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April 26, 2013

Early Open Blog/The Pecking Order of Nerdly Pursuits
— Ace

Knockin' off.

I did this quickie post on Breitbart about which Nerds outrank each other.

You may find it supple and seductive.

No not really. Just thought that would be funny to say.

Posted by: Ace at 03:53 PM | Comments (220)
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1 I is NERD!

Posted by: tsrblke at April 26, 2013 03:55 PM (GaqMa)

2 Listening to George Jones and drinkin' beer 'Relief Is Just A Swallow Away'....not drunk yet

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at April 26, 2013 03:56 PM (XvrTA)

3 supple and seductive

So many things to say here. Where to start.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 26, 2013 03:58 PM (4Mv1T)

4 Another wit** observed: God created ST: TNG so that ST: TOS nerds would have someone to look down on. ******** gawd--I need some kind of translator just to understand that premiere sentence. Holy acronyms Batman!

Posted by: tasker at April 26, 2013 03:59 PM (r2PLg)

5 Furries -50

Posted by: zsasz at April 26, 2013 03:59 PM (MMC8r)

6 Knockin' off = fappin'?

Posted by: Model-1066 at April 26, 2013 03:59 PM (Yamx7)

7 TNG , TOS? screw it. It's Nerdieze.

Posted by: tasker at April 26, 2013 04:00 PM (r2PLg)

8 Bronies vs Furries

Posted by: LadyS at April 26, 2013 04:00 PM (gmhQZ)

9
Linux/Unix - all things are possible, nothing is easy.

Windows - most things are easy, some things are impossible.

OS/2 - security through obscurity

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 26, 2013 04:00 PM (/gHaE)

10 We just had Gnome-con in Savannah. Does that rank?

And I'm grilling a delicious hamburger.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 26, 2013 04:01 PM (lVPtV)

11 Okay--read down to #1 and zero. oy.

Posted by: tasker at April 26, 2013 04:01 PM (r2PLg)

I think a better order would be to rank the pecking order by usefulness / social acceptability. Maybe a graph with usefulness/acceptability on the X axis and real-life achievements on the Y axis. For example, I'd place a science fiction nerd higher than a comic book nerd, except if the comic book nerd has a job and a wife and kids and the science fiction nerd still lives with his parents.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:01 PM (lr3d7)

13 Ace, you forgot the Society For Creative Anachronism, and the LARPers we Love to look down on!

Posted by: gushie can has kittehs at April 26, 2013 04:02 PM (CXeMr)

14 Those model train people....

Geebus, I'd rather hang with the Furries.

Posted by: xbradtc at April 26, 2013 04:02 PM (+FFD7)

15 the words "nerd" and "supple and seductive" ought to be accompanied by a link to hawt cosplay just sayin

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 04:02 PM (icBRc)

16 I'm sure the guys at ADMAX will find Johar's squeak hole supple and seductive.

Posted by: Waldo Truth at April 26, 2013 04:02 PM (y2XjR)

17 Barney frank on BOR tonight. I wonder if they'll break into a screaming fight again.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 26, 2013 04:03 PM (piMMO)

18 >>>I think a better order would be to rank the pecking order by usefulness / social acceptability. Maybe a graph with usefulness/acceptability on the X axis and real-life achievements on the Y axis. For example, I'd place a science fiction nerd higher than a comic book nerd, except if the comic book nerd has a job and a wife and kids and the science fiction nerd still lives with his parents. Posted by: Colorado Alex

You have passed this test, young Skywalker.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 26, 2013 04:03 PM (4Mv1T)

19
Gnome -- a UI designed for an alien species

KDE -- a UI designed by pimps crossbred with baroque harpsichords, and sprinkl;ed with sequins

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 26, 2013 04:03 PM (/gHaE)

20 gawd--I need some kind of translator just to understand that premiere sentence." But I don't. I think that puts me at the top of the nerd pile. Or bottom. Also DS9 >all other ST...but also more nerdy.

Posted by: Lauren at April 26, 2013 04:04 PM (wsGWu)

21 Okay I don't even know what cosplay is--but I am pretty sure I don't want to know.

Posted by: tasker at April 26, 2013 04:04 PM (r2PLg)

You've been on fire this week, Ace.

Great work. ...Have a nice weekend.

Posted by: wheatie at April 26, 2013 04:05 PM (3B3wv)

I can't stand anyone who takes Star Wars seriously. It was a shit movie back on the day and its a shit movie now.

Its like this reverence of the fucking Beatles, that all things boomer are timeless and superior. Gay fucking shit.

Posted by: Blinded by the Douche at April 26, 2013 04:05 PM (tRXnV)

24 We just had Gnome-con in Savannah. Does that rank? *** No way.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 26, 2013 04:05 PM (piMMO)

25 I like model trains...kinda.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 26, 2013 04:05 PM (/gHaE)

Okay I don't even know what cosplay is--but I am pretty sure I don't want to know.

All you need to know is that the cuter the girl and the skimpier the costume, the more likely that she's underage.

Or an Asian dude.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:05 PM (lr3d7)

27 and the science fiction nerd still lives with his parents.Â Not true. My husband is a huge scifi nerd, while his younger brother, the comic book nerd, doesn't even have a girlfriend. Bam.

Posted by: Lauren at April 26, 2013 04:05 PM (wsGWu)

28 Doctor Who fans = 3 Geocachers = 2.7 Society for Creative Anachronism = .5 (in fact, if you dress up in cardboard armor and hit other SGA fags with a foam sword, you should probably be sterilized. If you apply fake blood, you should be killed).

Posted by: Skip Tracer at April 26, 2013 04:05 PM (2+bRt)

29 You are right about the sports nerds ace.I noticed that pro athletes and even kids who are athletic don't really know stats and sports history.Too busy actually playing I suppose.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 04:05 PM (9XBK2)

30 cosplay is LARP with boners

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 26, 2013 04:05 PM (R+6Q+)

31 What about building your own computer? That's gotta be up there near 7, maybe an 8 or 9. If you can build your own computer from parts, not just ordering a system online from Dell or Alienware, then you're a nerd.

Disclosure: I built my own.

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:05 PM (doBIb)

32 Oooh, an excuse to post the Geek Hierarchy! http://brunching.com/images/geekchartbig.gif

Posted by: Il Padrino at April 26, 2013 04:06 PM (kveyS)

33 But I don't. I think that puts me at the top of the nerd pile. Or bottom. Also DS9 >all other ST...but also more nerdy. Posted by: Lauren at April 26, 2013 08:04 PM (wsGWu) ************** The nerdiest "expert" here--is "EC". I saw a preview for something here--and I was all-- "hey, that looks like San Fran!" And, he was all like-- "DUH! Everyone KNOWS that Star Fleet blah, blah, blah!"

