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Nerdy or Not?

Stevie2SxcStevie2Sxc __BANNED USERS regular
edited March 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Simple question really, no need for a long post to explain it at all.

Listening to the OST from Sci Fi TV shows? Is it nerdy or not?

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I don't know what OST is, which means it must be whatever is even worse than nerdy.

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  • RainfallRainfall Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    If you constantly blabber about how 'this is my favorite song ever the episode it was in' blah blah etc, then yes, it's nerdy. If you just listen to it because you like the music? Not particularly nerdy, no.

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  • delphinusdelphinus Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    no way.

    people put just as much, if not more work into TV OSTs than regular artists.
    AND its consistent work pay.
    not nerdy at all. though the shows themselves maybe.

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    RUNN1NGMAN wrote: »
    I don't know what OST is, which means it must be whatever is even worse than nerdy.
    OST = Original Sound Track.

    I'm going to vote on the nerdy side here.
    Not that there's anything wrong with that. I mean, we're all posting on a video game forum, which means we missed the chance to get off the nerd-train quite a while ago.

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  • Kate of LokysKate of Lokys Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Better question: who cares?

    Different social groups all have radically different opinions of the relative merits of various activities. Me, I love computer games, and I don't consider them to be the exclusive domain of the nerd at all - when I overhear the cute, athletic college guys behind me in class talking about staying up until 3am playing Left 4 Dead, that's a pretty clear sign to me that only closed-minded people would tar all gamers with the nerd brush. Similarly, I like some sci-fi shows. So does my father, a middle-aged doctor who loves sailing, running, and playing duplicate bridge with his best friend on weekends. He even sings along to the Firefly theme song when we watch it. Is he a nerd? He'd laugh in your face with genuine mirth and disbelief if you called him one.

    If you like the music, like it for its own sake, and if anyone tries to give you shit about its source, fuck 'em. Anyone who criticizes you about the nerdiness of listening to TV show soundtracks will probably have half a dozen equally "nerdy" things they do, like participating in fantasy football leagues, or singing in a barbershop quartet. Your activities are no more or less valid than theirs.

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  • SammyFSammyF Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Kate of Lokys wrote: »
    Better question: who cares?

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  • vonPoonBurGervonPoonBurGer Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Buying the MP3 of a song or a full CD containing a song you heard in a sci-fi show and happened to like? Not nerdy, because the link between the song and the show is tenuous and fairly specific to you as an individual. Buying an official soundtrack album / MP3s for a sci-fi show? Nerdy, because now the song is directly linked to the sci-fi show. Regardless of the merits of the songs, they now have nerd album art on the CD case and/or nerd sci-fi show references in the MP3 metadata.
    Kate of Lokys wrote:
    if anyone tries to give you shit about its source, fuck 'em.
    Trying to pull that attitude back in high school got my nerdy ass beat pretty fierce. I'm all for letting your Nerd flag fly high, but the OP may have solid reasons for keeping his nerdery in the closet.

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  • SammyFSammyF Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Oh come on, dude. Assuming the OP's even in high school, the likelihood that the left guard on the varsity football team is going to overhear a faint murmering from the kid's iPod headphones and shout, "hey, everybody! This kid is listening to variations on theme they used for the scenes on Caprica during the 2-part pilot for the remake of Battlestar: Galactica! Let's kick his ass!"

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  • The Crowing OneThe Crowing One Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    SammyF wrote: »
    Oh come on, dude. Assuming the OP's even in high school, the likelihood that the left guard on the varsity football team is going to overhear a faint murmering from the kid's iPod headphones and shout, "hey, everybody! This kid is listening to variations on theme they used for the scenes on Caprica during the 2-part pilot for the remake of Battlestar: Galactica! Let's kick his ass!"

    I...I kind of want this to happen, now.

    (Oh, and I'm with the "Who Cares?" crowd.)

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  • Kate of LokysKate of Lokys Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The Crowing One wrote: »
    SammyF wrote: »
    Oh come on, dude. Assuming the OP's even in high school, the likelihood that the left guard on the varsity football team is going to overhear a faint murmering from the kid's iPod headphones and shout, "hey, everybody! This kid is listening to variations on theme they used for the scenes on Caprica during the 2-part pilot for the remake of Battlestar: Galactica! Let's kick his ass!"

    I...I kind of want this to happen, now.
    It's like the old paradox of the snooty upper-middle class woman being embarrassed about running into somebody she knows while shopping for clothes at Goodwill. Yeah, she's in Goodwill buying used clothes, but so is the other person. If anybody recognizes the music as being from a particular show, they're familiar with the show too, which makes them just as much of a nerd.

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  • The Crowing OneThe Crowing One Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Kate of Lokys wrote: »
    The Crowing One wrote: »
    SammyF wrote: »
    Oh come on, dude. Assuming the OP's even in high school, the likelihood that the left guard on the varsity football team is going to overhear a faint murmering from the kid's iPod headphones and shout, "hey, everybody! This kid is listening to variations on theme they used for the scenes on Caprica during the 2-part pilot for the remake of Battlestar: Galactica! Let's kick his ass!"

    I...I kind of want this to happen, now.
    It's like the old paradox of the snooty upper-middle class woman being embarrassed about running into somebody she knows while shopping for clothes at Goodwill. Yeah, she's in Goodwill buying used clothes, but so is the other person. If anybody recognizes the music as being from a particular show, they're familiar with the show too, which makes them just as much of a nerd.

    Oh, Kate! Why must you ruin my sadistic fantasies with your damned logic?

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  • shadydentistshadydentist Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Posting in a video game forum asking about whether or not its nerdy makes automatically anything you do nerdy.

    edit: and so does replying to it.

