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| Chemboy |
 Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject: "You know you're a geek when..." |
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Just for fun. Let's see what we can come up with. Try to stick with things that have really happened to you.
"...you see an exclaimation mark at the end of a sentence and you think it means factorial."
"...you see the word "cot," like the thing you sleep on, and keep thinking it means cotangent."
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| marnixR |
| Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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sorry to be a spoilsport, but we had a similar discussion in the computer section
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| Chemboy |
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| marnixR wrote: |
| sorry to be a spoilsport, but we had a similar discussion in the computer section |
Yes, I know. That's computers; this is anything science-related.
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| goodgod3rd |
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you know your a geek when you are up at midnight on a science forum. (and are damm proud of it)
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| GhostofMaxwell |
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.....When "original sin" sounds like integration of trig.
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| paralith |
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when one of your favorite words to say is oooooogonium!
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| zinjanthropos |
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| You know you're a geek when the good looking girls from your youth who never paid attention to you suddenly can't resist you when you've become a success. That and the feeling you get when the Jocks they used to date now work for you. |
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| scientstphilosophertheist |
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| zinjanthropos wrote: |
| You know you're a geek when the good looking girls from your youth who never paid attention to you suddenly can't resist you when you've become a success. That and the feeling you get when the Jocks they used to date now work for you. |
Oh yea!
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| zinjanthropos |
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| SPT......you know you're a real geek when you're worth $60 billion. |
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| Swordsmith |
| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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All of these are things my friends or I have experienced. The ones with an * are ones I've personally done.
Your first words to you chemistry teacher are: "Can I come in after school and blow something up in the lab hood?"*
When you discusses quantum mechanics and string theory with your geometry teacher. *
Some one blows up a bag of carrots at lunch with not exactly knowing how, so every decides to try to recreate the event tommorow.
Instead of going to the school pep rally, you go to the library to play shogi with a friend.*
You know more than the teacher on the subject they specialize in.*
You can say "Seize the night!" in Latin, because your an insomniac due to your overly active mind.*
Teachers check with you to verify facts.*
You know the ins and outs of world politics better than your family.
You feel the Quiz Bowl team your captain on should be considered a legitimate sports team by the school.*
You've been spurned by every girl you've ever attempted to ask on a date in highschool, the word "nerd" or "geek" is some how involved. But, you take delicious and evil delight in knowing that she'll marry some meathead jock, who will probably work for your giant multi-national one day. (I think every geek has experienced this at some point in their life. Or at least a variation.)
In an attempt to be romantic, you write your first love note and fold it into an origami crane, but can't work up the courage to give the girl the damn thing anyway.*
The word "evolution" in science class gets you excited.*
I'd come up with more. . . but I think that I'd make this post incredibly long if I did.
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| MacGyver1968 |
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| Swordsmith |
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When you joined this forum fully understanding that EVERYTHING would be science-oriented, and like the thought.*
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| (In)Sanity |
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When you create a place for people to talk about "You know you're a geek when..."
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| paralith |
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When you and your lunch pals like to make terrible puns involving potato chips and gene chips.
C'mon, comparing an oily slice of potato and a several hundred dollar piece of advanced molecular technology is pretty damn hilarious! Oops, that's another one for the list.
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| Swordsmith |
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When you and your friends discover the equation that turns off the universe. Which is:
The square root of chaos plus the square root of fish divided by Jesus=OMFG!
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