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I think it's safe to say that we can never harp on memaws for their knickknack collections all over their houses...

I don't see how anyone could argue that collecting isn't nerdy or geeky. It certainly is, but like many have said any hobby is going to be seen as geeky or nerdy or stupid by someone else. I've had many hobbies over the years and there was always someone who said they were stupid.

When I hunted I loved buying different guns and bows and a lot of the people I knew always complained about how stupid it was and what a waste of money it was. I know plenty of guys who collect tools and they get picked on for collecting things "they'll never use" so it's all the same to an outsider but if you know why it's fun or entertaining to get the stuff then it's less nerdy.

Moonbase2 wrote:I think it's safe to say that we can never harp on memaws for their knickknack collections all over their houses...

lol....very true. My grandma had a serious ceramic frog collection. I thought it was strange when I was a kid. Now....I dont think that anymore.

Nerdy or not, everyone needs a good hobby. Mine is Star Wars and TF collecting...with the occasional golf game. If I didn't have that, I would probably go . I work shift work....sometimes I dont know if I'm coming or going.

Call me geek if you want, I'll wear that with pride.

u guys think its bad im a punk teen with a mohawk chains on camo paints that skateboards in a town full of wannab rappers oh dont forget the autobot shirt but other than that i just dont tell ppl unless there my closest friends cuz enough sh*t already

My mom has a thimble collection. Her friend collects spoons. Everyone has different tastes. Unlike my ma, I collect TFs.

And what is it about old women collecting a certain animal? I've seen everything from elephants to chickens!

so what is the alternative to being a nerd, or a geek?

Not being enthusiastic about anything?
Not knowing much about anything at all?

so, apathy, and ignorance?

What would be a life lived in apathetic ignorance? :/


oh wait, "cool", right?

And yes, i think that for at least the japanese culture, the culture actually caters to the geeks/nerds and requires them for business. The evidence of this is all over Akihabara, and other places too. Go look at "Otaku" in wikipedia for more info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku

It is the man that makers the suit, not the suit that makes the man.

Know what I'm saying? Collecting TFs as a hobby is like any other hobby. It does not define you.

If you are a nerd, geek, w/e, you know you are one and if you're not, you know you're not one. Whether or not you collect TFs really has no impact on that.

However, coincidentally, a lot of pretty geeky people tend to collect toy lines. Hence, if all someone knows of you is that you collect toys, well don't be shocked if you get stereotyped as kinda wierd.

is getting old ladies with pitchforks chasing u for stealing there kids 08 bumblebee a stereotype??

prowlstreak wrote:is getting old ladies with pitchforks chasing u for stealing there kids 08 bumblebee a stereotype??

Heeey, that only haoppenned once!!

they may have alsmeimers but they dont forget

You're registered on a message board because you collect 20-year-old toy robots.

Yes, it's definitely nerdy/dorky/geeky. But it's not like you're on a message board for Pound Puppies. At least they're the coolest boy toy ever invented: robot action figures that turn into vehicles. Doesn't buy you much, but there are always dorkier folks out there.

Ragnorok64 wrote:Yes, in as much as terms like Nerd and Geek have relevance today.

I've long since come to accept that I'm a nerd and have stopped caring. I collect Transformers, Comic Books, Star Wars, Miniatures, have built my own computer, play mad amounts of video games and have a enduring hatred of sports.

And I have fun doing it. I'm not going to pretend to not like what I like just because of what other people think. I'm not violating any of my personal principle and I'm doing things that I enjoy. I'm also under no obligation to prove myself to or impress anyone.

Exactly. Stole the words from my mouth.

prowlstreak wrote:they may have alsmeimers but they dont forget

Gah tell me about it.

hah yeh
but most ppl just go oh sick is that mustang a model car nd i have to pimp smack them and tell them its wheeljack




post 200 party in iacon my treat!!!

CyberTooth wrote:I can tell you the exact moment I realized I had no shame buying toys. Just so happened I had a legit reason too.

I got off of work one morning about 3:30 am, went to Wal-Mart to buy something for my niece and nephew who were coming into town. I didn't want them breaking my stuff.

As it was, I picked up a couple of Ninja Turtles for my nephew and a few Barbies for my niece. I also picked up some kickboards for them to use in the pool. Since I was hungry, I also got a couple of those microwave beef stew deals and a case of Cherry Coke.

I walked up to the register, all sweaty and dirty from work... the woman starts ringing up my items, coke, stew, Leonardo, gets to the first Barbie and looks at me kinda odd. Without even thinking, the first thing to come to my mind was "Leo and I are entertaining the ladies tonight."

No doubt I went into a database that night, but I don't reckon I care.

