30 Hilarious Memes For The Inner Nerd In Most Of Us, As Shared By This Facebook Group (New Pics)
Nerd used to be a catch-all phrase for someone who had, as far as society was concerned, a little too much interest in topics that were not considered particularly cool. Oh, how times have changed, and for the better. Geek and nerd culture has gone from an often mocked subculture into the mainstream.
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Banning books is such a childish idea. Ignoring ideas does not make them go away.
Banning books for ANY reason is unconscionable and abhorrent. Just like censorship on TV, if you don't like what's on, if you get offended, turn it off, change the channel, close the cover. Sensitive idiots should not be able to censor what everybody else gets to watch/read
Or how to ræp somebody or something
Load More Replies...I know two book series that should be banned. Twilight and 50 shades of gray for just bad plot and writing.
Books should not be banned just because you did not enjoy them. 🙄
Load More Replies...Unless this "kid" is a senior in high school and EXTREMELY self-confident, there is no way this happened.
A classmate of mine ran for school board our senior year. That was in the 80s. Kids are way more involved in greater society now than back then.
Load More Replies...If you have a problem with a book, then don't read it! *sarcastic gasp*
He's also not a level 3 necromancer so no go.
Load More Replies...When you're trying to open a portal to another dimension in your sleep
Yes bees are amazing and have proved they don't need human intervention
They will need human intervention if we don't stop killing them.
Load More Replies...Photo stolen from Brian Fanner who is the original creator of the honeycomb image, and yes, it is a "manipulation". He built a heart-shaped frame. So no, bees don't build this for airflow, and there is a frame. Bees are amazing though. <3 bees.
With all of the amazing things about bees, it frustrates me no end to keep seeing this fiction circulating the interwebz. Thank you for posting the truth about this image.
Load More Replies...The design was engraved in the base to make the bees create a heart. EarIPczWkA...62d51f.jpg
Ah! Always look at the whole picture, not just the end resault! 👍
Load More Replies...Well, this is kind of hoax. Read interview with the beekeeper in question, he draw the ornament on lid of beehive, basically make starting step for bees.
https://www.iflscience.com/we-regret-to-inform-you-that-heartshaped-honeycomb-image-is-not-what-it-seems-56422
Load More Replies...Human intervention is beneficial to both bees and people. Man-made hives make up for habitat loss. Less pesticides are used on farms that use bee hives for pollination. Bee keepers save natural hives that are built in the wrong places rather than destroying hives. People will need bees to help lower carbon footprints.
I really hate looking at honeycombs...makes me feel like I want to jump out of my own skin..
This is NOT true, and I'm sick of seeing it spread around. Please do not believe everything you read/see without challenging it. This is why spammers and scammers get victims. Please question things.
Because comic books, video games, and Dungeons and Dragons have become so firmly embedded in popular culture, the word ‘nerd’ just doesn’t get thrown around as much. The word itself originated in the 1950s, with Dr. Seuss, of all people, though word etymologists, or word nerds, if you want to stick to the theme, believe that it was used among US college students at the time.
By the 1960s, the words had spread around much of the English-speaking world, mostly to describe someone who was particularly bookish and studious. This is somewhat strange since many people avidly read comic books at the time, but only nerds were singled out for abuse based on their hobbies. In general, the trend seemed to be simply to bully those who professed an interest in things like science fiction and fantasy.
It is not to negotiate. It is offer the cat the chance to surrender or retreat.
We never surrender! We never retreat! We eat the treats ourselves!
Load More Replies...A snail that comes with its own frying pan!. The headline is misleading, because the snail isn't going to survive if it gets anywhere NEAR a 750°F vent, shell or no shell. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014IJAsB..13..141C/abstract
It is endemic to hydrothermal vents. Which means it lives in water. Water dissipates heat, you uneducated troglodyte
Load More Replies...You would imagine iron would be about the last thing you would want around heat.
Have you ever put warm iron in cold water? Cools right down. It's actually very efficient
Load More Replies...Damn… when it came to evolution, dragons must’ve got the short end of the stick
A slightly alternative theory is that in the 1970s, nerds, or knurds were people in college deemed to be boring since they would prefer to study, than, say, drink. The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that knurd is just drunk spelled backward, which isn’t really that clever. Regardless of its ‘true’ origin, the word entered the mainstream lexicon from the sitcom ‘Happy Days’ where it was used regularly.
