12 Feb 09
Originally posted by adam warlockHugh Hefner chose to compete for social dominance instead of studying and learning.
1: Not me.
2: Don't care!
3: Highly discussable.
Nerd by Gerald Sussman:
[i]
My idea is to present an image to children that it is good to be intellectual, and [b]not to care about the peer pressures to be anti-intellectual. I want every child to turn into a nerd - where that means someone who prefers studying and learning to competing for so ...[text shortened]...
Not caring about peer-pressure it's the essence of being a nerd. Besides being highly sexy.[/b]
He's sexier, nicer, richer, funier, and more useful than any nerd, anytime, anywhere.
I rest my case.
*round of applause*
12 Feb 09
Originally posted by SeitseI'll indulge you.
Hugh Hefner chose to compete for social dominance instead of studying and learning.
He's sexier, nicer, richer, funier, and more useful than any nerd, anytime, anywhere.
I rest my case.
*round of applause*
Wright brothers
Edison
Tesla
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Einstein
Richard Feynman
Julian Schwinger
Bertrand Russel
Bardeen, Cooper, Schrieffer...
Those nerds and a lot more made your life more comfortable, healthier, easier, better,...
Do you use a cell-phone? Do you have a microwave oven? Do you use a computer? LCD screen?, ccd camera?, plasma tv?...
I rest my case.
*round of applause*
12 Feb 09
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Originally posted by adam warlockBoooooring. They were all boring people and the best they could do out of their time was to discover a few things to make my life better. It's like clapping a monkey for eating bananas: it's what they do and what they are expected to do.
I'll indulge you.
Wright brothers
Edison
Tesla
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Einstein
Richard Feynman
Julian Schwinger
Bertrand Russel
Bardeen, Cooper, Schrieffer...
Those nerds and a lot more made your life more comfortable, healthier, easier, better,...
Do you use a cell-phone? Do you have a microwave oven? Do you use a computer? LCD screen?, ccd camera?, plasma tv?...
I rest my case.
*round of applause*
On the other hand:
Magic Johnson
Joe Montana
Hugh Hefner
Anna Kournikova
Anthony Bourdain
Pelé
Jena Jameson
Chuck Palahniuk
Sammy Davis Jr.
Ron Jeremy
Elvis Presley
etc.
Those non-nerds and lot more made your life more entertaining, funnier, more relaxed, hotter, better...
Do you listen to music? Do you cook? Do you masturbate to porn films or to magazines? Do you fall in love to a sweet tune?
I rest my case.
*round of applause*
12 Feb 09
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Originally posted by SeitseAlmost all of those people could be considered nerds in their field of expertise. And it it wasn't for the other nerds their fields of expertise wouldn't exist.
Boooooring. They were all boring people and the best they could do out of their time was to discover a few things to make my life better. It's like clapping a monkey for eating bananas: it's what they do and what they are expected to do.
On the other hand:
Magic Johnson
Joe Montana
Hugh Hefner
Anna Kournikova
Anthony Bourdain
Pelé
Jena Jameson
C ...[text shortened]... r to magazines? Do you fall in love to a sweet tune?
I rest my case.
*round of applause*
And they aren't expected to do nothing. They do what they like. And that's the point. Doing what one likes as opposed to doing what is expected and cheered by the masses.
And Anna Kournikova?! Puh-lease!!! So-so tennis player and so-so hottie.
...The cry of the Boetians indeed...
12 Feb 09
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Originally posted by adam warlockHey, I never said she would play tenis. Rather she is super hot and her affair with Enrique Iglesias has provided lots of jobs. You know, paparazzis, the staff of The Sun, the presenters of E-Entertainment, etc.
Almost all of those people could be considered nerds in their field of expertise. And it it wasn't for the other nerds their fields of expertise wouldn't exist.
And they aren't expected to do nothing. They do what they like. And that's the point. Doing what one likes as opposed to doing what is expected and cheered by the masses.
And Anna Kourniko ...[text shortened]... ! Puh-lease!!! So-so tennis player and so-so hottie.
...The cry of the Boetians indeed...
12 Feb 09
Originally posted by SeitseSo-so hottie.
Hey, I never said she would play tenis. Rather she is super hot and her affair with Enrique Iglesias has provided lots of jobs. You know, paparazzis, the staff of The Sun, the presenters of E-Entertainment, etc.
At least give some true hottie that has achieved the same effect.
12 Feb 09
Originally posted by adam warlockOk, ok... Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Gina Lollobrigida, Judy Garland, Sophia Loren, Ursula Andress, Brigette Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, Grace Kelly, Jean Harlow , Claudia Cardinale, Bo Derek, Genevieve Bujold, Monica Bellucci, etc.
So-so hottie.
At least give some true hottie that has achieved the same effect.