20 Nerds Share the Nerdiest Moment of Their Life
What qualifies as a nerd nowadays? It seems the term went from a derogatory description to a near compliment, yet not everyone ‘nerds out’ about everything they like. To actually have a moment of, let’s say, nerditude, you need to not only be knowledgeable about a topic, but so much so that it goes from fun quirk to concern raiser.
This reddit thread shows the nerdiest redditors at their best, and we’ve compiled them up here. Look in awe as the nerds of reddit share the moments where they, too, realize how much of a nerd they truly are.
Nuclear Explosion Tier List
This reddit poster not only knows several nuclear testing sites by heart, he can visually differentiate each mushroom cloud at a glance. Some people have podcasts in the background, this user seems to have nuclear explosions on a loop.
Fresh Prince of Manliana
While the hit TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was memorable for a multitude of reasons, its theme song is one of the most endeering parts. Hence why it’s no wonder a redditor used it as a baseline to recreate Cicero’s oration against Cataline in 63BC.
Star Wars Fan Smacks Someone Over Spoiler
Star Wars fans take their plots very seriously, but no one gets into any kind of physical agression unless the situation is too critical. But if you see someone in full costume, waiting for hours in line to watch the first of the prequels, you shouldn’t spoil the ending to them. You’ll be in danger of getting smacked right across the face.
A Real Rail Gun
Yes, rail guns are real, not just a neat weapon from a videogame. It’s kind of way they all look the same, with the two horizontal metal bars that seem to electrically shoot something. It has more to do with magnets, and a redditor made the real deal just for an electronics degree.
Calling Friends By Their Gamer Tag
Gaming can create real relationships, but more often than not, you’ll be calling those friends by the name you met them as. This is why, when a redditor met a lot of his online friends in the flesh (during a DOTA 2 tournament), they decided to just stick to their game names instead. Hopefully, they weren’t too silly.
Intense LARPing Session
There’s nothing wrong with a bit of roleplay, especially when everyone is on board with it. A redditor told the story of how he was introducing a friend to the concept, but were caught by a friend who thought they were doing ‘something else’ behind closed doors. They were so embarassed they were caught, that they might as well have been doing something more ‘intimate.’
A Wild D&D Party
Dungeons & Dragons might not be the nerdiest hobby you can have, but it is certainly one of the most popular ones. Collegue students were enjoying a (quite noisy) D&D session when campus police busted in thinking they would find alcohol and who knows what else, but they only found oddly-shapped dice.
No Flirting Noticed
When trying to flirt with a nerd, the main thing you’ll need is clarity. If you ask them to help you with, say, a programming class final project (as a redditor tells it), they won’t notice your advances as they are too focused explaining the subject to you. This redditor only knows about it due to them being told after the fact.
Dragon Ball Z Life
One redditor tells the story of how he was spending an amazing afternoon with a friend, playing Dragon Ball Z games and listening to Dragon Ball Z music in the background. Eventually, they check their phones only to realize they both had several missed calls. The phones weren’t silenced, but both of them had some Dragon Ball Z song as a ringtone, and it blended into the background.
Battle Tag Dating
Many of these stories are about dating, a crucial part to realize just how much of a nerd someone is. When a particular redditor was asked for their ‘sc,’ their gamer instinct kicked in and they assumed StarCraft. So they gave that person their Battle Tag. They were asking for their Snapchat.
Gary Gygax Obituary
When Gary Gygax passed in 2008, many D&D nerds wanted to pay homage to the father of their hobby on their own way. Two particular nerds went to the woods, drew a pentagram, proceeded to light a symbolic fire and drink soda from a plastic goblet. That is either someone’s nerdiest moment or the start of a succesful witchcraft career.
Jedi Safe Word
Nerding out about a topic can be overwhelming for people who don’t know the subject. One redditor comments how a friend had them develop a ‘safe word’ for when they were taking their fanatism too far. Too bad they didn’t share what that word was… probably something regarding 66.
No Girlfriends Allowed
When your nerdy boyfriend tells you he has a 16-person Halo LAN party planned, know that it isn’t that kind of party. The redditor says that, although warned, his girlfriend at the time showed up and it ended up why they broke up.
Dog Quest
Contrary to popular belief, dogs don’t know English. But they do pick up certain words, particularly the ones that involve food or going out for a walk. Well, one redditor taught their dog an entire phrase, so when the dog hears “we’re going on a quest,” it knows it means going out for a walk.
Battlefront LARP
A camp counselor organized a Battlefront LARP session with middle schoolers, using pool noddles as light sabers, and got so into it that he organized background music and speeches to go with it. He even joined the action, and considering they were over 30 kids, the main feat was keeping the event in check.
Binary Cake
A redditor was out with his wife looking for birthday candles, and she was turning 32. Not old by any means, but certainly too many candles to put on a cake, unless you find candles shapped like a 3 and a 2. The redditor went with 6 regular candles, and only lit the first. Because 100000 in binary is 32.
Ancient CD
This one is less about being a nerd and more about being old, but one redditor is particularly proud of a scar on their ankle. It was from repeatedly changing CDs from the tray on the computer, which used to be on ankle level back in the stone age.
Steamy Tutorial
After dating for a week, a redditor tells the story of how him and this girl ended up getting real close at his house. Yet before things could escalate, she asks about the Magic the Gathering cards on his shelf. They ended up playing several games before anything else happened, yet somehow that wasn’t the end of the relationship.
Unit of Measurement
Potatoes can be used for a lot of things, and according to a redditor, as a unit of measurement as well! It seems that a lot of nerdy reddit users do this, since many have gathered around this post and shared how they measure things in snails, cats, and even toasts.
Strange Pet
Having an axolotl as a pet is, while weird, not the most nerdy thing in the world. What is nerdy is hosting entire lectures about their physiology, relationship to Aztec myth and culture, Aztec mythology and the Spanish conquest of Mexico. All from the slightest of prompts.