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"So, my only real interest is sociology tbh. So much so that some friends and I host a sociology supper club every few months where we meet and talk deep stuff and occasionally get really sociological. And we bring guests. " This sounds fucking great! Would love to hear about some of your most recent deep chats if you'd be comfy to share anything 😇 | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy!" Nothing indulges my inner nerd more than the gym. Programmes, technique, years of historical data. Hell, I'm one step away from line graph of PBs over the years to show progression. | |||
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"Chess Board games Card games NFL fantasy football Blood on the Clocktower (social deduction game) WWE To name a few "I love chess! I'm not particularly good haha, but if you fancy a game online send me your lichess name 😊 | |||
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"Chess Board games Card games NFL fantasy football Blood on the Clocktower (social deduction game) WWE To name a few
I love chess! I'm not particularly good haha, but if you fancy a game online send me your lichess name 😊 "Damn! I only have a chess.com account 🤣 | |||
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"I love watching videos on social media of cobblers restoring old boots lol" Oh that sounds RIGHT up my street! Definitely going to have to check some of those out haha, feel free to send me any favs I've also dabbled a little in visible mending and leatherwork, this is several interests intersecting for me 😎 | |||
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"Damn! I only have a chess.com account 🤣" Ah I had one briefly, but strongly prefer lichess in many ways haha! I'm a total slut for free opensource community passion projects 😂 | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! Nothing indulges my inner nerd more than the gym. Programmes, technique, years of historical data. Hell, I'm one step away from line graph of PBs over the years to show progression." Considering I hated science when I was in school, it's actually rather annoying how much science is involved in both the gym and in coffee 😂 | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy!" I love gym nerdery! I trained like a competitive powerlifter for several years, had no interest in competing haha just enjoyed how thorough it was. Getting more into calisthenics now and switched to a greasing the groove style rather than heavy use & recovery periods, which is a lot of fun in a totally different way. Briefly dabbled with peptides too but they're a bit spendy for me 🫠😂 | |||
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"My newest 3D printer will print at 500mm/s" Impressive! I don't know loads about 3DP, dabbled a tiny bit years ago but nothing serious. What do you like to print? | |||
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"So many nerdy interests…but one I was reminded of the other day - watching marble runs on YT" So soothing! Love it | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! Nothing indulges my inner nerd more than the gym. Programmes, technique, years of historical data. Hell, I'm one step away from line graph of PBs over the years to show progression." Tell me you have a spreadsheet for it too 👀💦 | |||
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"I have a physics background although no longer in that field. So anything about space and the quantum world is fascinating for me…" Ooo, please do feel free to infodump your favourite physics to me! I'm smart but not academic at all, would have loved to get more into science but formal education and I don't exactly see eye to eye haha | |||
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"Earlier this evening, I had a D&D session! I'm really enjoying and getting into the campaign "Yes! A classic 😎 I've dabbled with D&D, would love to do more of it Feel free to tell me about your character/campaign! | |||
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"I’ve been doing some writing recently, which I’m the opposite of trained for. It’s meant reading up about it, listening to others talking about their process and quite a lot of hard work to generate some output. I’m learning about storytelling, character development and all the nuts and bolts of something that’s very creative yet also a mountain of problem solving too. You fuckers had better watch out that you’re not in the story and that I don’t kill off your character in a messy way "I love to write, what kind(s) have you been dabbling with? | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! Nothing indulges my inner nerd more than the gym. Programmes, technique, years of historical data. Hell, I'm one step away from line graph of PBs over the years to show progression. Tell me you have a spreadsheet for it too 👀💦" Dozens. And now an app to track every single workout, with weekly reports on muscles targeted and total weight lifted. It's a nerd's paradise. | |||
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"Earlier this evening, I had a D&D session! I'm really enjoying and getting into the campaign
Yes! A classic 😎 I've dabbled with D&D, would love to do more of it
Feel free to tell me about your character/campaign! "The campaign that I played today is a home-brewed one! My character is a Goliath Paladin. Feel free to shoot me a message if you want to talk more about it 😊 | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! I love gym nerdery! I trained like a competitive powerlifter for several years, had no interest in competing haha just enjoyed how thorough it was. Getting more into calisthenics now and switched to a greasing the groove style rather than heavy use & recovery periods, which is a lot of fun in a totally different way. Briefly dabbled with peptides too but they're a bit spendy for me 🫠😂 " Oh wow, that's incredible! How easy did you find the switch to calisthenics which seems like a very different beast to powerlifting! I won't lie, I think I've hit a plateau at the minute and not sure what I need to change to break through it but I'm sure it'll come! | |||
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"I love watching you tube of people doing embroidery. Especially goldwork, the kind you see on religious garments or balet dancers costumes. Beaded all the better... and what they call stumpwork. Its so clever how thread becomes works of art right there in front of your face." Fibre arts are so cool! I love embroidery, crochet, weaving is fascinating too. I have a few projects on the go, one of these years I'll finish one 😂 | |||
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"I’ve been doing some writing recently, which I’m the opposite of trained for. It’s meant reading up about it, listening to others talking about their process and quite a lot of hard work to generate some output. I’m learning about storytelling, character development and all the nuts and bolts of something that’s very creative yet also a mountain of problem solving too. You fuckers had better watch out that you’re not in the story and that I don’t kill off your character in a messy way
I love to write, what kind(s) have you been dabbling with? "They say you should write the kind of book you like to read, so I’m doing a comedy thriller. About 65,000 words so far. | |||
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"No one needs to know how many hydrangea care videos I watch weekly! But my god do I have a great garden 🤓" Hydrangeas are so cool! I love that they react to the pH of the soil they're in | |||
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"tlhaw'diyo? Apparently this is Klingon " I'll take your word for it 😂 human languages have me at a loss, let alone those from other worlds! | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! I love gym nerdery! I trained like a competitive powerlifter for several years, had no interest in competing haha just enjoyed how thorough it was. Getting more into calisthenics now and switched to a greasing the groove style rather than heavy use & recovery periods, which is a lot of fun in a totally different way. Briefly dabbled with peptides too but they're a bit spendy for me 🫠😂 " Can we hear more about peptides? | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! Nothing indulges my inner nerd more than the gym. Programmes, technique, years of historical data. Hell, I'm one step away from line graph of PBs over the years to show progression. Tell me you have a spreadsheet for it too 👀💦 Dozens. And now an app to track every single workout, with weekly reports on muscles targeted and total weight lifted. It's a nerd's paradise." Ooo, which do you use? I really like Calistree, one of the only apps I pay for, plus I love that the free version is totally functional and not just a teaser for the paywall | |||
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"Workshop tinkering. 3D printing. Chess. Hats off to the physics guys, they were the brightest at uni. Shame most of them went into finance." What kind of workshop tinkering? What do you like to print? I love chess! Feel free to send me your lichess name if you'd like to play Haha, shame indeed 🫠 | |||
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"Earlier this evening, I had a D&D session! I'm really enjoying and getting into the campaign
Yes! A classic 😎 I've dabbled with D&D, would love to do more of it
Feel free to tell me about your character/campaign!
