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Saying nice things about Naruto can get a lot of anime nerds to froth at the mouth.

Using words like kawaii, desu and other random Japanese with seemingly no rhyme or reason is a good way to make people like me hate you.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Saying nice things about Naruto can get a lot of anime nerds to froth at the mouth.

Using words like kawaii, desu and other random Japanese with seemingly no rhyme or reason is a good way to make people like me hate you.

What's sad is that I doubt these people know what they are saying.

Well if they are pronouncing the 'U' (curse this keyboard, no quotation marks either...) in desu then yes there is a significant problem there. These are usually the same category of idiot that proudly wear the title Otaku like it is something cool...

If you're around cosplayers, say that dress up is for kids.

You better avoid saying things like "you not look like Anime character" especially to cosplayer.

Kajune wrote:
You better avoid saying things like "you not look like Anime character" especially to cosplayer.

Especially if they are cosplaying as a SM sargent with a chainsword.....

 master of ordinance wrote:

Kajune wrote:
You better avoid saying things like "you not look like Anime character" especially to cosplayer.

Especially if they are cosplaying as a SM sargent with a chainsword.....

Don't forget, all cosplayers are racist unless they are asian.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Well if they are pronouncing the 'U' (curse this keyboard, no quotation marks either...) in desu then yes there is a significant problem there. These are usually the same category of idiot that proudly wear the title Otaku like it is something cool...

Yeah, it amuses me that Otaku is used with pride, considering its true meaning

To be fair though, they are copying the Rozen Maid anime...then again, unless you are a woman from the Hokkaido region, you shouldn't be saying the U.

Speaking of Rozen Maid, is that anime any good?

My only gripe is someone calling me or a fellow geek pathetic for loving a story or universe and love displaying it publicly.

My boss has called me pathetic more than once for "playing with kids toys", wearing wrestling shirts or quote lines from my favorite movies or TV shows.

Geek to me is just another word for passionate, would rather be surrounded by people with passion than "normal" people.

" A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself. "

Guess the name of the Character and you get a cookie.

 Piston Honda wrote:
My only gripe is someone calling me or a fellow geek pathetic for loving a story or universe and love displaying it publicly.

My boss has called me pathetic more than once for "playing with kids toys", wearing wrestling shirts or quote lines from my favorite movies or TV shows.

Geek to me is just another word for passionate, would rather be surrounded by people with passion than "normal" people.

" A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself. "

Guess the name of the Character and you get a cookie.

Batiatus, ill have a smarties cooky please

But i agree with what you have put. I cannot imagine how boring the life of a jock must be.

 Piston Honda wrote:
My only gripe is someone calling me or a fellow geek pathetic for loving a story or universe and love displaying it publicly.

My boss has called me pathetic more than once for "playing with kids toys", wearing wrestling shirts or quote lines from my favorite movies or TV shows.

Geek to me is just another word for passionate, would rather be surrounded by people with passion than "normal" people.

" A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself. "

Guess the name of the Character and you get a cookie.

The best part is, most of the time you get told something like this, it's by someone wearing some gakky sports jersey or shirt.

 master of ordinance wrote:

 Piston Honda wrote:
My only gripe is someone calling me or a fellow geek pathetic for loving a story or universe and love displaying it publicly.

My boss has called me pathetic more than once for "playing with kids toys", wearing wrestling shirts or quote lines from my favorite movies or TV shows.

Geek to me is just another word for passionate, would rather be surrounded by people with passion than "normal" people.

" A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself. "

Guess the name of the Character and you get a cookie.

Batiatus, ill have a smarties cooky please

But i agree with what you have put. I cannot imagine how boring the life of a jock must be.

As an athlete both in high school and after, and a dumb jarhead, I'd like to point out how full of gak this statement is.

 master of ordinance wrote:

 Piston Honda wrote:
My only gripe is someone calling me or a fellow geek pathetic for loving a story or universe and love displaying it publicly.

My boss has called me pathetic more than once for "playing with kids toys", wearing wrestling shirts or quote lines from my favorite movies or TV shows.

