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The discussion revolves around humorous observations and jokes related to being a "nerd," touching on various aspects of nerd culture, personal experiences, and playful wordplay. The scope includes light-hearted anecdotes, puns, and reflections on social interactions, with a focus on the intersection of humor and intellectual interests.

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  • Some participants share jokes about nerdy behavior, such as the connection between Java and coffee.
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During a fight you throw a pair of dice (groaner?) :biggrin:

Got another one?
 
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It was pretty boring in the cocktail bar this evening. Only a few guests, the music played In the army now and my friends were busy in a talk. I was bored. At the other end of the bar sat a couple and the female's top, if it could be called so, left little to imagine. So I reflected upon this manifold, its tangent spaces and the singularity in the middle, which this girl offered to be seen or divined.
(I'm still not sure, whether it's really a singularity ...)
 
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when someone mentions java and coffee is the second thing that goes through your mind
 
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"Flip-flops" doesn't bring up an image of footwear.
 
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fresh_42 said:
It was pretty boring in the cocktail bar this evening. Only a few guests, the music played In the army now and my friends were busy in a talk. I was bored. At the other end of the bar sat a couple and the female's top, if it could be called so, left little to imagine. So I reflected upon this manifold, its tangent spaces and the singularity in the middle, which this girl offered to be seen or divined.
(I'm still not sure, whether it's really a singularity ...)
My familiarity with the experimental side of such research is limited, but I'm reasonably sure the singularity is somewhat further below the event horizon. :rolleyes:
 
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you consider yourself normal and the rest of the world weird.:oldconfused:
 
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You carry an SA badge for expertise in a topic you studied (mostly) in your spare time?
 
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You can explain what a Cartesian coordinate system is and know what a Cardassian is, but wouldn't recognize a Kardashian if you bumped into them on the street.
 
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Janus said:
You can explain what a Cartesian coordinate system is and know what a Cardassian is, but wouldn't recognize a Kardashian if you bumped into them on the street.
Pun intended?
 
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You cannot listened to (any!) politician without getting a rash.
 
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Janus said:
"Flip-flops" doesn't bring up an image of footwear.
:bugeye::oldsurprised:

wha' what tha'... And I thought I twaz' tha' only one!

Thank you Janus, Thank you for saving my miserable, flip flop'in,"JK'in", confused life! I owe you one!:bow:

Yours in deepest regards,
ES
 
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You know you're a nerd if...

you love relational databases, but find relationship and dating sites scary.
 
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You know you're a nerd if...

... You're sat reading and posting in off topic discussion on a Physics Forum!
 
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YAN ...

... if it always takes you two thoughts to understand what is meant when the news anchor uses the word conservative.
 
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You know you're a nerd if ...you check this thread every time you log in and hit 'like' on almost every new post...:wink:
 
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You admire the writer's callus on your middle finger?
 
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... if even your somewhat nerdy significant other thinks that you're obsessed.

A few weeks my daughter's ringette team (like ice hockey, but with a different "puck") played in a tournament in another town. An official asked me "Would you open and close one of the penalty box doors during the next game?" He, continued "I'll be in there with you, but I'll be running the clock." After I agreed, my wife (who has degrees in both physics and engineering) interjected "Just don't let him read his physics while he is in there!"
 
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George Jones said:
... if even your somewhat nerdy significant other thinks that you're obsessed.

A few weeks my daughter's ringette team (like ice hockey, but with a different "puck") played in a tournament in another town. An official asked me "What you open and close one of the penalty box doors during the next game?" He, continued "I'll be in there with you, but I'll be running the clock." After I agreed, my wife (who has degrees in both physics and engineering) interjected "Just don't let him read his physics while he is in there!"
I have a feeling why they didn't offer you the clock management ...
 
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fresh_42 said:
I have a feeling why they didn't offer you the clock management ...
If he reads in there, time dilation should be negligible.
 
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A girl asks you to carry her books and you ask "Where To ? "
 
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jim hardy said:
A girl asks you to carry her books and you ask "Where To ? "
I once sat late in the evening at the bar in a cocktail bar, as all of a sudden the woman next to me, who was a complete stranger, asked me to pay attention to her purse while she went outside for some minutes ... - I know what you mean.
 
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You still get upset thinking about the library of Alexandria.
 
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I started uni this year and still don't know where the bar is? Or is this just really dull...:(
 
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MsDeckard said:
I started uni this year and still don't know where the bar is? Or is this just really dull...:(

How about

"The only bars you car about are over vectors."

eh? eh? get it?

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dkotschessaa said:
How about

"The only bars you car about are over vectors."

eh? eh? get it?

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I think I can do even better=when a "contraction" is the difference between the time ordered and normal ordered second-quantized field operators instead of a woman going into labor. (Google Wick's theorem, etc. ) LOL
 
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Charles Link said:
I think I can do even better=when a "contraction" is the difference between the time ordered and normal ordered second-quantized field operators instead of a woman going into labor. LOL
Life's really tough if you associate a kind of duality with every word that starts with co...
 
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fresh_42 said:
Life's really tough if you associate a kind of duality with every word that starts with co...
Google Wick's theorem. :-)
 
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Charles Link said:
Google Wick's theorem. :-)
I don't want to publicly speak about secrets, but is there an internal competition among physicists under way about how many different indices (at least 8 in my count) and symbols (at least eight again) a single operator can carry?
 
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fresh_42 said:
I don't want to publicly speak about secrets, but is there an internal competition among physicists under way about how many different indices (at least 8 in my count) and symbols (at least eight again) a single operator can carry?
@fresh_42 A side item: Please read your messages/inbox. I included you in a conversation (about an hour ago) about an interesting integral I computed a few years ago. Would enjoy your feedback.
 
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dkotschessaa said:
You still get upset thinking about the library of Alexandria.
I thought that made one worldly and cultured, or at least a history aficionado.

Charles Link said:
Google Wick's theorem. :-)
That's Wicked. :oldbiggrin::oldlaugh:
 
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