Posted by: tasker at April 26, 2013 04:06 PM (r2PLg)

34 Yo Ace. Where's the draft hottie cheerleader.

Posted by: tony redenzo at April 26, 2013 04:06 PM (Vodnq)

35 17 Now that's two reasons not to watch BOR!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 26, 2013 04:06 PM (Cnqmv)

36 "You may find it supple and seductive."

What are Kate Upton's tits, Alex?

Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 04:06 PM (XQzGn)

(in fact, if you dress up in cardboard armor and hit other SGA fags with a foam sword, you should probably be sterilized. If you apply fake blood, you should be killed).

Actually, the SCA folks put on real armor and hit each other with wooden sticks. Hard. Then they drink excessively and go wild. There's a reason its jokingly called the Society of Consenting Adults and the Sword Carrying Alcoholics.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:07 PM (lr3d7)

38 Swear to gawd-- I typed that comment about-- EC is the nerdiest--before I saw his comment on this thread.

Posted by: tasker at April 26, 2013 04:07 PM (r2PLg)

39 Missed the sports nerd. Maybe they are too common.

Posted by: Dave S. at April 26, 2013 04:07 PM (GX2fm)

40 Picard nerdier than Stabler...

And you left out bronies.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at April 26, 2013 04:07 PM (hO8IJ)

41 Well, I guess this is where I drag my ass to HSN or QVC to shop makeup.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 26, 2013 04:07 PM (lVPtV)

42 Oh never mind, there with comic nerds!

Posted by: Dave S. at April 26, 2013 04:07 PM (GX2fm)

43 The nerdiest "expert" here--is

"EC".

I saw a preview for something here--and I was all--

"hey, that looks like San Fran!"

And, he was all like--

"DUH! Everyone KNOWS that Star Fleet blah, blah, blah!"

Posted by: tasker at April 26, 2013 08:06 PM (r2PLg)

I will take that.

Thank you tasker!

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:07 PM (doBIb)

44 23 "I can't stand anyone who takes Star Wars seriously. It was a shit movie back on the day and its a shit movie now. Its like this reverence of the fucking Beatles, that all things boomer are timeless and superior. Gay fucking shit."

The Beatles basically invented modern music as we know it, from chord changes to production.

Nerds act like Star Wars invented the modern movie experience as we know it, but they're wrong.

Jaws invented the summer blockbuster and, thus, the modern movie experience

Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 04:08 PM (XQzGn)

45 Your qualification of 'socially acceptable' aside, golf fags are every bit as bad as any trekkie. It's just that their obsession with their retarded activity gets the thumbs up from the good-old-boy slap-and-tickle fucksticks-in-business-suits crowd.

Posted by: zsasz at April 26, 2013 04:08 PM (MMC8r)

46 All you need to know is that the cuter the girl and the skimpier the costume, the more likely that she's underage. Or an Asian dude. Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 08:05 PM (lr3d7) ******** Wait, whu..... Never mind.

Posted by: tasker at April 26, 2013 04:08 PM (r2PLg)

47 I also didn't see "guys who post about French films on their blog."

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at April 26, 2013 04:09 PM (hO8IJ)

48 Haha, it's ok EC, I once thought of incorporating advanced sabermetrics in place of actual game play into a sci.fi book. You know, as satire. How the hell do I know this stuff, I went to an all girl's college for Christ sake.

Posted by: Lauren at April 26, 2013 04:09 PM (wsGWu)

49 Got my new CWP today. Wish I could show you the photo the sheriff's dept took of me. Now I know what I'll look like on Cops

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 26, 2013 04:10 PM (8sCoq)

50 Ubuntu - UNIX for people who want to pretend they are still running Windows Gentoo - UNIX for people who enjoy destroying their computer with a single command

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 04:10 PM (icBRc)

Picard nerdier than Stabler...

And you left out bronies.

Bronies aren't nerds. They are often just hipster douchebag beta males.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:10 PM (lr3d7)

52 I will take that. Thank you tasker! Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 08:07 PM (doBIb) ********* Heh, you know what? I might be an expert on that, too.-for undisclosed reasons. LOL!

Posted by: tasker at April 26, 2013 04:10 PM (r2PLg)

53 3 Dungeons & Dragons (includes Lord of the Rings and all other fantasy like The One With the Glaive) > Krull was awesome, hater. Power is fleeting. LOVE is eternal.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 26, 2013 04:10 PM (JDIKC)

54 Now I know what I'll look like on Cops

Wife beater and mullet?

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:11 PM (doBIb)

55 I can't stand anyone who takes Star Wars seriously. It was a shit movie back on the day and its a shit movie now. *** I was 12 years old when it came out and it was the first movie my sister and I were allowed to attend without our mom. It was in a multiplex and we ended up walking out and playing video games until our mom finished watching her movie. I like it more, now, as an adult, but I still just.don't.get.it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 26, 2013 04:11 PM (piMMO)

56 why do i feel the sudden urge to give all of you noogies?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 26, 2013 04:11 PM (GVxQo)

57 See, I'm not sure about bronies. Are they hipsters or furies...or...both?

Posted by: Lauren at April 26, 2013 04:11 PM (wsGWu)

58 Cardboard armour is LARP. it is not legal in SCA. This is whythey are disdained. Knowing this makes me a huge nerd. But since I own a nice house and my man's a Marine NCO, I guess it puts me up there with the comic book nerd with a wife and family.

Posted by: gushie can has kittehs at April 26, 2013 04:12 PM (CXeMr)

59 yeah bronies aren't nerds, they are just on a different dimension of strange

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 04:12 PM (icBRc)

60 #4 seems odd and out of place...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 26, 2013 04:12 PM (XYSwB)

61 It smells like boy in here.

Posted by: mama winger at April 26, 2013 04:12 PM (P6QsQ)

62 Heh, you know what?

I might be an expert on that, too.-for undisclosed reasons.

LOL!

What?

And yeah, the San Fran thing is a dead giveaway in the Trek universe. Everyone knows that's where the HQ for Starfleet is.

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:12 PM (doBIb)

63 #19 Nice one Purp.

Now where on the list are the MMORPG gamers? Obviously EVE is at the top of this subset but....

Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 26, 2013 04:12 PM (kxSZr)

See, I'm not sure about bronies. Are they hipsters or furies...or...both?

