# Nerdy Confessions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162 "2012-06-14T17:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/1 "2012-06-14T17:41:17Z")
Since mine isn’t about Buffy or Star Trek or Wars or a video game or something else on TV or in the movies or what have you, I’ll put this here. Mods, feel free to move this to Cafe Society if you think that’s best. My confession is that when I think about the Wars of the Roses (not the confession), I feel very strongly pro-Yorkist (also not the confession) but, (this is the confession) I don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/2 "2012-06-14T17:45:02Z")
Super Mario is my personal hero. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/3 "2012-06-14T17:52:03Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > My confession is that when I think about the Wars of the Roses (not the confession), I feel very strongly pro-Yorkist (also not the confession) but, (this is the confession) I don’t know why. Oh yeah? When\* I\* think about the Wars of the Roses, all I think is how poor Edmund Blackadder got written out of history. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/4 "2012-06-14T18:02:32Z")
When I think of the Wars of the Roses, I think of the Kathleen Turner / Michael Douglas movie. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/5 "2012-06-14T18:13:29Z")
As a kid, I had a crush on Penny, the brainy girl from the Inspector Gadget cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/6 "2012-06-14T18:15:41Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > As a kid, I had a crush on Penny, the brainy girl from the Inspector Gadget cartoons. I thought everyone did. I had a crush on the girl in Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/7 "2012-06-14T19:00:19Z")
I confess I’m still angry about Caesar’s assassination and the end of the Peloponnesian war, also the death of Alexander the Great. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/8 "2012-06-14T19:03:01Z")
I have a crush on Kim Possible. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/9 "2012-06-14T19:06:34Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I confess I’m still angry about Caesar’s assassination and the end of the Peloponnesian war, also the death of Alexander the Great. I maintain a low-grade continual rage about the burning of the Library of Alexandria and the murder of Hypatia. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/10 "2012-06-14T19:08:02Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I maintain a low-grade continual rage about the burning of the Library of Alexandria and the murder of Hypatia. Those too. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/11 "2012-06-14T20:40:23Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > As a kid, I had a crush on Penny, the brainy girl from the Inspector Gadget cartoons. And I had a crush on the boy from the Speed Racer cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/12 "2012-06-14T20:51:56Z")
I had a crush on Laurie Partridge. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/13 "2012-06-14T20:52:11Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Super Mario is my personal hero. [Mario is a douchebag](http://www.cracked.com/video_18317_why-mario-secretly-douchebag.html). ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/14 "2012-06-14T20:56:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > And I had a crush on the boy from the Speed Racer cartoons. The kid with the monkey? Oh dear. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/15 "2012-06-14T21:10:10Z")
I went to a lecture on the making of The Beatles’ album **Revolver** , and the lecturer featured a breakdown of the five tape loops they used on the track _Tomorrow Never Knows_ - what the loops’ sounds were, how they were modified and then how the loops were mixed in live during the tracking of the song. I squee’d in a big way. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/16 "2012-06-14T22:05:53Z")
Sometimes, when I’m painting D&D miniatures, I listen to \*The Lord of the Rings \*on audio book. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/17 "2012-06-14T22:08:19Z")
I STILL want a Dr Who [(Tom Baker](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Doctor)) scarf, I just have no idea how I would ever wear it. Tom Baker stopped being the doctor 31 years ago (and yes, I used to watch Dr Who 31 years ago.) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/18 "2012-06-14T23:21:05Z")
I’m in love with Daria. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/19 "2012-06-14T23:34:58Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > I STILL want a Dr Who [(Tom Baker](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Doctor)) scarf, I just have no idea how I would ever wear it. Tom Baker stopped being the doctor 31 years ago (and yes, I used to watch Dr Who 31 years ago.) Hah! I actually had my aunt knit me that scarf… 32 years ago. I still have it somewhere around here. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162/20 "2012-06-14T23:36:52Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > The kid with the monkey? Oh dear. 🙂 I totally don’t remember the monkey. Matter of fact, I hardly remember anything about the show. I haven’t seen it in over twenty years. \*I don’t want to. \* Let it stay a pleasant memory. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-confessions/625162.md?page=2)