Our hobby is considered Nerdy to outsiders... So if we are where do you draw the line on nerdiness?

Broadstruck

I've never played Dungeons & Dragons or watched Doctor Who

airplanenut

I'm a rocket scientist and my school's cheer song is: "I'm a beaver! You're a beaver! We're beavers all! And when we get together, we do the beaver call: e to the u du dx, e to the x dx. Cosine, secant, tangent, sine, 3.14159. Integral, radical, mu dv. Slipstick, sliderule, MIT, Gooooooo Tech!"

Nerdy? You bet.

Flatwoods

I'd say Jeremy is getting close to the line.

coindeuce

The coin store that I manage also has a market in Magic The Gathering. I won't go near MTG, as the geek factor amongst the players is off the meter for me. Had a customer yesterday pull a $150 card from a freshly bought MTG pack; he acted like he was PeeWee Herman after getting his 1st candy red American flyer !

FullStrike

Ummm .. nerdy old geezers might stop refering to their Coins as some sexy babe girlfriend. It just seems soooo..

geeky...... freeky ...... wierd.

lkeigwin

Jeremy, counseling is nothing to be ashamed of. Lots of people need professional help at some point.
Lance.

bronzemat

I collect action figures and comic books, but like the OP, I never watched Dr. Who or played D&D. I can't stand anything Star Wars. I also don't care for Star Trek.

LotsoLuck

<< <i>I'd say Jeremy is getting close to the line. >>




+1

sparky64

No short sleeves and ties.
No calf-high socks with shorts.

MarkInDavis

If Jeremy has actually sung that cheer song then the nerd line is but a distant memory, likely never to be seen again.

kiyote

Nerd culture is way more accepted these days, thankfully. Hmm. I do cosplay as Rocket Raccoon at conventions.

dcarr

I collect El Caminos.
That is close to the line of something, but I'm not sure it is "nerdiness".

ebaytrader

I never wear a pocket protector in public - only in the privacy of my own home.

TwoSides2aCoin

I just have to show up and people say : "it's the nerd".

Meltdown

In my book, Nerd is the new Cool. So yeah, I'm pretty

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dib

Collecting coins is the one nerdy thing I do, can't think of anything else that would be considered nerdy. I understood way too much of that MIT cheer song though... love me some integrals

MidLifeCrisis

After reading Jeremy's post, I got nothing.

SmEagle1795

I collect coins, minerals, fossils, and meteorites, play the cello and piano, write software for simulating subatomic physics, used to perform card magic, know pi to 100 digits (and have a celebratory "Pi Day" t-shirt), take pride in my Gollum impression, and am an avid TNG fan.

Dungeons and Dragons is a line I'll never cross, purely to prevent the creation of a blackhole from too high a concentration of nerd matter

TopographicOceans

If you also collect stamps

BryceM

Nerdy? Well, I did know how to use a slide rule once, graduated as an engineer...... and I've even experimented with D&D in my remote past (but I didn't inhale deeply). I also love sci-if but only know pi to 11 decimals. On the flip side, I love hunting, guns, good bird dogs, fast cars, football and I can usually not embarrass myself talking to people in the real world.

Strange dichotomy.......

Coins fall somewhere in the middle......

All types of people exist in this hobby, not exactly at the same ratio as the real world though.

OldIndianNutKase

If I have a date with a new woman, I never try to explain numismatics. Would certainly be considered a nerd. But when accused of being a nerd anyway, I just say that I am a numismatist. A member of the most highly selectively people on this planet (maybe galaxy). And the relationship would not have worked anyway.

OINK

Type2

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<< <i>I'd say Jeremy is getting close to the line. >>




+1 >>

He is there but beaver is good.

clarkbar04

Being cool is so "out", its what the hipsters are doing now.

airplanenut

<< <i>If Jeremy has actually sung that cheer song then the nerd line is but a distant memory, likely never to be seen again. >>

Sung? I still sing it!

bigjpst

Did the D&D thing when I was a kid and was on a serious track to being a super nerd until I got mixed up with girls, cars and Harley Davidson motorcycles. Finally met a woman who lets my nerd shine through and I'm much happier today because of it.
Oh and my son can't get enough Dr Who. Never heard of the show until a year or two ago. Can't handle that one.

UtahCoin

<< <i>I'm a rocket scientist and my school's cheer song is: "I'm a beaver! You're a beaver! We're beavers all! And when we get together, we do the beaver call: e to the u du dx, e to the x dx. Cosine, secant, tangent, sine, 3.14159. Integral, radical, mu dv. Slipstick, sliderule, MIT, Gooooooo Tech!"

Nerdy? You bet. >>



Quite the fight song there! At Cal Tech it was "That's alright, that's OK, you're gonna work for us one day".

goodmoney4badmoney

If you're normal enough in your circle, but know an esoteric topic well.... that others can take interest in, it's never TOO nerdy.

