Where are you from? (New improved edition!)

[Canadamus Prime]

I'm from Lethbridge, AB, Canada. And yeah I occasionally make geeky references, but not often. I also have a Kirby shirt and 2 Mario shirts. ...and 3 Pikachu shirts, but I never wear those. I love Pikachu, but I'm too self-conscious to wear those shirts in public.

 

[stormeris]

Well... I'm from Lithuania. I don't really try to seek out other people with similar interests. To be honest, i don't try to seek out other people at all.
I'm perfectly content with just sitting by myself, away from the rest. I don't really wear any 'geeky' clothing, like internet-meme t-shirts or whatever. I prefer to dress myself with a little more dignity, mostly flannel shirts, Turtlenecks, black long coats and black fedoras (or Flatcaps, they're sort of like the Newsboy hats, which are mostly worn by old people, at least here in Lithuania. I still like them). The geekiest thing about my real life persona would probably be my habit of saying 'WTF' or 'FFS'. I'm trying to kick this habit though, been saying this nonsense much less than i used to.

 

[Euryalus]

I'm from Ireland and live in Tralee, county Kerry, nice enough place I guess, not much to do though.

I am told I have a slight accent, I myself am only starting to hear after T0ad kept telling me how great it was.

Slight, Yeah that's the word I'd use >.>

Every time we play Xbox tree sixty Fiji and I can barely notice it XD

[sub][sub][sub] I'm kidding its not heavy at all, no more Irish than mine is American anyway XD[/sub][/sub][/sub]

 

[Da Orky Man]

I'm from Ireland and live in Tralee, county Kerry, nice enough place I guess, not much to do though.

I am told I have a slight accent, I myself am only starting to hear after T0ad kept telling me how great it was.

Hey, I've been there. My grandmother lives in Ballyheigue. Tralee is the place with the Aquadome, right?

As for myself, I live in Aberystwyth, Wales. Small town of about 15,000 - 20,000 peoplee, with university students making up at least half the population.

As for geeky attire, not especially. I do seek those with similar interests out, but as I'm doing a Computer Science degree, it isn't difficult.

 

[Zhukov]

Really?

So you mean... with... with the accent and everything?

Yeah, unfortunately, it's not the worst one ever though!

Whaddaya mean "unfortunately"? Irish accents are awesome.

Well, okay, they're not quite as good as Welsh accents. But they're at least as good as French ones.

I live in Australia, Tasmania to narrow it down a little.

Holy shit, another Tasmanian!

Whereabouts man? (Y'know, just out of curiosity, not because you're within hunting distance.)

I'm in Hobart. South Hobart to be precise.

 

[Zhukov]

Whaddaya mean "unfortunately"? Irish accents are awesome.

Define "Irish Accent" There are several, which do you refer to? Cork? Donegal? Dublin? There are more than one.

What, you think I can tell the difference? I don't even know what a Donegal is, and I always thought a Cork was that thing you try to aim at your mother-in-law's eyeball when opening a bottle.

Suffice to say, I've never heard an Irish accent that I didn't like.

 

[King Billi]

Holy shit, another Tasmanian!

Whereabouts man? (Y'know, just out of curiosity, not because you're within hunting distance.)

I'm in Hobart. South Hobart to be precise.

Up on the northwest coast, Burnie.

Seeing so many different nationalities represented just in this thread it's really kinda amazing to see someone so close by.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I'm from Key Largo, Florida. I live in Central Florida right now. Neither place did I look for folk like me, we just sort of gravitated together. Of course I'm not the average geeky guy since I was very athletic in my youth and still maintain a level of athleticism. Put like this, I love american football and hockey, but I also can discuss Star Wars universe politics... So yeah I'm pretty geeky.
Anyway I always end up finding people I can get along with in most any crowd.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Hey, I've been there. My grandmother lives in Ballyheigue. Tralee is the place with the Aquadome, right?

That's right, probably the best indoor swimming area in Ireland (best place for birthday parties as kids)

Whaddaya mean "unfortunately"? Irish accents are awesome.

Define "Irish Accent" There are several, which do you refer to? Cork? Donegal? Dublin? There are more than one.

I think we all know that he means:

Sounds like a "sober" Irishman to me. Ok bad joke, there are no sober irishmen. Ok bad stereotype... I mean it in good spirits (see what I did there?).
I'll stop, the puns are getting to me.
Seriously though I've not heard an Irishman speak so slowly, I almost understood him completely without having to rewind and slowmo the words.

 

[Something Amyss]

I'm from Ireland.

You're not from Shametown? Dear God, woman, is your entire profile a lie!!!???

So...Errr...Yeah. I'm from 'Murrica. Vermont, specifically[footnote]And I don't have an appropriate accent; if anything, I overpronounce my 'R's."[/footnote]. I don't really seek out geeks, they just seem to seek me out.