I'm waiting for the My Little Pony play to show up in the Folsom Street Fair. Then I'll know that humanity has finally reached bottom.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:13 PM (lr3d7)

65 I am a ham radio operator. And look at my nic. Do I win?

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 26, 2013 04:13 PM (vQk2o)

66 Nerds act like Star Wars invented the modern movie experience as we know it, but they're wrong. Thank you. The real fervent fanboys come off like they've never seen any other move ever.

Posted by: zsasz at April 26, 2013 04:13 PM (MMC8r)

67 Congrats Jones. Wear it in good health.

So carrying the BFG is all official now?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 26, 2013 04:13 PM (4Mv1T)

68 I never had an interest in Star Trek or Star Wars. I only watch a few things on television.

Posted by: CarolT at April 26, 2013 04:13 PM (z4WKX)

69
I like it more, now, as an adult, but I still just.don't.get.it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 26, 2013 08:11 PM (piMMO)

George Lucas stole and ripped off from many other movies to put into Star Wars. If you've seen the classic westerns, then you know Star Wars.

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:14 PM (doBIb)

70 >Wife beater and mullet? Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 08:11 PM (doBIb) well, I rode there on my motorcycle, so I'm wearing my leather jacket in the photo. And my hair consists of salt n pepper stubble.

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 26, 2013 04:14 PM (8sCoq)

71 If you owned a Rubik's Cube back in grade school, that's one thing. If you listened to that middle school kid and took it apart so you could put vegetable oil/vaseline in it so you could "work it faster," you were nerdish. Maybe a 5 or so. I can own a 5.

Posted by: Skip Tracer at April 26, 2013 04:14 PM (2+bRt)

72 The worst is when one of us sports nerds is totally unaware they are a sports nerd. Sports nerds often lack the self awareness to realize they are in no position to mock the other nerds. I don't care what sport you played in high school. You aren't playing now. So face it, we're huge nerds....the student manager at the end of the bench at best. Lets not mock the guy that loves battlestar galactica too much, ok?

Posted by: Dave S. at April 26, 2013 04:14 PM (J3IzX)

73 54 Now I know what I'll look like on Cops

Wife beater and mullet?
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Gap-toothed, tattooed, wife beater and mullet.
There.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 26, 2013 04:14 PM (aDwsi)

....not drunk

Speak for yourself.

Posted by: Imbibing 'ette at April 26, 2013 04:15 PM (orY9d)

75 What? And yeah, the San Fran thing is a dead giveaway in the Trek universe. Everyone knows that's where the HQ for Starfleet is. Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 08:12 PM (doBIb) *********** Yep, that's what you told me. I know nerds, the king of nerds, I just don't know what nerds know. What would be the nerdiest profession on Earth? My good friend in college....became one--twice. I'm out!

Posted by: tasker at April 26, 2013 04:15 PM (r2PLg)

76 >So carrying the BFG is all official now? Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 26, 2013 08:13 PM (4Mv1T) no, this is a renewal. I was kind of sweating getting the new permit in time- old one expires next Monday

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 26, 2013 04:15 PM (8sCoq)

77 Slackware - Unix for stoners.

Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 26, 2013 04:15 PM (kxSZr)

78 Hubby and I were cited by the sheriff's department animal control office for having "nuisance animals". We have guinea pigs. What the hell???

Posted by: jmel at April 26, 2013 04:15 PM (9tSXa)

79 Arguing over the veracity of the formulas on Sheldon's whiteboard = -3.14

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at April 26, 2013 04:15 PM (Gk3SS)

80 And yeah, gonna get a shoulder rig made for the BFG

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 26, 2013 04:15 PM (8sCoq)

81 jmel what were you doing with them? ///

Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 26, 2013 04:16 PM (GVxQo)

82 Now where on the list are the MMORPG gamers?Â " A few nights ago I had a dream that Final Fantasy XIV was releasing something called the "Red Witch" that was going to eliminate 1/3 of the player accounts and my friend who runs a FF website had to go get online to stop it.

Posted by: Lauren at April 26, 2013 04:16 PM (wsGWu)

83 65 Yes,"Win".(just kidding.I'm a big Dune fan myself)

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 04:16 PM (9XBK2)

84 What would be the nerdiest profession on Earth?

My good friend in college....became one--twice.

Sci-fi prop maker?

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:16 PM (doBIb)

85 Bout to watch a movie. One of these, we're still deciding. The Impossible aka "Lo imposible" Gangs of Wasseypur Grandmasters aka "Yi dai zong shi" The Intouchables aka french sh*t Secondary queue: The Ambassador Barfi! Question for the Horde: Has anyone seen Side by Side? "The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation." If so, what did you think?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 26, 2013 04:17 PM (XYSwB)

86 alexthechick don't you mean -(3.14)^2.78 ?

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 04:17 PM (icBRc)

87 78 Hubby and I were cited by the sheriff's department animal control office for having "nuisance animals". We have guinea pigs. What the hell??? Posted by: jmel at April 26, 2013 08:15 PM
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Keeping pigs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 26, 2013 04:18 PM (aDwsi)

88 Humble brags of ignorance conceal deeper, guiltier pleasures!

Posted by: Siggy Freud, Space Trucker at April 26, 2013 04:18 PM (I88Jc)

"The Beatles basically invented modern music as we know it, from chord changes to production."

This is what pisses me off. Modern music is played with gi-tarrs? Beatles invented the fucking boy-band.

Posted by: Blinded by the Douche at April 26, 2013 04:18 PM (tRXnV)

90 Has anyone seen Side by Side?

"The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation."

If so, what did you think?

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I think I'd rather clean up goose poop than watch that movie. No offense.

Posted by: mama winger at April 26, 2013 04:18 PM (P6QsQ)

91 George Lucas stole and ripped off from many other movies to put into Star Wars. If you've seen the classic westerns, then you know Star Wars. I maintain that Lucas succeeded because he was the first to do sci-fi via spending enough money into sets and effects while still making a popcorn movie. Kubrick spent the money, but made a movie for stoners and arthouse-types. Plenty of others made popcorn movies on the cheap. And given Lucas' heavy borrowing from films like 'The Dam Busters' and you're seeing less revolutionary art versus more effective production.

Posted by: zsasz at April 26, 2013 04:19 PM (MMC8r)

92 yeah, guinea pigs are rather nuisance-y

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 04:19 PM (icBRc)

93 I thought the joke was e to the pi times i power.

Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 26, 2013 04:19 PM (kxSZr)

94 3 Dungeons & Dragons (includes Lord of the Rings and all other fantasy like The One With the Glaive)

Uh...that would be "Krull", ace!