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  • SammyFSammyF Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    It's not funny anymore after you two feel compelled to explain the irony behind the joke. :)

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    SammyF wrote: »
    Kate of Lokys wrote: »
    Better question: who cares?

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  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    You're all a bunch of Nerds!

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  • noir_bloodnoir_blood Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
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  • EliminationElimination Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Music is Music. I listen to the OST of shows sometimes, nothing wrong with that. Hell an aquaintance of mine did the music for Sunshine, 28 days/weeks later, Last House on the Left (Just coming out.) Rock n Rolla, Snatch, and a few others, and i listen to his stuff all the time.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    It's definitely nerdy but
    PeregrineFalcon wrote: »
    SammyF wrote: »
    Kate of Lokys wrote: »
    Better question: who cares?

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  • Sir CarcassSir Carcass I have been shown the end of my world Round Rock, TXRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Yes, definitely nerdy.

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  • Mad_Scientist_WorkingMad_Scientist_Working Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Stevie2Sxc wrote: »
    Simple question really, no need for a long post to explain it at all.

    Listening to the OST from Sci Fi TV shows? Is it nerdy or not?
    It could be worst. You could have songs about Hitler, Blacksmithing, 30,000 Pounds of Bananas,the Titanic, the soundtracks to two Discovery Channel Shows, and Gonorrhea. Thank god the last one has no lyrics.

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I...I have a song about 30,000 pounds of bananas.

    :(

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Scooter wrote: »
    I...I have a song about 30,000 pounds of bananas.

    :(

    It could be worse: you could have a song about 31,000 pounds of bananas.

    I'm kidding.

    That would not actually be worse.

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  • FallingmanFallingman Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Yes. Enjoy it.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Stevie2Sxc wrote: »
    Simple question really, no need for a long post to explain it at all.

    Listening to the OST from Sci Fi TV shows? Is it nerdy or not?

    Depends on how nerdy the OST itself is. For example, Cowboy BeBop: Not nerdy. Stargate, kinda nerdy. Firefly, pretty damn nerdy.

    But AWESOME.

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    edited March 2009
    There is a world of amazing music out there and there's absolutely nothing wrong with listening to TV show OSTs as part of a diverse music collection.

    However, if you're listening to exclusively TV show OSTs... well, yeah, that would be pretty nerdy.

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  • meekermeeker Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Bear McCreary's version of All Along the Watchtower is in my playlist and I love it. I used to love Duel of the Fates from The Phantom Menace.

    Sci -Fi is always a guilty pleasure. Nerdy means nothing.

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  • Mad_Scientist_WorkingMad_Scientist_Working Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    3clipse wrote: »
    Stargate
    Hmmmm... Got that too. Also, I have two songs about Doctor Who that aren't from the soundtrack. Hitting the trifecta of music nerdom.
    Scooter wrote: »
    I...I have a song about 30,000 pounds of bananas.

    :(
    Why is that a sad thing? :) It is a good albeit totally absurdly weird song. And just to let you guys know the name of the song is 30,000 Pounds of Bananas. Heheheheh..... Yes we have no bananas. No bananas in Scanton Pa.

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  • AnimeleeAnimelee Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Nerdy, yes.

    Who cares though? Be proud of it!

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  • Stevie2SxcStevie2Sxc __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2009
    meeker wrote: »
    Bear McCreary's version of All Along the Watchtower is in my playlist and I love it. I used to love Duel of the Fates from The Phantom Menace.

    Sci -Fi is always a guilty pleasure. Nerdy means nothing.

    I've got both of them. McCreary's version of All Along the Watchtower is one of the most played on my iTunes

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    3clipse wrote: »
    Stevie2Sxc wrote: »
    Simple question really, no need for a long post to explain it at all.

    Listening to the OST from Sci Fi TV shows? Is it nerdy or not?

    Depends on how nerdy the OST itself is. For example, Cowboy BeBop: Not nerdy. Stargate, kinda nerdy. Firefly, pretty damn nerdy.

    But AWESOME.


    Ahahahahahaha.

    Seriously though, OP, who cares.

    Second answer. No. Why should the soundtrack from BSG be any nerdier than the soundtrack from something else? The show or movie it's taken from doesn't really matter, it's just music.

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Also, if we're going to arbitrarly judge people for the type of music they listen to, you could always tell anyone mocking you for listening to an OST:"You listen to hip-hop, so why should I care what you think?"

    I don't think that it's any worse for me to listen to what they think is nerdy than them listening to what I think is shit.

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  • JeffHJeffH Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Djiem wrote: »
    Also, if we're going to arbitrarly judge people for the type of music they listen to, you could always tell anyone mocking you for listening to an OST:"You listen to hip-hop, so why should I care what you think?"

    I don't think that it's any worse for me to listen to what they think is nerdy than them listening to what I think is shit.

    then you make yourself look nerdy and ignorant

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    JeffH wrote: »
    Djiem wrote: »
    Also, if we're going to arbitrarly judge people for the type of music they listen to, you could always tell anyone mocking you for listening to an OST:"You listen to hip-hop, so why should I care what you think?"

    I don't think that it's any worse for me to listen to what they think is nerdy than them listening to what I think is shit.

    then you make yourself look nerdy and ignorant

    But as I already stated, who cares what they think? ;-)
    Don't forget I started my post with "If we're going to arbitrarly judge people for the type of music they listen to", which is an ignorant thing to do no matter who does it.

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  • Mad_Scientist_WorkingMad_Scientist_Working Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    JeffH wrote: »
    Djiem wrote: »
    Also, if we're going to arbitrarly judge people for the type of music they listen to, you could always tell anyone mocking you for listening to an OST:"You listen to hip-hop, so why should I care what you think?"

    I don't think that it's any worse for me to listen to what they think is nerdy than them listening to what I think is shit.

    then you make yourself look nerdy and ignorant
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