I'm not.
this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
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I'm a dork. Huge difference. Nerds at least know things.
we're on a niche open source reddit alternative built by communists, written in rust, with multiple sizable linux communities
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Good point. We're a bunch of badasses.
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Weβre only nerds if we come out of the Silicon Valley region of California. Otherwise, we are just sparkling geeks.
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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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We're early adopters. By definition: we're nerds.
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.
So your reasoning that you're not a nerd is that you're an anarchist? I got some bad news for you...
Oh no, I'm hella rad.
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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 Yβall zone is more PC than the res
But I'm not from Cali!
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Iβd say I fit neatly in the Dork category. At least, thatβs what my imposter syndrome would have me believe.
Oh shit, I really am a dork.
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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
No.
Next question.
Define
they see me coming they go 'nerd alert! π¨'
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..
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No, I am a geek.
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