*goes back to parents' basement*

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:19 PM (doBIb)

When D&D 3.0 came out and people were complaining about the new game mechanics, I used to show how the BAB and THAC0 equations were mathematically the same.

Do I win?

Posted by: malclave at April 26, 2013 04:19 PM (W1Ndc)

96 I'm watching Steel Dawn right now.Bonus nerd points if you know what it is without looking it up.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 04:20 PM (9XBK2)

97 Mama Winger - did you get outside today? It was darn near perfect.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 26, 2013 04:20 PM (vQk2o)

98 Do nerds go outside ever?

Posted by: mama winger at April 26, 2013 04:20 PM (P6QsQ)

99 94 Rewatched that recently and man,it is really lame.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 04:21 PM (9XBK2)

100

Do nerds go outside ever?

Yes. Outside is where the hobby shop is.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:21 PM (lr3d7)

101 89 "Beatles invented the fucking boy-band."

Boy band, but not teenybopper act in general, and in fact, you can break out of that if you're great enough.

The Beatles were certainly the most popular thing among teenagers when they first came out, drawing the ire of most people.

So was Elvis. So was Sinatra.

Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 04:21 PM (XQzGn)

102 I'd have to put ST: Voyager and ST: Enterprise down in negative territory. Maybe throw in some obscure BBC sci-fi tv shows from the 70's too.

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:21 PM (doBIb)

103 The sun, it burns!

Posted by: Lauren at April 26, 2013 04:22 PM (wsGWu)

104 Subtle...Seductive...Tight! Go Johar

Posted by: Waldo Truth at April 26, 2013 04:22 PM (y2XjR)

105 Mama Winger - did you get outside today? It was darn near perfect.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 26, 2013 08:20 PM (vQk2o)

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I did!! I did!! Took the grandkids looking for ducks, fed said ducks, took them for a long ride in the wagon, bought a rose bush, planted said rose bush..... it was glorious!!

What did you do?

Posted by: mama winger at April 26, 2013 04:22 PM (P6QsQ)

106 I put my beers in a cooler on the deck so I had no choice.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 26, 2013 04:22 PM (vQk2o)

107

I recently rewatched later season DS9 episodes. I'm amazed how bad they are.

Also, Dr. Who sucks donkey balls.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:22 PM (lr3d7)

108 You have not seen nerds outside getting epic sunburns till you have been to LDRS.

Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 26, 2013 04:22 PM (kxSZr)

109 91 "I maintain that Lucas succeeded because he was the first to do sci-fi via spending enough money into sets and effects while still making a popcorn movie."

Lucas' successes were never original. After Cubby Broccoli turned down Spielberg to direct a Roger Moore 007 movie, Lucas told Spielberg, "Let's do our own James Bond movie."

And that's how Indiana Jones came about

Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 04:22 PM (XQzGn)

110 84 What would be the nerdiest profession on Earth?

My good friend in college....became one--twice.

Sci-fi prop maker?
Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 08:16 PM
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Practically any post-doc in the physical sciences. They've been isolated from real society for so long, and have spent so much time dealing with non-communicative science, that they just become..., weird and out of touch with practical reality.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 26, 2013 04:23 PM (aDwsi)

111 >>>no, this is a renewal. I was kind of sweating getting the new permit in time- old one expires next Monday.

A fine young soldier bought a handgun from me Wed. night, and had just taken the "carry" class...again... because his permit expired while he was deployed. They made no exceptions for him. We have a nominally red state govt currently. Not sure if those requirements trickle down from Fed Regs, or just bueracratic BS.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 26, 2013 04:23 PM (4Mv1T)

112 mama winger that is awesome I think spring mighhave finally arrived

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 04:23 PM (icBRc)

113 In the grand scheme of things, I'm not really that much of a nerd/geek. But the wife certainly thinks I am. I'm watching LOTR one Saturday. Two Towers is on. She walks by and "Really? Talking trees?" Without thinking I snap back sarcastically "They're called Ents dear." She's still making fun of me for that one.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 26, 2013 04:23 PM (GEICT)

114 I get excited about my wee little balcony garden (I live in a condo) . It that nerdy??

Posted by: puddleglum at April 26, 2013 04:23 PM (iZQF8)

115
Practically any post-doc in the physical sciences. They've been isolated from real society for so long, and have spent so much time dealing with non-communicative science, that they just become..., weird and out of touch with practical reality.

Theoretical physicist?

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:24 PM (doBIb)

116 I showed my husband pics of Gnome-con in our paper and said, "Look at those nerds!"

His reply: "What's nerdy about a grown man wearing a shiny cape and hood with his face painted, sitting with a girl dressed the same way?"

I still don't know what a Gnome-con is. The paper showed them playing cards.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 26, 2013 04:24 PM (lVPtV)

117 Mike Hammer so where did you do your postdoc?

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 04:25 PM (icBRc)

118 114 I get excited about my wee littlebalcony garden (I live in a condo). It that nerdy?? Posted by: puddleglum at April 26, 2013 08:23 PM
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Only if you grow Swiss Chard

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 26, 2013 04:25 PM (aDwsi)

119 >>I get excited about my wee littlebalcony garden (I live in a condo). It that nerdy??<< No. Buying gadgety things that water your plants while you're away is nerdy.

Posted by: Skip Tracer at April 26, 2013 04:25 PM (2+bRt)

120 I think spring mighhave finally arrived

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 08:23 PM (icBRc)

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And not a moment too soon. Time to bring out the canoe and get this party started!

Posted by: mama winger at April 26, 2013 04:26 PM (P6QsQ)

121 bcochran yeah I call them talking trees too

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 04:26 PM (icBRc)

122 So knowing how to identify a Chesapeake and Ohio Baldwin M-1 Class locomotive from the 20s only gets me a friggin Two? A Two?

(sniff)

Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 26, 2013 04:26 PM (x4x3r)

123 Mama Winger - after work, I sat on my deck in shorts drinking beer, eating pistachios, listening to The Allman Brothers, while watching the snow piles melt. It was perfect.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 26, 2013 04:26 PM (vQk2o)

124

I still don't know what a Gnome-con is. The paper showed them playing cards.

A quick Bing-search shows that it's a gaming/sci-fi convention.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:26 PM (lr3d7)

125 I recently rewatched later season DS9 episodes. I'm amazed how bad they are." Heretic! The later episodes were great, they completed the narrative arch and realized all the characterization from the rest of the series. That said, damn Becker to hell for getting Jadzia killed off.

