Captain Zyrain
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Does anyone else have a geeky pop culture blind spot?
I self identify as a total nerd.. Or geek.. Or.. I don't even know what words you use for that anymore, since its all so commonplace now. It's still odd to me, as someone who grew up in the 80's and 90's. I have a Star Wars and a GI Joe tattoo.. So.. That should tell you enough. Even so, there are things I missed the boat on.. Or just never bothered to watch/read/etc.
First one.. Harry Potter.. I was a huge Lord of the Rings snob, so Harry Potter always seemed like kids crap to me, so I never read the books, and avoided the movies (still never seen one all the way through). I eventually got over the edgy LOTR bias, but by then so many books/etc came out that it felt like way too much of an investment to catch up.
Second.. Doctor Who. Who? Exactly. I'd never even really heard of it until a couple of years ago. Maybe a few times in passing but never knew what it was or what it was about. I was playing Draw Something years ago and someone drew the Tardis and assumed (incorrectly) that "of course I'd know what that is.. I'm a nerd!". Still don't understand anything about Doctor Who, but now know that the phone box thing is a Tardis!
So anyone else.. Something you don't get but the rest of the world seems to?
I self identify as a total nerd.. Or geek.. Or.. I don't even know what words you use for that anymore, since its all so commonplace now. It's still odd to me, as someone who grew up in the 80's and 90's. I have a Star Wars and a GI Joe tattoo.. So.. That should tell you enough. Even so, there are things I missed the boat on.. Or just never bothered to watch/read/etc.
First one.. Harry Potter.. I was a huge Lord of the Rings snob, so Harry Potter always seemed like kids crap to me, so I never read the books, and avoided the movies (still never seen one all the way through). I eventually got over the edgy LOTR bias, but by then so many books/etc came out that it felt like way too much of an investment to catch up.
Second.. Doctor Who. Who? Exactly. I'd never even really heard of it until a couple of years ago. Maybe a few times in passing but never knew what it was or what it was about. I was playing Draw Something years ago and someone drew the Tardis and assumed (incorrectly) that "of course I'd know what that is.. I'm a nerd!". Still don't understand anything about Doctor Who, but now know that the phone box thing is a Tardis!
So anyone else.. Something you don't get but the rest of the world seems to?