy, and it worked every time. He actually knocked on my door crying late one night to ask that I allow him to use my room as a sanctuary for his beloved animal pals.

I now regret my heinous crimes.
 
Posted by Michael_T (Member # 144) on :
 
I was worse, I made dirty poses using my aunt's porcelin cat and dog collections. And don't get me started in what I did to her dollhouses and the dolls living inside of them.
 
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
More Barcalaw Humor ... this guy should be taboo.
 
Posted by OnToMars (Member # 621) on :
 
God, I just want to put the poor guy out of his misery...
 
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
 
Londo Calrisiasian?!

and here's what must be the scariest part..
quote:
Profile for MajorBarcalow
Search: All posts by this registered user.

Date Registered: June 30, 2001
Status: Member
Total Posts: 206
Current Email: Not available.
Homepage: http://
Occupation: writer(!!!???)
Location: Bradenton Beach, Florida, USA
Interests: Bugs, flying
ICQ Number:



He's a writer? If you put a monkey at a typewriter its a writer?

He likes bugs and flying

[ December 18, 2001: Message edited by: CaptainMike ]
 
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Jeff: You made fun of his spelling, but you misspelled his name twice (once there and once here) and you wrote "Londo" when he actually spelled it correctly. :-)

And he has got a point about the Legos. Sounds like something I would have thought up, if I'd known about it. 'Course, I wouldn't have made a serious complaint about it, especially at a Trek message board...
 
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
TSN,

Mike made fun of his spelling. My post at the TrekBBS was Mike's post quoted ... didn't'cha notice?
 
Posted by StyroFoam Man (Member # 706) on :
 
I like bugs and flying too... But I also like to have sex so I seldom bring that up....
 
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
 
He spelled Lando right twice and spelled it as Londo one time.

I've been reading more of his posts and I am beginning to disbelieve that a human being could be that stupid. I mean, THAT stupid?

I've been slumming.. i registered for TrekBBS, and wanted to go over there and show them a few things about how to run a good forum.. at least how to spell.. I found I'm not allowed to post in TNZ until I have 50 posts. I tried to surf the other forums to build up a presence, and found myself becoming ill as a result. Two posts later I am back at Flare and afraid to leave again. Whatta big fucking mess that place is.
 
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
 
Oh God.. Snay, you have piqued his interest.. he's wondering about Flare.. you have left us all open to the possibility of him wandering over here! You've killed us all!
 
Posted by OnToMars (Member # 621) on :
 
Links man! Links!
 
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
I was going to agree with Tim, and say that the Major has a point, but two things have stopped me.

1/ I'm almost completely positive I had black or brown lego figues when I was younger.

2/ Tim "over-precise to the point of anality" Nix said "legos". He must die.
 
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
 
No, CaptainMike! Snay's plan is brilliant! Someone go over to Trek BBS and invite the major in! Wouldn't it be great to ridicule him here?!
 
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
Like we need another Darkstar.

Liam, you didn't have any black or brown Lego. They didn't even start putting anything on the heads (aside for eyes and mouths) until the Pirates line. There is a black and red head for Maul, but that's the closest there is.
 
Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
 
Of course, "back when I was young" is a relative thing. Back when I could still move to my wheelchair without having to ask somebody to support my crutches, Lego figurine heads didn't even *have* eyes or mouths. So I drew them all in. (Doing the mobile limbs was harder, so I only attempted it in special cases.)

And after I'd started, it sorta got out of hand. So despite the fact that Lego in the good old days insisted on not producing anything that would even remotely look like a weapon, I soon had a *very* black-and-brown-and-green military force establishing floor and closet superiority in the household.

'Course, what I used was usually at least semi-waterproof, but that didn't really stop the household from becoming black and brown and green, too. And since the jungle camo naturally required a jungle, there was an inordinate amount of assorted foliage in my room as well. Nowadays, I try to be a little less messy: I leave it at facepaint, and do the camos as separate accessories, making little combat vests out of various materials. The first green and brown parts began coming out in the mid-eighties, I think, making things much easier.

Timo Saloniemi
 
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
Is there a chance that the no non-yellows thing was in the US only, and in countries where people don't explode when they see a white and black person kissing, they've had dark-skinned people for ages?
 
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
No, sorry Liam, Lego has only had yellow people until recently ...
 
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
 
LEGO is part of the great Chinese conspiracy.
 
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
Are you saying that Lego people are evil communists waiting for the evil transmission to come to evil life and overthrow the government of the Western World? Wicked freaky.
 
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
 
No, I'm saying that LEGO people are, in the words of Chief Inspector Clouseau, "little yellow bastards."
 
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
 
I've never trusted LEGO men.. and I never will.. I can never forgive them.. for the death of my boy.
 
Posted by StarFire (Member # 748) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Balaam Xumucane:
There are women here?!



*wonders if she should just hide now*
 
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
 
OMG! Please stop LOL! I've just read page 3 of this thread. I have not laughed so hard in a LONG TIME! PsyLiam is always piss-funny but all you guys threads and quotes. LOL! I have TEARS running down my face from laughing so hard - I've still got pages 4 and 5 and that guy's messages from TREKBBS. LOL! It's 1:30 in the morning - If I keep laughing like this I think I might be taken away! LOL! Thankyou for the laughs! heh heh.

(It is very hard to convey how funny I thought this thread has been up to page 3 ;o)

I just have seen an ad at that TREKBBS - advertising a "recent interview with J.R.R. Tolkien"! WHAT THE!?! He died in 1973!
 
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
 
Nobody will notice.. the IQ average at TrekBBS runs slightly lower than the current temperature in RI.. and thats even with smart lurkers like us bringing up the curve
 
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by StarFire:
*wonders if she should just hide now*



Be afraid. Be very afraid...
 


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