Posted by: Lauren at April 26, 2013 04:26 PM (wsGWu)

126 Theoretical physicist?
Posted by: EC

IWYDT

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 26, 2013 04:27 PM (4Mv1T)

127 The guy on ESPN said the Jets now have 6 QB's! W.T.F? He was also talking about them releasing Sanchez.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 26, 2013 04:27 PM (X6akg)

128 Babylon 5?

Posted by: zsasz at April 26, 2013 04:27 PM (MMC8r)

129 Up north of me however, they had 22 inches of snow over the weekend, and fishing season has been pushed back a week because the ice on the lakes is still a foot thick.

Posted by: mama winger at April 26, 2013 04:27 PM (P6QsQ)

130 Once again-

ISWYDT

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 26, 2013 04:28 PM (4Mv1T)

131 so if one owns the complete farscape series, where does that rank on the nerdiness scale?

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 04:28 PM (icBRc)

132 Posted by: Muad'dib at April 26, 2013 08:26 PM (vQk2o)

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I love the Allman Brothers. And pistachios.

Posted by: mama winger at April 26, 2013 04:28 PM (P6QsQ)

133

Heretic! The later episodes were great, they completed the narrative arch and realized all the characterization from the rest of the series.

That said, damn Becker to hell for getting Jadzia killed off.

Sorry, but I can't watch any military scenes in ST or any other sci-fi show these days without finding it incredibly annoying. The Siege of AR-155 had me tearing my hair out and yelling at the screen, "You put your mine field where you can overwatch it, morons!"

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:28 PM (lr3d7)

134 Next week on AOSHQ, hobo pecking hierarchies as a function of liver pathology.

Posted by: Fritz at April 26, 2013 04:28 PM (gyDll)

135 I like how Ace ranks HIS nerdery higher than nerdery in which he does not participate or is no longer active. And yes, I have a bone to pick with that list. Comic Book Nerd is the nerdiest, and he and others do this shit all the time: when one of their precious superhero stories is adapted for film, the fanboI outrage starts with the release of the first trailer. "Iron Man's suit never did that in the comic! What the FUCK?! Superman's boots should be red! Those boots are BURGUNDY! Fuck Zack Snyder! I'm not seeing this piece of shit!" Oh, but you are going to see it, Comic Book Fag. You have to. The urge to sit there and analyze every frame of a movie where an alien baby crash lands on our planet and flies around melting shit with his laser vision for its inaccuracies is too strong for you to resist.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 26, 2013 04:29 PM (JDIKC)

136 Chemjeff, Do you own the mini series as well? Because we went through an embarrassing amount of effort to track that down, so if you own it you are clearly an uber nerd.

Posted by: Lauren at April 26, 2013 04:29 PM (wsGWu)

137 At one point I had, on videotape, every single episode of MST3K, other than the long lost very first episode.

I win.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at April 26, 2013 04:31 PM (Gk3SS)

138 also where does beer snobbery rank? I would say at least a 2

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 04:31 PM (icBRc)

139 I can't believe no one has mentioned Magic: The Gathering. Those of you who know what that is, know what I'm talking about.

I was never into that, but one roommate I had was. I mean deeeeeep into it, like a professional poker player. Once, for shits and giggles, he created a forged card of his own design that had all sorts of incredible powers and abilities. Playing it basically meant he won the game at that instant. It was undefeatable. He spent serious money to craft this card and it looked identical to a real card issued by the game company.

He took it to a gaming event and played it against some Simpsons comic-book guy looking character. The guy looked at it for several seconds, then suddenly explodes and flips the entire gaming table up in a fit of rage, yelling "fucking bullshit motherfucker sonabitch blahblahblah". He completely lost his shit. My friend was on the floor laughing his ass off. After the other guy calmed down, he offered my friend money to buy the card from him. My friend said no, but the other guy kept pressing him offering more and more money until the sum reached a mortgage payment.

It was the funniest/shocking/depressing thing I've seen.

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:32 PM (doBIb)

140 Sorry, but I can't watch any military scenes in ST or any other sci-fi show these days without finding it incredibly annoying" Ah, see I take MST:3000 rules for that sort of thing and try not to obsess about any details...which I think makes me far less nerdy.

Posted by: Lauren at April 26, 2013 04:32 PM (wsGWu)

141 117 Mike Hammer so where did you do your postdoc? Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 08:25 PM
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I was booted out with a BSEE, with the proviso that I never show my face on campus again, and never reveal where my degree had been granted. It was my good fortune that a friend was occupying a position as scientist with another school. He hired me in to ride herd on some sophisticated research equipment. Thus, I mixed with chemists mostly, but physicists off-and-on. They were truly maladjusted folk. Nice, harmless..., but just awkward.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 26, 2013 04:32 PM (aDwsi)

142 Checking box sets, I've got: Space:1999 UFO Buck Rogers (autographed!) Ultraman ('67) Outer Limits (60s) Kung Fu (70s) Monty Python Lost in Space (Season 1) I'm a loser.

Posted by: zsasz at April 26, 2013 04:33 PM (MMC8r)

143 ATC I hope you still have 'This Island Earth'

Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 26, 2013 04:33 PM (kxSZr)

144 101 89 "Beatles invented the fucking boy-band." Boy band, but not teenybopper act in general, and in fact, you can break out of that if you're great enough. The Beatles were certainly the most popular thing among teenagers when they first came out, drawing the ire of most people. So was Elvis. So was Sinatra. Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 08:21 PM (XQzGn) The only reason the Beatles are the "Oh My Gawd it's the Fucking Beatles!!!!" is because of baby boomers, period. Their music was any different than any other band out at the time, they were just the New Kids on the Block of the 60's. If they had come out in the late 70's, they would have been just as popular as The Bay City Rollers.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 26, 2013 04:33 PM (Zd/NW)

145 139 Didn't the media do stories about how it was creating murders?I remember they did it with D&D in the old days.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 04:33 PM (9XBK2)

146 The Siege of AR-155 had me tearing my hair out and yelling at the screen, "You put your mine field where you can overwatch it, morons!"

But it was invisible!

Whose the moron now??!!?

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:34 PM (doBIb)

147 142 I have UFO,and the subtitled Japanese version of Space Battleship Yamato.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 04:35 PM (9XBK2)

148 oh man I want to get the monty python complete works set

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at April 26, 2013 04:35 PM (icBRc)

149 blood-chilling post up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 26, 2013 04:35 PM (piMMO)

150

But it was invisible!

Whose the moron now??!!?