The campaign that I played today is a home-brewed one! My character is a Goliath Paladin.
Feel free to shoot me a message if you want to talk more about it 😊"Big fan of homebrews! Fuck WOTC 😤 | |||
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"Ooo, please do feel free to infodump your favourite physics to me! I'm smart but not academic at all, would have loved to get more into science but formal education and I don't exactly see eye to eye haha " What would you like to know more about?! I could be your physics muse… haha | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! I love gym nerdery! I trained like a competitive powerlifter for several years, had no interest in competing haha just enjoyed how thorough it was. Getting more into calisthenics now and switched to a greasing the groove style rather than heavy use & recovery periods, which is a lot of fun in a totally different way. Briefly dabbled with peptides too but they're a bit spendy for me 🫠😂 Oh wow, that's incredible! How easy did you find the switch to calisthenics which seems like a very different beast to powerlifting! I won't lie, I think I've hit a plateau at the minute and not sure what I need to change to break through it but I'm sure it'll come!" It is really different! It wasn't an immediate switch for me which probably made it much easier, I had some time off due to illness so I came back to the gym to start over in a different style of training rather than transitioning from one to the other. I love it, so much more variable and flexible, and needs far less equipment! I have a pair of olympic rings; with those, a floor mat, and a plyo box I can do a full body workout in 45 mins. Plateau was one of my biggest peeves with lifting tbh, I just got so bored of it! Add a plate, remove a plate, whatever, I'm still doing the same 25 exercises every week 😮💨 | |||
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"A year or so ago, I started watching YouTube videos of fish tank set ups to help me fall asleep. I absolutely love watching how it's done x" Oh I can totally see how that would be relaxing to sleep to! Some of them get so complex too 🤓 | |||
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"I’ve been doing some writing recently, which I’m the opposite of trained for. It’s meant reading up about it, listening to others talking about their process and quite a lot of hard work to generate some output. I’m learning about storytelling, character development and all the nuts and bolts of something that’s very creative yet also a mountain of problem solving too. You fuckers had better watch out that you’re not in the story and that I don’t kill off your character in a messy way
I love to write, what kind(s) have you been dabbling with?
They say you should write the kind of book you like to read, so I’m doing a comedy thriller. About 65,000 words so far."Comedy thriller sounds great! Do you plan to publish? | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! Nothing indulges my inner nerd more than the gym. Programmes, technique, years of historical data. Hell, I'm one step away from line graph of PBs over the years to show progression. Tell me you have a spreadsheet for it too 👀💦 Dozens. And now an app to track every single workout, with weekly reports on muscles targeted and total weight lifted. It's a nerd's paradise. Ooo, which do you use? I really like Calistree, one of the only apps I pay for, plus I love that the free version is totally functional and not just a teaser for the paywall " I use Boostcamp - really like it too (and use the free version which is more than good enough for me) | |||
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"Tell me about your nerdy, dorky, niche interest(s)? I love an obscure obsession! One of mine is tool restoration videos. I adore them. Watching something go from rusted out scrap to shining, smoothly operating equipment is very pleasing. Welcome to DM if you'd rather not talk about yours publicly, as long as it's respected that I am currently taking a small break from sexual stuff 😊 " Watching Hoof GP on YouTube Warhammer Astronomy Nerdy enough? | |||
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"I'm m a big classical music buff. I read books about composers, follow scores when I'm listening, read analyses of pieces and really try to work out what composers are doing in their compositions. " I also just wanted to add I do music appreciation lessons off the back of all that studying. I also spend a lot of time playing the piano. I have Grade VIII, music A-level and a music degree. Luke | |||
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"It is really different! It wasn't an immediate switch for me which probably made it much easier, I had some time off due to illness so I came back to the gym to start over in a different style of training rather than transitioning from one to the other. I love it, so much more variable and flexible, and needs far less equipment! I have a pair of olympic rings; with those, a floor mat, and a plyo box I can do a full body workout in 45 mins. Plateau was one of my biggest peeves with lifting tbh, I just got so bored of it! Add a plate, remove a plate, whatever, I'm still doing the same 25 exercises every week 😮💨 " It sounds like that time off helped switch your mind off to powerlifting to give to time to focus on calisthenics! What sort of physical benefits do you think you have now compared to before? I get what you mean! I've been doing the same program since the start of the year and there are certain exercises I just can't break through. My bench press has pretty much been the same for months 😓 | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! Nothing indulges my inner nerd more than the gym. Programmes, technique, years of historical data. Hell, I'm one step away from line graph of PBs over the years to show progression. Tell me you have a spreadsheet for it too 👀💦 Dozens. And now an app to track every single workout, with weekly reports on muscles targeted and total weight lifted. It's a nerd's paradise. Ooo, which do you use? I really like Calistree, one of the only apps I pay for, plus I love that the free version is totally functional and not just a teaser for the paywall I use Boostcamp - really like it too (and use the free version which is more than good enough for me)" Nice! I use one that's literally called Strong. It tracks andly new PRs in terms of weight, volume or 1RM tells me the intensity percentage increase/decrease on an exercise from the last session. | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! I love gym nerdery! I trained like a competitive powerlifter for several years, had no interest in competing haha just enjoyed how thorough it was. Getting more into calisthenics now and switched to a greasing the groove style rather than heavy use & recovery periods, which is a lot of fun in a totally different way. Briefly dabbled with peptides too but they're a bit spendy for me 🫠😂 Can we hear more about peptides? " Oh god that is not a small question lmao, it's an enormous field ranging from super mainstream stuff that's now in shampoos and moisturisers, to experimental research chemicals with no human trials which come with "NOT FOR HUMAN APPLICATIONS" warnings 😂 It really depends on what you're interested in, for me I wanted a bit of support to get through that AWFUL rehab/physio stage of coming back to training after a long period of illness, so I used some capacity/endurance related stuff that affects muscles, mitochondria, and energy (they were also fatburners, but that wasn't my interest in them). NAD+ is fairly well studied, 5amino-1MQ less so but there's plenty of anecdotal stuff around now. I also used sloop (SLU-PP-332) which I found quite effective at helping me get all the way through workouts and day-to-day tasks when struggling with fatigue, felt like I had just a bit more in the tank y'know, but it did make me sweat more so I don't like it in the summer heat 🫠 There are SO many though, affecting anything from the vascular system to the connective tissues to the brain's capacity for learning (I found this interesting but I was wary of things that cross the blood-brain barrier, ironic for a recovering addict lmao). It really depends on your personal wants, needs, and risk profile - the science available for them varies a LOT! Quite a few only have animal studies and anecdotal human evidence, so it's often largely down to how comfortable you are with guinea-pigging yourself. I didn't get too deep into it, and obviously none of this is advice or recommendation, just the surface stuff I gleaned in my brief foray | |||
