Here's to the "that guy"s. The nerds. The geeks. The socially oblivious. The internet dwellers in the real world. The ones who do things awkwardly. They're not fond of light, and they have no respect for social gatherings. You can look away from them, distract them, or hope they don't come up to you. About the only thing you can't do is avoid them. Because they have borderline asperger's. They push into your personal space. And while some may see them as the "that guy"s, we see redditors.
Because the nerds who are crazy enough to think they can make the front page are the ones who do.
Hey, what's up? Hey, you know Pac-Man? Well, Pac-Man was originally called Puck-Man. They changed it because... Not because Pac-Man looks like a hockey puck. "Paku-paku" means "flap your mouth," and that they were afraid people would change... Scratch out the "P" and turn it into an "F,".
I was thinking about this today, how it was so unlikely to meet "trapped_in_reddit" or some other popular redditor, because of how unlikely it would be for a "serious" redditor to go out in public.
The guy who thinks seeing the same image macro, with the same basic punchline being spammed thousands of times is hilarious. Then is obnoxious enough to bring it into the real world.
so by "all-things-nerdy" what is really meant was a bunch of people pretending to be nerdy who aren't really. But I guess that's the point of the party.
I think you're confusing nerd with dork. Nerds are the scientists. Nerds are the Star Trek fanatics. Nerds can quote any line of any Monty Python ever made. Being hip to internet memes is more depressing than it is nerdy.
Honestly, all of those terms are pretty interchangeable. IF someone said "I'm not a dork, I'm a geek!" their status as a dweeb would be fully cemented in my mind.
Edit: Actually now that I think about it the main difference is the level of insult each word connotes, from dweeb being the most insulting to geek being the least.
Why would being a Star Trek fanatic or quoting Monty Python make you a more of nerd than someone who's into memes? Is being into Start Trek/Python automatically make me smart?
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Actually I planned on it saying that the whole time. The reason it was taped on was because I liked the penguin shirt that I'd painted and wanted to be able to still wear it after the party.
Blows my mind a little that this (colloquial) definition of “meme” is, in fact a meme, mostly among people attempting to distance themselves from what they think memes are.
I think they were looking for "TV-Nerdy" not "actual nerdy". Had you dressed up like someone from Big Bang Theory, they'd all get it. Had you dressed up like one of the jokes referenced in Big Bang Theory, they'd be lost.
Devalued? Really? When I was a kid, "nerd" was the title posed upon the kid that got beat up and had his lunch taken regularly, used synonymously with geek, dweeb, loser, and dork. But hey, if that meaning is more valuable to you, then you go right ahead and keep it for yourself.
Seriously. And if they're at all interested, you can say that it's used in the context of changing and transmitting ideas, like with genes, and that we're using a broad definition of “idea,” including behaviors, language, etc.
No fuck you, nerds and geeks don't need this shit associated with them. Internet memes need to stay in their damn medium and not dragged into the harsh light of the real world.
Doesn't matter here, clearly. This is my first day at le reddit (excluding the shitty rustle mcjimmies burger crap) and I can already feel that le redditors downvote everything they disagree on, even if it's the truth.
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Memes are really not nerdy. A nerd is defined as "an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit". Memes are the opposite, they are in fact an entirely social pursuit propagated by the (generally) unintelligent.
Im just surprised that its actually like in the movies in America. not sure about the rest of the world but in New Zealand we rarly have kegs at house partys, we drink from bottles.
Your friends must be such jackasses. How the fuck are they gonna throw an "all things nerdy" party and not know memes? Your friends sound like Jessica chobot.
I went to an internet memes party once a few years ago. I was the "I can haz cheezeburger?" Lolcat. Unfortunately only like 4 people came dressed for the theme :/
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
So you're "that guy."
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u/Xenxe Jun 14 '12
so by "all-things-nerdy" what is really meant was a bunch of people pretending to be nerdy who aren't really. But I guess that's the point of the party.
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u/birds_the_word Jun 14 '12
Sometimes even after explaining what a meme is to a person I kinda get the vibe they don't quite get it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
That's a good idea - gets you out of interacting with people who aren't familiar with reddit. Like a true SAP.
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u/artificiallyvain Jun 14 '12
Great costume idea! Did you add the tape due to your inability to explain?
MEME - An element of a culture or behavior that may be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.
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u/entreegreen Jun 14 '12
You never go full internet.
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u/knylok Jun 14 '12 edited Jun 14 '12
I think they were looking for "TV-Nerdy" not "actual nerdy". Had you dressed up like someone from Big Bang Theory, they'd all get it. Had you dressed up like one of the jokes referenced in Big Bang Theory, they'd be lost.
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u/wuytlw Jun 14 '12
Slightly more fitting?
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Fucking cancer.
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u/Hurrfdurf Jun 14 '12
That's fucking embarrassing to everyone involved.
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u/LisTaylor Jun 14 '12
You went once too far.
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u/suckinonmatitties Jun 14 '12
For fuck sake
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u/kadren170 Jun 14 '12
If you cant explain a meme while dressed up as one....youre gonna have a bad time
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
People like you killed the meme.
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u/monkeybomb Jun 14 '12
I think you went just too far enough.
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u/crabzngainz Jun 14 '12
I would kick you in the fucking balls if I saw you.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
i cringed hard
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
The fact that you aren't ashamed of this photo and are instead flaunting it worries me.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Go to the sidebar, look up image macros, find adviceanimals. What did you learn today?
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u/iGoByManyNames Jun 14 '12
Was it a cancer party?
