Are any of you not nerds?

I'm not.

I'm a dork. Huge difference. Nerds at least know things.

- Damn, Gary
- 💀
- According to the internet 78% of all data is made up. With at least 34% of it contradicting actual reality.
  
  Wait a minute 78+34, eh close enough.
- /thread
- all this data is made up lol
  wtf
- Ironically this post makes me think you are less of a nerd as it has LLM fingerprints all over it. A real nerd would have compiled their satircal study by hand.
- How the heck do you even begin to formulate a post like this.
  
  Google's Deep Research AI produces similar output. I'm not saying the user definitely did that, I'm saying they could have used AI for that.

we're on a niche open source reddit alternative built by communists, written in rust, with multiple sizable linux communities
- -- lemmy at its core
- Good point. We're a bunch of badasses.
  
  卄乇ㄥㄥ　ㄚ乇卂卄　乃尺ㄖㄒ卄乇尺

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

I'm a bona fide alpha male. Imagine Joe Rogan but more buff and with additional BDE. When I talk everyone listens. I was the star of every sports team I've been part of. I can lift a motocycle above my head and then ride off into the sunset on it.
Usually posting fit-pics on insta but I accidentally clicked a link and ended up here.
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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 not a nerd. Nerds are smart.

no, all people here are 30-40 years old communist programmers from california
- I am stuck in the yall zone
  
  Whoda thunk the Y’all zone is more PC than the res
- But I'm not from Cali!
- I'm only one of those things.
  
  Unless you're the ontological projection of communism, you're at least two of those things.
- I'm not 30-40 years old!
- hey now.
- Hold up...I mean, yeah. Okay.
- 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.
- Neither a programmer nor from California. I'm a rare southern red
- 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?
- I'm not a programmer; at best I script.
- Not from Cali, not a programmer (though honestly I could be).

I’d say I fit neatly in the Dork category. At least, that’s what my imposter syndrome would have me believe.
- Oh shit, I really am a dork.
- No no, I am stupid too.
  
  That's the Grey area outside all the circles
- 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 am a hollow circle around the nerd core.
  I don't fit in any category :D

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.
- The search for a discord replacement will be a challenge.

Closeted nerd reporting for duty

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 wanted to be a nerd but I can't even geek. I'm more of a dork.
- Careful. That sounds like dweeb talk.

Define

No.
Next question.

they see me coming they go 'nerd alert! 🚨'
j/k i got no friends i'm a nerd

I'm only half a nerd.
- I say that about being gay.
  
  Which half is gay, top or bottom?

I'm not smart enough to be a nerd.
- Yea I’m just weird
- Nerd does not imply smart

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

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.

No, I am a geek.

Not me I'm cool 😎

Not only. There are also some communists and furries.

Rude.
- I'll take nerd as a complement.

I already did
- Is this a Futurama reference?
  
  Yes!

Quit bullying us!

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.

I’m not a nerd! I’ve had sex!! with a girl!!! once…
- Did it cost much?
  
  Ouch 😷

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.

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

Noo...

Rage bait
- More like a block party.
  Okay everyone, jump in the nerd post at the same time!
- not rage bait, genuinely asking because thus far i've only heard of other "computer nerds" using Lemmy in any capacity.

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?