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"I'll go with a couple that are quite niche. FPL - I know millions play it, but I'm part of a podcast discord and use optimisation to get my imaginary points. Financial science - again, there's a YouTube channel, podcast and forum which is one the nerdiest places online! Have a 5 factor model t-shirt that I'm very happy to have, although it's statistically very unlikely I'll run into someone who understands what it means in person... 😅" Congrats, this is the first thing mentioned I'm not familiar with at all 😂 what is? | |||
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"Ooo, please do feel free to infodump your favourite physics to me! I'm smart but not academic at all, would have loved to get more into science but formal education and I don't exactly see eye to eye haha What would you like to know more about?! I could be your physics muse… haha" Literally any of it, all of it, dealer's choice 🤓 | |||
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"I'd like this thread to fill up more so I can read it (and not contribute)" It's honestly been way more active than I expected! I thought I'd have a look tomorrow and maybe there'd be a reply or two but it's been busy haha | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! I love gym nerdery! I trained like a competitive powerlifter for several years, had no interest in competing haha just enjoyed how thorough it was. Getting more into calisthenics now and switched to a greasing the groove style rather than heavy use & recovery periods, which is a lot of fun in a totally different way. Briefly dabbled with peptides too but they're a bit spendy for me 🫠😂 Can we hear more about peptides? Oh god that is not a small question lmao, it's an enormous field ranging from super mainstream stuff that's now in shampoos and moisturisers, to experimental research chemicals with no human trials which come with "NOT FOR HUMAN APPLICATIONS" warnings 😂 It really depends on what you're interested in, for me I wanted a bit of support to get through that AWFUL rehab/physio stage of coming back to training after a long period of illness, so I used some capacity/endurance related stuff that affects muscles, mitochondria, and energy (they were also fatburners, but that wasn't my interest in them). NAD+ is fairly well studied, 5amino-1MQ less so but there's plenty of anecdotal stuff around now. I also used sloop (SLU-PP-332) which I found quite effective at helping me get all the way through workouts and day-to-day tasks when struggling with fatigue, felt like I had just a bit more in the tank y'know, but it did make me sweat more so I don't like it in the summer heat 🫠 There are SO many though, affecting anything from the vascular system to the connective tissues to the brain's capacity for learning (I found this interesting but I was wary of things that cross the blood-brain barrier, ironic for a recovering addict lmao). It really depends on your personal wants, needs, and risk profile - the science available for them varies a LOT! Quite a few only have animal studies and anecdotal human evidence, so it's often largely down to how comfortable you are with guinea-pigging yourself. I didn't get too deep into it, and obviously none of this is advice or recommendation, just the surface stuff I gleaned in my brief foray " Gosh, thank you - that is already way more than is reasonable to expect in a forum post! I literally know nothing about them, so already much better informed! | |||
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"I'm m a big classical music buff. I read books about composers, follow scores when I'm listening, read analyses of pieces and really try to work out what composers are doing in their compositions. " Oh that is deep-cut stuff! Super interesting, what are your fav aspects? | |||
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"Workshop tinkering. 3D printing. Chess. Hats off to the physics guys, they were the brightest at uni. Shame most of them went into finance. What kind of workshop tinkering? What do you like to print? I love chess! Feel free to send me your lichess name if you'd like to play Haha, shame indeed 🫠 " Some charity stuff, making bits and pieces for around the house, word working, metal working. Printing is mostly to help fixing broken stuff, but I use it for work too. I don’t play chess online - or I haven’t yet anyway. Just with the kids. A way of staying off screens. | |||
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"Bees. But some of you pervs would probably be turned on by my bee suit
Brings a whole new meaning to protection. "I love bees! Committed communists and tiny dancers 🥰 pretty sure I once received a gratitude dance from a bee, it was super cool Do you keep hives? | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! Nothing indulges my inner nerd more than the gym. Programmes, technique, years of historical data. Hell, I'm one step away from line graph of PBs over the years to show progression. Tell me you have a spreadsheet for it too 👀💦 Dozens. And now an app to track every single workout, with weekly reports on muscles targeted and total weight lifted. It's a nerd's paradise. Ooo, which do you use? I really like Calistree, one of the only apps I pay for, plus I love that the free version is totally functional and not just a teaser for the paywall I use Boostcamp - really like it too (and use the free version which is more than good enough for me)" Ooo cool, I haven't heard of this one! Will check it out. Is it primarily lifting focused? I like calistree bc I can design and customise my workouts before, during, and after - if I don't have a solid plan before I step into the gym I spend 2 hours wandering aimlessly and don't get anything done 😂😭 it also tracks progress and suggests harder exercises to move on to after a certain amount of reps/time held which is great | |||
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"Tell me about your nerdy, dorky, niche interest(s)? I love an obscure obsession! One of mine is tool restoration videos. I adore them. Watching something go from rusted out scrap to shining, smoothly operating equipment is very pleasing. Welcome to DM if you'd rather not talk about yours publicly, as long as it's respected that I am currently taking a small break from sexual stuff 😊 Watching Hoof GP on YouTube Warhammer Astronomy Nerdy enough?" I'd love to know more about astronomy, please feel free to share if you'd like! | |||
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"Bees. But some of you pervs would probably be turned on by my bee suit
Brings a whole new meaning to protection.