LOL. I miss hanging out at Walmart during graveyard times. Walmarts in Canada seem to be less enthusiastic.

One of my favorite moments buying toys was about 4 years ago at Walmart. My wife sent me in to buy some things and I happened across a He-man Masters of the Universe figure of BeastMan. I grabbed what my wife had sent me in for and ran to the 20 items or less isle.

There was a woman in the isle with a basket full FULL FULL of stuff. She had to have more than 100 items in the basket. I stood there patiently for a moment assuming the clerk would say something. When the clerk didn't say anything the 3 people in line in front of me all exchanged a couple nervous glances that they were going to let her go through.

Well sure enough the clerk didn't stop her and started ringing her stuff up. I couldn't stand it and yelled at the clerk. "You're not seriously going to let that woman go through are you?"

Everyone was a little put off by my obvious aggitation but the clerk stopped ringing her up and told her she'd have to go to another isle. She was pretty upset but moved away. I guess I had looked a little grumpier than I had inteneded and the other people in line waved me to the front. I refused but they all insisted and someone said something like "if your in a big enough hurry to yell at her you can go ahead." They laughed, I laughed, I thanked them, they thanked me, and I stepped to the front of the line and sat down my Beast man figure and the condoms.

The clerk stared at my stuff for a moment and then the others seen what I was buying and everyone went silent. I went from the hero to some kind of pervert in a split second.

I had to keep from laughing as I finished buying my stuff then went out to the car to show off my new toy to my wife. She looked it over then noticed the recipit that clearly read.

BeastMan
Condoms

Still to this day we call them beastman condoms and crack jokes about it all the time. I had saved the recipit for years untill we moved into our house and I lost it.

to the above poster

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I LOVE THE UFC. I HAVE A FEW MASSIVE BODY TATTOOS AND PIERCINGS. I DRINK HEAVILY. BUT I also collect these toys. (I don't know how I got sucked into this)

I'm I still classicfied as a nerd?

I've been called a nerd and a geek.
I do think collecting TFs is nerd/geek territory and guess what? There's not a single thing wrong with it.

Who cares? Seriously. We're good people, we love with our whole hearts, we do more for people in terms of charity, etc.

If we're still labeled after that, so what.

DeathAura wrote:so what is the alternative to being a nerd, or a geek?

Not being enthusiastic about anything?
Not knowing much about anything at all?

so, apathy, and ignorance?

What would be a life lived in apathetic ignorance? :/


oh wait, "cool", right?

Heh. You've taken the words right out of my mouth. Nothing amuses me quite as much as the jerk who makes fun of people who Role Play and then goes home to play Fantasy Football.

Am I a nerd or a geek for collecting Transformers? I don't know or care. I am Me. I don't need any other label then that.

Susinko wrote:

DeathAura wrote:so what is the alternative to being a nerd, or a geek?

Not being enthusiastic about anything?
Not knowing much about anything at all?

so, apathy, and ignorance?

What would be a life lived in apathetic ignorance? :/


oh wait, "cool", right?

Heh. You've taken the words right out of my mouth. Nothing amuses me quite as much as the jerk who makes fun of people who Role Play and then goes home to play Fantasy Football.

Am I a nerd or a geek for collecting Transformers? I don't know or care. I am Me. I don't need any other label then that.

well said.

but, what's fantasy football i've never heard of that before.

DeathAura wrote:

Susinko wrote:

DeathAura wrote:so what is the alternative to being a nerd, or a geek?

Not being enthusiastic about anything?
Not knowing much about anything at all?

so, apathy, and ignorance?

What would be a life lived in apathetic ignorance? :/


oh wait, "cool", right?

Heh. You've taken the words right out of my mouth. Nothing amuses me quite as much as the jerk who makes fun of people who Role Play and then goes home to play Fantasy Football.

Am I a nerd or a geek for collecting Transformers? I don't know or care. I am Me. I don't need any other label then that.

well said.

but, what's fantasy football i've never heard of that before.

Heh, guess you're not from the US.

Fantasy Baseball and Football are huge here and super fun. Basic premise is you and a bunch of buddies draft a team from a pool of real players. Then every week, depending on the players' performances, you get points. A lot of leauges have cash prizes, and cash entry fees so it gets really competitive.

Bonger wrote:

DeathAura wrote:

Susinko wrote:

DeathAura wrote:so what is the alternative to being a nerd, or a geek?

Not being enthusiastic about anything?
Not knowing much about anything at all?

so, apathy, and ignorance?

What would be a life lived in apathetic ignorance? :/


oh wait, "cool", right?

Heh. You've taken the words right out of my mouth. Nothing amuses me quite as much as the jerk who makes fun of people who Role Play and then goes home to play Fantasy Football.

