Hmmm I am a little perturbed by possible geekdom, do you do this?

[Mutley]

Know the name of things like this:


Or know that asteroids can have satellites:


I'm rather worried about myself. :D

[Random_Australian]

1. Signs of geekdom may include DU copycatting!

[Mutley]

2. Yes. Of that I am guilty.

:7

[Dangerously Amused]

3. Oh, but *I* am The Queen.

Hey, you wanna be a princess? I'll make you one! I can do that!


:bounce:


:7



(Good copycat BTW. :thumbsup:)

[Mutley]

4. Sure, I'll take princess.

A :thumbsup: is quite a compliment from the queen herself. :D

[Hugin]

5. Big deal... Lots of people know Balut when they see it.

That is Balut isn't it?

:hi:

[Mutley]

6. Nope!

Io, satellite of Jupiter, and most geologically active body in the solar system. :P

[Hugin]

7. Aside from my stomach after I've eaten stuffed bell peppers...

*urp*

Nice picture!

:)

[Mutley]

8. Heehee.

:P

Thanks.

[billyskank]

9. What's wrong with geekdom?

:shrug:

[Mutley]

10. Nothing.

I'm copycatting Random_Australian and his freakdom. :P

[Mutley]

11. I guess if I have to explain it

then it didn't work.

[billyskank]

12. I'm sorry

:hug:

[Mutley]

13. We can't all be good at copycats.

:hug:

[rug]

14. I'm pretty sure that first thing is called a potato.

[Mutley]

16. Not exactly.

:P

[mwooldri]

15. But geeks hang out at ./ also.

But they call us nerds there! Oh well....

[Mutley]

17. The difference between geek and nerd has been debated since the

dawn of time. :D

[ZombieNixon]

18. Io and Ida and Dactyl?

Is that what you mean?

No, not at all! :D

[Mutley]

21. Oh yes, ZombieNixon, that's exactly what I mean.

Smartass. :D

[ZombieNixon]

26. Dactyl? The one-mile diameter asteroid satellite?

That Dactyl? The one orbiting the asteroid Ida? :D

[Mutley]

27. That's what the picture is, isn't it?

:shrug:

:D

[ZombieNixon]

28. Yes, it is.

(My dad's an astronomer, so I know WAAAY too much starryplanety stuff.) :D

[Mutley]

29. But starryplanety stuff rocks.

So does your dad. :thumbsup:

[tjwmason]

19. GEEK!

:P

and it's ok we worry about you too :P

I think that it's good to have a subject about which one knows far too much - if that's going to be called geekery then so be it. I certainly have my own fields in which I could answer similarly obscure questions. :D

[Mutley]

22. I know far too much about astromony for one

who is horrible at math. :P

[EstimatedProphet]

20. Isn't that Io?

Am I a geek now?

[Mutley]

23. It is.

And yes. :hug:

Believe me, I'm glad I'm not the only one who knew.

[EstimatedProphet]

24. We're here! We're geeks! Get used to it!

What do we want? BAND-AIDS!
Where do we want them? ON OUR GLASSES!

Hey hey! Ho ho!
Geekdom is the way to go!

Just a few geek protest chants for you...

[Mutley]

25. ...

:rofl:

Thanks!

[pokerfan]

30. Embrace your inner nerd

Just from the pics I recognized Io and Ida. I couldn't recall Ida's satellite from memory, but that's what the internet's for.

I have a 10" diameter Newtonian reflecting telescope on a Dobsonian mount for those of you who care.

[Left Is Write]

31. No, but I have my own areas of geeky expertise.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. I had an orange in my refrigerator for awhile that looked like Io.

Does that count? :toast:

[Fox Mulder]

33. There's nothing wrong with being a geek.

:)