Recent content by Terminal Marque

...And then people forage them. Just like you sort of have to hope that the mushrooms aren't growing on a stump that someone nailed with stump killer.

And here I thought that this was just a plotline in 'The League'.

In cases where someone stands to directly benefit from lying, it usually pays not to assume that they believe what they're saying. There is no more reason to take her response to this at face value, than to take her other writing. She may simply have arrogantly believed that 'a bunch of...

Why is she clearly delusional? She has a number of possible motives that don't require delusions, just a shitty conscience and poor planning.

@Hawki: Totally off topic and appropo of nothing.

Yes, lets. Of course we're doing "the thing", it's called language. Otherwise every word would mean what every other word does, and "Nerd" would be no more meaningful than "Fpqfyed". Now if you have nothing else except a circle you're walking between "You can't define 'Nerd'!", "Nerds aren't...

The vast majority of "online gamers" aren't nerds either, and if you can't keep track of your own arguments, it's a sign that you should take a break from making them. They were going nowhere anyway.

You're not crazy, it's just a matter of taste. I don't think there's much that's more subjective than someone being hot, unless it's a food tasting good/bad. Did they make many good decisions? I feel like making inexplicably bad choices has been the Star Wars norm since the prequels.

In two posts you've gone from "But nerd being an object of ridicule? Nope. It hasn't been that way for a long time." to "Nowhere where they used to be" and some version of "They're doing it to themselves". Which do you actually believe to be the case? Then we can get on with why...

I know what you mean. To be fair of course, "Tall, leggy blonde with stunning blue eyes and British accent" hits a LOT of 'yes please' buttons for pretty much everyone, so you're not alone there. Personally, I think she looks like an amazonian version of Rachel Riley. Brilliant mathematician...

She's not ugly by any stretch, in a medieval setting, in armor, playing a character that is supposed to be anything, but "pretty"? Did you... I don't know... check out what she looks like on a modeling shoot? 'Cause she's a model. Behold, the miracle of makeup, used to make someone...

Nerds aren't an object of ridicule? Rich, successful nerds, sure, but you can just append any noun after "Rich, successful" and get the same result. Ree: Caitlyn Jenner.

I saw the writing on the wall for the Wii-U when Nintendo decided to chase that sweet addictive Wii money. I don't think they've learned their lesson yet, and as long as their fans put that "Fanatic" in fan, they won't need to really.

No, in the same way that I don't start to get tired of the relentlessly comedic tone of a COMEDY. smh

It's not just baggage, it's also the claim that you're intelligent and educated, generally in the STEM fields. More broadly, it's someone with exhaustive knowledge and passion for academic subjects or activities, like music or math or medicine. Buying videogames isn't "Geeky" it's "Average"...