What does it truly mean to be a nerd? Is it about unabashedly diving into obscure tech topics or passionately immersing ourselves in the latest gadgets? And here's the fun part: what's the nerdiest or geekiest thing you've ever done? Did you build an epic PC rig? Cosplay as your favorite character? Esëa aldarin sercëa?
Show us your inner geek 🤓 and let's unite, revel in our nerdiness, and geek out together!
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I just got a laptop, and the first thing I told my dad was boot times with Ubuntu compared to boot times with Windows 11. I'd say that that's a pretty good example.
Wanting to program since third grade, acting on that in late-fourth, early-fifth, grade, making a bunch ov different projects, getting into linguistics, learning Swedish, making my own website('s HTML, CSS, JS, etc...) from scratch, and all the other nerd stuff.
everything is a "soft" DIY project
Relatable
I'm not sure, I would say you know a looooot of things about a topic 98% of the people don't care about. And not only for money, you just feel the need to know a lot about it.
Does that sounds right?
Agreed
Perfectly put
If the title of this post got you to read it, and especially if it got you to comment on it.... 😂
I think that is easy and if you like something of this list you are a nerd:
Cause my high school classmates made sure I knew 😭
Oh... I know.
What's the difference between a nerd and a geek?
Nerd
One whose IQ exceeds his weight.
Geek
A person of high intelligence who typically does not fit into popular social groups. Geeks tend to make friends with other social outcasts with similar hobbies and/or interests.
Recruiters keep stalking me on linkedin?
My wedding was Star Wars themed
HTML is a language 😁 enough
This was a recent indicator.
Prague
lol
First thing after buying a "gaming" laptop was installing Arch in it. Yea I use arch btw
I don't have friends.
Also, last time I had the flue, I made a pong game with an arduino and 2 potentiometers by soldering analogic output to TV RCA input. My wife forbids me to have the flu since...