pendell

Current Hyperfixation: Wizard of Oz

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I use outdated technology just for fun, listen to crappy music, and watch a lot of horror movies. Expect posts about These Things. I talk a lot.

Check tags like Star Trek Archive and Media Piracy to find things I share for others.


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in reply to @milliesquilly's post:

Super Excellent. Every time I read one of these it makes me want to learn how to use decker and then 20 minutes later steam starts coming out my ears as my brain overheats. I think the observations on what defines "nerd media" are interesting and also the idea of using "poor" as a perjorative feels like...symptomatic of something really messed up.

God the nerd thing hit for me really hard. There really does seem to be this prescription about what Nerd is supposed to be. Star Trek is the most mainsteam, of course, and gundam. But where the line? Can you be a nerd about furry culture (I think so, but I feel like a lot of big n Nerds would push back about that). What about sports (100%. Sports people can be SUCH Nerds, especially Baseball people. After all, SIBR from Blaseball is just based on SABR from baseball)? Can car people be nerds (holy shit yes? I know someone who had a CD of car engine sounds, and if that isn’t a nerdy thing, I don’t know what is.)? And in the long run, does it even matter? Like what you like with enthusiasm, and don’t gatekeep! Except for nazis, fuck those guys.

The whole Poor People Are Bad thing in America comes from our country being colonized by a bunch of religious extremists (the Puritans) who were super Calvinist. It’s gross and I hope we get over it soon.

I love seeing the Deckerverse stuff. It’s cool to see what other people are doing with this amazing tool.

Great job as always!