I love bees! Committed communists and tiny dancers 🥰 pretty sure I once received a gratitude dance from a bee, it was super cool
Do you keep hives? "Yes. | |||
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"I'll go with a couple that are quite niche. FPL - I know millions play it, but I'm part of a podcast discord and use optimisation to get my imaginary points. Financial science - again, there's a YouTube channel, podcast and forum which is one the nerdiest places online! Have a 5 factor model t-shirt that I'm very happy to have, although it's statistically very unlikely I'll run into someone who understands what it means in person... 😅 Congrats, this is the first thing mentioned I'm not familiar with at all 😂 what is? " I did say niche, avoided my more common but still nerdy ones. 😅 FPL - fantasy premier league, pick players and you get points based on their real life performance. The Fama-French five-factor model explains asset returns using five factors: Market Risk, Size, Value, Profitability, and Investment. My t-shirt has the words Mkt-RF, SMB, HML, RMW and CMA on it. White on black background. It'll probably look like a random mess of letters to most people! | |||
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"I'm m a big classical music buff. I read books about composers, follow scores when I'm listening, read analyses of pieces and really try to work out what composers are doing in their compositions. I also just wanted to add I do music appreciation lessons off the back of all that studying. I also spend a lot of time playing the piano. I have Grade VIII, music A-level and a music degree. Luke " Music appreciation lessons sound so interesting! Cool that you're sharing what you've studied 😊 | |||
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"It is really different! It wasn't an immediate switch for me which probably made it much easier, I had some time off due to illness so I came back to the gym to start over in a different style of training rather than transitioning from one to the other. I love it, so much more variable and flexible, and needs far less equipment! I have a pair of olympic rings; with those, a floor mat, and a plyo box I can do a full body workout in 45 mins. Plateau was one of my biggest peeves with lifting tbh, I just got so bored of it! Add a plate, remove a plate, whatever, I'm still doing the same 25 exercises every week 😮💨 It sounds like that time off helped switch your mind off to powerlifting to give to time to focus on calisthenics! What sort of physical benefits do you think you have now compared to before? I get what you mean! I've been doing the same program since the start of the year and there are certain exercises I just can't break through. My bench press has pretty much been the same for months 😓" Honestly, it had become a chore for quite a while before I had to take time off, I was ready for a change. I still have a fair bit of my lifting kit, I need to refurb and sell it in time for the January fitness pacts 😂 I'm way more flexible, my functional strength is improved rather than being really powerful only within extremely specific movements haha, my chronic pain is better controlled than it was with PL, and I'm just far more interested in training again - I'm excited to go to the gym rather than dragging my ass to the rack y'know?? Ugh that's so frustrating! Maybe time to switch it up a bit yourself? | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! Nothing indulges my inner nerd more than the gym. Programmes, technique, years of historical data. Hell, I'm one step away from line graph of PBs over the years to show progression. Tell me you have a spreadsheet for it too 👀💦 Dozens. And now an app to track every single workout, with weekly reports on muscles targeted and total weight lifted. It's a nerd's paradise. Ooo, which do you use? I really like Calistree, one of the only apps I pay for, plus I love that the free version is totally functional and not just a teaser for the paywall I use Boostcamp - really like it too (and use the free version which is more than good enough for me) Nice! I use one that's literally called Strong. It tracks andly new PRs in terms of weight, volume or 1RM tells me the intensity percentage increase/decrease on an exercise from the last session." I've heard this is good! Bend has also been recommended to me, for flexibility stuff | |||
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"Literally restoration videos are my thing too haha u tube a goldmine for that " Haha snap! Yeah it's so good, and I use duckplayer to skip out on all the ads 🫠 | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! I love gym nerdery! I trained like a competitive powerlifter for several years, had no interest in competing haha just enjoyed how thorough it was. Getting more into calisthenics now and switched to a greasing the groove style rather than heavy use & recovery periods, which is a lot of fun in a totally different way. Briefly dabbled with peptides too but they're a bit spendy for me 🫠😂 Can we hear more about peptides? Oh god that is not a small question lmao, it's an enormous field ranging from super mainstream stuff that's now in shampoos and moisturisers, to experimental research chemicals with no human trials which come with "NOT FOR HUMAN APPLICATIONS" warnings 😂 It really depends on what you're interested in, for me I wanted a bit of support to get through that AWFUL rehab/physio stage of coming back to training after a long period of illness, so I used some capacity/endurance related stuff that affects muscles, mitochondria, and energy (they were also fatburners, but that wasn't my interest in them). NAD+ is fairly well studied, 5amino-1MQ less so but there's plenty of anecdotal stuff around now. I also used sloop (SLU-PP-332) which I found quite effective at helping me get all the way through workouts and day-to-day tasks when struggling with fatigue, felt like I had just a bit more in the tank y'know, but it did make me sweat more so I don't like it in the summer heat 🫠 There are SO many though, affecting anything from the vascular system to the connective tissues to the brain's capacity for learning (I found this interesting but I was wary of things that cross the blood-brain barrier, ironic for a recovering addict lmao). It really depends on your personal wants, needs, and risk profile - the science available for them varies a LOT! Quite a few only have animal studies and anecdotal human evidence, so it's often largely down to how comfortable you are with guinea-pigging yourself. I didn't get too deep into it, and obviously none of this is advice or recommendation, just the surface stuff I gleaned in my brief foray Gosh, thank you - that is already way more than is reasonable to expect in a forum post! I literally know nothing about them, so already much better informed! " Haha I never did get the hang of brevity 😂 | |||
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"Haha I never did get the hang of brevity 😂" I call it the Neurodivergent Need For Maximum Accuracy 😂😇 | |||
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"Damn, all my nerdy interests are sexual stuff ☹️ I'm kidding, I'm really into wrestling, coffee and the gym. The doesn't sound nerdy, but when you get into workout splits and the science behind why certain lifts and movements are better for your goals, it can get really nerdy! I love gym nerdery! I trained like a competitive powerlifter for several years, had no interest in competing haha just enjoyed how thorough it was. Getting more into calisthenics now and switched to a greasing the groove style rather than heavy use & recovery periods, which is a lot of fun in a totally different way. Briefly dabbled with peptides too but they're a bit spendy for me 🫠😂 Can we hear more about peptides? Oh god that is not a small question lmao, it's an enormous field ranging from super mainstream stuff that's now in shampoos and moisturisers, to experimental research chemicals with no human trials which come with "NOT FOR HUMAN APPLICATIONS" warnings 😂 It really depends on what you're interested in, for me I wanted a bit of support to get through that AWFUL rehab/physio stage of coming back to training after a long period of illness, so I used some capacity/endurance related stuff that affects muscles, mitochondria, and energy (they were also fatburners, but that wasn't my interest in them). NAD+ is fairly well studied, 5amino-1MQ less so but there's plenty of anecdotal stuff around now. I also used sloop (SLU-PP-332) which I found quite effective at helping me get all the way through workouts and day-to-day tasks when struggling with fatigue, felt like I had just a bit more in the tank y'know, but it did make me sweat more so I don't like it in the summer heat 🫠 There are SO many though, affecting anything from the vascular system to the connective tissues to the brain's capacity for learning (I found this interesting but I was wary of things that cross the blood-brain barrier, ironic for a recovering addict lmao). It really depends on your personal wants, needs, and risk profile - the science available for them varies a LOT! Quite a few only have animal studies and anecdotal human evidence, so it's often largely down to how comfortable you are with guinea-pigging yourself. I didn't get too deep into it, and obviously none of this is advice or recommendation, just the surface stuff I gleaned in my brief foray Gosh, thank you - that is already way more than is reasonable to expect in a forum post! I literally know nothing about them, so already much better informed! Haha I never did get the hang of brevity 😂" It's overrated anyway. Except at work, where I need all the brevity. And then more. | |||