DM: Okay, Flavius, you're in a locked room, stranded from the rest of the party. What do you want to do? Flavius: I will...cast Fireball on the door! DM: *rubbing temples* You. Want. To. Do. What? Augustus: He wants to Fireball the door. I wanna see this. Marcellus: *eating popcorn* DM: Fine. Roll for attack. Flavius: NAT XX!!! DM: *deep, deep sigh*
Is his character's name Bigus Dickus? Also I'm impressed that guy found popcorn. It's a new world plant.
Load More Replies...DM: ok caesar, you encounter 17 assassins, what do you do? Caesar: I try to dodge them, DM: roll to dodge. Caesar: Nat I
As I recall, the purpose and usage of these die is not known. The common belief is that they were divination die a little like tarot cards or knuckle bones.
Do you happen to have like something absurd like a jetski and a matching electric guitar ? Yamaha : say no more
I also need a lawn mower and a home theater system. Wait, really?
Hitachi watches the whole conversation with discrete silence.
Suzuki do this too. Had a friend in high school with a Suzuki guitar.
Still have one. And a home full of rotary phones
Load More Replies...Yeah, well, even the future in Back To The Future II is in 8 years in the past now!
Recently re-watched Rising Sun (1993 film based on Michael Crichton's book of the same name). Almost died inside when I saw the part where cutting-edge video editing took place in a massive lab. Now TikTok filters can do even BETTER video editing on the fly XD I feel so old.
Somehow I had not heard of this film, but you have piqued my interest! But your kids have never seen newspapers in shops? Interesting! "What other horrors await in The Ring?" Answering machines and fax machines maybe? I only just recently chucked my fax in the rubbish bin as it hasn't been used in years, and my HP multi-function printer can accept and send faxes if really needed. My last answering machine was dumped around 20 yers ago, so will only be an issue if you watch 'older' films. PS: I absolutely LOVE 'Burglar' (1987) with Whoopi Goldberg. YMMV.
wait until they find out about the creepy girl that crawls out of the non-flatscreen tv
As it often is with human cruelty, people with high-functioning-autism or Asperger syndrome were often also lumped together with ‘traditional’ nerds and mocked as such. While now a nerd is seen as someone who is perhaps a bit obsessed with science fiction or fantasy, at the time it was a common pejorative for people who struggled socially. Stereotypically, a nerd would have glasses and be buck-toothed, despite neither of these features being at all related to comic books or autism.
My awesome 4th grade teacher...after teaching us land and water forms, we didn't have an exam. Instead, we had a project: create a map depicting all the things we were taught. Needless to say, I went full nerd, creating a high fantasy map (complete with "here there be dragons") and making up names for everything. I never forgot that teacher.
Sounds alot like my 5th grade teacher (she taught a combined 4th and 5th grade class) who had us do a similar project. She also made each kid a hard bound book with many of the illustrated essays, short stories, poems, etc. each kid did. Very cool to get a book showing the things I wrote and/or drew. Still have it nearly 50 years later. Mrs. Quisel, you're a fantastic teacher!
Load More Replies...This applies to SOOOO much art. I take pictures of the most random things. Why? Because: "Oh, you would like to use this texture without the watermark? That will be more money than you want to pay." So I'm like, "Yeah, I'll just take a close-up photo of this here tree trunk and use that instead. Gratis."
Now I have Steve Irwin in my head from the last one. "That one's a real beaut, she is," except it's a little island in a parking lot. It works either way.
Fantastic idea. I see all sorts of wonders in wood and marble floors. Images of every inspiring kind are out there to find.👍🏻👍🏻😉😎
He slayed the mystery sky demon...known only as the mythical God Dhron.
i read that as daron and thought u were referring to my favorite guitarist for a second before i remembered that i am a dumbass
Load More Replies..."As you can see, even with their crude and rudimentary weapons, these primitive people were still able to fend off attacks from their alien overlords"
Wouldn't it be hilarious if we found out all the things we have found from ancient cultures so far was just their larping gear
Yep! https://nerdist.com/article/drone-over-a-middle-ages-festival-taken-down-by-a-spear/
Load More Replies...But slowly and surely, topics once seen as purely for nerds started to gain mainstream appeal. Comic book movies now dominate the box office for over a decade, while almost all young people and many adults play video games from time to time. Nerds also found allies among celebrities who sometimes would reveal ‘geeky’ hobbies during interviews. After all, if Vin Diesel plays Dungeons and Dragons, maybe it’s not such a ‘lame’ hobby after all.
