After reading some of the topics here, especially the ones about picking up nerdy girls, I started to wonder what the census of B8 is.
Although I don't have a problem with people who are nerds or anything to that effect, I would never ever wear a piece of clothing that depicted a video game or anime character or anything to that effect. The closest thing I have to a nerd piece of clothing is the Sheldon Cooper Friendship Algorithim shirt I bought, which I don't even know if that counts. I wear soccer Jerseys more often then stuff like that. I also don't go after girls who would wear stuff like that either. I think thats kind of eh....
Not preaching or anything, I was just wondering if most of you guys are like this, or if its just a few people that I notice.
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I have a shirt with Mario on it, and an Axe Cop T-shirt, which is probably enough to count. But I also have Manchester United and USA soccer jerseys, though, so I'm like...... a nerd and anti-nerd at the same time. I guess.
I also really don't think you need specific clothing to be a nerd. >_> I consider myself a huge nerd but have only a few nerdy t-shirts that I don't generally wear in public.
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From: Tom Bombadil | #007 I also really don't think you need specific clothing to be a nerd. >_> I consider myself a huge nerd but have only a few nerdy t-shirts that I don't generally wear in public.
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I have an MLG hoodie, but that's it. I always have some sort of gaming hoodie though. Before this one I had a Zelda hoodie with the life bar on it and before that I had a Shoryuken hoodie
I also have a few Mega Man shirts that came free with various games, but they're way too small for me so I never wore them
Huh, the amount of closeted nerdiness in this topic surprises me. For those of you who're saying they wouldn't wear anything nerdy in public, what's the reason exactly? If you're a nerd you probably have tons of nerd friends, so what's the difference?
From: Biolizard28 | #005 I would never wear any apparel that was readily identifiable as video game merchandise.
Like, I'd wear one of those Pokemon 151 shirts with the Cubone skull and crossbones, but not a shirt that screams POKEMON.
See, I agree with this, I think its more of an indie thing to do then a nerdy thing to do. Wear a shirt that nobody understands. ( I personally like the Articuno one)
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From: masterplum | #015 See, I agree with this, I think its more of an indie thing to do then a nerdy thing to do. Wear a shirt that nobody understands. ( I personally like the Articuno one)
How is wearing an obscure Pokemon shirt an 'indie thing'?
From: Tom Bombadil | #007 I also really don't think you need specific clothing to be a nerd. >_> I consider myself a huge nerd but have only a few nerdy t-shirts that I don't generally wear in public.
I was just giving an example, but that's the most public display that I could think of.
From: Aecioo | #008 No, i'm an Alpha.
I actually thought of you not being one when I started this topic
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Xiahou Shake posted... For those of you who're saying they wouldn't wear anything nerdy in public, what's the reason exactly? If you're a nerd you probably have tons of nerd friends, so what's the difference?
To be honest, gaming and anime clothing have a stigma attached to them.
I could go outside in my Spider-Man t-shirt from Disney and nobody would assume I was obsessed with comic books or anything, it's just Spider-Man.
You couldn't really get away with wearing what's clearly a video game based shirt unless it was something extremely mainstream like Mario. An anime shirt, you can just forget about it.
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If you wore a Super Meat Boy T-Shirt, that'd be an 'indie thing.' If you wore a Pokemon shirt, no matter how ambiguous that shirt happened to be, that'd be a 'mainstream thing.'
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I don't quite see what there is to "get away with", to be honest. Like I pointed out it's not like the bunches of nerdy friends you have care, because they probably do it too, and you might even make new friends because of your clothing! Can't think of too many other situations where you can say that, sans maybe jerseys.
From: the icon ownz all | #020 If you wore a Super Meat Boy T-Shirt, that'd be an 'indie thing.' If you wore a Pokemon shirt, no matter how ambiguous that shirt happened to be, that'd be a 'mainstream thing.'
Not necessarily. If you had a hand woven threaded shirt of a scyther spun in Africa because you gave an African man a pattern and he had no idea what he was making, that would still be totally indie
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I consider myself a huge nerd and I pale in comparison to a ton of the guys here
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From: Xiahou Shake | #021 Like I pointed out it's not like the bunches of nerdy friends
I think you are assuming that all the friends of the people in this topic are nerdy, which isn't the case at all I would assume for me, and most of the people who do that.
I have some friends that are nerds, but most of them aren't.
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I think being a nerd isn't so bad though. I think if you took someone our age from, say, 15 years ago forward to now, he'd classify most people as "nerds". Videogames are more popular and widely accepted than ever, they've become a real part of the fabric of society whereas they weren't before. People spend time on the internet social networking which was once something of a "nerdy" passtime.
Biolizard28 posted... Xiahou Shake posted... For those of you who're saying they wouldn't wear anything nerdy in public, what's the reason exactly? If you're a nerd you probably have tons of nerd friends, so what's the difference?
To be honest, gaming and anime clothing have a stigma attached to them.
I could go outside in my Spider-Man t-shirt from Disney and nobody would assume I was obsessed with comic books or anything, it's just Spider-Man.
You couldn't really get away with wearing what's clearly a video game based shirt unless it was something extremely mainstream like Mario. An anime shirt, you can just forget about it.
