The Energon Pub

It's a bit nerdy. But I don't care anymore--I'll buy Transformers wearing a Transformers t-shirt. I went to the movie in a TF shirt. So what? At least I have a hobby I love. I denied my inner nerd for too many years--it's so much happier on the outside.

Your profession, Your Income, Your Familial Status, or Your
Social Standings do not protect you from the truth; While some
of us may be nerds, we are all geeks.

Thanks to the good ol' dictionary:
Geek:
1: A carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act
usually includes biting the head off a live chicken, bat or
snake
2. A person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked
3.enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity"

While I'm willing to bet few of us are carnival performers,
many of you mention work in the IT field. And though we may not
all be experts, we all must have some degree of enthusiasm for
the hobby, or why would we all be here?

never!

I don't work in the IT field. I'm a mom with a baby store. Where did it COME FROM??

Deceptiwho? wrote:I dont I would consider it the same thing as collecting baseball cards, coins , stamps or anything nostalgic.. So why do ppl call us nerds??

Collecting those things are "nerdy" as well... Collecting in general, you'll always find someone that thinks your collection is ridiculous, another that wishes they had it, and the last that could take it or leave it.

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.

Being a "Geek" or "Nerd" is a very relative thing.
Because most people have their own definitions of the words,
and there's the dictionary definitions.

Personally I think their definitions are

Nerd: someone who is well versed in a subject(s)
they know a lot or everything there is to know about the subject(s).

Geek: some who is obsessed about something and doesn't care about if the majority is interested in it or not, sometimes can be taken to extreme cases where they care for not much else.

I consider myself to be both of these,
of coarse I think there's also the traditional stuff that if you like it your probably a nerd and/or geek.

I think my collection is nerdy and geek... and I have no shame. Embrace it!

Yes, but who cares?
As long as it dosn't hert anyone, do what makes you happy!

Deceptiwho? wrote:

tommy tek wrote:

Raymond101 wrote:I am a nerd anyway, I study philosophy and religion at university. Even if I threw my lot in with the 'jocks', I'll still be a nerd, because I like studying my courses, writing fanfiction, and Magic the Gathering cards.

Thankfully, growing up in Asian society, there's never been this kind of distinction or stigma, so I couldn't care less of what Westerners think of me. I do sports anyways so I'm not unfit.

hey ramond101 this may be off topic but you brought it up what nationality are you?im japanese,french and cambodian,

Yea youre right that is a lil off topic, seems like more of a PM subject

i was just trying to see where hes coming from with that whole asian westerner thing.trying to figure out if hes saying alot of asians are nerds well i guess thats where the whole ethnicity tie in is.you see maybe to the chinese and japanese because they do tend to be more of thestudy hard groupes.and thers alot of different asian groups out there that arnt like that.in fact i didnt know any asians that collected transformers.not that it matters what nationality you are.it was more or less a friendly question do you mind?

everyone is a nerd or a geek in their own way. whether it be wrestling, football, comic books, or transformers, some are just more socially accepted than others.

you got that right.

Even if we are "nerds" or geeks" I don't think either word carries the same negative connotation that they had in the past.

Honestly, the only time I've heard the word "geek" used in the past five years is to affectionately refer to someone; no pejorative meaning whatsoever.

And I can't even remember the last time I heard ANYONE referred to as a "nerd."

tommy tek wrote:

Raymond101 wrote:I am a nerd anyway, I study philosophy and religion at university. Even if I threw my lot in with the 'jocks', I'll still be a nerd, because I like studying my courses, writing fanfiction, and Magic the Gathering cards.

Thankfully, growing up in Asian society, there's never been this kind of distinction or stigma, so I couldn't care less of what Westerners think of me. I do sports anyways so I'm not unfit.

hey ramond101 this may be off topic but you brought it up what nationality are you?im japanese,french and cambodian,

I'm a Honky. I.e. I'm from Hong Kong.

Damnit, do I need to retell the story of me knocking out the Wal-Mart cashier for cracking wise at me buying toys?

tommy tek wrote:

Deceptiwho? wrote:

tommy tek wrote:

Raymond101 wrote:I am a nerd anyway, I study philosophy and religion at university. Even if I threw my lot in with the 'jocks', I'll still be a nerd, because I like studying my courses, writing fanfiction, and Magic the Gathering cards.

Thankfully, growing up in Asian society, there's never been this kind of distinction or stigma, so I couldn't care less of what Westerners think of me. I do sports anyways so I'm not unfit.

hey ramond101 this may be off topic but you brought it up what nationality are you?im japanese,french and cambodian,

Yea youre right that is a lil off topic, seems like more of a PM subject

i was just trying to see where hes coming from with that whole asian westerner thing.trying to figure out if hes saying alot of asians are nerds well i guess thats where the whole ethnicity tie in is.you see maybe to the chinese and japanese because they do tend to be more of thestudy hard groupes.and thers alot of different asian groups out there that arnt like that.in fact i didnt know any asians that collected transformers.not that it matters what nationality you are.it was more or less a friendly question do you mind?

I think you're reading into it a bit much. I'm just saying that what Westerners see as 'nerdy' and 'geeky' is, for the most part, more accepted in the society I come from.