Yes! The humble pillbug, also called the roly-poly ;) I have a vivarium of them on my desk, I love observing them. They make awesome pets!
Load More Replies...I have and love these in my yard and garden. I originally did not know what they were for. I thought they were for the fairies... this is much more practical.
Nope, they climb just fine without it. It's cute tho.
Load More Replies...When I was little and would do this while trying to sleep, I always got freaked out because of this weird yellow ring that appeared…but then I told me mom about it and It was just my iris.
I see those magic eye poster type things when I do it
Load More Replies...When you gel your hands and then accidentally put a finger near your eyes
I know this feeling. You begin to see the infinite cosmos and all of space time!
Don't do it too often, it might affect your vision, I know what I'm talking about sadly 😔 👓
And you end up with bad astigmatism from doing it , Yeah it happened to me
I only learn better if I’m able to attach personalities to what I’m learning. I’ve been able to do well in math and physics because of each formula’s unique personality. Able to learn chemistry by attaching personalities to the elements and same with bio. I start reaching my limitations when it comes to languages because the rules don’t match with anyone’s personality at all
Pretend that it's the local nutball with mysterious arbitrary rules and conspiracies.
Load More Replies...History is so boring when it's all memorizing dates and wars. But as soon as it's about PEOPLE (and all the idiotic BS they get up to) it becomes more interesting.
Seriously! The way it is taught is ridiculous (by design, imo). I had to get a bit older to realize just how interesting and completely important it is
Load More Replies...I have never, ever, thought of teaching that way, but I’m really tempted to try it now!! 😆
Or, maybe sing it? I still know most intros of the anime and cartoons I watched as a kid… I‘m 40
I saw Mel Brook's History of the World and i don't believe the Inquisition was a show
Load More Replies...Bailey Sarian is great at telling history and true crime stories because she tells it like she's spilling the tea. Watch her Dark History series! You learn history in the best way!
I am totally convinced that this is why kids listen to me (I tutor). The other day, my son (14) and I were out for a walk on his school campus and I was like, "OMG. That's a western hemlock tree! Their pinecones [yes, I know] are so teeny and adorable. And check out the needles: they're all different lengths, and if you look at the branch cross-wise, you can see the needles are all flat." And yesterday, he comes home from school excited about how his friend Jesse found a branch on the ground that looked cool, and he could tell him all about what kind of tree it was from. And apparently Jesse wants to know if it's poisonous. (It's not.)
The changing economic landscape also had a part to play. Previously, the wealthiest business people were titans of industry of finance gurus. Now tech companies dominate, and these are often founded and operated by people who fall into the more traditional category of geek or nerd. Being very smart with computers is now a common pathway to success and many self-proclaimed nerds ware their hobbies as a symbol of pride.
As the owner of a dog named Stilgar, I approve of any and all funny memes about my absolute favorite book (and the pretty-decent 2021 movie adaptation).
My aunt was actually the head costumes and clothes maker for this movie! she is currently working on a different movie but I don't know what it's called :/
Friend's Matt LeBlanc, his character 'Joey' had a pickup line: How you doin'?
Load More Replies...tbf, I would have been impressed if the tigers in Tomb Raider looked like this.
I still remember when Carmageddon came out and there was a news segment on TV about how "shockingly graphic" and "realistic" the violence and gore were. BEHOLD! carmageddo...e77d47.jpg
I would have been massively impressed if ANYthing looked this real! But then I am talking about Commodore 64 graphics, as I couldn't afford anything better until much later.
And generate power for your all your appliances at the same time.
The zombies would stack up and break the treadmills and the walls . None of y’all can be on my survival squad
My mom (84) scribbles with a Sharpie on what she calls the "tops" of all her USBs
Especially when trying to plug it into the back of something I can’t move much. (PS4 with cords running through the back of a cabinet).
Load More Replies...This is a paid advertisement for USB-C! (SO much easier, like Apple lightning cable).
"USB"? Snort! It's a USB *device*! Anyway, USB-C solves this problem, so before long directional USB plugs will be a quaint anachronism.
One would think that a person displaying your derisive and elitist nature regarding nomenclature would know that "anachronism" shouldn't be used to describe an older model of something that still exits, but an entirely new creation that replaces a previous one.
Load More Replies...Best trope is very tired man has to take care of adorable child. Case in point: Aizawa and Eri, Mandalorian and baby Yoda, Logan and Laura.
