# Proof that I am a dork. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784 "2010-05-09T03:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/1 "2010-05-09T03:34:20Z")
I own more Miskatonic University t-shirts than I do for my own actual alma mater. I also own an apron with a Hunter S. Thompson quote on it, and I wear it when barbecuing despite the fact that it too small. You? ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/2 "2010-05-09T03:55:19Z")
Me? I don’t know enough about you to further prove that you’re a dork. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/3 "2010-05-09T03:56:26Z")
Throughout the recent Thai protests, I’ve had to catch myself when I hear reference to the “red shirts” - thinking of course that they mean the ubiquitous Star Trek security officers who more often than not serve as disruptor-fodder. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/4 "2010-05-09T07:03:22Z")
I post here. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/5 "2010-05-09T08:17:02Z")
For a lot of my friends, it usually hits them how much of a dork I actually am when they ask me why I do certain things in RPGs like Mass Effect and KOTOR and I tell them it’s because it’s in-character for my protagonist to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/6 "2010-05-09T08:22:05Z")
I’m enough of a geek that my picture is [here](http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/ximian/interesting/), and I didn’t even know about it. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/7 "2010-05-09T09:10:02Z")
> [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](#): > > I own more Miskatonic University t-shirts than I do for my own actual alma mater. I also own an apron with a Hunter S. Thompson quote on it, and I wear it when barbecuing despite the fact that it too small. > > You? A substantial portion of my wardrobe consists of shirts from [www.pegasuspublishing.com](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com). If you’re not already familiar with them, you might be interested in the section of [Lovecraft-related](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/Cthulhu-Lovecraft-p-1-c-353.html) clothing. (I wore the “What part of ‘ph’nglui mglw’nafl Cthulhu r’lyeh w’gah nagl fhtagn’ don’t you understand?” shirt to the library today.) ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/8 "2010-05-09T11:42:07Z")
I own things from [thinkgeek.com](http://thinkgeek.com) including a Force Feedback Lightsaber, many T-shirts from there. I also buy shirts off [woot.com](http://woot.com) ---
**Author:** ![NoOrdinaryRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eada6e/32.png) [@NoOrdinaryRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoOrdinaryRabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/9 "2010-05-09T13:46:07Z")
I found myself online debating the physics of comic books as relating to a particular costume that I was trying to make. “But…fabric just doesn’t DO that. And it can’t be metal, because…” Also, I own a Tauntaun sleeping bag. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/10 "2010-05-09T15:06:13Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > A substantial portion of my wardrobe consists of shirts from [www.pegasuspublishing.com](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com). If you’re not already familiar with them, you might be interested in the section of [Lovecraft-related](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/Cthulhu-Lovecraft-p-1-c-353.html) clothing. (I wore the “What part of ‘ph’nglui mglw’nafl Cthulhu r’lyeh w’gah nagl fhtagn’ don’t you understand?” shirt to the library today.) I know I am a dork because after I read this post, I clicked on this link and spent twenty minutes shopping. And got most of the in-jokes. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/11 "2010-05-09T15:37:29Z")
That Guild of Radical Militant Librarians t-shirt has been on my wishlist for some time now. I also own a really nice “The angels have the phonebox” shirt. And my kids go around saying “No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!” ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/12 "2010-05-09T15:53:21Z")
I used to have a t-shirt that said, “Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorists Society - Men’s Auxiliary”. But it “shrunk”. Probably just as well - it’s not such a PC thing to wear these days. Otherwise, I might as well expect the Spanish Inquisition. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/13 "2010-05-09T18:37:51Z")
> [@RalfCoder](#): > > Otherwise, I might as well expect the Spanish Inquisition. Nobody expects the … … okay, that doesn’t make me a dork, but then I’ve never read Lovecraft. I prefer “nerd”, and I think MPFC fits. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/14 "2010-05-09T20:05:56Z")
> [@RalfCoder](#): > > I used to have a t-shirt that said, “Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorists Society - Men’s Auxiliary”. But it “shrunk”. Probably just as well - it’s not such a PC thing to wear these days. Otherwise, I might as well expect the Spanish Inquisition. My friend had the women’s version of that and I was jealous. It doesn’t do so well anymore, though. I just thought of one–I own an element t-shirt, an old-school Berkelium one (a bit like [this](http://tian.greens.org/GreenParty/California/April08/Berkelium.jpg)). And, it’s my second; the first one wore out. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/15 "2010-05-09T23:32:32Z")
We have a new cat. She’s very skittish, and tends to run away when we look at her. Her name is Elly. It’s short for elementary particle. Dorks? Us? No. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/16 "2010-05-10T00:42:38Z")
It’s been debated before on SDMB–what is a dork? Nerd? Geek? [Hi, I’ve Got a Good Idea That I’m a Big Dork…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362924&highlight=nerd+geek+dork) [What’s the difference between a Geek and a Nerd?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434800&highlight=nerd+geek+dork) [Hottest of the televison geek girls.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=541752&highlight=nerd+geek+dork) And from the wider web, [Nerds, Geeks and Dorks: A Primer](http://therawness.com/nerds-geeks-and-dorks-a-primer/) [Difference Between Nerd, Geek, And Dork](http://www.goingthewongway.com/208/difference-between-nerd-geek-and-dork/) [FINALLY: The Difference between Nerd, Dork, and Geek Explained by a Venn Diagram](http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/03/25/difference-between-nerd-dork-and-geek-explained-in-a-venn-diagram/) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/17 "2010-05-10T00:55:06Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’m enough of a geek that my picture is [here](http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/ximian/interesting/), and I didn’t even know about it. awwww, I would love the SuSe chamelion plushie … ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/18 "2010-05-10T02:11:06Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I know I am a dork because after I read this post, I clicked on this link and spent twenty minutes shopping. > > And got most of the in-jokes. HA! Me too! I haven’t paid for anything yet, but I’m slowly putting stuff in my shopping cart. I’m going to have to dig out the card tonight. What? I need new summer clothes. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/19 "2010-05-10T02:31:39Z")
Here’s a recent post on my blog that proves what a dork I am: [Hunting down the locations for the Safety Dance music video](http://guanolad.blogspot.com/2010/04/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to.html). ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784/20 "2010-05-10T02:52:39Z")
I have a t-shirt… that says the LA triathalon… the Scoot Shoot and Loot… from the riot days… i wore it out a few times and got vigorous public condemnation… I also have a t-shirt that says Welcome the the 1996 Chicago Democratic Convention… we kicked your father’s ass and we’ll kick yours too… Don’t wear that outside either… lol [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-i-am-a-dork/538784.md?page=2)