A Strategy Guide For Your Nerdy / (Non-Nerdy) Valentine

[dropcap1]W[/dropcap1]ith Valentine’s Day upon us, I figured there are those that are seeing /courting / dating / not labeling what you have / [insert terms you best identify your situation here] someone that might be heavily influenced by nerd / pop-culture. Or perhaps there is a nerd that is (see options from above) someone that doesn’t have Nerd Life tattooed across their belly. If you are interested in someone that is heavily invested in nerd culture and you aren’t, it can kind of be like speaking two different languages, one being French (English isn’t always the main language, folks) and the other being Dothraki (Klingon isn’t always the main nerd language folks).

This is a strategy guide to some scenarios that’ll help you out in a jam, so you don’t find yourself in a situation like… let’s say taking your partner to see the Dark Knight at an 11:00 pm showing and they start falling asleep, then get all mad at you for waking them up repeatedly ’cause you’re all: “Aye, this is in IMAX. For as much as we paid to get in here we goin’ give a dissertation together after this, so jot some cliff notes down.” Enthusiasm and You As Nat-Geo Nerd Specialist Nicole Homer once said, “A Nerd is much like a cat giving you a dead bird, they’ll come over with whatever project they’re working on and present it to you saying,”Hey look what I did.”” A nerd will often present you with something they are working on or interested in and want to discuss it with you. If it’s a topic you’re not…

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