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"Workshop tinkering. 3D printing. Chess. Hats off to the physics guys, they were the brightest at uni. Shame most of them went into finance. What kind of workshop tinkering? What do you like to print? I love chess! Feel free to send me your lichess name if you'd like to play Haha, shame indeed 🫠 Some charity stuff, making bits and pieces for around the house, word working, metal working. Printing is mostly to help fixing broken stuff, but I use it for work too. I don’t play chess online - or I haven’t yet anyway. Just with the kids. A way of staying off screens." Ooo, a tinkerer! Awesome 😊 love to craft random useful bits and pieces Real chessboards with real pieces are so much better than online, honestly - I'm just a hermit who lives alone 😂 | |||
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"My newest 3D printer will print at 500mm/s Impressive! I don't know loads about 3DP, dabbled a tiny bit years ago but nothing serious. What do you like to print?" Mostly cosplay stuff. Some tools and gadgets Prototypes (work) | |||
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"Well the fact that there is no unified theory of anything is the biggest missing link in physics. We understand what happens on the macro scale because we can effectively ignore quantum mechanics, and conversely we know the inner workings of atoms because we can effectively ignore gravity… but our construct of physics breaks down once we have to consider big things in small spaces, eg in black holes (no pun intended as we are on a sex website lol). Care for more?" I have heard a little about this, how everything we know about the one falls apart as soon as we examine the other, and we've so far been unable to reconcile them?? Though I'm 1000% certain my current understanding is a little below secondary school level and entirely lacking of any and all nuance or complexity 😂 I would love to hear more 😇 | |||
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"I'll go with a couple that are quite niche. FPL - I know millions play it, but I'm part of a podcast discord and use optimisation to get my imaginary points. Financial science - again, there's a YouTube channel, podcast and forum which is one the nerdiest places online! Have a 5 factor model t-shirt that I'm very happy to have, although it's statistically very unlikely I'll run into someone who understands what it means in person... 😅 Congrats, this is the first thing mentioned I'm not familiar with at all 😂 what is? I did say niche, avoided my more common but still nerdy ones. 😅 FPL - fantasy premier league, pick players and you get points based on their real life performance. The Fama-French five-factor model explains asset returns using five factors: Market Risk, Size, Value, Profitability, and Investment. My t-shirt has the words Mkt-RF, SMB, HML, RMW and CMA on it. White on black background. It'll probably look like a random mess of letters to most people!" Ah, the P threw me! I have heard of fantasy football haha, though most of my knowledge relates to gambling around it 😂 Honestly my ignorance of the finance world is deliberate 😂 | |||
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"Haha I never did get the hang of brevity 😂 It's overrated anyway. Except at work, where I need all the brevity. And then more." It IS overrated! 😤 Intrigued to know what/why your work demands brevity haha, but don't wish to pry | |||
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"I think you’re referring to wave-particle duality of a photon. Equally interesting and mind bending not initiative. Happy to talk more in messages… "Definitely what I'm referring to, totally could have named that 😂😎 Yes please feel free to message 😊 | |||
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"As I cannot message you privately. My hidden geek is marching bands " Marching bands are so fun! And the skill is impressive in several ways. Do you have any favourites? | |||
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"My newest 3D printer will print at 500mm/s Impressive! I don't know loads about 3DP, dabbled a tiny bit years ago but nothing serious. What do you like to print? Mostly cosplay stuff. Some tools and gadgets Prototypes (work)" Love a tool and/or gadget! What do you like to cosplay? Also intrigued re prototypes, but appreciate you may not wish/be able to share about that! | |||
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"I think you’re referring to wave-particle duality of a photon. Equally interesting and mind bending not initiative. Happy to talk more in messages…
Definitely what I'm referring to, totally could have named that 😂😎
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"As I cannot message you privately. My hidden geek is marching bands Marching bands are so fun! And the skill is impressive in several ways. Do you have any favourites? " The UK scene is a little dry since I played, so mainly follow US bands. They have just had the DCI World Championships  | |||
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"Love dnd ,warhammer 40k,star wars, jurassic park(dont ask me about dinos I wont stop) Love pokemon and any card game and a killer at chess" I would love to hear about dinos?? Omg pokemon 🥰 the only card game I'm into is texas hold'em, and a tiiiny bit of PLO 😂 I am mediocre at chess, but feel free to send me your lichess if you'd like to wipe the board with me 😇 | |||
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"Love dnd ,warhammer 40k,star wars, jurassic park(dont ask me about dinos I wont stop) Love pokemon and any card game and a killer at chess I would love to hear about dinos?? Omg pokemon 🥰 the only card game I'm into is texas hold'em, and a tiiiny bit of PLO 😂 I am mediocre at chess, but feel free to send me your lichess if you'd like to wipe the board with me 😇 " Ask away about dinos (strap in) and sure id love to play you at chess send a message and I'll send an invite | |||
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"I play magic the gathering " Oh nice! I've dabbled a little, I am not good at it tho haha. I have some cards but don't think it will ever be a burning passion tbh | |||
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"I think you’re referring to wave-particle duality of a photon. Equally interesting and mind bending not initiative. Happy to talk more in messages…
Definitely what I'm referring to, totally could have named that 😂😎
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"Haha I never did get the hang of brevity 😂 It's overrated anyway. Except at work, where I need all the brevity. And then more. It IS overrated! 😤 Intrigued to know what/why your work demands brevity haha, but don't wish to pry " Haha, not the work itself. I enjoy that. I'm just a strong believer that nearly all emails/notes/papers can usually be shorter. I make a good editor! #3 or Orwell's 6 rules for good writing (appropriate for a nerdy thread): "If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out". | |||
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"As I cannot message you privately. My hidden geek is marching bands Marching bands are so fun! And the skill is impressive in several ways. Do you have any favourites? The UK scene is a little dry since I played, so mainly follow US bands. They have just had the DCI World Championships "Yeah I didn't think the scene here was huge, it's massive in the states tho! How was the champs? | |||
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"Love dnd ,warhammer 40k,star wars, jurassic park(dont ask me about dinos I wont stop) Love pokemon and any card game and a killer at chess I would love to hear about dinos?? Omg pokemon 🥰 the only card game I'm into is texas hold'em, and a tiiiny bit of PLO 😂 I am mediocre at chess, but feel free to send me your lichess if you'd like to wipe the board with me 😇 Ask away about dinos (strap in) and sure id love to play you at chess send a message and I'll send an invite " Sent! | |||
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"I thought it said talk dirty to me? Then I looked again ooops" Congrats babe, you got the joke 🎉 | |||
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"As I cannot message you privately. My hidden geek is marching bands Marching bands are so fun! And the skill is impressive in several ways. Do you have any favourites? The UK scene is a little dry since I played, so mainly follow US bands. They have just had the DCI World Championships
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"Haha I never did get the hang of brevity 😂 It's overrated anyway. Except at work, where I need all the brevity. And then more. It IS overrated! 😤 Intrigued to know what/why your work demands brevity haha, but don't wish to pry Haha, not the work itself. I enjoy that. I'm just a strong believer that nearly all emails/notes/papers can usually be shorter. I make a good editor! #3 or Orwell's 6 rules for good writing (appropriate for a nerdy thread): "If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out". " Ah yes, this meeting could have been an email; this email chain could have been a sentence 😂 I saw a lovely post a while ago that read something like "don't k*ll your darlings. Tuck them into bed, lovingly laid to rest, cared for and spent" and it really changed the way I think of editing. Made it much more fun, and feels more gentle. | |||
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"As I cannot message you privately. My hidden geek is marching bands Marching bands are so fun! And the skill is impressive in several ways. Do you have any favourites? The UK scene is a little dry since I played, so mainly follow US bands. They have just had the DCI World Championships
Yeah I didn't think the scene here was huge, it's massive in the states tho! How was the champs?
