You Know You're A Nerd When:

[Nazalassa]

19 hours ago, Ryaja said:

Or when the teacher asks you because you understand it better than them.

When the teacher asks you how to move a window from one screen to another (true story).

[Ryaja]

1 hour ago, Nazalassa said:

When the teacher asks you how to move a window from one screen to another (true story).

I'll take that another step further, when you are are a better at fixing the school computers than the school tech supports.

[Nazalassa]

4 minutes ago, Ryaja said:

I'll take that another step further, when you are are a better at fixing the school computers than the school tech supports.

True story :D

I have even installed Linux on one of the school's computers last year, and nobody noticed...

[Ben J. Kerman]

When you see an ad and notice the Apartments.com looks kind of like the Star Alliance logo.

[kerbiloid]

When you have to explain to the humans the very elementary things.

[Nazalassa]

When you use 32 ANSI escape sequences in your bash prompt.

[kerbiloid]

When you can distinguish ANSI from ASCII.

[Ben J. Kerman]

When you notice the 737 NG and 737 MAX APU exhaust in the tail look different, and can't believe you only just realized it.

Edited November 10, 2022 by Ben J. Kerman
This makes me a nerd because normal people wouldn't notice things like that. I just ruined the bad joke I was trying to make; whatever.

[Nazalassa]

Rate my new theme!

Edited March 3 by Nazalassa
Changed image path

[Ben J. Kerman]

23 minutes ago, Nazalassa said:

Rate my new theme!

It's alright. I kind of like it.

When you have 50 tabs open on your school chromebook.

[Nazalassa]

(this is a good question)

Edited March 3 by Nazalassa
Changed image path

[kerbiloid]

When you ask: "What is 'when'?"

[ColdJ]

When you get upset that Season 3 of Star Trek Discovery uses transporter badges that would require all the energy and computing power of a Star Ship from Season 1 to work, yet they fit in your hand.

[kerbiloid]

When you treat the archaic retro-looking computer displays and TV-sets as very realistic, because you understand that actually the characters are equipped with neurointerfaces and contact lenses, while these bulky pieces of art-decor are exactly a part of their retro-stylized decor.

[Ben J. Kerman]

When you are a teenager in 2022 but know what this is:

[ColdJ]

3 hours ago, Ben J. Kerman said:

When you are a teenager in 2022 but know what this is:

When you have cleaned out all the dead skin cells that are clogging one of those up, many many times.

[kerbiloid]

When you have a ten of these rubbered steel balls in your table and don't know what to use them for.

[Nazalassa]

When you know what would happen if the solar system was filled with soup up to the orbit of Jupiter.

Spoiler

Soupiter :)

[Ben J. Kerman]

When you hate English class so much you hope that you won't have to speak the language again as soon as you learn another one.

[kerbiloid]

When you are not from Japan, but don't need subtitles in anime.

[Ben J. Kerman]

When you know the models of school bus your district mostly has (Primarily Blue Bird Visions, there are like 2 or 3 IC CEs and I think there is one Transtech Roadstar) All operated by M&J Bus. Once I saw a First Student Blue Bird All-American at my high school after school, probably for sports stuff or something.

Edited November 16, 2022 by Ben J. Kerman

[Ryaja]

When you are a teenager but you know that the save button in games is a floppy disk 

[Ben J. Kerman]

When the "electronic music" you listen to is 90% just TAWS and GPWS.

[kerbiloid]

When you can generate white noise on piano.

[Admiral Fluffy]

When you go to the airport and can identify the kerbal parts on the plane