# You Nerds Really Annoy Me **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 15, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579 "2003-10-15T15:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/41 "2003-10-15T19:29:03Z")
Well at least there’s one thing Baseball fans and Star Trek fans can agree on: Captain Sisko is the MAN. Now let’s all gather round and watch “Take me out to the Holosuite,” shall we? ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/42 "2003-10-15T19:30:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*Oh, they do. They do. Go to a Star Trek Con and shout out, “Picard could kick Kirk’s ass!” and watch the slap-fighting riot begin. > > Those TOS pansies always get their asses kicked, too. 😃 \*\* Hey I’m a Kirk fan so you better watch 'cause out I slap closed fisted! That being said I’m also a hockey fan but I’ve never bought a Jersey… I did in my weak high school moment by a TOS Red Shirt… It comes in handy at halloween. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/43 "2003-10-15T19:35:47Z")
Awesome OP! Live long and prosper, **kingpengvin**. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/44 "2003-10-15T19:51:52Z")
Kingpengvin, that is a work of art. I must guiltily plead membership in both camps. Well, almost. Trek never did it for me. But Babylon 5… Anyway…well done rant. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/45 "2003-10-15T20:13:23Z")
A well done rant. I confess that I enjoy watching football, but I don’t have any shirts or other apparrel. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/46 "2003-10-15T23:55:33Z")
Beautifully written **kingpengvin**. I’ve developed an avid interest in almost all things Star Trek, I watch the Sci-Fi channel, I’ve read just about everything I can get my hands on since I was old enough to read, I’m a huge Tolkein fan, I think chemistry and biology are interesting, and I love college football. My name is lilbtagna, and I am a Nerd. BTW, even though I like Picard more, Kirk could kick his ass. Picard’s just too peaceful and all about talking things out. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/47 "2003-10-16T00:29:14Z")
**kingpengvin** , you understand, of course, that you’re demonstrating equivalence between sports freaks and trekkie geeks? My mind boggles in the attempt to identify which group would be more embarassed by the realization of this fact. Fucking great rant!!! ---
**Author:** ![bojon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bojon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bojon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/48 "2003-10-16T01:08:28Z")
we tend to gravitate to that which we enjoy…Great post ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/49 "2003-10-16T01:24:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by roadrunner70 \* > \*\*Herman Munster played baseball too? \*\* Not only that, he played basketball for the Celtics, too! Sure, he called himself ‘McHale’, but you had to know it was him. I mean, he even left the bolts in his neck! ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/50 "2003-10-16T01:45:56Z")
Excellent rant, just excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/51 "2003-10-16T01:46:18Z")
Well, there is a slight difference, sports nerds shower a hell of a lot more often than Star Trek nerds. 🙂 I couldn’t agree more with the OP. By the way, did you know that Shaquile O’neal is a twelfth level halfling thief? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/52 "2003-10-16T01:47:10Z")
2nd Ed, or d20? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/53 "2003-10-16T01:57:49Z")
_Live long and whitewash_, **kingpengvin**. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/54 "2003-10-16T04:27:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lno \* > \*\*Oh, Kirk could _totally_ kick Picard’s ass. I mean, it’s like … he’s a space COWBOY, man… \*\* Some people even call him the gangster of love. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/55 "2003-10-16T04:29:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bojon \* > **We are all nerds** …I’m not… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/56 "2003-10-16T05:10:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > **Yes, indeed. Star Trek (and the rest of fandom) often refer to non-fans as ‘mundanes’ and suchlike.** We do what now? Also, **gonzoron** ’s right… Sisko would win. Not even Kirk would have the balls to slug Q. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/57 "2003-10-16T10:49:51Z")
You know, the fact that Onion doesn’t archive [one of their best articles ever](http://groups.google.fi/groups?hl=fi&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=20011022051239.13175.00000641%40mb-fx.aol.com) anymore in their site is no reason not to include it in this conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/58 "2003-10-16T12:15:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aesiron \* > **We do what now?** I hear it quite often…those not ‘in fen’ are degraded at cons and such. Let me note that I’m also a fanboy and gamer. > [@](#): > > Also, **gonzoron** ’s right… Sisko would win. Not even Kirk would have the balls to slug Q. Q: You hit me! Picard never hit me! S: I’m _not_ Picard. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/59 "2003-10-16T13:05:24Z")
Another thing, I have never heard of _Star Trek/Star WarsLord of the Rings_ fans rioting after a convention or movie. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579/60 "2003-10-16T13:52:31Z")
And yet after Star Trek V and Phantom Menace they would have been very justified. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-nerds-really-annoy-me/207579.md?page=4)