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TR Contest: The Simple Joys of Nerd-dom

TR Contest: The Simple Joys of Nerd-dom

By July 20, 2012 Miscellaneous, Nerdery 0 Comment

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Obviously, today has been a dark day. But I don’t want to give some sick fuck the satisfaction of disrupting what should have been a pretty good nerd weekend — and while our thoughts should be with the victims and their families, we shouldn’t even give this asshole the benefit of our attention. Fuck him.

The best way I know to do that is by thinking of happy things; things that only nerds understand and enjoy. Not big, obvious stuff like a new Chris Nolan Batman movie, but the smaller joys. Things like:
? Reading an old videogame instruction booklet
? The smell of a new toy once it’s been taken out of its package
? Nathan Fillion smiling like a moron
You know, the simple things that make we as nerds happy, that no one else gets — so we can take a moment to appreciate all the things that make our lives better and richer. Now, rather than try and judge someone’s happiness, I’m just going to pick the winners randomly — everyone who adds something to the list will get a chance to win. Add as many things as you like, and make as many comments as you want, but everyone will have the same chance of winning. I think — I hope — it’ll all do us some good.

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About The Author

Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.