G1Blaster wrote:Damnit, do I need to retell the story of me knocking out the Wal-Mart cashier for cracking wise at me buying toys?

O! O! Storytime! Storytime!

G1Blaster wrote:Damnit, do I need to retell the story of me knocking out the Wal-Mart cashier for cracking wise at me buying toys?

Is it entertaining?

Raymond101 wrote:

tommy tek wrote:

Raymond101 wrote:I am a nerd anyway, I study philosophy and religion at university. Even if I threw my lot in with the 'jocks', I'll still be a nerd, because I like studying my courses, writing fanfiction, and Magic the Gathering cards.

Thankfully, growing up in Asian society, there's never been this kind of distinction or stigma, so I couldn't care less of what Westerners think of me. I do sports anyways so I'm not unfit.

hey ramond101 this may be off topic but you brought it up what nationality are you?im japanese,french and cambodian,

I'm a Honky. I.e. I'm from Hong Kong.

That means something far different in the US...

G1Blaster wrote:Damnit, do I need to retell the story of me knocking out the Wal-Mart cashier for cracking wise at me buying toys?

Did it actually happen?

Ragnorok64 wrote:

Raymond101 wrote:

tommy tek wrote:

Raymond101 wrote:I am a nerd anyway, I study philosophy and religion at university. Even if I threw my lot in with the 'jocks', I'll still be a nerd, because I like studying my courses, writing fanfiction, and Magic the Gathering cards.

Thankfully, growing up in Asian society, there's never been this kind of distinction or stigma, so I couldn't care less of what Westerners think of me. I do sports anyways so I'm not unfit.

hey ramond101 this may be off topic but you brought it up what nationality are you?im japanese,french and cambodian,

I'm a Honky. I.e. I'm from Hong Kong.

That means something far different in the US...

I'm well aware that there are different meanings of the same words.

Starscream227 wrote:Your profession, Your Income, Your Familial Status, or Your
Social Standings do not protect you from the truth; While some
of us may be nerds, we are all geeks.

Thanks to the good ol' dictionary:
Geek:
1: A carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act
usually includes biting the head off a live chicken, bat or
snake

That makes Ozzy Osbourne officially a geek! Those of you familiar with him will know what I'm talking about.

Which brings me to another point - I'm a music geek. That's my other main hobby. I love all types of music - rock to rap to country to electronica to jazz. I've played guitar for over twenty years and I tend to annoy people with the seemingly random factoids that I can spew out on command about my favorite artists and songs.

So, my geekiness extends beyond my TF and GI Joe collections. That's just who I am. If I'm interested in something, I want to know as much about it as I can.

That's true of my professional life too, and it's allowed me to excel at every job I've ever held. So, if I'm a geek or nerd - that's fine b/c it pays the bills and allows me to feed my family, put a roof over their heads, and TFs in the toy box.

wildscorpio67 wrote:

Starscream227 wrote:Your profession, Your Income, Your Familial Status, or Your
Social Standings do not protect you from the truth; While some
of us may be nerds, we are all geeks.

Thanks to the good ol' dictionary:
Geek:
1: A carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act
usually includes biting the head off a live chicken, bat or
snake

That makes Ozzy Osbourne officially a geek! Those of you familiar with him will know what I'm talking about.

Which brings me to another point - I'm a music geek. That's my other main hobby. I love all types of music - rock to rap to country to electronica to jazz. I've played guitar for over twenty years and I tend to annoy people with the seemingly random factoids that I can spew out on command about my favorite artists and songs.

So, my geekiness extends beyond my TF and GI Joe collections. That's just who I am. If I'm interested in something, I want to know as much about it as I can.

That's true of my professional life too, and it's allowed me to excel at every job I've ever held. So, if I'm a geek or nerd - that's fine b/c it pays the bills and allows me to feed my family, put a roof over their heads, and TFs in the toy box.

I'm like that too! I have an obsessive quality and I do anything I'm interested in to the max. It's good when you can make money at it. I learned a LOT about TF in a VERY short period of time, as soon as I realized that it was something I liked. I have a decent Star Trek obsession too.

Ragnorok64 wrote:

G1Blaster wrote:Damnit, do I need to retell the story of me knocking out the Wal-Mart cashier for cracking wise at me buying toys?

Did it actually happen?

Probability: 0.0083%

i_amtrunks wrote:Nope.

However, collecting Star Trek, Star Wars, Buffy or Dr Who stuff is nerdy as heck!

What I find interesting is that if you collect Transformers, or any of the previous lines I mentioned then you are often considered a nerd, yet if you buy and display Wrestling toys you dont... go figure.

Don't look in my closets

I used to have a room full of mine and my husband's comic collections, three walls covered with MIB figures by series and in chronological order of appearance (X-men and Star Wars.)

I do still have a book shelf of all my Godzilla figures (all lovingly kept in pristine and chronological order), and of course, Gojira 1954 sits proudly atop my monitor to keep me company. Along with the very few TF's I've been able to find (supposedly hubby's old ones are in a box in some mysterious disappearing attic in never-never-land)

Proud to be an educated nerd.

And don't get me started about my Reaper mini's. I have so many half-naked elves it boggles the mind.