I actually told my brother this the other day. I was like what if he had like a posse of each baby alien? Baby Gungan, baby Wookie, baby Hutt....
OK, but is fly really the opposite of fall? Or, is it rather something like stand? Fly and fall both involve movement, albeit in opposite directions relative to gravity; whereas standing still is the opposite of movement. And shouldn't ice be a better opposite to fire? I guess what I'm saying is the waterfall must be frozen, then it can truly be the opposite of firefly.
One is to succumb to gravity, the other is to defy it, or to "rise", which is literally the synonym for "fall". Also, ice is water
Load More Replies...Technically..if dealing with opposites of words..but.... mehhh. But other than that...idk lol
"Proffesor Dumbledore, your bird sends me to get food AGAIN" - "Good Harry, I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda"
"Jesus f*cking Christ, Professor, who's eating all of that?"
Load More Replies...Me tooo, I am a Trekker but still love me some James Earl Jones Powered Vader!!!!
Load More Replies...Wait yall seeing darth vader? First thing i saw was the mandalorian symbol
This meme is real poggers, I'd even go so far to say that s**t's dingo!
Omg I do this all the time last time was yesterday when my daughters boyfriend said my new clothes were " fresh drip " - shockingly it was not an insult
I’m finally gonna risk the embarrassment and ask: Is that Kevin Smith? And if it is, what’s the context, please?
OMG! That is SO me! Finally found one I ABSOLUTELY relate to way down at #28.
Considering the way Lucas would name any character that had even one frame of screentime, I guess we should call him Yug Artxe
I'm sorry, but their weakness is water, so they come to a planet that's more water than not, and don't wear any protective gear?
Load More Replies...The best way to test is to talk about an actor or singer, who isn't the most popular person with that first name, then start typing that name into google. So, for example, if you talk about Tom Waits, you'd imagine that typing Tom would autofill to Cruise, but it doesn't.
I always say aloud what I'm about to search for on Google - it makes the search a lot faster
Posts the guy on his voluntarily purchased connected device with terms of service he agreed to, with no sense of irony
Load More Replies...Never knew it was possible to both relate to and feel attacked by the same post at the same time. So both thank you and curse you
To quote James Acaster, "Never before have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with!"
Load More Replies...True! So true, I am in the midst of writing two books and several songs and it is a NIGHTMARE!
The writing people look way too sober to me. Haven't they heard of tequila and writer's block? How to treat the latter with the former?
That's works for me! Casamigos Anejo - writer's fuel!
Load More Replies...Thanks, 'flerfers' is now on my list of favorite words
Load More Replies...Isn't the picture of Antarctica just the landmass though and not taking into account the ice sheets?
(Yes, I know, talking to myself) Good news! That is the case but will only be an issue in Winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
Load More Replies...Hah! I want to see them travelling in a straight line through the Drake Passage! Good luck with that!
Drawing the line is easy, sailing perfectly on that line seems much harder.
That's why the best place for lamb is wales and New Zealand were on the sheep lay line
This proves that our flat Earth is actually double-sided, and has a universal magnetic disk at its core.
listen weights have gotten so expensive that it would be the same cost!
How about throwing a 'normal' blanket over the top of the continental quilt? Personally, I absolutely LOVE continental quilts as they are so light but so warm when needed!
My teen died thus but instead of weights she uses dirty plates and half of her wardrobe
Pineapple on pizza is delicious. More delicious than black olives or anchovies.
Would it still.be called "pineapple pizza" or "pizza pineapple"?!
I was so excited when my friend's name turned up about five minutes into the credits of Fantastic Mr Fox! Took a picture, sent it to her, she was like 'Yeah, I know...'
Great job on the game but there's a very good chance they still have no clue and, to them, you'll always be the IT guy :)
My name appears in the credits for Psychonauts 2! ...but that's just because I donated to their crowdfunding campaign (worth it, and HARD).
My dog gets that look right before she realizes she has to chew her butt immediately
Load More Replies...Also at the butcher's "Why do we have to buy them? Can't we just been them up like last time?"
Load More Replies...My kids all do that. My favorite, in a busy store, is "look at all the humans, I wonder what they're doing". The looks we get are priceless.