Geek to me is just another word for passionate, would rather be surrounded by people with passion than "normal" people.

" A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself. "

Guess the name of the Character and you get a cookie.

Batiatus, ill have a smarties cooky please

But i agree with what you have put. I cannot imagine how boring the life of a jock must be.

Irony...it's delicious.

I love this thread. If I ever walk into a new hobby shop I'm walking in loaded for bear (or nerd that is).

On topic in my local shop they had an all day arguement on wether a Star Trek ship could take on a Star Wars ship. You wouldn't believe some the arguements. Since I was playing a game of 40k I got to listen in on the whole thing. I'm a geek and even I had to try hard not to face palm or wince. My opponent was a friend of mine and kept storing the pot. At one point I through a dice at him (in a friendly way). And said "see this is why we can't have girls in here".

 Avatar 720 wrote:
"Why do you listen to metal and not something good like Kylie Minogue or S Club 7?"

Yeah, what is it with nerds and metal music?

One theory, according to Happy Viking in his Frothy pint of metal videos, is that Metal Heads are secretly enormous nerds. Might have something to do with the fantasy and occult setting.

Well, you can see it with bands like Burzum ("darkness" in the black speech), Blind Guardian (go them) and like the ton of tolkien black metal bands (Summoning, I'm looking at you), but why would it spread throughout the group?

There's no secretly about it, most metal heads are openly nerds in this area. The punk rockers not so much, but the two communities intersect at a lot of points, mostly involving the fact that swords are awesome.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:

 Piston Honda wrote:
My only gripe is someone calling me or a fellow geek pathetic for loving a story or universe and love displaying it publicly.

My boss has called me pathetic more than once for "playing with kids toys", wearing wrestling shirts or quote lines from my favorite movies or TV shows.

Geek to me is just another word for passionate, would rather be surrounded by people with passion than "normal" people.

" A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself. "

Guess the name of the Character and you get a cookie.

Batiatus, ill have a smarties cooky please

But i agree with what you have put. I cannot imagine how boring the life of a jock must be.

As an athlete both in high school and after, and a dumb jarhead, I'd like to point out how full of gak this statement is.

I'm with Kalashnikov here. You don't have to be an unfit, socially awkward introvert to be a gamer (that's not a bad thing to be - I was, and still am, pretty skinny, pale, and introverted). One of the guys that goes to my FLGS is super tanned and pretty dang ripped, and he's just a huge geek. He has one of the most amazing boardgame collections I've ever seen.
Of course, not very many geeks are like that - it's just the nature of the hobby. Wargaming involves a lot of sitting around painting figures, playing games, and devising army lists. It's not a very active hobby.

The sports/athletics crowd does seem to attract its fair share of jerks, but then so does the wargaming hobby. It's just that "jocks" tend to be fairly extroverted.

~Tim?

Yeah, I played soccer in high school, was fit, and was actually popular with women... in spite of the fact that I played D&D and was into hobbyest electronics.

It wasn't until coming under the corporate millstone that my social skills degraded to the point that I can't hold a conversation with anyone on anything other than 40k or work.

 daedalus wrote:
Yeah, I played soccer in high school, was fit, and was actually popular with women... in spite of the fact that I played D&D and was into hobbyest electronics.

It wasn't until coming under the corporate millstone that my social skills degraded to the point that I can't hold a conversation with anyone on anything other than 40k or work.

I won't say that I'm popular with women (I'm not), but I do take care of myself and dress as well as I can afford (I'm only 18, so I mostly wear what I can get at Target/Goodwill). I really don't understand why this seems to be so hard for so many people in general. Just go into any Wal-Mart and you'll see what I mean.

~Tim?

 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:

 Piston Honda wrote:
My only gripe is someone calling me or a fellow geek pathetic for loving a story or universe and love displaying it publicly.

My boss has called me pathetic more than once for "playing with kids toys", wearing wrestling shirts or quote lines from my favorite movies or TV shows.

Geek to me is just another word for passionate, would rather be surrounded by people with passion than "normal" people.

" A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself. "

Guess the name of the Character and you get a cookie.

