# The Five Nerd Disciplines **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780 "2011-08-23T14:31:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780/1 "2011-08-23T14:31:53Z")
Music\*, Math, Magic, Programming and Masturbation \*Classical. Not that rap shit. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780/2 "2011-08-23T14:40:53Z")
What about World of Warcraft? Or is that part of masturbation? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780/3 "2011-08-23T14:51:07Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > \*Classical. Not that rap shit. Apparently, you are not familiar with [nerdcore](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerdcore). MC Hawking would not approve. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780/4 "2011-08-23T14:51:53Z")
Re WoW: It’s part Programming, part Magic and part Masturbation. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780/5 "2011-08-23T15:55:31Z")
I thought this would be Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, and Joss Whedon. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780/6 "2011-08-23T19:36:28Z")
Magic? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780/7 "2011-08-23T20:03:55Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > Magic? From the context, I’m guessing stage magic. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780/8 "2011-08-23T20:06:31Z")
You could have at least tried to shoehorn “Programming” into a fifth “M”. I suggest “Machine Languages” (as opposed to foreign languages). ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780/9 "2011-08-24T01:25:46Z")
Magic, as in Magic the Gathering? I’ve tapped my fair share of islands back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780/10 "2011-08-24T01:54:17Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > From the context, I’m guessing stage magic. You _would_, Muggle!