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When you first hear Rick Steves on the radio, your natural immediate response is “Jeez, what a nerd.” Maybe it’s the nasal voice or his intense hatred of Naples, but there’s something a bit ...
It may conjure images of Family Matters' bespectacled, suspenders-clad Steve Urkel. Or the theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. Or Scooby-Doo's Velma. Or you may ...
There are few things funnier to me than the concept of “appropriation of nerd culture.” It’s a completely meaningless concept, and one that’s been leveled at me from time to time just because I’ve ...
Attracting almost as much attention as the record-setting 241-count array of tomatoes at Sunday’s Heirloom Tomato Harvest Celebration in Los Gatos was the Guinness World Records judge. Christina ...
Much like the dreaded hipster, “music nerd” is a loaded term. Not that obsessing over vinyl, headphones, tour dates, and Dutch tape music will get you stuffed in a metaphorical locker, or ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) SADY: why hello! i hear the nerds are UP TO NO GOOD. AMANDA: ...
There are few things funnier to me than the concept of “appropriation of nerd culture.” It’s a completely meaningless concept, and one that’s been leveled at me from time to time just because I’ve ...