They were good, I got to see so e online a friend of mine went over to watch.
I would also love to chat in messages but I am too old lol "Bet that was a cool trip! I suppose that depends on what you want to chat about. We've reached the limit of my knowledge around marching bands, if you'd like to share more about them you're welcome to but if you're hoping it will be a segue then best to move along 😊 | |||
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"As I cannot message you privately. My hidden geek is marching bands Marching bands are so fun! And the skill is impressive in several ways. Do you have any favourites? The UK scene is a little dry since I played, so mainly follow US bands. They have just had the DCI World Championships
Yeah I didn't think the scene here was huge, it's massive in the states tho! How was the champs?
They were good, I got to see so e online a friend of mine went over to watch.
I would also love to chat in messages but I am too old lol
Bet that was a cool trip!
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"I don’t know if this is nerdy , but I love the history of tattoos and tattooing and what artist specialist subjects etc , but sadly over the last ten years so many artists have popped up …. I’ll shut up lol Did someone a while ago say chess… I have a board set up all the time so if one of the kids or a mate pops in , grab a game . " I actually have a couple of books on tattoo history! It's never a sadness for the world to have more art, imo. I was around the tattoo scene a lot back when it was heavily gatekept and cliquey in the 00s, I've been glad to see it open up and welcome people more the last few years. Particularly as being welcoming and supportive to learners reduces the number of scratchers operating in kitchens and living rooms! I often have a board with me when I'm put and about, can set one up pretty much anywhere and someone will sit down for a game 😂 play online most days too | |||
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"As I cannot message you privately. My hidden geek is marching bands Marching bands are so fun! And the skill is impressive in several ways. Do you have any favourites? The UK scene is a little dry since I played, so mainly follow US bands. They have just had the DCI World Championships
Yeah I didn't think the scene here was huge, it's massive in the states tho! How was the champs?
They were good, I got to see so e online a friend of mine went over to watch.
I would also love to chat in messages but I am too old lol
Bet that was a cool trip!
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"I don’t know if this is nerdy , but I love the history of tattoos and tattooing and what artist specialist subjects etc , but sadly over the last ten years so many artists have popped up …. I’ll shut up lol Did someone a while ago say chess… I have a board set up all the time so if one of the kids or a mate pops in , grab a game . I actually have a couple of books on tattoo history! It's never a sadness for the world to have more art, imo. I was around the tattoo scene a lot back when it was heavily gatekept and cliquey in the 00s, I've been glad to see it open up and welcome people more the last few years. Particularly as being welcoming and supportive to learners reduces the number of scratchers operating in kitchens and living rooms! I often have a board with me when I'm put and about, can set one up pretty much anywhere and someone will sit down for a game 😂 play online most days too " I’ve been into the tattoo scene for over 40 years and seen lots of changes The old conventions where so so cool | |||
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" Honestly, it had become a chore for quite a while before I had to take time off, I was ready for a change. I still have a fair bit of my lifting kit, I need to refurb and sell it in time for the January fitness pacts 😂 I'm way more flexible, my functional strength is improved rather than being really powerful only within extremely specific movements haha, my chronic pain is better controlled than it was with PL, and I'm just far more interested in training again - I'm excited to go to the gym rather than dragging my ass to the rack y'know?? Ugh that's so frustrating! Maybe time to switch it up a bit yourself? " I think motivation is definitely the biggest thing and sometimes something different can drive that motivation. I always thought the gym was a necessary evil 😂 but I enjoyed it the more progress I've made but still go through these spells of not making as much progress as I want to. Flexibility and functional strength sounds like a great benefit that can help in everyday life too, although you have to admit, liftng heavy weights is pretty damn satisfying too 😆 | |||
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"My newest 3D printer will print at 500mm/s Impressive! I don't know loads about 3DP, dabbled a tiny bit years ago but nothing serious. What do you like to print? Mostly cosplay stuff. Some tools and gadgets Prototypes (work) Love a tool and/or gadget! What do you like to cosplay? Also intrigued re prototypes, but appreciate you may not wish/be able to share about that!" Cosplay - Mandalorian, iron-man, Hulk and buzz lightyear all wip. Phototypes (no in public) | |||
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"I don’t know if this is nerdy , but I love the history of tattoos and tattooing and what artist specialist subjects etc , but sadly over the last ten years so many artists have popped up …. I’ll shut up lol Did someone a while ago say chess… I have a board set up all the time so if one of the kids or a mate pops in , grab a game . I actually have a couple of books on tattoo history! It's never a sadness for the world to have more art, imo. I was around the tattoo scene a lot back when it was heavily gatekept and cliquey in the 00s, I've been glad to see it open up and welcome people more the last few years. Particularly as being welcoming and supportive to learners reduces the number of scratchers operating in kitchens and living rooms! I often have a board with me when I'm put and about, can set one up pretty much anywhere and someone will sit down for a game 😂 play online most days too I’ve been into the tattoo scene for over 40 years and seen lots of changes The old conventions where so so cool " I wasn't around for the old school haha, I'm a 90s baby 😇 but even in my time there's been significant changes | |||
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" Honestly, it had become a chore for quite a while before I had to take time off, I was ready for a change. I still have a fair bit of my lifting kit, I need to refurb and sell it in time for the January fitness pacts 😂 I'm way more flexible, my functional strength is improved rather than being really powerful only within extremely specific movements haha, my chronic pain is better controlled than it was with PL, and I'm just far more interested in training again - I'm excited to go to the gym rather than dragging my ass to the rack y'know?? Ugh that's so frustrating! Maybe time to switch it up a bit yourself? I think motivation is definitely the biggest thing and sometimes something different can drive that motivation. I always thought the gym was a necessary evil 😂 but I enjoyed it the more progress I've made but still go through these spells of not making as much progress as I want to. Flexibility and functional strength sounds like a great benefit that can help in everyday life too, although you have to admit, liftng heavy weights is pretty damn satisfying too 😆" I find self discipline much more reliable than motivation tbh haha, I know I'll feel better within 5 minutes of starting a workout but often still have to bully and bribe myself into it 😂🙄 as with everything else, getting started is hardest! Progress isn't linear, it always has peaks and troughs and plateaus 📈 Yeah it's definitely more suitable for me in a few ways, I did find lifting satisfying but I've been over it for a long time now! | |||
