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Author Topic: Your Definition of the Term 'Nerd'...  (Read 10393 times)

« on: June 17, 2004, 09:28:58 AM »
Before you go on and say that this belongs in the 'General Chat' Forum...



Let me explain...



Most people would consider nerds a group of particular people who knows quite a lot of some specific stuff...

In fact, some nerds will answer you very accurately when ask them about those stuff...

Nerds and geeks are different, geeks tend to know more in general knowledge and science...

Nerds usually go towards artistic and entertainment stuff...



This is where the Super Mario-ism comes in...



What is your defenition of a Super Mario nerd?

Do you believe a Super Mario nerd ought to know everything single detail in every single game? Like the question of: How many blocks in World 1-2 of Super Mario Bro.s will produce coins?



Or do you believe that a Super Mario nerd would know about about the games in general and create theories that help explain the whole system of how the whole story goes...

Like what have you figured about the Mushroom Kingdom after playing Paper Mario?



Would you consider Deezer to be a nerd?



Would you consider yourselves to be nerds?



(Would you consider me as a nerd? :P)



Let's consider what's the deal with all this Super Mario nerdiness...



I am a pure Super Mario lover!!

...and in no point in the future will he ever be abandonded by me!

I will even drawn the best Super Mario comics ever to exist!!

I am a pure Super Mario lover!! ...and in no point in the future will he ever be abandonded by me!
I will even draw the best Super Mario comics ever to exist!!

« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2004, 10:05:23 AM »
I'd say anyone posting on this Mario fansite message board is a Mario nerd. Deezer is an ultranerd for making it. I am a nerd. You are a nerd. We are all nerds.

That said, a Mario nerd is someone who has played Mario games old and (more importantly) new and knows a lot about all things Mario. Anyone who would catch the Classic NES Ad errors is a nerd, for example.

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« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2004, 10:12:35 AM »
No such thing as a nerd, geek, anything.

I am one of the more "popular" people in school (now.) Because I know a whole lot about Mario and games, dosen't make me a nerd. I am pretty "cool" at school, and I like to play games.

Does that make me a nerd?

NO!

I believe that anyone can like games and still have a high social status, liking whatever they want. It is mainly the way you present yourself. You can make yourself look like a "wierdo" by acting smart and omniscent at the wrong times. However, if brains (or anything, for that matter) are allpied at the right time, they can be a powerful ally.
Scenario time:

Sitting in the cafateria one time at lunch, my friends and I started discussing nonsense, like usual. I said, "I whipped out the NES the other night," and we began a long conversation about video games. Later we worked our way to N64, when we talked about Goldeneye. I brought up Mario 64, and they all aggreed that it ranks up there as a great game. By the time we got to the Cube, they had learned a lot about Mario from me. And many of them admitted that the cube is definately one of the better systems out there, and Nintendo has the best Game Series: Zelda, Mario, Metriod, Ect....


So, in conclusion, there is no such thing as a nerd, geek etc. It is how you present yourself. YOu can have the qualities of a "nerd" or "geek," but can stull be pretty "cool."

That is what I firmly believe.

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« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2004, 10:22:49 AM »
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« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2004, 10:33:04 AM »
"Deezer is the ultranerd king!"
I can already see signs proclaiming his greatness!

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« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2004, 12:06:29 PM »
Nerd, as a television social class, is a stereotype that I find extremely annoying.
We've seen that several of the nerds here play sports, many are "cool" (another teen TV clique), and I'm fairly confident that none here wear pocket protectors or have ducktape on their glasses.

My definition of nerd (or geek for that matter, they're interchangable to me)is any person knowing more, or being more interested, than most people about a subject that most people don't relly care about.
Example: "That guy plays Magic: The Gathering and can pronounce the names on the cards! He is such a nerd!"