I know it was invisible. That's not the point. You use the minefield to fix your opponent or turn him into a preplanned engagement area.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:35 PM (lr3d7)

151 142 Wait,is that Buck Rogers autographed by the beautiful Erin Gray???

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 04:36 PM (9XBK2)

152 Their music was any different than any other band out at the time, Actually, they broke the 'Payola' years of pure shit after first wave Rock N Roll died, when songs like 'Sukiyaki' were chart toppers.

Posted by: zsasz at April 26, 2013 04:37 PM (MMC8r)

153 I know it was invisible. That's not the point. You use the minefield to fix your opponent or turn him into a preplanned engagement area.

There was only one way in, and the only defensible position they had was beyond the sight of the minefield. They had to do it that way.

Oh look, we're arguing about Star Trek! hahahaha!!!! You nerd!!!!

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:37 PM (doBIb)

154 131 so if one owns the complete farscape series, where does that rank on the nerdiness scale?

Posted by: chemjeff

Only if you also have the complete Babylon 5, Star Trek (original), Firefly, Monty Python, then your a complete loser. looks at DVD collection I mean your completely awsome!!

Posted by: puddleglum at April 26, 2013 04:38 PM (uT6vj)

155 **slides pistachios and Allman Bros CD to MW** **keeps beer for himself**

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 26, 2013 04:38 PM (DPXnL)

156 Exactly, EC! *slinks away in shame*

Posted by: Lauren at April 26, 2013 04:38 PM (wsGWu)

157 125 "That said, damn Becker to hell for getting Jadzia killed off."

It was worth it for 2 reasons:

1. It showed young'uns who missed her in the late 80s how hot she was without all the Cardassian freckles.

2. It showed Ted Danson was a damn good TV actor, not just a great character on Cheers. That is, until Truman North killed him a few weeks back

Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 04:38 PM (XQzGn)

158 Billy Mitchell, world champion, Donkey Kong, Score: 1,062,800. Subject of "King of Kong" biopic. Nerd score: 3.2

Posted by: Skip Tracer at April 26, 2013 04:40 PM (2+bRt)

159 157 She posed nude.I linked to some of the pictures here.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 04:40 PM (9XBK2)

160 It showed young'uns who missed her in the late 80s how hot she was without all the Cardassian freckles.

Those were Trill freckles.

OMG, I'm really showing my hand here aren't I?

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:41 PM (doBIb)

161 Wait,is that Buck Rogers autographed by the beautiful Erin Gray??? No....just Gil Gerard.

Posted by: zsasz at April 26, 2013 04:41 PM (MMC8r)

162

@82 A few nights ago I had a dream that Final Fantasy XIV was releasing something called the "Red Witch" that was going to eliminate 1/3 of the player accounts and my friend who runs a FF website had to go get online to stop it.

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I played 1.0 right before it shut down, and I've been playing the beta. It's probably a good thing that there's an NDA in place, or I'd spend entirely too much time gushing about how much better the game looks and plays now, and go into excruciating detail about all of the improvements.

>.<

Posted by: junior at April 26, 2013 04:41 PM (UWFpX)

163 Cyclops brother? Biclops? Noclops?

Posted by: BignJames at April 26, 2013 04:41 PM (Sg0G/)

164 144 "Their music was any different than any other band out at the time, they were just the New Kids on the Block of the 60's."

You can't be serious with that.

The stuff they were doing on "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" was so far advanced from every other piece of music at the time, from the songwriting to the production, that it broke all the rules.

Before that, they were (incredibly gifted) teenyboppers, just like the Dave Clark 5 and Gerry and the Pacemakers. After that, there was no one in the same stratosphere except the Beach Boys (who also started out as a boy band).

"Sgt. Pepper" broke all the rules of recording after that.

Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 04:42 PM (XQzGn)

165

There was only one way in, and the only defensible position they had was beyond the sight of the minefield. They had to do it that way.

The minefield was moved by the defenders from the base to a canyon the Jem'Hadar had to come through. It could easily have been placed outside the base perimeter but still within range of Starfleet weapons. Of course, if the canyon was such a choke point, why the hell didn't Sisko assume a defensive position there?

Oh look, we're arguing about Star Trek! hahahaha!!!! You nerd!!!!

Yes, I can feel it crawling out of the dark corner of my soul. Damn you. Damn you for this.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:42 PM (lr3d7)

166 161 Meh.She's still smoking too,saw her in a commercial.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 04:42 PM (9XBK2)

167 163 Havok(hangs head in shame)

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 04:43 PM (9XBK2)

168 Trump card:

Years ago, a computer game company called Red Storm Entertainment made a game called Rainbow Six that was based on the book by Tom Clancy. RSE was in fact, Tom Clancy's company. It was the first game to simulate a real-world counter-terrorist environment where getting hit only once would kill you. None of this power-up and auto healing bullshit. You get hit in the head or torso, you are dead.

When their next game was released (Rogue Spear), I read on their game forum that the developers would be present at a nearby mall to see their work on the shelves. I made it a point to go there and meet them, buy the game, and have them autograph it. I still have it. I wonder if it's worth anything.

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:45 PM (doBIb)

169 Actually, they broke the 'Payola' years of pure shit after first wave Rock N Roll died, when songs like 'Sukiyaki' were chart toppers. Posted by: zsasz at April 26, 2013 08:37 PM (MMC8r) The "Payola Years" meme is bullshit. Payola never left radio, it just evolved, and the Beatles record company was knee deep in it. It is a nice fantasy to have that every thing was dirty until the Beatles came along and "cleaned it up", but they didn't, and the whole industry is just as dirty now as it was before, during and after the Beatles.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 26, 2013 04:45 PM (Zd/NW)

170
The minefield was moved by the defenders from the base to a canyon the Jem'Hadar had to come through. It could easily have been placed outside the base perimeter but still within range of Starfleet weapons. Of course, if the canyon was such a choke point, why the hell didn't Sisko assume a defensive position there?

It's a tv show!!!! We're arguing about ambush tactics over a tv show!!!!

*universe folds in on itself and collapses*

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:47 PM (doBIb)

171 160 "OMG, I'm really showing my hand here aren't I?"

youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 04:48 PM (XQzGn)

172

It's a tv show!!!! We're arguing about ambush tactics over a tv show!!!!

Just wait until we start debating the space combat tactics of a TV show.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 04:49 PM (lr3d7)

173 I rather argue in the nerd thread than argue with when life begins in the thread above.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 04:49 PM (9XBK2)

174 171 160 "OMG, I'm really showing my hand here aren't I?"

youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 08:48 PM (XQzGn)

Just noticed your nic.

*golf clap*

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:50 PM (doBIb)

175 Just wait until we start debating the space combat tactics of a TV show.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 08:49 PM (lr3d7)

Space: Above And Beyond

Marines using troops as dual purpose infantry and pilots. Discuss.

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 04:51 PM (doBIb)

176 As a kid I recorded dozens of episodes of Animaniacs, kept a checklist of which episodes and episode segments I had, along with which number tape they were on, and used a camcorder hooked up to the VCR to create custom Best-Of tapes with playlists measured and timed out to the second.

Granted, after rewatching the show on TV these days I don't find it to be anywhere near as funny as I did 20 years ago, but that's the only series (aside from the Pinky and the Brain spinoff) that I ever cataloged in detail. Watched a bunch of Star Trek: TNG and MST3K, knew enough trivia to get every question right on the preshow slideshow at last night's Best of Both Worlds theatrical event, but never got around to recording them systematically.

Posted by: Dan K. at April 26, 2013 04:54 PM (HTQLv)

177 teej? you here?

Posted by: L, elle at April 26, 2013 04:55 PM (0PiQ4)

178 167 163 Havok(hangs head in shame) Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 08:43 PM (9XBK2) Thanks steevy....learn something every time I come here.

Posted by: BignJames at April 26, 2013 04:56 PM (Sg0G/)

179 You can't be serious with that. The stuff they were doing on "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" was so far advanced from every other piece of music at the time, from the songwriting to the production, that it broke all the rules. Before that, they were (incredibly gifted) teenyboppers, just like the Dave Clark 5 and Gerry and the Pacemakers. After that, there was no one in the same stratosphere except the Beach Boys (who also started out as a boy band). "Sgt. Pepper" broke all the rules of recording after that. Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 08:42 PM (XQzGn) I never said they weren't a good band, they are, they just aren't the musical gods that some people make them out to be. Production? The advent of stereo and multitrack recording had more to do with increased production values than the Beatles being musical genuises. They burned bright for a short amount of time, so people remember that period of time with fondness. If they had stayed together longer, people would remember them along the lines of Elvis. The older fans remember "rockabilly Elvis", the middle fans remember "clambake" Elvis, and the youngest fans "fat Vegas Elvis".

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 26, 2013 04:58 PM (Zd/NW)

180 Space: Above And Beyond Marines using troops as dual purpose infantry and pilots. Discuss. Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 08:51 PM (doBIb) It was bullshit. Was the fucking Saratoga a naval ship or air force ship. If under the auspices of the Navy, the pilots should have been Naval Aviators, not Marines, unless the whole space command was under the USMC. Plus, they are going to spend all that coin training them as pilots just so they could drop them on the ground on a whim? Please, they should have just had the CIC be somebody who didn't give a shit about the military.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 26, 2013 05:02 PM (Zd/NW)

181 I wouldn't mind borrowing those Farscape episodes. I lust for the blue plant lady.

Posted by: NativeNH at April 26, 2013 05:02 PM (pupVd)

182 179 "If they had stayed together longer, people would remember them along the lines of Elvis. The older fans remember "rockabilly Elvis", the middle fans remember "clambake" Elvis, and the youngest fans "fat Vegas Elvis"."

To be fair, I think a lot of people remember McCartney in that way, with the older fans remembering The Beatles, the middle fans remembering Wings, and the youngest fans tweeting during the Grammys, "Who the f is this old honky closing out the Grammys instead of Rihanna?"

Sadly, yes, I did see tweets of that nature last year.

Anyway, George and Ringo had one album people liked before they went into the obscurity they so richly deserved, and John was made a saint, and then a martyr, by the babykillers despite the fact that all of his post-Beatle music sucked as much as he did as person.

Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 05:03 PM (XQzGn)

183 175 I stopped watching,immediately.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 05:03 PM (9XBK2)

184

Space: Above And Beyond
Marines using troops as dual purpose infantry and pilots. Discuss.

Gah!

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 05:03 PM (lr3d7)

185 Gah!

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 09:03 PM (lr3d7)

What? Wasn't that clever of them to save money by putting grunts into cockpits? Why, they could fly around in dogfights, then land and start shooting them up on the ground!

Full of Win!!!

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 05:05 PM (doBIb)

186 The new BSG was retarded too in many ways.I quit watching half wat through season 2.Never watched another episode.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 05:05 PM (9XBK2)

187 The new BSG was retarded too in many ways.I quit watching half wat through season 2.Never watched another episode.

I hated what Ron Moore did to that show. I could sum up the entire run of the series into one sentence:

It was a four and a half year long sermon.

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 05:08 PM (doBIb)

188 That list needed Doctor Who, Dungeons & Dragons, and The Beatles.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 26, 2013 05:10 PM (VV+aE)

189 "BSG" should've been "BSDM" starring only Tricia, Xena, and Grace Park.

Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 05:12 PM (XQzGn)

190 I knew,dreaded,that BSG would be shit when I found out the Cylons looked like humans.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 05:13 PM (9XBK2)

191 I knew,dreaded,that BSG would be shit when I found out the Cylons looked like humans.

They fucked themselves when they made the "final five". All that bullshit about finding earth was cast aside and everything became finding out who they were.

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 05:16 PM (doBIb)

192

What? Wasn't that clever of them to save money by putting grunts into cockpits? Why, they could fly around in dogfights, then land and start shooting them up on the ground!

Full of Win!!!

My only rationalization for that is that the Earth military was so badly mauled early in the war that they were running on skeleton crews for much of the first season.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 26, 2013 05:17 PM (lr3d7)

193 Yeah,theres no justification for using pilots as infantry,unless you have no aircraft,or no fuel to fly them perhaps.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 05:19 PM (9XBK2)

194 My only rationalization for that is that the Earth military was so badly mauled early in the war that they were running on skeleton crews for much of the first season.

No, they had plenty of troops (all those carriers). I just thought it was incredibly wasteful to train pilots and then have them spend most of their time as infantry.

Besides, they had the in-vitros too, though they were semi-reliable. Col McQueen did not have that issue. He was a badassmotherfucker.

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 05:20 PM (doBIb)

195 'Nerdy'? This thread

Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at April 26, 2013 05:31 PM (aDwsi)

196

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 26, 2013 05:31 PM (aDwsi)

197 No, they had plenty of troops (all those carriers). I just thought it was incredibly wasteful to train pilots and then have them spend most of their time as infantry. Besides, they had the in-vitros too, though they were semi-reliable. Col McQueen did not have that issue. He was a badassmotherfucker. Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 09:20 PM (doBIb) Fucking "tanks", with the exception of McQueen, they were no different than the "Chigs". And the fucking colonists that started the whole thing, all I could think of was that they were a bunch of flower children hippie dickheads.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 26, 2013 05:33 PM (Zd/NW)

198 inneresting word choice supple and seductive knocking off early some little ewok has a date!

Posted by: thunderb at April 26, 2013 05:40 PM (nH8jP)

199 To be fair, I think a lot of people remember McCartney in that way, with the older fans remembering The Beatles, the middle fans remembering Wings, and the youngest fans tweeting during the Grammys, "Who the f is this old honky closing out the Grammys instead of Rihanna?" Sadly, yes, I did see tweets of that nature last year. Anyway, George and Ringo had one album people liked before they went into the obscurity they so richly deserved, and John was made a saint, and then a martyr, by the babykillers despite the fact that all of his post-Beatle music sucked as much as he did as person. Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 09:03 PM (XQzGn) I could never stand the Beatles and thought as time went on that Harrison was the one who made the best music, g figure. One of my problems was that I started working at a radio station in 1979 when I was 14. (Mowing the lawn, doing the landscaping, picking up trash, grunt type work) It was a Top40 station, and most of the DJ's were around from when the Beatles hit it big, and they all hated them, and hated their solo music even more. Plus the program director got a lot of kickbacks from record promoters to play their music. I got to see Elvis in 72, so that is the Elvis that I remember, and the teenage girls from the 50's were still fainting at the sight of 275lb Elvis.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 26, 2013 05:40 PM (Zd/NW)

200 And the fucking colonists that started the whole thing, all I could think of was that they were a bunch of flower children hippie dickheads.

They were innocent. Aerotech, the company behind the off-world colonizations, knew the planet was inside Chig territory and one of their worlds but they didn't warn the colonists or anyone else of this fact. They pretty much started the war.

Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 05:41 PM (doBIb)

201 Of course, the sucker punch was when the original chig attack, was sort of a Pearl Harbor reaction, since they knew the Aliens had landed in '47. Morgan and Wang, who started out on 'Jump Street' went on to 'Final Destination', did convey a very gritty military image, and the 'Hammerhead' fighters, did have the detachable airlock modules, which would be how fighters in space would be deployed.

Posted by: cornelius at April 26, 2013 05:41 PM (Jsiw/)

202 jeebus did i stumble into a sic fi convention?? may have to go back to foul mouthed sorority girl thread

Posted by: thunderb at April 26, 2013 05:44 PM (nH8jP)

203

I have a question for anyone who remembers the original BSG.

Athena or Cassiopeia?

Posted by: malclave at April 26, 2013 05:51 PM (W1Ndc)

204 200 Oh ,evil corporation,gee THAT's never been done before.

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 05:52 PM (9XBK2)

205 203 Well,I like brunettes so...

Posted by: steevy at April 26, 2013 05:53 PM (9XBK2)

206 Nerdly cosplay:

http://www.cosplay.com/

The GOOD kind of cosplay:

http://ultimatecheerleaders.com/

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 26, 2013 05:53 PM (7B7jB)

207 And Areotech, was actually referred to in Millenium, yes considering that it was set almost exactly a 100 years after the Kennedy assasination, somewhat of a Vietnam analogy.

Posted by: cornelius at April 26, 2013 05:56 PM (Jsiw/)

208 SCA>D&D>sci fi >>>>comics>anime, which is just plain creepy

Posted by: Y-not from has spoken at April 26, 2013 06:00 PM (5H6zj)

209 Cosplay = incredibly creepy

Posted by: Y-not from has spoken at April 26, 2013 06:00 PM (5H6zj)

210 Maren Jensen, the actress who played Athena, was of Hawaiian background hence that slightly exotic look, Laurette Spang, was sort of you typical blonde.

Posted by: cornelius at April 26, 2013 06:06 PM (Jsiw/)

211 I have a question for anyone who remembers the original BSG.
Athena or Cassiopeia?

Posted by: malclave at April 26, 2013 09:51 PM (W1Ndc)

Hmmmm.....that will require Deep Thought (Hitchhiker's nerd reference)

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 26, 2013 06:13 PM (VV+aE)

212 Anyway, George and Ringo had one album people liked before they went into the obscurity they so richly deserved, and John was made a saint, and then a martyr, by the babykillers despite the fact that all of his post-Beatle music sucked as much as he did as person.

Posted by: The Q at April 26, 2013 09:03 PM (XQzGn)

George's first one and Cloud Nine were popular. I prefer Ringo's mediocre (at best) solo work over Lennon's which was as shitty as Yoko's face.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 26, 2013 06:17 PM (VV+aE)

213 She also dated Don Henley in the mid 80s, and even appeared in one of his videos, she was of Danish and Hawaiian background.

Posted by: cornelius at April 26, 2013 06:22 PM (Jsiw/)

214 Absolute bottom of the heap, below even trekkies, are furries.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at April 26, 2013 07:00 PM (+rSRq)

215 They were innocent. Aerotech, the company behind the off-world colonizations, knew the planet was inside Chig territory and one of their worlds but they didn't warn the colonists or anyone else of this fact. They pretty much started the war. Posted by: EC at April 26, 2013 09:41 PM (doBIb) They should have nuked that Chig birthing planet from orbit when they had the chance. Really fucked up on that one.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 26, 2013 07:09 PM (Zd/NW)

216 I thought the joke was e to the pi times i power. Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 26, 2013 08:19 PM (kxSZr) You needed to throw c in there instead of i, to make e^pi(c) /nerdy enough to post nerdy uber-trivia on a dead thread. Should be worth something.

Posted by: filbert at April 26, 2013 07:55 PM (7vimm)

217 She's so subtle You don't rate She's seductive You're too late Burma Shave

Posted by: filbert at April 26, 2013 07:57 PM (7vimm)

218 Oh, God. She's so SUPPLE You don't rate She's seductive You're too late Burma Shave. /Fuck it. I'm getting drunk. Er.

Posted by: filbert at April 26, 2013 07:58 PM (7vimm)

219 I no longer feel welcome here. So long cruel blog!

Sincerely,

ST: TNG's Biggest Fan

Posted by: Peggy at April 26, 2013 08:27 PM (FIimA)

220 " Steel Dawn" is Swayze with a 'sword' that's really a fake miniature I-beam shaped to a point. AND oh btw: it doubles as the prop for his mobile golf umbrella.

I know lame as lame can be, but what else was on cable at 2 am 15 years ago?

Posted by: Blacksmith8 at April 27, 2013 01:28 PM (Yzu6e)

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