Are any of you not nerds?

I'm fairly non-nerdy, though I like reading fantasy and scifi.

But other than that, nope.

We’re only nerds if we come out of the Silicon Valley region of California. Otherwise, we are just sparkling geeks.

🥰 Thank you

I’d say I fit neatly in the Dork category. At least, that’s what my imposter syndrome would have me believe.

No no, I am stupid too.
I am a hollow circle around the nerd core.
I don't fit in any category :D
Imposter syndrome ❤️
That's an intelligent analysis of yourself, a supporting evidence that you fit in the nerd category.
- Gemini likes to tell me that I’m good in the emotional intelligence area. Haha.

I'm not. College dropout waitress married to an artschool dropout chef.

I don't believe you, you use Lemmy. You are at least somewhat nerd.
- Ah, but I'm on the anarchist instance.

We're early adopters. By definition: we're nerds.

I'm on the border of nerd and geek

Who else does research on obscure social media platforms because they are fed up with mainstream surveillance capitalism social media.

Edit: If to be a nerd is to have a strong interest in something particular then everyone should be a nerd because having interests is awesome.

I'm not a nerd. Nerds are smart.

no, all people here are 30-40 years old communist programmers from california

Not old, not communist and I am from Canada. I am only sort of a programmer. Only do it as a hobby and my job is only tangentially related to it.
I'm only one of those things.
- Unless you're the ontological projection of communism, you're at least two of those things.
hey now.
But I'm not from Cali!
I'm not 30-40 years old!
Hold up...I mean, yeah. Okay.
I'm not a programmer; at best I script.
slightly more seriously: lots of lemmy users came from reddit, but mostly from older demographic (because of old reddit phaseout) and more FOSS-oriented, privacy-aware, tech-literate part (because of API shitshow/alternative apps blockage). there's some barrier to entry (choice of instance) that would filter off the least technical users. there are some prominent programming oriented fedi servers (programming.dev, infosec.exchange). lemmy in general seems to be more lefty than reddit, less americacentric, and i guess that over half are linux users. i suspect that because of combination of technical skill and older age (compared to reddit) lots of lemmitors have well paying technical jobs (again compared to reddit) which allows/requires them to live in nicer parts of their countries (not specifically cali)
- Yeah I came here because of the reddit exodus but stayed for the linux. I just need something to scroll through when I am bored and my rss feed isn't interesting me. As a young person its weird everybody here is old. I am 17 and would've thought more of the youth would be interested in alternative social media platforms. Aren't young people supposed to be the ones who do things contradictory to the status quo?
Neither a programmer nor from California. I'm a rare southern red

I'm not smart enough to be a nerd.

Not only. There are also some communists and furries.

Closeted nerd reporting for duty

I wanted to be a nerd but I can't even geek. I'm more of a dork.

Careful. That sounds like dweeb talk.

No.

Next question.

Na :3

Sodium to you as well, fellow nerd.
Of course not! There’s no furry nerds!
- Never met a furry that wasn't a nerd tbh x3

I already did

Is this a Futurama reference?
- Yes!

Define

I'm only half a nerd.

I say that about being gay.
- Which half is gay, top or bottom?

they see me coming they go 'nerd alert! 🚨'

j/k i got no friends i'm a nerd

Everyone is a nerd about something. That's how interests work in general: you only ever get called a nerd for being interested in something that others aren't interested in, but they're also interested in stuff you're not interested in, so..

I think you're mixing up "nerd" and "geek" here.
- Eh, I see them as fairly interchangeable. There's some subtlety in the difference between them, but.

Is that the guy who had sex with his socks on?

Noo...

I’m writing a book on adaptations. I wouldn’t consider myself a nerd, but writing a book about adapting works from one medium to another is very nerdy.

Not me I'm cool 😎

No, I am a geek.

I don't read enough to consider myself a nerd; I'm kind of ignorant. But... I do like nerd topics.

Quit bullying us!

No, I'm cool. I do a good bit of nerdy/antisocial stuff but I'm actually a certified chiller

I’m not a nerd! I’ve had sex!! with a girl!!! once…

Did it cost much?
- Ouch 😷

Rude.

I'll take nerd as a complement.

Yes, what was nerd is not nerd anymore

What was once nerd is nerd no longer, but as the wheel turns, what was nerd will be next once again.

I'm the only one, sorry.

Who's asking?

a nerd. I'm just wondering because I'd like it know if any normal people are leaving Reddit to use Lemmy. doesn't look like it.
- There were "normal" people on reddit?

I am not a nerd