How big a nerd am I.
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They actually have a teenage child. Needless to say the child doesn't have a cell phone. My family thinks the internet is used to watch dirty movies and send jokes/chain letters. I feel really out of place at family reunions.
GateKeeper22 wrote:
My family thinks the internet is used to watch dirty movies
So I bet your family gave you some odd looks when you first said "I can stream videos from the internet to my TV" Ahh its for the 'news' bits. Really. :-O :-O :-O
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
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GateKeeper22 wrote:
My family thinks the internet is used to watch dirty movies
So I bet your family gave you some odd looks when you first said "I can stream videos from the internet to my TV" Ahh its for the 'news' bits. Really. :-O :-O :-O
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
Yeah I definitely got some weird looks. Not as weird as when one of them stays over and see the guest computer in the guest bed room.
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I am a nerd with a non nerd family. I was explaining to one of my family members that I had just got done building a media computer. They looked at me like I was speaking gibberish and asked me what the difference between a regular and media computer was. I explained there was no difference except one was hooked up to my TV so I could stream content from the Internet. They then asked me for a demo of this. So I showed them how it worked. Then I pulled out my laptop and started to chat with my wife on IM. She was sitting right next to me but I didn't want to talk to her out load because my family member looked like they were really enjoying the show I put on. They noticed that I was typing and asked me what I was doing. I told them I was talking to my wife. They then told me that I was probably the biggest nerd they had ever met. The reasons were because I owned a computer specifically for my TV, had a computer for guests to use, and I was talking to my wife on IM when she was sitting right next to me. I don't really have a problem with being called a nerd. Actually I like it when people call me that. I am just wondering if I am really that big of nerd in today society? So what do you all think?
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They actually have a teenage child. Needless to say the child doesn't have a cell phone. My family thinks the internet is used to watch dirty movies and send jokes/chain letters. I feel really out of place at family reunions.
The good thing there is you said that but I bet they didn't check to make sure you weren't talking to her about THEM. That's why if I catch it I make sure everyone in the room puts their phones away to keep from talking about me :-D
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I am a nerd with a non nerd family. I was explaining to one of my family members that I had just got done building a media computer. They looked at me like I was speaking gibberish and asked me what the difference between a regular and media computer was. I explained there was no difference except one was hooked up to my TV so I could stream content from the Internet. They then asked me for a demo of this. So I showed them how it worked. Then I pulled out my laptop and started to chat with my wife on IM. She was sitting right next to me but I didn't want to talk to her out load because my family member looked like they were really enjoying the show I put on. They noticed that I was typing and asked me what I was doing. I told them I was talking to my wife. They then told me that I was probably the biggest nerd they had ever met. The reasons were because I owned a computer specifically for my TV, had a computer for guests to use, and I was talking to my wife on IM when she was sitting right next to me. I don't really have a problem with being called a nerd. Actually I like it when people call me that. I am just wondering if I am really that big of nerd in today society? So what do you all think?
When people used to ask me what I did for a living I used to tell them, now I lie and say, "I do computers" it is much easier that way.
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I am a nerd with a non nerd family. I was explaining to one of my family members that I had just got done building a media computer. They looked at me like I was speaking gibberish and asked me what the difference between a regular and media computer was. I explained there was no difference except one was hooked up to my TV so I could stream content from the Internet. They then asked me for a demo of this. So I showed them how it worked. Then I pulled out my laptop and started to chat with my wife on IM. She was sitting right next to me but I didn't want to talk to her out load because my family member looked like they were really enjoying the show I put on. They noticed that I was typing and asked me what I was doing. I told them I was talking to my wife. They then told me that I was probably the biggest nerd they had ever met. The reasons were because I owned a computer specifically for my TV, had a computer for guests to use, and I was talking to my wife on IM when she was sitting right next to me. I don't really have a problem with being called a nerd. Actually I like it when people call me that. I am just wondering if I am really that big of nerd in today society? So what do you all think?
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GateKeeper22 wrote:
and I was talking to my wife on IM when she was sitting right next to me.
GateKeeper22 wrote:
So what do you all think?
I think it could be more important what your wife thinks :-D
I already know what she thinks. she is outspoken so I don't have to ask. She thinks I am a nerd too. But she is one also so it makes it nice. She didn't mind that I was IMing her while she was sitting next to me.
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I already know what she thinks. she is outspoken so I don't have to ask. She thinks I am a nerd too. But she is one also so it makes it nice. She didn't mind that I was IMing her while she was sitting next to me.