Sea mammals like whales and dolphins squirt their milk in their babies mouths. So their milk must be quite thick
I do this too, but as the Pottermania happened long after I was old and I never got into it, I pretend the sticks/pencils/etc. are swords XD
Load More Replies...2001: "Expecto Patronum!" 2023: "Expensive Petroleum!"
Load More Replies...In may case instead picture Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi, raising his lightsaber.
I have many cat friends, and a few cat enemies (That was MY tuna, Matilda!)
Me in 2021 going to see what happens when you microwave an onion:
Load More Replies...Damn, all we have in stock is peanut butter, toffee sauce, sweet chilli sauce, ketchup, brown sauce and WD40.....I think that combination would make my taste buds sue me for cruelty
At first I thought the nutella was a pickle. Shudder. My youngest brother when he was in elementary school used to make a PBJ with mayonnaise and bologna as well.
I did this once, it was interesting! Better to make them across a few sandwiches, though, one bite of each was not enough
You get six different flavor combinations, not nine, unless the spread on the right piece with the same color is different somehow.
I had to physically stop myself from snort-laughing because I'm in public lol
Laugh anyway. You don't know anybody in public. Who cares what they think? Don't deny yourself a moment of joy so that people who aren't paying attention won't notice you're happy.
Load More Replies...Worked in Blockies for eight years. Good times, great people, and all the pick'n mix you could steal!
That is WAY too cute of a nickname for those Luddites XD
Load More Replies...My grandmother was born in 1900. She died in 1991. She loved to talk about the first airplane she saw. The first car in their community (her father owned it!), and how strange it was to have lived from the horse and buggy to men on the moon.
That's obviously a staged moon landing and the astronaut is Dan Reynolds.
What the hell have we been doing since 69'?!?! It should be all "Warp 7!" and "Kessel Run" and "Too Infinity and Beyond!" not "electric car go brrrrr on coal-fired electricity..." and "same pointless jobs every day for forever"...stupid corporations/government...
I'm the tech mommy - and I HATE it, that nearly every second customer on the phone starts by asking if this is the hotline, after calling the hotline number.
Load More Replies...It's like that bit in close encounters when the computer takes over talking to the aliens in parp.
Robin Hood is still one of my favorite Disney movies. And probably to blame for that phase of my life where I was absolutely a furry.
POV You're trying to find a good DIY Halloween costume because buying one is too expensive
if torterra grows as big as it does in the movie i might have my own private island or a country sized problem
I don’t know why but Curiousity and all the other rovers look adorable to me. Like it looks like the rover is looking down because they’re shy in this photo
Same. I love them so much. I literally cried when Opportunity "died".
Load More Replies...She seems pretty average-sized to me but that robot explorer is huge.
Imagine if GRRM (to be read like a child impersonating a racecar... Grrrrrrrm) really wanted Dany to go mental and die and the reaction was so awful that he's now got writers block trying to please the fans.
The thing is, in the books he could make it work because he has the time. The issue wasn't that they made Dany go evil, it was that they massively rushed it. They were bored with the show and were even offered two more seasons and refused. So the ending was too rushed and thus the characterization made no sense.
Load More Replies...Stopped reading the series way before the TV shows even came out. I might die of old age before Martin ever finishes the series XD
I remember my college days. I took a Philosophy class, and it was SO boring (and I was so young and unused to college; I'd been homeschooled from 8th grade on) I'd fall asleep in class. I got really embarrassed by that, so I stopped showing up to class. Then I learned our entire grade hinged on one written final exam. I showed up for the final exam and aced it. Passed the class even though I'd attended maybe three weeks' worth of classes total XD
I have all of those things except for the zapper and power glove and those four controllers.
You can become a bisquillionaire by selling your earwax through waxathon.com. The amazing thing is all you need is at least one ear, preferably with a hole in it. To sign up please pay ten monthly instalments of just $5 per hour.
Can I buy the earwax though, asking for a friend of course.
Load More Replies...The funny thing about science is, that the more you learn/read the more fun it gets. The sad thing about science is, that when it really gets to be fun you're an old age pensioner and cannot use it for anything but amusement.
You can become a bisquillionaire by selling your earwax through waxathon.com. The amazing thing is all you need is at least one ear, preferably with a hole in it. To sign up please pay ten monthly instalments of just $5 per hour.
Can I buy the earwax though, asking for a friend of course.
Load More Replies...The funny thing about science is, that the more you learn/read the more fun it gets. The sad thing about science is, that when it really gets to be fun you're an old age pensioner and cannot use it for anything but amusement.