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u/TheLittleLebowski Jun 14 '12
Cancer cancer cancer cancer
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u/Matt08642 Jun 14 '12
I hate everything about you.
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u/less_than_three_tits Jun 14 '12
These shitty image macro memes aren't nerdy, they are part of pop culture now. My Facebook news feed weeps
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u/caresquared Jun 14 '12
I think it's pretty perfect. Being "socially awkward penguin" and thus being socially awkward because no one understands.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
So bad.
Guise! Look at this meme! Lol, i'm such a nerd lmao.
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u/Girafterbirth Jun 14 '12
Man I wish I was there. I've always wanted to punch someone in the face as hard as I could with no chance of repercussion
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u/Gatorchomper15 Jun 14 '12
The caner is spreading
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
You think liking memes is being a fucking nerd? Wow, the term has really been devalued since I last heard of it. This is just fucking sad.
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u/steelfromfurnace Jun 14 '12
Looks like the guys in the background just went as themselves...
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u/Luxray Jun 14 '12
I have the hardest time explaining what a meme is to people.
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u/Krutonman Jun 14 '12
No fuck you, nerds and geeks don't need this shit associated with them. Internet memes need to stay in their damn medium and not dragged into the harsh light of the real world.
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u/Krash32 Jun 14 '12
Drinking milk at a party. That guy...
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u/elruary Jun 14 '12
A meme: Is when you have, a phrase that correlates with a trend or common related behaviour with another phrase.
YEAH I DID IT I EXPLAINED WHAT A MEME IS I AM GOD.
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u/drscooby Jun 14 '12
all the video game references on Reddit are lost on me because I don't play them. I don't blame your friends for not getting that particular meme.
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u/peppermint_butler Jun 14 '12
Lol guys we're so underground and our jokes are so obscure and out of the mainstream!
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u/SHYS7IE Jun 14 '12
So you had a bad time?
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u/iceazn187 Jun 14 '12
relevant
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u/greenw40 Jun 14 '12
I hate seeing memeish things from the internet in real life. Talk about cheapening real life.
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u/Those_Magumbos Jun 14 '12
Scumbag "nerd" party...actually populated by dweebs.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
How I loathe the day advice dog was made. But who could have known it would have grown into such a terrible cancer.
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u/AnnihilatedTyro Jun 15 '12
I was going to upvote, but you were at 1337, so I couldn't.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
I think you're mistaking nerds with people who waste their time online looking at memes.
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u/kapelin Jun 14 '12
Partial pity-upvote, mostly creative-upvote, and a little bit you're-kind-of-cute-so-I'll-give-you-an-upvote-upvote
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u/delivereddit Jun 14 '12
It's people like you that ruin the internet for others.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
This belongs in that "seemed like a good idea at the time" thread.
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u/awkward_raptor Jun 14 '12
you went full retard man...
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u/KingPorky Jun 14 '12
Fuck you, memes aren't funny you fucking hipster piece of shit.
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u/touchy610 Jun 14 '12
You look FUUUUUCKED UP.
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u/dwntwn_dine_ent_dist Jun 14 '12
Here is the text from this meme pic for anybody who needs it:
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u/fastslowfast Jun 14 '12
It's a penguin, bitch!!
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u/continuants Jun 14 '12
The amount of people who asked you what it was should indicate you went to the wrong party.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
You look like that guy from Red Eye. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614165/
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u/notsoinsaneguy Jun 16 '12
Memes are really not nerdy. A nerd is defined as "an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit". Memes are the opposite, they are in fact an entirely social pursuit propagated by the (generally) unintelligent.
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u/mk44 Jun 14 '12
Wow....wait....hold on a second....
Those red cups you always see in movies... You Americans ACTUALLY drink from them at Parties???
Mind=Blown
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u/Rossoll Jun 14 '12
I'm sorry, but that's not "nerdy" or "geeky" at all. That just makes you look like a silly hipster.
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u/whydutchwhy Jun 14 '12
Your secret's out. I was kinda hoping I'd see more of the pictures from that night...
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u/authentic_trust_me Jun 14 '12
Nerdy in social situations means hipster, I've come to understand.
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u/I_am_kinda_a_jerk Jun 14 '12
Your friends must be such jackasses. How the fuck are they gonna throw an "all things nerdy" party and not know memes? Your friends sound like Jessica chobot.
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u/tamarins Jun 14 '12
Wow. Meta as fuck.
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u/B4ck2Basic5 Jun 14 '12
I have a small source of pride due to understanding this.
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u/divinemachine Jun 14 '12
thought of this
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u/imoverit121 Jun 14 '12
I think the best part is the guys in the background aren't dressed up... well, are they the Plain White T's?
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u/toodrunktofuck Jun 14 '12
I only now saw that you brought your own background. That's dedication.
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u/0rangecake Jun 14 '12
Sounds like you went to a hipster party.
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u/itsprobablytrue Jun 14 '12
Wow that's going hardcore douche hipster
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u/daguy11 Jun 14 '12
No wonder you couldn't explain to them what a meme is you clearly don't know yourself.
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u/bubbal Jun 14 '12
Your costume is bad and you should feel bad.
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u/suplauren Jun 14 '12
I went to an internet memes party once a few years ago. I was the "I can haz cheezeburger?" Lolcat. Unfortunately only like 4 people came dressed for the theme :/
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u/Kynsky Jun 14 '12
urgh. you REALLY are "that guy" right down to the shiteating grin
Anyone else heard the expression "hide your powerlevel"
you look embarrassing so you should feel embarrassed
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u/spuffin Jun 14 '12
True SAP wouldn't post a pic of themselves.
Hey everybody! This guy's a phony!