Although, to be frank, I just seem to be someone everyone wants to talk to, and maybe only the geeks survive my attempts to sabotage conversations by screwing with people. Most people, it's all "whoosh!"

In my defense, most people are boring.

 

[Something Amyss]

We call it "Tallaght" or by it's formal name "strung out junkie who's definitely going to sit beside you on the bus".

He just sounds slow. Or possibly Canadian. >.>

I kid the Canadians. I live too close to them to mess aboot.

 

[Something Amyss]

Unfortunately basically everyone who hangs around the street in that video sounds like that.

I believe it. We have thousands of people 'round here I don't understand because their dialect is too thick.

They'd probably just apologize to you anyway.

That's just a front. Canadians are ruthless.

 

[Guffe]

Finland reporting in.
Lived first 20 years of my life in a small town where everyone knew everyone so everyone knew I listened to heavy metal and played video games.
Now I study in Turku, apparently me wearing heavy metal clothes in a big city is a weird thing
Everyone else wears "normal" clothing while a Iron Maiden t-shirt gives me looks like never before...

 

[Colour Scientist]

Ireland, Dublin specifically.

Snapsies!

We should use that video in tourist ads for Dublin.

I'm from Ireland.

You're not from Shametown? Dear God, woman, is your entire profile a lie!!!???

Trust me, I spend enough time there to warrant taking up permanent residency there.

 

[Zhukov]

Whaddaya mean "unfortunately"? Irish accents are awesome.

Define "Irish Accent" There are several, which do you refer to? Cork? Donegal? Dublin? There are more than one.

What, you think I can tell the difference? I don't even know what a Donegal is, and I always thought a Cork was that thing you try to aim at your mother-in-law's eyeball when opening a bottle.

Suffice to say, I've never heard an Irish accent that I didn't like.

I wouldn't watch that video I just posted then... Might be a touch disheartening.

Gah!

Why?! Why would you do that?

Colour Scientist, if you sound like that guy I'm going to be heartbroken. Y'hear me? Heartbroken!

 

[Something Amyss]

Trust me, I spend enough time there to warrant taking up permanent residency there.

Oh no, you are not Obi-Waning me here!

I'd always suspected it was a clever ploy. Stay vigilant, god only knows when they might invade.

And when they do, it's nothing but maple syrup and poutine!

 

[Colour Scientist]

Ireland, Dublin specifically.

Snapsies!

We should use that video in tourist ads for Dublin.

Just set up a camera outside the Londis on O'Connell street up by Abbey Street. Every time I go in there it's being robbed which means either I am hugely unlucky and always happen to walk in just as a robbery happens or it is just constantly being robbed. Hell that dude would probably turn up in the video running out with a baguette and a carton of milk.

I'd go for the latter option.
We should just put a fence around Talbot Street.

Colour Scientist, if you sound like that guy I'm going to be heartbroken. Y'hear me? Heartbroken!

Haha, nah, I live in Dublin but I'm from a different part of the country.

I'm also not a junkie.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

**SNIP**
We call it "Tallaght" or by it's formal name "strung out junkie who's definitely going to sit beside you on the bus".

Interesting. Here in America, the cataclysmically stoned/drunk/strung-out usually speak what I call speed-english. Basically something you need a former addict to decipher. Interesting how it seems to be backwards across the pond. Even our heroin addicts are a little speedy.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

I'm from Jersey City, New Jersey. I didn't meet too many nerds there. Sure everyone loved video games but they mostly played shooters and sports games. Anime wasn't big, nor were more obscure games. I didn't drop any references or quotes from anything into conversation though since I mostly communicated via insults, swear words and crude jokes.

Now I live in a town in Southern NJ (I won't say where because I hate this place with ever fiber of my being and don't even like typing the name) and there are nerds everywhere. Sadly they mostly conform to the "Basement dwelling, no social skill, neck beard, loser" stereotype D:
But I've found a few nerds that were able to hold a conversation without digressing into how much they want to bang game/anime character X and I've become good friends with them. I also now drop a reference or quote sometimes as bait to see if anyone picks it up and I also wear a Skyrim pendent and an Escapist t-shirt sometimes.

I'm still nerdier than my friends though, but I am introducing them to new things and they're eager to take them up

I also met this one girl down here that was a hardcore gamer and anime/manga lover but we don't hang out for some reason.
I should change that

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

**SNIP**
We call it "Tallaght" or by it's formal name "strung out junkie who's definitely going to sit beside you on the bus".

Interesting. Here in America, the cataclysmically stoned/drunk/strung-out usually speak what I call speed-english. Basically something you need a former addict to decipher. Interesting how it seems to be backwards across the pond. Even our heroin addicts are a little speedy.

That depends on location. New Jersey folk have a reputation for speaking very quickly compared to the rest of the country. Our addicts tend on speaking slower than the average here but then again we just speak quickly naturally.