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"My newest 3D printer will print at 500mm/s Impressive! I don't know loads about 3DP, dabbled a tiny bit years ago but nothing serious. What do you like to print? Mostly cosplay stuff. Some tools and gadgets Prototypes (work) Love a tool and/or gadget! What do you like to cosplay? Also intrigued re prototypes, but appreciate you may not wish/be able to share about that! Cosplay - Mandalorian, iron-man, Hulk and buzz lightyear all wip. Phototypes (no in public)" Oh nice! Would you like to share privately, or prefer not to? | |||
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" Ah, the P threw me! I have heard of fantasy football haha, though most of my knowledge relates to gambling around it 😂 Honestly my ignorance of the finance world is deliberate 😂 Yeah, unfortunately a big thing here in the UK but I'm very much anti-gambling (knowing that the expected value of a bet is negative helps, finance world knowledge can be useful sometimes 😉). It's more maths and statistics (and some psychology if you like those explanations) than finance at the level I'm interested in. But it's definitely not for everyone for sure! Just glad there's this community of nerds that I've somehow found for both hobbies mentioned. We're happy with our in-jokes and terrible puns that no one else understands or cringe at if they do 😂" Haha do you think people gamble because they expect the value to be positive? 😂 You don't need to be into finance to know most bets lose! You get more of a dopamine hit from nearly winning than from actually winning 🫠 Oh, I understand the mechanisms applied to it haha, I just prefer other applications for them 🤷 Yeah, community of nerds into the same niche as you is always satisfying! | |||
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"My newest 3D printer will print at 500mm/s Impressive! I don't know loads about 3DP, dabbled a tiny bit years ago but nothing serious. What do you like to print? Mostly cosplay stuff. Some tools and gadgets Prototypes (work) Love a tool and/or gadget! What do you like to cosplay? Also intrigued re prototypes, but appreciate you may not wish/be able to share about that! Cosplay - Mandalorian, iron-man, Hulk and buzz lightyear all wip. Phototypes (no in public) Oh nice! Would you like to share privately, or prefer not to? " Yeah, sure. PM me | |||
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" Haha do you think people gamble because they expect the value to be positive? 😂 You don't need to be into finance to know most bets lose! You get more of a dopamine hit from nearly winning than from actually winning 🫠 Oh, I understand the mechanisms applied to it haha, I just prefer other applications for them 🤷 Yeah, community of nerds into the same niche as you is always satisfying!" I don't know why people gamble on negative expected value bets tbh, I wouldn't mind people taking on positive expected value bets even with a high variance - they'll get the high risk, but there needs to be a high reward big enough to justify the risk. What applications do you prefer, if you don't mind? Computer science is a good applied maths discipline but that's what I studied and do, so I think it would've been cheating to mention that for me. | |||
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"Have a masters in music history and culture- massive music nerd! Also. Bill Hicks and Cardiacs. " I hear a rejuvenated Cardiacs are dropping brand new music literally any minute sometime today. | |||
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"I’ve been doing some writing recently, which I’m the opposite of trained for. It’s meant reading up about it, listening to others talking about their process and quite a lot of hard work to generate some output. I’m learning about storytelling, character development and all the nuts and bolts of something that’s very creative yet also a mountain of problem solving too. You fuckers had better watch out that you’re not in the story and that I don’t kill off your character in a messy way
I love to write, what kind(s) have you been dabbling with?
They say you should write the kind of book you like to read, so I’m doing a comedy thriller. About 65,000 words so far.
Comedy thriller sounds great! Do you plan to publish? "I’m not sure, it might make more sense as a radio play or audiobook/podcast series as book publishing is incredibly crowded. What kind of writing do you do? | |||
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"I'm fascinated by all things medical, and particularly historical pharmacy stuff .. loved the Victorian pharmacy programme they did.." If you've not been, you should go to the Old Operating Theatre Museum when you're next in London. Sounds like you'd enjoy it - it's really interesting! | |||
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"I'm fascinated by all things medical, and particularly historical pharmacy stuff .. loved the Victorian pharmacy programme they did.. If you've not been, you should go to the Old Operating Theatre Museum when you're next in London. Sounds like you'd enjoy it - it's really interesting!" Oooh ! Yes , sounds right up my street! I really want to visit the Wellcome trust too | |||
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"I feel that between us we could put together a few decent teams for Only Connect - though explaining our team connection might need some careful redacting " 😆 🤣 | |||
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"I'm fascinated by all things medical, and particularly historical pharmacy stuff .. loved the Victorian pharmacy programme they did.." The Science Museum in London might be worth a visit for that. | |||
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"I crochet and absolutely love doing it, it helps massively with my mental health and let's me go brain free for a while" And keeps your hands occupied 😈 | |||
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"I drum in a samba band on a big bass drum and love board games. Though I’ve had many hobby’s over the years and tend to struggle to stick to them, have kept marine fish - that was interesting but so time consuming. " Naked twister??  | |||
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"Sporcle geography quizzes, word games like scrabble and boggle. I love 3d jigsaws and wasgij. I also collect flags. I'm off to sit in the nerdy corner for a while. " Join me. I'm tinkering. 😆 | |||
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"Sporcle geography quizzes, word games like scrabble and boggle. I love 3d jigsaws and wasgij. I also collect flags. I'm off to sit in the nerdy corner for a while. Join me. I'm tinkering. 😆 " I love an aul bit of tinkering 🤣 | |||
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"Sporcle geography quizzes, word games like scrabble and boggle. I love 3d jigsaws and wasgij. I also collect flags. I'm off to sit in the nerdy corner for a while. Join me. I'm tinkering. 😆 I love an aul bit of tinkering 🤣" I'll keep your hands busy. | |||
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"I crochet and absolutely love doing it, it helps massively with my mental health and let's me go brain free for a while And keeps your hands occupied 😈" Stops me eating rubbish & drinking wine! | |||
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"I crochet and absolutely love doing it, it helps massively with my mental health and let's me go brain free for a while And keeps your hands occupied 😈 Stops me eating rubbish & drinking wine! " Stop swearing you.  | |||
