# Oddly Geeky Moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774 "2004-11-20T01:18:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/1 "2004-11-20T01:18:07Z")
Just now I found myself saying to my daughter “Come watch this show. It’s going to have some really cool information on parasites.” God bless the National Geographic Channel. Anybody else catch themselves saying or doing something incredibly geeky? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/2 "2004-11-20T01:24:59Z")
Ohhh, I can’t count the number of times… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/3 "2004-11-20T01:46:15Z")
Gee, not here…::looks around:: ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/4 "2004-11-20T01:57:43Z")
Well, first a little background. I do tech support. A lot of my day consists of helping people install software (as in, telling them to pop in the CD, follow the wizard and accept the default paths for the install). Some time ago I was in a café and ordered a coffee (drip, in the Seattle lexicon). When asked what blend I wanted, I actually heard myself say “just give me the default blend, please”. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/5 "2004-11-20T07:32:59Z")
I bragged to my roommate about the awesome names I gave to my [Kingdom of Loathing](http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?results=) familiars. This may or may not have happened more than once. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/6 "2004-11-20T07:40:16Z")
I was thrilled more than I should have been when I learned The Innocent Schoolgirl\* wants to learn how to use Linux. \*Okay, she’s not really innocent nor a schoolgirl, but by gum that’s what I’m going to use to refer to her. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/7 "2004-11-20T07:52:46Z")
For me, geeky moments are the norm. It’s the oddly _non-geeky_ moments that take me by suprise. And parasites are cool. Well, not that I want to have one in my very own body, you understand, but they’re really pretty fascinating. I’d be happy to watch a National Geographic special on them. In fact, I’d probably call my friends and say, “Hey! Check it out! There’s a really cool show on parasites coming up!” Then maybe we’d watch it together. Well, really, I’d probably never know about the special on parasites, because I don’t have a TV. And I might be spending a bunch of the evening at the lab that day, anyway. But all that’s beside the point, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/8 "2004-11-20T14:15:12Z")
I gave my wife a set of printed instructions to follow on a recent road trip. The name of the place we were going to was printed at the top of the list. We were about halfway through the instructions, and she asked me, “Where are we going, exactly?” I couldn’t remember the name, so I said, “Scroll up.” ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/9 "2004-11-20T14:31:57Z")
We were watching a DVD of some movie or another and the phone rang. My husband hit pause and answered the phone. Before my brain filter kicked in, I blurted out, “Oh, my god! Look at that awful hem job!” The picture had freeze-framed at a never-intended-to-be-scrutinized shot of a guy’s foot, including the bottom of his pants. My husband cracked up so badly he couldn’t say hello, and the person on the other end had to call back. In my defense, it was a really, \*really \* bad hem job. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/10 "2004-11-20T14:35:51Z")
I often leave my brain on autopilot, and while speaking to my husband, I once mused aloud: "I wonder if our children will one day play Everquest with us… " Real family bonding game, that. Forget board game night, it’s MMORPG night, kids! Yay! I’ll bring the popcorn chicken. Utter geekdom. (Don’t worry, it will never happen, and I also refuse to be heard of on the news for leaving my child locked in a car while I’m “busy” playing an online game). ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/11 "2004-11-20T15:29:17Z")
My life is full of geeky moments. It’s the non geeky ones that surprise me. Ardred and I are always cracking each other up with geekness. We play D&D for god’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![bananabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@bananabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bananabelle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/12 "2004-11-20T18:30:18Z")
yeah, my dad used to make me watch those shows. i always did so unwillingly [of course part-way through i would become extremely (super-geekly) interested] now, all by my little lonesome, i turn on the tv and find myself saying, “cool! a show about parasites!” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/13 "2004-11-20T19:21:04Z")
Put me in the “most moments are geeky” camp. One of the closest moments **Dread Pirate Jimbo** and I have come to having a real fight was over which captain was better, Kirk or Picard. Top THAT! ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/14 "2004-11-20T19:27:27Z")
I’ve never done parasites, but I really enjoyed the show (was it Nova?) about foreign flatworms taking over the UK by eating all the earthworms. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/15 "2004-11-20T19:29:09Z")
The sheer number of times my classmates and I make philosophy jokes is astonishing to the rest of the world. Example: This morning, at breakfast, talking about the wonder that is Lucky Charms led into a discussion on whether or not cereal that is bad for you but highly tasty is virtuous. That led into someone (inevitably), saying, “Tell me, Socrates - can virtue be consumed?” The _really_ geeky thing is that we all laughed. Hard. ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/16 "2004-11-20T21:52:50Z")
I work as a waitress in an Indian resturant. I told some customers that our plain naan (indian bread) was $2.50 but they could upgrade to garlic or onion naan for $1 extra. Luckily, they were huge geeks themselves and they found it hilarious. Then later I was explaining that our resturant wasn’t officially opened yet and that we were still trying to figure out the direction we wanted to take it in. They said, “So we’re beta testers?” Which made me laugh. I LOVE visiting museums. I finally went down to the San Diego Natural History Museum and me and my friend were having the time of our lives. We were more interested in playing with/looking at the exhibits than most of the kids! There are countless more but I don’t want to take up too much space. ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e5b9ba/32.png) [@ThatGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/17 "2004-11-20T22:41:55Z")
Whenever i have a life problem or my friends come to me for advice…i somehow find a way to relate everything to “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”…I think my entire ethical code is derived from Joss Whedon…Nerdy enough? ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/18 "2004-11-21T01:28:47Z")
I thought this was kind of geeky. I was on the Metra train sitting across from a woman and a bug landed on me. I kind of freaked out and brushed it off, which got her attention. Our eyes met, and I said “It was a bug. I couldn’t identify it.” Identify? ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/19 "2004-11-21T01:36:15Z")
> [@ThatGuy](#): > > Whenever i have a life problem or my friends come to me for advice…i somehow find a way to relate everything to “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”…I think my entire ethical code is derived from Joss Whedon…Nerdy enough? WWBD? Some friends and I were checking out the BtVS roleplaying game, which has a chapter (believe it or not) on how to imitate the style of dialog from the show. We went down the list. Already do that . . . Already do that . . . Already do that . . . That was a little scary. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774/20 "2004-11-21T01:52:07Z")
Every once in a while, when I’m reading a magazine or newspaper article and am scanning for a certain word, my first instinct is to hit ctrl-F. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-geeky-moments/275774.md?page=2)