Full Disclosure:
I've never met Big E, I don't know where he's from, nor do I plan on booking an appointment with him. Online bromance is as far as it goes with me and dudes;
I haven't met Ava - but this is a Yet. Pretty Brunette in a TARDIS dress has me giddy just thinking about laughing about Petrichor, Daleks, and Who's the Best Doctor?;
Glad we can entertain others than ourselves.
That said:
I disagree with Big E - Being a nerd is NOT about "Act like you know everything".
I propose that Nerdom is another term - perhaps more intense or passionate form - of Fandom. Fandom is a more distinguished way of saying a Hobby. Yes, Hobby. Some guys talk football or (insert other sports here) with stat knowledge that's much more intense than a casual fan like myself. Others talk guns/ hunting, or cars, or just pick a topic! We three can talk Whovian.
See? All it takes is an intense passion about some topic be to a NERD. Find someone with similar intense passion for the same topic and you have a Nerdom. Get more than 10 Nerds on topic - Convention! Get 70+ thousand Nerds together, call it DragonCon.
I would thus suggest that more than a few of us here are Nerds of TER ladies. I have less than 20 reviews (dating back other 10 years, so I'm more of a Fan), but there are guys who have many times my review number in a less or equal time span. Some guys are at well over 100 or even 200! I say to you gents, "You are NERDS!"
Add to this, my final bit of proof.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I quote one of the most sacred of all cinematic films REVENGE OF THE NERDS:
"Betty Childs, Pi-Delta-Pi: [blissfully] Oh, Stan. You were wonderful. You did things to me you've never done before. [Lewis takes off his mask]
Betty: [gasps] Ahhh! You're that NERD!
Lewis: Yeah.
Bettyi: [blissfully] Oh, you were wonderful. [gasps in ecstacy]
Bettyi: Are all nerds as good as you?
Lewis: Yes.
Bettyi: How come?
Lewis: Cause all Jocks ever think about is sports, all we ever think about is Sex."
*drops mic
ga_kosh
Posted By: electr0nsrealm
Oh, jump in OC - the nerd water is fine. We don't judge.
Uh, actually we do - unfortunately that's one thing nerds do very well. Which is quite ironic as we are the social misfits and all. You think we would be the least likely to judge others...
Anyway, come here and I'll give you the crash course in how to be a nerd. This is our little secret, ok? Just follow these three rules and you'll be a nerd in no time:
1) Act like you know everything
2)...
Come to think of it that's all there is to it. No steps 2 and/or 3 required.
But man to man - (or more importantly, nerd to nerd) you have not lived until you have found a pretty little nerdette, brought her home to the batcave, and given her a multiple nerdgasm.
Now that's living! *tries to nerd high five - misses miserably...*
Posted By: OceanCity38
Even though I have no idea of all the inside topic references, it just goes to show that comon topic interests can really get the juices flowing. Good stuff, whatever it is.