If a “gaydar” is said to exist…is there a possibly that there is also a “nerd-dar” – a social “device” to “detect” nerds?
Classmate ko siya sa Archaeo class. Una akala ko sit-in kasi second meeting na siya pumasok. Grabe pa mag-english. “Call center English” ‘ata – todo pronounce ang “t” sound at may twang pa. Siyempre di ‘rin ako patatalo sa kanya so English din ako. Pero walang twang…di yan tinuro sa amin hehe.
He arrived a bit late for our class, and since he was absent last meeting he was asking around regarding the previous discussions. That’s when we struck up a conversation. Out of nowhere he mentioned about xenoarchaeology and the possibility of life on other planets.
Silent alarms sounded in my head. I decided to test the waters…
I mentioned the possibility of extraterrestrial life was speculated upon by scientists. In fact there’s this formula…
“Oh, you mean the Roddenberry formula…” Call center English quipped.
…that was made by Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, I managed to finish.
CONFIRMED!
One more…to determine if he’s the “old school” nerd or more contemporary…
We were discussing hominids, hominins, the culture of the early humans when I turned to him and nonchalantly said…
“Another possibility is that the Cylons are our ancestors…”
Call center English looked at me and chuckled.
“The Cylons,” he replied,”were the reason why humans came to earth in the first place.”
There was no need for words to figure out where that came from. Battle Star Galactica. The Reimagined Series.
Huli ka. haha
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