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Kaitlin posted an update in the group
I just want to talk to the characters in books. We are already friends. Anyone else share this feeling?
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hehe I felt that way about Anne of Green Gables…but I didn’t know I was gay then…
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I don’t usually think they’d ‘get me’ or whatever but I feel that way about a lot of characters, actually. Some of them come and live in my head so I’m not too lonely. I don’t think that’s too weird?
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If I could I’d live in George r. R. Martin’s universe, or Anne McCaffrey’s Pern. I just know I’d get along so well with everyone, LOL
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I’ve always wanted to live in the Shire and smoke pipeweed with Frodo.
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Sometimes I find myself talking to them in my head, then I realize I’m talking out loud and people are looking at me funny
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saltybox posted an update in the group
My biggest problem with being shy is that I just CANNOT engage in idle conversations with people when I first meet them. I either get completely tongue-tied or I talk about obscure movie references or weird food histories. Maybe I will practice being more normal here: What do you do for a living? Where do/did you go to school? Have you seen any…[Read more]
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it is easier online. i’m a librarian & i too, love obscure movie references. grew up with The Princess Bride, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, and several other oh-so-quotable movies as favorites. i love the color red. how about you, saltybox? (& all you lurkers). :)
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It is easier online, although I do enjoy the confused look I get if I say “Have fun storming the castle” as someone leaves.
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that is fun.
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small talk is baffling, I can never figure out what to say and then it all just becomes awkward silences.
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Yeah, me too. It’s worse when I’m at work though – why oh why do I have to have customers that need entertaining? My favourite small talk is the weather. I just make it up, of course, but that’s the fun bit hehe
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and then the silences stretch on and on and the longer they go the harder it is to break them…yeah that sucks
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I always find people like that intimidating. I love talking about the weather, but I always care too much about it. Like, I want to talk about the social and political aspects of it, and how people perceive it to shape national character, and all this other bullcrap nobody wants in their small talk.
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I know, I always forget good things to ask until after the conversation is over.
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allie posted an update in the group
neuroscience holla!
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yeah neuro nerds!
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<3
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Missy posted an update in the group
okay, so someone has to start talking here, kids. everyone do a shot of whatever gives them courage and get in here!
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Rachel W posted an update in the group
Alright nerd-straddlers, let’s break the awkward. What’s your nerd passion?
Mine is computers. I’m fluent in many languages.
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biology nerd here \o/
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Computing student here. Unfortunately thats like a 1-10 ratio of girls to guys, D’OH. But I really love programming and will be working in probably software or games someday hopefully
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Oceanography and marine biology! Delaying grad school by raising larval sea animals in an aquarium.
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I’m also in Civil Engineering! But I’m hoping to go into the construction management side.
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Biology nerd, I’m just now watching a documentary on Darwins life. I keep refering to him as Dazza to my flatmate, because we’re besties me and Dazza.
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My nerd passions are diverse! Currently I’m just beginning to get into programming. I only know one language but I’m in the process of learning more. I don’t know how useful that is without practicing and becoming more computer-fluent in general. Do any of you more experienced nerds have tips/resources/activities to recommend?
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I’m an IT support and Web Developer for work but my nerdiness extends to pop culture as well. I love good sciFi especially (BSG, Firefly, STTNG, Ursula LeGuin, Samuel Delany just to start)…
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