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I am a nerd with a non nerd family. I was explaining to one of my family members that I had just got done building a media computer. They looked at me like I was speaking gibberish and asked me what the difference between a regular and media computer was. I explained there was no difference except one was hooked up to my TV so I could stream content from the Internet. They then asked me for a demo of this. So I showed them how it worked. Then I pulled out my laptop and started to chat with my wife on IM. She was sitting right next to me but I didn't want to talk to her out load because my family member looked like they were really enjoying the show I put on. They noticed that I was typing and asked me what I was doing. I told them I was talking to my wife. They then told me that I was probably the biggest nerd they had ever met. The reasons were because I owned a computer specifically for my TV, had a computer for guests to use, and I was talking to my wife on IM when she was sitting right next to me. I don't really have a problem with being called a nerd. Actually I like it when people call me that. I am just wondering if I am really that big of nerd in today society? So what do you all think?
GateKeeper22 wrote:
Then I pulled out my laptop and started to chat with my wife on IM. She was sitting right next to me
This made me remember an episode of "Two and a half men" when Jake IMs with his little girlfriend and she was by his side. Charlie, the "player" of the show was amazed by this. Oh yeah, that's really nerd. If the world keeps moving towards this path, we'll soon render our vocal cord useless and we will "evolve" so they will become a vestigial organ like the apendix.
"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson
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I am a nerd with a non nerd family. I was explaining to one of my family members that I had just got done building a media computer. They looked at me like I was speaking gibberish and asked me what the difference between a regular and media computer was. I explained there was no difference except one was hooked up to my TV so I could stream content from the Internet. They then asked me for a demo of this. So I showed them how it worked. Then I pulled out my laptop and started to chat with my wife on IM. She was sitting right next to me but I didn't want to talk to her out load because my family member looked like they were really enjoying the show I put on. They noticed that I was typing and asked me what I was doing. I told them I was talking to my wife. They then told me that I was probably the biggest nerd they had ever met. The reasons were because I owned a computer specifically for my TV, had a computer for guests to use, and I was talking to my wife on IM when she was sitting right next to me. I don't really have a problem with being called a nerd. Actually I like it when people call me that. I am just wondering if I am really that big of nerd in today society? So what do you all think?
Yes.
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I am a nerd with a non nerd family. I was explaining to one of my family members that I had just got done building a media computer. They looked at me like I was speaking gibberish and asked me what the difference between a regular and media computer was. I explained there was no difference except one was hooked up to my TV so I could stream content from the Internet. They then asked me for a demo of this. So I showed them how it worked. Then I pulled out my laptop and started to chat with my wife on IM. She was sitting right next to me but I didn't want to talk to her out load because my family member looked like they were really enjoying the show I put on. They noticed that I was typing and asked me what I was doing. I told them I was talking to my wife. They then told me that I was probably the biggest nerd they had ever met. The reasons were because I owned a computer specifically for my TV, had a computer for guests to use, and I was talking to my wife on IM when she was sitting right next to me. I don't really have a problem with being called a nerd. Actually I like it when people call me that. I am just wondering if I am really that big of nerd in today society? So what do you all think?
I wouldn't call you a nerd, I'd call your family cave-men! ;P
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GateKeeper22 wrote:
Then I pulled out my laptop and started to chat with my wife on IM. She was sitting right next to me
This made me remember an episode of "Two and a half men" when Jake IMs with his little girlfriend and she was by his side. Charlie, the "player" of the show was amazed by this. Oh yeah, that's really nerd. If the world keeps moving towards this path, we'll soon render our vocal cord useless and we will "evolve" so they will become a vestigial organ like the apendix.
"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson
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Not as long as we have politicians. They shout so much that our species will always have to keep its vocal cords working :D
Or they will just mass IM with ALL UPPERCASE LETTERS DURING THEIR SPEECHES. :doh:
"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson
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Or they will just mass IM with ALL UPPERCASE LETTERS DURING THEIR SPEECHES. :doh:
"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson
Or evolve into a distinct species, the same as computer nerds. Which would be awsome - several intelligent species on the same planet! Oh wait, would politicians count?
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I am a nerd with a non nerd family. I was explaining to one of my family members that I had just got done building a media computer. They looked at me like I was speaking gibberish and asked me what the difference between a regular and media computer was. I explained there was no difference except one was hooked up to my TV so I could stream content from the Internet. They then asked me for a demo of this. So I showed them how it worked. Then I pulled out my laptop and started to chat with my wife on IM. She was sitting right next to me but I didn't want to talk to her out load because my family member looked like they were really enjoying the show I put on. They noticed that I was typing and asked me what I was doing. I told them I was talking to my wife. They then told me that I was probably the biggest nerd they had ever met. The reasons were because I owned a computer specifically for my TV, had a computer for guests to use, and I was talking to my wife on IM when she was sitting right next to me. I don't really have a problem with being called a nerd. Actually I like it when people call me that. I am just wondering if I am really that big of nerd in today society? So what do you all think?
I suppose you watch cable while eating microwave popcorn. (how strange would that phrase have been a while back)
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Nerd! ;P :laugh: I have like seven computers sitting on my desk right meow... :cool:
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Sorry, couldn't help it - you've put me on the wrong track meow.
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Do I look like a cat to you boy!? :suss:
