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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 249 (or Don Cheadle is Captain Planet)
You’re childhood enjoyment of the Captain Planet cartoon series lends itself to a surprising appreciation for the four-part Funny or Die comedic saga in which Don Cheadle portrays a rather insane...
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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 254 (or “The Way of the Thankful Turkey”)
You have devoted a large portion of your Thanksgiving holiday break to streaming kung fu and samurai films in between reading old pulp fiction crime novels in e-book format. Tagged: bushido, comedy,...
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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 256 (or “I’m your biggest fan….”)
Now that Stephen King has joined Twitter, part of you wants to just tweet the man all day as if he was your pen pal. However, you know that this is an ill-advised course of action, as it is fueled by...
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In an alternate universe: Event 21 (or “I’ve got a golden billete!”)
In an alternate universe, Roald Dahl did not enjoy the success of his beloved children’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Instead, he wrote a dismally unpopular book called Charlie and the...
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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 260 (or “Hello Dummy!”)
Upon a recent visit to a used book store, you reacted to discovering a cache of old stand-up comedy LPs the same way most people would react to finding a rare Beatles album. In describing the moment of...
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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 261 (or “Neil Gaiman, I invoke thee!”
When asked, during a library job interview, to discuss the relevance of libraries in today’s society, your response included the following quote, which you enthusiastically credited to Neil Gaiman:...
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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 265 (or Temporal agents and the...
While discussing your thoughts on the Spierig brothers’ time travel film Predestination, starring Ethan Hawke, you talked about how it was not quite the “temporal policeman catching criminals” film the...
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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 266 (or Wedding “Clashers”)
While serving as a groomsman at the wedding of a long-time friend, casual conversation with your fellow groomsman evolved into an elaborate, comedic brainstorming session of hypothetical wedding plans...
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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 238 (or “Is that a Kindle in your pocket or...
You often volunteer the number of novels you read last year when trying to impress someone in a dating situation, only to realize that half the time it makes you look as if you have no social life, and...
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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 244 (or “Kneel before Neil!”)
Your knowledge of various mythologies (Norse, Greek, etc.) primarily comes from college classes and the works of Neil Gaiman. Tagged: books, comedy, comic books, fantasy, funny, graphic novels, How to...
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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 254 (or “The Way of the Thankful Turkey”)
You have devoted a large portion of your Thanksgiving holiday break to streaming kung fu and samurai films in between reading old pulp fiction crime novels in e-book format. Tagged: bushido, comedy,...
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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 256 (or “I’m your biggest fan….”)
Now that Stephen King has joined Twitter, part of you wants to just tweet the man all day as if he was your pen pal. However, you know that this is an ill-advised course of action, as it is fueled by...
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How to tell you’re a nerd: Method 265 (or Temporal agents and the...
While discussing your thoughts on the Spierig brothers’ time travel film Predestination, starring Ethan Hawke, you talked about how it was not quite the “temporal policeman catching criminals” film the...
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