Spork
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Have I seen Doctor Who... lol! Yes, big fan, and I love Torchwood too. I'll confess however that I did not get into DW until the reboot in...what was it, 2005? With Christopher Eccleston? People like to ask me which Doctor is my favorite, and honestly, it's usually whichever one is current, except in the early adjustment stages to the new guy. I LOVE Peter Capaldi. I mean. Out of all the Doctors, I find him the sexiest, but that's me liking old dudes maybe. Old dudes who play guitar and have Scottish accents? *le sigh, le swoon*
I do draw the line at all of the wacky merchandising though. I feel like, that was just them going, "Oh, Americans like Doctor Who! Quick! Sell them stuff!" I don't need to have coffee mugs, bath mats, and hoodies for every show I like, thank you very much. Although I do like my Warhol style Daleks in the colored panels t-shirt, and I do have some stickers on my car...I try not to go TOO nuts.
As for the AGNI thing... Awkwardness, that's a good question...awkward to whom? I'm generally not awkward at all, I can extrovert out and have been called "motor mouth" but there are tons of sensitive introverts in the kink scene and I've been informed that I can be a bit much for them sometimes. Sometimes we don't know how awkward we are. I believe that another term for Awkwardness is Dorkiness (if we're talking the difference between Geeks, Nerds, Dorks?)
Geekiness, unless I'm mistaken, this is being a fan of things. A passionate fan. The kind that puts a lot of time, effort, and/or money into the things. You can "geek out" on practically anything. As much as, say, American football is the stereotypical purview of meathead jocks, I know people who really geek out on stats and scores and information about it, become shut-ins during football season, and collect all kinds of stuff related to their favorite players and teams. To me, that is geeking out. I geek out on GWAR, dragons, my favorite sci fi and fantasy media, weird art, and probably a dozen more things I can't remember right now.
Nerdiness is more the DOING of obscure things. I consider my penchant for making spreadsheets about everything, building computers, painting little D&D figures... People who are Band Nerds or IT Nerds, they amass all this knowledge and do stuff with it. They're not just fans, they are doing the things.
Intelligence might be the trickiest one of all. How do you measure that? I think we know stupid when we see (or hear) it...but we've all got moments. I can flawlessly navigate a cross country road trip, or learn my way around a new city (including where to park!) like a pro...but don't ask me to find my way out of a mall parking lot without circling the damn building at least a couple of times. Stupid? Sure feels like it. I have a brain full of weird facts about squid, but can't remember the capital city of anywhere...
I do draw the line at all of the wacky merchandising though. I feel like, that was just them going, "Oh, Americans like Doctor Who! Quick! Sell them stuff!" I don't need to have coffee mugs, bath mats, and hoodies for every show I like, thank you very much. Although I do like my Warhol style Daleks in the colored panels t-shirt, and I do have some stickers on my car...I try not to go TOO nuts.
As for the AGNI thing... Awkwardness, that's a good question...awkward to whom? I'm generally not awkward at all, I can extrovert out and have been called "motor mouth" but there are tons of sensitive introverts in the kink scene and I've been informed that I can be a bit much for them sometimes. Sometimes we don't know how awkward we are. I believe that another term for Awkwardness is Dorkiness (if we're talking the difference between Geeks, Nerds, Dorks?)
Geekiness, unless I'm mistaken, this is being a fan of things. A passionate fan. The kind that puts a lot of time, effort, and/or money into the things. You can "geek out" on practically anything. As much as, say, American football is the stereotypical purview of meathead jocks, I know people who really geek out on stats and scores and information about it, become shut-ins during football season, and collect all kinds of stuff related to their favorite players and teams. To me, that is geeking out. I geek out on GWAR, dragons, my favorite sci fi and fantasy media, weird art, and probably a dozen more things I can't remember right now.
Nerdiness is more the DOING of obscure things. I consider my penchant for making spreadsheets about everything, building computers, painting little D&D figures... People who are Band Nerds or IT Nerds, they amass all this knowledge and do stuff with it. They're not just fans, they are doing the things.
Intelligence might be the trickiest one of all. How do you measure that? I think we know stupid when we see (or hear) it...but we've all got moments. I can flawlessly navigate a cross country road trip, or learn my way around a new city (including where to park!) like a pro...but don't ask me to find my way out of a mall parking lot without circling the damn building at least a couple of times. Stupid? Sure feels like it. I have a brain full of weird facts about squid, but can't remember the capital city of anywhere...
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