"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home" come on now. its 2015 nothing wrong with nerdy.

somebody had to!

Be honest: more nerdy: fantasy football or Star Wars?

Exactly.

The geeks shall inherit the earth.

i see the other thread adding post after post

must. not. open.

just a lengthy discussion about the big reveal that C3PO has been behind the dark side this whole time

Well, yeah. He's just a vehicle for Jar Jar's force ghost at this point.

Nerd no longer has any real meaning.
Lining up to see Star Wars, even in costume, is not that nerdy. It's more mainstream than say going to Rocky Horror in costume ever was. Probably about even with standing on line for a bottle of Bourbon County Stout. I'm guessing hardcore star wars people have more sex than hardcore fantasy football players.

About the only thing I think that's still truly the domain of nerdy are Society for Creative Anachronism people. And I bet they get laid pretty regularly too. Probably more than Star Wars fanboys, beer geeks, and fantasy football players. Less than the Rocky Horror Picture people though.

everything is everything

TenuredVulture wrote:Lining up to see Star Wars, even in costume, is not that nerdy.

yes, it totally is. you can assert a word doesn't have meaning, doesn't make you right

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Houshphandzadeh wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:Lining up to see Star Wars, even in costume, is not that nerdy.

yes, it totally is. you can assert a word doesn't have meaning, doesn't make you right

Yet going to a football game in a jersey and face paint isn't "nerdy" for some reason. (And I've never done either.)

Not to mention something like following Phish or the Dead around the country and being able to recite which songs they covered on June 3, 2002, in Canandaigua NY isn't "nerdy" either.

And hell yes to whoever compared it to extreme fantasy football participants.

It all depends on your particular point of view. I don't understand why people are mocked for enjoying some things to an extreme degree but not others. Luckily that's not as much of a problem as it used to be.

i really can't think of a fantasy football participant that is that level of nerdom, though. Wehre are they lined up in public? Most are in it to make some money and make the league a little fun. Its not D&D fantasy

it really is, except you've heard of the names of the characters.

no, there's no acting out, you're not acting like you're one of the characters, any of that. completely different. you can be completely passive and not even participate after setting the lineup

And I can just enjoy a Star Wars movie without learning Arabesh or whatever it's called.

right, that's why you're not one fo the nerdy ones (at least in this case)

so star wars isn't nerdy, it depends on the person!

there are extremely nerdy fantasy football people

just got asked if i was going to see the new Star Trak movie