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« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2004, 12:15:51 PM »
I honestly can't say I'm a nerd, although being a nerd isn't a bad thing, I guess.  This message board is the only thing I do on the computer.  Otherwise I'm out doing more normal-- er, I mean, more social stuff.  I couldn't say normal, because I'm making a movie with two friends called "Ninja Action", where there's no plot and just a bunch of cool battle scenes, and that doesn't sound very normal.  I also hate long walks on the beach.  Why would someone go to the beach to walk?  Why not fly a kite, dig a hole, buind a sand castle or ride an ATV, dune buggy or dirt bike?  Whoops, I'm talking about myself too much, bye!



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« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2004, 12:50:17 PM »
Actually you mixed that up. Geeks are the ones who lean more to artistic stuff and know a lot about one or two things. Nerds tend to lean to more factual things like Math/Science/S.S. Also, Nerds tend to be smarter than Geeks from what I've learned.

I used to be a bit of a geek, but now I'm more of a prep and hang around with the preps, so I'm popular now. However, I still have geek in me since I still value my unpopular friends, and I know a lot about everything. If people ask me what high-school stereotype class I am, I simply state I'm a Prep/Geek Hybrid.

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« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2004, 01:41:41 PM »
Nope, sorry guys, but you are all nerds if you post here. I suppose you could act like other things (we all do) but you are by definition a nerd. Meowrik, you are a nerd who hangs out with preps. Markio, you are a nerd who stars in Ninja flicks. Nothing wrong with being a nerd though. In today's society, nearly everyone is a nerd. The basic technology knowledge, literacy rates, and general science awareness today is at supernerd levels compared to that of the past.

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« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2004, 01:42:20 PM »
 My definition of a nerd would be a mirror.

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« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2004, 01:47:35 PM »
If everyone's a nerd, then the term is stupid.  Therefore, the term is stupid.  Whatever.  "Whatever" solves all of life's problems...

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« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2004, 03:24:33 PM »
 . . . Nerds are reflective?

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« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2004, 04:37:18 PM »
Nerds are tiny bits of crunchy, crisp, tangy candies made by Wonka®.

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« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2004, 05:02:12 PM »
"Nerd" actually came from a Dr. Seuss book.
I'm trying to find out which one.

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« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2004, 05:25:19 PM »
Sorry Lizard Dude. I'm a pretty Boy. I spend at least 7 minutes in the morning styling my hair and shop at the mall frequently.

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« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2004, 05:51:43 PM »
Whatever else you are, you're still a nerd.

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« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2004, 06:10:16 PM »
I'm against discrimination and social classes, so I like to say that I'm pangean.

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« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2004, 06:43:34 PM »
Nerdtastic



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« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2004, 10:07:12 PM »
Dude, Meowrik, you know you spend 7 minutes getting that slicked-down, part in the middle haircut just right and you just shop at the mall for the latest games and D&D Monster Manuals.

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« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2004, 11:10:46 PM »
*prints bumper sticker saying "Mario Nerd - And Proud Of It"*

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« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2004, 11:20:49 PM »
I always thought Nerdsâ„¢ were tiny, tangy, crunchy candies.

Edited by - MamaMia Mario on 6/17/2004 10:21:56 PM
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« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2004, 12:25:28 AM »
I thought we are explaining the term 'nerd' based on Super Mario-ism, not in general!!

I am a pure Super Mario lover!!
...and in no point in the future will he ever be abandonded by me!
I will even drawn the best Super Mario comics ever to exist!!
I am a pure Super Mario lover!! ...and in no point in the future will he ever be abandonded by me!
I will even draw the best Super Mario comics ever to exist!!

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« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2004, 02:49:18 PM »
No, I actually shop at the mall for lots of things. I go buy clothes there, go to Abercrombie and Fitch occasionally, Spencer's, Bath and Body Works, etc...

I go there for a lot more than games.

And that's not what my hair looks like either.

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« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2004, 03:20:33 PM »
whetever you say meow,you are still a nerd. and i'm too! and i don't mean mario nerd but i know a LOT about SMRPG my friend made me a quiz about it and i scored 9/10.

« Reply #24 on: June 18, 2004, 03:32:36 PM »
Bath and Body Works? Maybe you aren't a nerd... What do you get there?? Moisturizer?

