The Five Nerd Disciplines

Music*, Math, Magic, Programming and Masturbation
*Classical. Not that rap shit.

What about World of Warcraft? Or is that part of masturbation?

Apparently, you are not familiar with nerdcore. MC Hawking would not approve.

Re WoW:

It’s part Programming, part Magic and part Masturbation.

I thought this would be Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, and Joss Whedon.

Magic?

From the context, I’m guessing stage magic.

You could have at least tried to shoehorn “Programming” into a fifth “M”. I suggest “Machine Languages” (as opposed to foreign languages).

Magic, as in Magic the Gathering? I’ve tapped my fair share of islands back in the day.

You would, Muggle!