If I saw someone with a Spiderman shirt on I'd probably think they were obsessed with comics.
I can see the Mario shirt, I would imagine the guy is probably a dork but wouldn't think the guy has to be one and is obsessed with gaming.
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That said I think a lot of interests are a bit more widely accepted now. There are people who casually play things like WoW, for instance, that are also functioning members of society, not what you would call the classic "nerd". People are a bit more flexible, I think - or I like to think, anyway.
I mean, I'm definitely into video games more than the average person. I'm perfectly willing to admit I'm a geek but not a nerd
THERES A DIFFERENCE
I don't have any video game related clothes, though I do have some comic related shirts but its from the Punisher, and thats my nickname so >_>
I do have a game room, filled with game memorabilia and posters and ****, but I always chalk that up to be working at Gamestop >_>
Then again, I've always seen a nerd as a socially awkward, weak loser, while smart, just doesn't fit in anywhere and sometimes can be a geek for some things as a result. and I'm anything but that
Err...ok, sorry, That may be a bit harsh but you get the idea
From: masterplum | #024 I think you are assuming that all the friends of the people in this topic are nerdy, which isn't the case at all I would assume for me, and most of the people who do that.
I have some friends that are nerds, but most of them aren't.
A fair point, I suppose. Most of my friends are nerds, but obviously I have a fair number who aren't too. They don't particularly care what I wear either, but then again I doubt I'd be friends with someone who cared that much about appearance. >_> Having a huge gang of nerdy friends is amazing though! Well, on second thought it's probably not that, so much as it is having a large group of pals who are finely tuned to your interests/tastes. Definitely one of the finer things in life, I'd say.
From: masterplum | #102 Not necessarily. If you had a hand woven threaded shirt of a scyther spun in Africa because you gave an African man a pattern and he had no idea what he was making, that would still be totally indie
oh, I do have a Terry Bogard Fatal Fury hat, but I chalk that up to memorabilia since its just hanging in my game room and I only wear it once every blue moon
That's referring to carnival geeks. In modern vernacular, geek and geek culture are used for fans of games and stuff, more so than nerd. Nerd is more for computer savvy smarty pants.
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From: tyder21 | #037 I am a nerd in a sense of math and computer science. Not so much a crazy anime/video game nerd. I also don't own a single non-normal shirt.
I think part of why so much of my wardrobe is gaming related is I can't really conceive of what a "normal" shirt is. Button-ups seem more "nerdy" to me than most of the shirts I wear, and polos are so boring. Seems like most shirts just consist of some arbitrary pattern/color, I can't bring myself to wear something so lacking in personality!
You know, now that I think of it, I actually own a few math team shirts.
From: Xiahou Shake | #038 I think part of why so much of my wardrobe is gaming related is I can't really conceive of what a "normal" shirt is. Button-ups seem more "nerdy" to me than most of the shirts I wear, and polos are so boring. Seems like most shirts just consist of some arbitrary pattern/color, I can't bring myself to wear something so lacking in personality!
I completely understand where you're coming from. I think the main reason I don't have any gaming related shirts is because I don't feel strongly enough about any games to actually purchase something related to them. Name-brands and plain patterned or colored shirts are just something I default to. Plus, I'm more inclined to blend in to a crowd rather than try to stand out with a shirts closer to my personality.
The only nerdy clothing I own is a Futurama shirt and I only wear it to bed so yeah. I have friends who wear triforce belts and stuff and nobody says anything though!
Shadow_Ryoko posted... The only nerdy clothing I own is a Futurama shirt and I only wear it to bed so yeah. I have friends who wear triforce belts and stuff and nobody says anything though!
Your friends are cool.
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If you define geek/nerd by their hobbies and such, then count me in 100%
1) I love video games, D&D, Magic, comics, sci-fi and fantasy 2) I'm a total baseball stats nut 3) I have many geeky t-shirts I wear with pride,. Off the top of my head, I own a Zelda one, a Transformers, a Marvel and a LOST shirt (well, perhaps I'm a little ashamed of that last one after the finale). :P 4) I have played Pokemon and Zelda on my DS on my commute home.
But being a geek does not make one socially awkward by any means nor is it anything to be ashamed of. Personally I can't wait until I can take my daughter to a baseball game and teach her how to keep score, watching her play Ocarina for the first time, reading The Hobbit to her, etc. And, yes, my wife supports me in all this (well, sort of) <_<
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From: TheKoolAidShoto | #042 But also don't think nerd = socially awkward loser guy who talks about Pokemon in public areas, so take that for what you will
Yeah, Japan invented a word for that, Otaku. (The way Otaku is used on the internet in America does not hold the same meaning at all, it's not supposed to be something to be proud of, it's an insult)
I would say visiting B8 and a couple other message boards is about the nerdiest thing I do. Well, that and watch anime, but that's moreso because I finished all the complete seasons of Dexter and Breaking Bad and thought it'd be fun to watch Yu Yu Hakusho. Oh, and I'm an Engineer, which I guess some people think is nerdy.
Also, how does being good at math = nerd? Plenty of nerds suck at math.