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« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2004, 03:59:22 PM »
Body wash and stuff.

Oh and Patchouli Oil too. Their Essential Oil Aromatherapy line is expensive, but worth it. There's not enough all natural stuff anymore...

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« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2004, 06:29:19 PM »
Abercrombie and Fitch = bane of all that is good and decent in the world

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« Reply #27 on: June 18, 2004, 07:09:31 PM »
Meowrik's coolness points are in the negative zone.
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« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2004, 07:14:53 PM »
Yeah, that's funny coming from someone who spies on people then posts their private conversations into the public.

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« Reply #29 on: June 18, 2004, 07:32:01 PM »
Oh, I see. Meowrik is female; that's why I was so confused. Proof: "Their Essential Oil Aromatherapy line is expensive, but worth it."

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« Reply #30 on: June 19, 2004, 10:49:22 AM »
"Sorry Lizard Dude. I'm a pretty Boy."



I'm pretty sure that means Meowrik is male...

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« Reply #31 on: June 19, 2004, 10:49:28 AM »
Triple Post... ARG!

Edited by - Nameneko on 6/19/2004 10:14:05 AM

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« Reply #32 on: June 19, 2004, 11:25:48 AM »
Dude, why is everyone talking about Meowrik?

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« Reply #33 on: June 19, 2004, 12:16:49 PM »
See? I told you I was popular. You're all talking about me now.
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« Reply #34 on: June 19, 2004, 03:27:03 PM »
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« Reply #35 on: June 19, 2004, 05:13:52 PM »
That picture's from a year ago.

My transformation from Geek to Prep occured this year. Now I highlight my hair and style it differently.

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« Reply #36 on: June 19, 2004, 05:35:28 PM »
*shudders*

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« Reply #37 on: June 19, 2004, 08:00:04 PM »
*burns Meowrik's hair*

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That was a joke.

« Reply #38 on: June 19, 2004, 08:05:14 PM »
Either way, I'm confused.

« Reply #39 on: June 20, 2004, 06:24:36 PM »
??????????????

Meowrik, please post your gender on the dotted line:
............. (Discrimination, I'm also against it)

At my school there're no such things as geeks, nerds, etc. We're just "people." There people in challenge that happen to be smarter than others, but they aren't called geeks or anything. People in the advanced math classes or "needy" classes aren't made fun of or called names. The only scary thing is if you're a tiny 6th grader (like I was last year) having to cross through the 8th grade hallways, afraid that you'll get slammed into a locker. Believe it or not, I saw no "evilness" from the 7th and 8th graders, like all of the other people said there would be.

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« Reply #40 on: June 20, 2004, 08:10:01 PM »
Uh, some of us aren't nerds. Some people just come here to yell and scream about things rather than say something about Mario.

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« Reply #41 on: July 12, 2004, 04:48:43 PM »
I'm not a nerd, I'm a Human Being!

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« Reply #42 on: July 12, 2004, 06:34:11 PM »
I don't think being a nerd is a bad thing. Sure, some nerds aren't very popular (I'm one of them, but I hate the popular group anyway), but that doesn't mean they have no friends...

I'm not speaking in a way that makes any sense, so I guess I'll just stop...
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« Reply #43 on: July 12, 2004, 11:08:20 PM »
A nerd, in my mind is someone with glasses, pocket in their shirt with some pen stciking out, wears a vertical striped shirt, in Science and Math Honors, in the "Mathletics" club, has all the Chessmaster games, and, yeah. Thats it!

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« Reply #44 on: July 13, 2004, 03:39:46 PM »
*takes his pens out of his shirt pocket*

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« Reply #45 on: July 14, 2004, 12:49:15 AM »
What's wrong with stripes?
That movie is HI-Larious.
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« Reply #46 on: July 16, 2004, 02:51:30 PM »
Um... movie?

Meowrik, you still haven't posted your gender on the dotted line. *voice slowly rising* The FF Contract clearly states that you must *yelling loudly* post your gender!
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