Batiatus, ill have a smarties cooky please

But i agree with what you have put. I cannot imagine how boring the life of a jock must be.

As an athlete both in high school and after, and a dumb jarhead, I'd like to point out how full of gak this statement is.

I'm with Kalashnikov here. You don't have to be an unfit, socially awkward introvert to be a gamer (that's not a bad thing to be - I was, and still am, pretty skinny, pale, and introverted). One of the guys that goes to my FLGS is super tanned and pretty dang ripped, and he's just a huge geek. He has one of the most amazing boardgame collections I've ever seen.
Of course, not very many geeks are like that - it's just the nature of the hobby. Wargaming involves a lot of sitting around painting figures, playing games, and devising army lists. It's not a very active hobby.

The sports/athletics crowd does seem to attract its fair share of jerks, but then so does the wargaming hobby. It's just that "jocks" tend to be fairly extroverted.

~Tim?

I agree, But wargaming doesnt = unactive. I tend to do all that stuff at night when few people exercise, I exercise in the morning, run a mile or so, push up and sit ups and so forth. I think part of the snack food we gamers use.
Although i have learned chop sticks are great for eating cheetos while games.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:

 Piston Honda wrote:
My only gripe is someone calling me or a fellow geek pathetic for loving a story or universe and love displaying it publicly.

My boss has called me pathetic more than once for "playing with kids toys", wearing wrestling shirts or quote lines from my favorite movies or TV shows.

Geek to me is just another word for passionate, would rather be surrounded by people with passion than "normal" people.

" A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself. "

Guess the name of the Character and you get a cookie.

Batiatus, ill have a smarties cooky please

But i agree with what you have put. I cannot imagine how boring the life of a jock must be.

As an athlete both in high school and after, and a dumb jarhead, I'd like to point out how full of gak this statement is.

I'm with Kalashnikov here. You don't have to be an unfit, socially awkward introvert to be a gamer (that's not a bad thing to be - I was, and still am, pretty skinny, pale, and introverted). One of the guys that goes to my FLGS is super tanned and pretty dang ripped, and he's just a huge geek. He has one of the most amazing boardgame collections I've ever seen.
Of course, not very many geeks are like that - it's just the nature of the hobby. Wargaming involves a lot of sitting around painting figures, playing games, and devising army lists. It's not a very active hobby.

The sports/athletics crowd does seem to attract its fair share of jerks, but then so does the wargaming hobby. It's just that "jocks" tend to be fairly extroverted.

~Tim?

I agree, But wargaming doesnt = unactive. I tend to do all that stuff at night when few people exercise, I exercise in the morning, run a mile or so, push up and sit ups and so forth. I think part of the snack food we gamers use.
Although i have learned chop sticks are great for eating cheetos while games.

Snack food for me = fruit and nuts. I'll take a banana and some cashews over Cheetos over any day.

~Tim?

'Don't know about you but i cant wait for Shia Labeouf to take over as Indiana Jones.'

''That Felicia Day's pretty average looking, huh''

'Wearing T-shirts printed with pop-culture references means you'll die alone.... BTW cool t-shirt, who're Umbrella Corp, are they an NFL team or do they make monster trucks?'

"Joss Whedon is kinda mediocre as a director"

"What's Firefly again? Was that that stupid sci fi western thing?"

"Earl Grey tea tastes horrible"

"Doctor what now?"

I actually agree with all of those statements.

Exception: Cabin in the Woods was amazing.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

"Earl Grey tea tastes horrible"

Star trek not withstanding, that has seriously always been my favorite tea.

I concur, I was drinking Earl Grey, hot, long before I knew it was the favored beverage of badass Captain Picard, as well as apparent immortal being Sir Patrick Stewart.

 Monster Rain wrote:
I actually agree with all of those statements.

Exception: Cabin in the Woods was amazing.

Cabin in the Woods was epic and one of those rare movies that was way better then I thought it would be.

 daedalus wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

"Earl Grey tea tastes horrible"

Star trek not withstanding, that has seriously always been my favorite tea.

Dear God, I didn't realize that bit was in there.

Okay, two exceptions.