Am I a nerd or a geek for collecting Transformers? I don't know or care. I am Me. I don't need any other label then that.

well said.

but, what's fantasy football i've never heard of that before.

Heh, guess you're not from the US.

Fantasy Baseball and Football are huge here and super fun. Basic premise is you and a bunch of buddies draft a team from a pool of real players. Then every week, depending on the players' performances, you get points. A lot of leauges have cash prizes, and cash entry fees so it gets really competitive.

But how is that any different from being a geek/nerd?

Here's the story again for those who missed it on that old topic.

Small bit about me that helps the humor of this story. I'm a small guy (barely 5'10) and I weigh at the most 160 pounds but I have a temper like I'm a seven foot monster. I've been in more fights than I can count and have been on the ass end of an asskicking more than once.

Ok so, back when I was a cook for the club I work at and not the DJ, I had a horrible day. Think of anything that can go wrong for cook, now add in bitchy strippers and drunk customers, that was my day. Anything that could have went wrong, did. But it didn't matter, after work I was going to go get the Prime VS Megs Classics two-pack.

The club closes, I jump in my car and head towards Wal-Mart, my rage just boiling over. I go into the store and my rage is cooling. And there it is. My two-pack. The day is gone and here's my reward. Beautiful. I take it up to the cashier, some punk who was 19 I think and get ready to pay. He asks me if this is for my son or nephew or something and I told him "No, I've been collection Transformers a long time." And that's when he does it.

He snickers and says "You collect little kid toys?"

The entire day just came flooding back. Before my brain could even register exactly what happened, I had jacked his jaw. Like I said, I've been in tons of fights throughout my life but I don't think I've ever hit a man so hard. My arm actually hurt afterwards up to my elbow. I have never knocked a man down in a single punch nor have I ever hit a man first without there being a woman involved. I always wait to throw the second punch so I can claim self defense.

Needless to say there's a scene, I'm sent to the cooling tank for 24 hours in county jail but surprisingly, he didn't press charges. I'm banned from that Wal-Mart yadda yadda. However, after I'm released from the tank, I go to another 24 hour Wal-Mart (a whole county over) and get the two-pack. The cycle is complete and the circle of life continues.

And again, the moral of this story to the young collectors on here is never be ashamed of your hobbies; no matter how geeky or nerdy they may be. Always defend them, even if you nearly have to kill a man to do so.

G1Blaster wrote:Here's the story again for those who missed it on that old topic.

Small bit about me that helps the humor of this story. I'm a small guy (barely 5'10) and I weigh at the most 160 pounds but I have a temper like I'm a seven foot monster. I've been in more fights than I can count and have been on the ass end of an asskicking more than once.

Ok so, back when I was a cook for the club I work at and not the DJ, I had a horrible day. Think of anything that can go wrong for cook, now add in bitchy strippers and drunk customers, that was my day. Anything that could have went wrong, did. But it didn't matter, after work I was going to go get the Prime VS Megs Classics two-pack.

The club closes, I jump in my car and head towards Wal-Mart, my rage just boiling over. I go into the store and my rage is cooling. And there it is. My two-pack. The day is gone and here's my reward. Beautiful. I take it up to the cashier, some punk who was 19 I think and get ready to pay. He asks me if this is for my son or nephew or something and I told him "No, I've been collection Transformers a long time." And that's when he does it.

He snickers and says "You collect little kid toys?"

The entire day just came flooding back. Before my brain could even register exactly what happened, I had jacked his jaw. Like I said, I've been in tons of fights throughout my life but I don't think I've ever hit a man so hard. My arm actually hurt afterwards up to my elbow. I have never knocked a man down in a single punch nor have I ever hit a man first without there being a woman involved. I always wait to throw the second punch so I can claim self defense.

Needless to say there's a scene, I'm sent to the cooling tank for 24 hours in county jail but surprisingly, he didn't press charges. I'm banned from that Wal-Mart yadda yadda. However, after I'm released from the tank, I go to another 24 hour Wal-Mart (a whole county over) and get the two-pack. The cycle is complete and the circle of life continues.

And again, the moral of this story to the young collectors on here is never be ashamed of your hobbies; no matter how geeky or nerdy they may be. Always defend them, even if you nearly have to kill a man to do so.

Normally I'd call this story bull, but for some reason I get the mental picture of you clockin' somebody like that. I know there's been more than one time that I've wanted to. Badly.

Although...nearly killing someone to defend your hobby is too excessive. So is punching them in the face, which is why I haven't done it. (punching that is. Not the near kill. Let me clarify on that one. No one, and I mean NO ONE is worth killing.)

Besides, is it really worth getting a record over?