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Ask HN: What makes you a “weird nerd”?
I believe weirdness should be celebrated. What qualities or interests do you have that makes you a "weird nerd"?
Inspired by and somewhat in tangent to this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9180795
I'll post mine below so not everybody has to read it ;)
EDIT: Please read the thread I linked above before you decry the label "weird nerd". Thanks :3
- some_furry 12y agoI'm a weird nerd because: - I love furry conventions - I love Renaissance Fairs - I used to (and still would enjoy) D&D and LARPing - I spent more time learning about programming and application security than I spent doing anything else - I spent more time in high school learning how to wield a katana than I spent thinking about boys - Despite being a 25 year-old gay furry, I've never been in a relationship. This might not seem that weird, but when you spend a lot of time in a fandom where polyamory and sex is rather pronounced, it makes me somewhat of an outsider to the outsiders If a lot of people (including prospective employers) knew this side of me, I'd probably be homeless X3
- sarciszewski 12y agoI'm a weird nerd because I never cared about social grouping, only about intelligence and personality. Everything else is just details.