I'm on the border of nerd and geek
this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
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Iβd say I fit neatly in the Dork category. At least, thatβs what my imposter syndrome would have me believe.
No no, I am stupid too.
I am a hollow circle around the nerd core.
I don't fit in any category :D
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I'm a bona fide alpha male. Imagine Joe Rogan but more buff and with additional BDE. When I talk everyone listens. I was the star of every sports team I've been part of. I can lift a motocycle above my head and then ride off into the sunset on it.
Usually posting fit-pics on insta but I accidentally clicked a link and ended up here.
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Weβre only nerds if we come out of the Silicon Valley region of California. Otherwise, we are just sparkling geeks.
π₯° Thank you
we're on a niche open source reddit alternative built by communists, written in rust, with multiple sizable linux communities
Good point. We're a bunch of badasses.
-- lemmy at its core
I'm not. College dropout waitress married to an artschool dropout chef.
I don't believe you, you use Lemmy. You are at least somewhat nerd.
Ah, but I'm on the anarchist instance.
So your reasoning that you're not a nerd is that you're an anarchist? I got some bad news for you...
I'm on a piracy instance and I dont pirate.
Well, anymore. Should really update my music library instead of streaming it.
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Who else does research on obscure social media platforms because they are fed up with mainstream surveillance capitalism social media.
Edit: If to be a nerd is to have a strong interest in something particular then everyone should be a nerd because having interests is awesome.
We're early adopters. By definition: we're nerds.
Not only. There are also some communists and furries.
I already did
Is this a Futurama reference?
Yes!
Excellent! I like it.
I'm not a nerd. Nerds are smart.
no, all people here are 30-40 years old communist programmers from california
Not old, not communist and I am from Canada. I am only sort of a programmer. Only do it as a hobby and my job is only tangentially related to it.
hey now.
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Noo...
Iβm writing a book on adaptations. I wouldnβt consider myself a nerd, but writing a book about adapting works from one medium to another is very nerdy.
No.
Next question.
Closeted nerd reporting for duty
I don't read enough to consider myself a nerd; I'm kind of ignorant. But... I do like nerd topics.
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