# The Onion AV Club's Top Nerd Pop-Culture Obsessions - how do YOU rate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553 "2008-02-06T18:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/1 "2008-02-06T18:08:59Z")
See list [here](http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_knights_who_say_nerd_20_pop). Sorry, I’m not gonna have time to paste in the list - it would require cleaning up. Not bad - might swap a few things out and in, but there you go. As far as how I rate - well, I’d have to do more review but I certainly qualify for a few of them - Star Trek, Monty Python, Joss Whedon and a few others… So - how much are YOU a Pop-Culture Obsessed Nerd? ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/2 "2008-02-06T18:18:55Z")
Current: Fantasy Sports The Simpsons Facebook Former: Magic: The Gathering (stopped just before Exodus came out. I can’t believe that was almost 10 years ago.) I guess my nerdish leanings go in another direction. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/3 "2008-02-06T18:19:24Z")
I enjoyed their list, I being a pop-culture obsessed nerd in many ways. From their list, I’m a “Doctor Who” fan - and while I’m obsessing over BBC sci-fi I don’t forget “Blake’s 7”. Was surprised to see “Lord of the Rings” wasn’t on the list! not “pop” enough? Anime was listed but not comics culture in general. Oh well, they couldn’t list everything. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/4 "2008-02-06T18:28:33Z")
Wow. If you stick to ‘obsessions’, I’ve only got 5 out of the 20 listed. If you dilute it down to ‘likes’, it’s still only 9 or 10. I thought I was a bigger geek than that. I’ll clearly have to get cracking. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/5 "2008-02-06T18:29:55Z")
0 for 20! Good god almighty, I’m not a nerd! **does happy dance** What? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/6 "2008-02-06T18:32:24Z")
Oh, I’m so pleased to see Joss Whedon’s Equality Now speech! That was one really awesome speech, and everyone should hear it. I want to send it back in a time machine so that I can have appropriated it in high school for speech team. Me: **Recovered from** Rocky Horror Ren Faire (okay, okay, I still make and wear garb, but I don’t work there anymore! Maybe I’m _in recovery_.) \*\* Fan of, but not obsessed with:\*\* Battlestar Galactica Dr. Who (the current incarnations, especially) MySpace **Guilty as charged:** Joss Whedon. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/7 "2008-02-06T18:40:26Z")
Wow, I am much less nerdy that I thought. My sins: Star Trek WoW Anime Cosplay Rocky Horror I’ve also repented for Magic: The Gathering. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/8 "2008-02-06T18:47:27Z")
I may have to have my geek card revoked. Star Trek Joss Whedon WoW Anime Cosplay i’d probably be interested in, except I really don’t have the looks for it. Unlike some people i’m able to recognise that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/9 "2008-02-06T18:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Cosplay i’d probably be interested in, except I really don’t have the looks for it. Unlike some people i’m able to recognise that. 😉 [/QUOTE] Cosplay’s like karaoke. It doesn’t matter so much if you’re any good at it, what matters is you’re participating. And no, cosplay isn’t one of my obsessions. I just like laughing at poor costumes and complimenting good ones. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/10 "2008-02-06T18:52:21Z")
My only things are that I participate in a (1) fantasy football league, but it’s a friendly, casual thing and I don’t really give a shit and I lose most games. My band has a MySpace page, but I don’t socialize using MySpace. So, I’m 🆒😃 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/11 "2008-02-06T18:56:54Z")
_The Simpsons_ is the only one I have any real connection to… ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/12 "2008-02-06T18:59:33Z")
Fantasy sports is the only thing on there that I do. But, I only do fantasy nascar, and fantasy bowling, so I’m still cool. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/13 "2008-02-06T18:59:37Z")
I’ve always considered myself a pretty nerdy guy, but never in a pop-culture kind of way. Like **twickster** , I clock in at zero out of 20. Maybe I’m not cool enough to be a nerd. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/14 "2008-02-06T19:02:27Z")
I’ve recovered from Magic: The Gathering. Outside of that, I think I have only one or two. Fantasy sports and Michael Jackson are my sins. Am I cool enough to do the Cool Kid Dance with you, **twix**? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/15 "2008-02-06T19:09:08Z")
Grew out of Rocky Horror Picture Show. And for a Brit, Dr Who doesn’t count, because the entire country watched it - though the later series may get the geek vote, but I haven’t watched it. I use FaceBook for keeping in touch with my IRL friends, but I’ll warrant that I do indulge. That’s it really. ETA: oh dear Christ, I just remembered, I once spent a weekend in the 1980s at Peckforton Castle, dressed up as a peasant, doing real-life role playing. :o The shame. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/16 "2008-02-06T19:16:46Z")
I’m on facebook but all my friends there are real-life friends except one (someone from a TV show I like), and that’s not my main source of socializing with them. Other than that, nothing on the list applies to me. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/17 "2008-02-06T19:18:25Z")
LARP mainly, the odd Fanfic and I enjoy Joss Whedon’s work… If there was anything resembling a RenFaire nearby I’d probably check it out, but there is nothing. I have a Myspace and Facebook, but hardly use either (Facebook wins out slightly, though not by much). Not very geeky at all. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/18 "2008-02-06T19:18:49Z")
Not obsessed, really, but I can speak the language of: Star Trek Joss Whedon Battlestar Galactica Dr. Who Monty Python ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/19 "2008-02-06T19:20:49Z")
I hate almost all those things. I guess I liked the Star Trek: The Next Generation series and a few of the movies. Interestingly, even as a rabid baseball and hockey fan, I don’t like rotisserie leagues. My two guilty pleasures are “World of Warcraft” and “The Simpsons,” but I’m not sure if I qualify as geeky about “The Simpsons.” Is just watching the show enough? Based on their description, I don’t think so - I think I’m obliged to speak in Simpsons quotes on a regular basis to be a true Simpsons nerd. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553/20 "2008-02-06T19:27:26Z")
Okay, Python I know. _Kicks dirt_ Man, I’m never going to get my nerd card. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-av-clubs-top-nerd-pop-culture-obsessions-how-do-you-rate/436553.md?page=2)