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How nerdy were you growing up?

Posted on 9/28/23 at 10:59 am
Posted by Cheese Grits
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 10:59 am
Posted by TulaneUVA
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:00 am to
Lots of video games and Pokémon cards. That’s about all I got
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:02 am to
Wore Buddy Holly glasses all through HS

ETA. I scored a 48
Pretty nerdy for a baw, pretty macho for a nerd.
This post was edited on 9/28/23 at 5:38 pm
Posted by fricket
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:02 am to
Posted by LSUfanNkaty
LC, Louisiana
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:03 am to
quote:

Lots of video games and Pokémon cards. That’s about all I got


Same
Posted by GRTiger
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Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:04 am to
I dabbled

Eta
The folks who created the Nerdy Personality Attributes Scale (NPAS) are definitely tremendous nerds. I love it.
This post was edited on 9/28/23 at 11:07 am
Posted by OKBoomerSooner
Member since Dec 2019
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:05 am to
52 but I’m a massive nerd, I just don’t have the crippling social anxiety
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:06 am to
For my fifth birthday my mom bought me a set of World Book Encyclopedias and my great-aunt & uncle gave me a subscription to National Geographic.

I finished reading the encyclopedias by the age of 8 and kept the National Geographic subscription into my late 20s.

Plus, there’s the whole scale model thing.
This post was edited on 9/28/23 at 11:07 am
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:06 am to
53. My having absolutely no interest in science fiction or video games dragged my score down.
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:07 am to
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Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:08 am to
Not very growing up, but I'm trending that way. The older I get the less social and more I seek after knowledge. I don't really know what a nerd is, these days, though. When I was young it just meant physically/socially awkward or abnormally intellectual. I'm not either of those things.
Posted by CunningLinguist
Dallas, TX
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:09 am to
Not much. I was only really into Star Wars and computers (born in 81). I was way into sports and things like that more than anything.

My nerdiness really only developed after graduate school.
This post was edited on 9/28/23 at 11:10 am
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:10 am to
I got a 42 on the test

I probably scored fairly low because I’m not into comic books, video games, and not particularly socially awkward or into Sci Fi.

Those weee the questions that would have pushed my score higher.

I definitely read a lot and am fine being alone (but I also like being with other people).
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:12 am to
quote:

For my fifth birthday my mom bought me a set of World Book Encyclopedias and my great-aunt & uncle gave me a subscription to National Geographic.

I finished reading the encyclopedias by the age of 8 and kept the National Geographic subscription into my late 20s.


Am I your long lost brother?

FWIW
Smithsonian > National Geographic
World Book > Britannica

National Geographic was Playboy before Playboy existed. Old Porn

Until the late 80's or early 90's I used to read all the articles in Smithsonian (cover to cover) and their ads in the back appealed to me more. How else could a kid buy a magnifying glass from Edmund Scientific that had such good workmanship it could ignite concrete.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:13 am to
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When I was young it just meant physically/socially awkward or abnormally intellectual. I'm not either of those things.


I'm socially awkward but I like "normal" things like sports.
Posted by madmaxvol
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:13 am to
I learned how to operate a slide rule. My dad had one identical to this one (case included).



Posted by Rex Feral
Athens
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:13 am to
52. I think I'm more antisocial than a nerd.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
6552 posts
Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:13 am to
57, I am a nerd that likes to get laid as well.
Posted by LSU Coyote
Member since Sep 2007
53390 posts
Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:14 am to
I lift, BJJ and have great cardio.

Im more nerdy now than as a kid but was always kinda strange.

Edt:

Fyi the new raspi released!
This post was edited on 9/28/23 at 11:16 am
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:15 am to
We have a winner
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