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"I don't know why people gamble on negative expected value bets tbh, I wouldn't mind people taking on positive expected value bets even with a high variance - they'll get the high risk, but there needs to be a high reward big enough to justify the risk." The long odds are part of the rush for a gambler; the likelihood of losing makes winning that much sweeter when it happens, and the suspense in the meantime is powerful, the adrenaline released by the whole process is intense. The psychology behind it is actually pretty interesting. I play poker, but don't gamble at bookies or gaming tables etc, I like to have some control over my odds 😂 +EV bets aren't really gambling, having a high likelihood of returns gets more into investment territory quite quickly. The whole point of the gambling industry is that everything is stacked against the punters from the start. "What applications do you prefer, if you don't mind? Computer science is a good applied maths discipline but that's what I studied and do, so I think it would've been cheating to mention that for me." Pretty much anything else tbh, I just dislike the finance sector for so many reasons 🤷 | |||
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"Have a masters in music history and culture- massive music nerd! Also. Bill Hicks and Cardiacs. " That sounds really interesting! Would love to hear more about it 😊 Ah, Bill Hicks. Haven't watched any of his stuff for years, should give it another spin. Cardiacs? | |||
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"I love the blues. I love most kinds of music but the blues is my fave so I seek out and track down the most obscure old, almost forgotten vinyl, tapes and even 8-Track recordings. " Ooo, yes! Love the blues, would love to hear about some of your obscure favs 😊 | |||
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"I'm fascinated by all things medical, and particularly historical pharmacy stuff .. loved the Victorian pharmacy programme they did.." Ooo interesting! Medical stuff is a bit of a double-edged sword for me, but I totally get the fascination 👀 | |||
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"I’ve been doing some writing recently, which I’m the opposite of trained for. It’s meant reading up about it, listening to others talking about their process and quite a lot of hard work to generate some output. I’m learning about storytelling, character development and all the nuts and bolts of something that’s very creative yet also a mountain of problem solving too. You fuckers had better watch out that you’re not in the story and that I don’t kill off your character in a messy way
I love to write, what kind(s) have you been dabbling with?
They say you should write the kind of book you like to read, so I’m doing a comedy thriller. About 65,000 words so far.
Comedy thriller sounds great! Do you plan to publish?
I’m not sure, it might make more sense as a radio play or audiobook/podcast series as book publishing is incredibly crowded.
What kind of writing do you do?"I understand that, although radio plays are difficult to get going. Audiobook/podcasts are hardly less crowded than print/ebook publishing, but that's not to say not worth doing! I write poetry, erotica, some fiction, some political analyses, a bit of a variety haha | |||
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"I'm fascinated by all things medical, and particularly historical pharmacy stuff .. loved the Victorian pharmacy programme they did.. If you've not been, you should go to the Old Operating Theatre Museum when you're next in London. Sounds like you'd enjoy it - it's really interesting!" Victor Wynd might be worth a look too! | |||
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"I collect coins.... I started without realising it now ive got loads and it keeps growing "Oh nice! I used to collect coins too, it's quire a rabbithole haha | |||
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"I'm fascinated by all things medical, and particularly historical pharmacy stuff .. loved the Victorian pharmacy programme they did.. If you've not been, you should go to the Old Operating Theatre Museum when you're next in London. Sounds like you'd enjoy it - it's really interesting! Oooh ! Yes , sounds right up my street! I really want to visit the Wellcome trust too" The Wellcome is great, they do some awesome exhibits | |||
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"Enjoy visiting heritage railways 🛤 & the occasional robot combat event as i used to enjoy Robot Wars & it's American cousin Battlebots when I was younger 🤖 " This sounds really cool! What's been your fav heritage railway? | |||
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"I work in the chemical industry, I studied chemistry at uni. I hate chemistry I’m just good at remembering facts and figures, which means I have all sorts of useless nerdy bits of information stuck in my head haha My biggest nerdy obsession though is writing crime fiction books and actually explaining the science behind the forensics " I would love to hear more about your writing! Sounds great | |||
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"I love calling bingo at a community cafe, I like ornamental fish keeping and maintain a public inner city farm aquarium. I'm not sure that's geeky though 🤔 The bf is super geeky! 🤓" Ooo awesome! The farm aquarium sounds fantastic, would love to hear more about it | |||
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"I crochet and absolutely love doing it, it helps massively with my mental health and let's me go brain free for a while" Crochet is so good! Feel free to share some of your projects 😊 | |||
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"Ancient Rome. Every day!" Honestly amazed it took so long for Ancient Rome to come up haha | |||
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"I crochet and absolutely love doing it, it helps massively with my mental health and let's me go brain free for a while Crochet is so good! Feel free to share some of your projects 😊" Pervert. 😆 | |||
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"I drum in a samba band on a big bass drum and love board games. Though I’ve had many hobby’s over the years and tend to struggle to stick to them, have kept marine fish - that was interesting but so time consuming. " Love that! I played in a samba band briefly, lots of fun. I like board games too, chess is my main one, how about you? | |||
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"Lichness name = postie32" Sent you a correspondence game 😊 | |||
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"I’m partial to nerding out over pretty much anything. Currently it’s Captain Scott’s terra nova Antarctic expedition, but no doubt it’ll be something completely different next week " Ooo would love to hear more about that! | |||
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"I build swords (one in specific so far) based on movies. So far I have built Conan the Barbarian sword." Omg would love to see! And hear about the process of making 😊 | |||
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"Videos on drains being unblocked cows hoofs being clipped " I grew up horsey, always enjoyed the farrier visits! So satisfying | |||
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"Sporcle geography quizzes, word games like scrabble and boggle. I love 3d jigsaws and wasgij. I also collect flags. I'm off to sit in the nerdy corner for a while. " Omg I love scrabble! Haven't played for aaages What's been your fav 3D puzzle? | |||
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"Got to be Star Wars and WWE for my geeky side. Also tractors and trucks, if theres a nice one somewhere and im out, garunteed im there like a tramap on chips, looking at it" I adore heavy machinery! So cool | |||
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"I’m such a nerd that I actually play the daily puzzle games on LinkedIn. 🤓" What kinds of puzzles are they? I've never used linkedin haha | |||
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"Sporcle geography quizzes, word games like scrabble and boggle. I love 3d jigsaws and wasgij. I also collect flags. I'm off to sit in the nerdy corner for a while. Omg I love scrabble! Haven't played for aaages What's been your fav 3D puzzle?" The globe one was brilliant, although it took about half an hour and a lot of swearing to get Iceland in 🤣🤣 | |||
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