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Started by mongers, June 29, 2013, 06:00:02 PM

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How Would You React To Being Described As A History Nerd

Offended
2 (5.1%)
Neutral, not bothered
16 (41%)
Take It As A Compliment
15 (38.5%)
Confused, as not appropriate to me
6 (15.4%)

Total Members Voted: 38

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Admiral Yi

#15
June 29, 2013, 07:09:52 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 29, 2013, 06:53:13 PM
Well yes that's the reason someone might call someone a <insert blank> nerd but that doesn't mean that it is actually true. Often just lobbed at what a person thinks is an overly intellectual interest.

So not appropriate. :mellow:

The Brain

#16
June 29, 2013, 07:10:14 PM
Quote from: mongers on June 29, 2013, 07:04:36 PM
My next poll question will be:

"Is History the New Rock'n'Roll?"    :cool:

Black achievements hijacked by whitey? Yeah sure.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Razgovory

#17
June 29, 2013, 08:17:58 PM
I would prefer if people called me a "History Jock".
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

11B4V

#18
June 29, 2013, 08:19:03 PM
Quote from: The Brain on June 29, 2013, 07:10:14 PM
Quote from: mongers on June 29, 2013, 07:04:36 PM
My next poll question will be:

"Is History the New Rock'n'Roll?"    :cool:

Black achievements hijacked by whitey? Yeah sure.

Ya snooze, you loose.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

garbon

#19
June 29, 2013, 08:24:52 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on June 29, 2013, 08:19:03 PM
Quote from: The Brain on June 29, 2013, 07:10:14 PM
Quote from: mongers on June 29, 2013, 07:04:36 PM
My next poll question will be:

"Is History the New Rock'n'Roll?"    :cool:

Black achievements hijacked by whitey? Yeah sure.

Ya snooze, you loose.

Is that some anal sex joke?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

11B4V

#20
June 29, 2013, 08:26:47 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 29, 2013, 08:24:52 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on June 29, 2013, 08:19:03 PM
Quote from: The Brain on June 29, 2013, 07:10:14 PM
Quote from: mongers on June 29, 2013, 07:04:36 PM
My next poll question will be:

"Is History the New Rock'n'Roll?"    :cool:

Black achievements hijacked by whitey? Yeah sure.

Ya snooze, you loose.

Is that some anal sex joke?

Dunno, you should know.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

garbon

#21
June 29, 2013, 08:49:52 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on June 29, 2013, 08:26:47 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 29, 2013, 08:24:52 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on June 29, 2013, 08:19:03 PM
Quote from: The Brain on June 29, 2013, 07:10:14 PM
Quote from: mongers on June 29, 2013, 07:04:36 PM
My next poll question will be:

"Is History the New Rock'n'Roll?"    :cool:

Black achievements hijacked by whitey? Yeah sure.

Ya snooze, you loose.

Is that some anal sex joke?

Dunno, you should know.

Well yes, I do know about anal sex but I'm not sure why that means I'd know about juvenile jokes.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

11B4V

#22
June 29, 2013, 08:51:37 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 29, 2013, 08:49:52 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on June 29, 2013, 08:26:47 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 29, 2013, 08:24:52 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on June 29, 2013, 08:19:03 PM
Quote from: The Brain on June 29, 2013, 07:10:14 PM
Quote from: mongers on June 29, 2013, 07:04:36 PM
My next poll question will be:

"Is History the New Rock'n'Roll?"    :cool:

Black achievements hijacked by whitey? Yeah sure.

Ya snooze, you loose.

Is that some anal sex joke?

Dunno, you should know.

Well yes, I do know about anal sex but I'm not sure why that means I'd know about juvenile jokes.

Agreed, I dont really know what The Brain was trying to say there.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Josquius

#23
June 30, 2013, 01:10:49 AM
Its bad. I'm a history geek, not a history nerd, I still have social competance...sort of.
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mongers

#24
June 30, 2013, 11:04:01 AM
Quote from: Tyr on June 30, 2013, 01:10:49 AM
Its bad. I'm a history geek, not a history nerd, I still have social competance...sort of.

Interesting, maybe I should test/poll on using history geek?

What are peoples reaction to 'history geek' ?
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Eddie Teach

#25
June 30, 2013, 11:10:55 AM
Quote from: mongers on June 30, 2013, 11:04:01 AM
What are peoples reaction to 'history geek' ?

Exact same as history nerd.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Valmy

#26
June 30, 2013, 01:13:38 PM
Amazed that this thread got turned into a semantics discussion.  If you actually have an argument as to whether or not you fit the narrow technical definition of a nerd or geek, you might just be a redneck.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Valmy

#27
June 30, 2013, 01:14:00 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 29, 2013, 08:17:58 PM
I would prefer if people called me a "History Jock".

:thumbsup:
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Eddie Teach

#28
June 30, 2013, 01:21:16 PM
Quote from: Valmy on June 30, 2013, 01:13:38 PM
Amazed that this thread got turned into a semantics discussion.  If you actually have an argument as to whether or not you fit the narrow technical definition of a nerd or geek, you might just be a redneck.

I think in Josq's case it would be very pale but covered in dirt.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

MadImmortalMan

#29
June 30, 2013, 02:54:28 PM
Pretty much what garbo said. A quick glance at my bookshelves would make any denial on my part absurd.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers
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