The key is, others taking interest in hearing about it!

maybe

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD

...I grew up with lots of friends, skateboarding, snowboarding, playing football and wrestling...I had my own personal nerd throughout all 4 years of high school, whom I would pay once per week to do every ounce of my homework for me. I am 6 foot 4 and (now) 300 pounds. I have always loved beautiful women and most all that I have loved; loved me right back. I partied hardcore in my college years and have more close friends whom live within 10 min of me than I can count on both hands...all that I have been friends with from high school (20+ years)...all whom grew up where I did, 440 miles away from where we all currently live today. I have a beautiful wife and 2 beautiful kids....and then in my late 20's my Gramps introduced to me; Numismatics. Today, I wouldn't ever refer to myself as anything other than a coin nerd...I apologize for my past sins as a super duper non-nerd...but life is life and hands down, coin collecting is The Coolest thing I have ever been a part of

gsa1fan

I never even liked school enough to be a considered a nerd. Girls and football was why I went.

I have all my life and still do daily wear white tube socks & shorts




cracks me up someone thinks that is nerdy~lol My ex girl friend called it my 3 year old look.
When she seen a little boy with same look she was always pointing it out and laughing.

gonzer

Never even heard of Dr. Who but I DO know who Dr. No is. (did that come out right?)

ricko

I have never been accused of being a nerd...quite the opposite.... although, if some of my acquaintances could see my library, that might change. I am very active in my pursuits (firearms, shooting, spelunking, hunting etc.) but also very private. So most people only see my public persona... Cheers, RickO

bluelobster

Just because your favorite show is Muddy Mudskipper does not make you a nerd...



Muddy

ColonelJessup

<< <i>Jeremy, counseling is nothing to be ashamed of. Lots of people need professional help at some point.
Lance. >>



Though counseling has some art in it, pure science itself has its limits. In this specific situation, cult deprogramming techniques suggest 24-48 hours continuous listening to the singing of "Be kind to your webbed-footed friends"

An exorcist?

MadMarty

For nerdyness I have to go with the comic book collectors!! I have been dealing with artists in the sketchcard and comic world for a few years now. Comic book collectors are seriously nerds!!! Not that it's a bad thing!!!

jayPem

Ringtone is Forever Young.

oih82w8

Guilty as charged!

asheland

<< <i>I never wear a pocket protector in public - only in the privacy of my own home. >>

ColonelJessup

Kramer wasn't a nerd, he was a geek....

Big Bang Theory, folks?

Jeremy may be a Howard Walowitz wannabe, but he will likely get to outer space before any of the rest of us. You can piss all over the idea of a "zero-gravity human waste effluent disposal system", but similar breakthroughs are coming.....

stealer would be Raj. I will try NOT to be Sheldon. Many of us are Leonard. Cents are often more desirable to those who don't have a Penny.

jughead1893

Toy train collectors-nerdy

gsa1fan

<< <i>Toy train collectors-nerdy >>



My dad was a huge Lionel collector

crazyhounddog

I cool. So, if I collect coins, collecting coins is a cool thing to do.

johnny9434

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<< <i>Toy train collectors-nerdy >>



My dad was a huge Lionel collector >>

nothing wrong with that

LanceNewmanOCC

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long ago i lost the ability to draw a line, let alone identify it.
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Walkerfan

I collected books and magazines, once upon a time, until I ran out of space for them. I would never dress like a nerd or look like one. I like the way that I look and I was always pretty popular in social groups and I still am. But if being rich and intelligent makes you a nerd, well then I'm all for it!

alifaxwa2

CoinZip

I tell kids "You should be nice to nerds, some day they will be signing your pay check."

lordmarcovan

<< <i>I've never played Dungeons & Dragons or watched Doctor Who >>

I never watched Doctor Who, but I practically majored in Dungeons & Dragons in college, to the detriment of my grades.

(That's where the "Lord Marcovan" moniker got its origin, actually.)

I only started wearing glasses in my mid-forties, so I didn't have that.

Lack of athletic ability? Check.

Picked on by bullies in grade school? Check.

Big Star Trek or Star Wars fan? Eh, not really. That stuff is OK, but I wasn't fanatical about it or anything.

Into computers? Nope. Didn't graduate into the digital world until the eve of the millennium.

keets

I'd say Jeremy is getting close to the line.

Jeremy has picked up the line, turned it into an equation and now he carries it with him wherever he goes to lay it down wherever he chooses.

Broadstruck

airplanenut is just participating in a MIT tradition and his generation now classifies him as a hipster instead of a nerd.

Now I don't dare touch kiyote mentioning he dresses up as Raccoon at conventions

telephoto1

Doctor Who...never got the fever. More of a Monty Python guy myself.
D&D...guilty on occasion from high school up to about age 25 or so. Still retain the dice and books however, someplace. I think.
Star Trek...Guilty. Unashamed original series fan.
Star Wars... Not so much. Saw the first three original flicks.
Lord Of The Rings/Hobbit... found the books a bit tedious but liked the movies.
Comics-nope.
Trains-had one as a kid but was more into T-Jet and AFX slot cars.

According to the flowchart I'm geek material.