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**The One** · 05-17-2006, 03:08 PM

Smarks > Trekies

It's simple science. You know too much about wrestling cause you have a friend in the industry (internet friend, but no need to split hairs). No Trekie has a friend who is in Starfleet. Infact the more you know about the roots of wrestling, sometimes the better. I have slipped up and used the term "mark out" a lot over the years. People ask me what I just said, I explain that the term Mark was originally used as a Carnie term to describe someone who they could get money from, in modern useage it is used by some in the entertainment industry to describe someone who is really into a particular storyline or character, the term is most commonly used in relation to fans of pro wrestling, since they fork over money for a "RAGE IN THE CAGE" or to see The Rock. If by some chance someone starts to accuse you of being a wrestling nerd, simply roll with the pounches and make jokes about "Don't make me lay the smackdown!" or "If you don't shut your pie hole, I'm gonna take you on in a cage match!" Make it big enough that people get your are going over the top to make fun of the product yourself. In the minds of most, you are simply someone who still enjoys wrestling from Middle or maybe even High School. No one thinks twice about it again.

Now when it comes to Trekies, once someone gets you're a nerd, you can't really play it off as cool. Saying your will disintigrate them is only like half a step above someone who threatens to roll a 24 D 4 (sorry I don't really know D&D terms) on your ass. However if you are ever caught enjoying Star Trek, the best thing you can do is embrace it. Don't try to underplay your nerdiness. Stand up and take pride in the fact that you are a nerd. Don't bore the people who you are talking to with facts about the show, just say "Hell yeah I'm a fuckin nerd, I will go round to round with anyone about it!" It show confidence, and occasionally when some nerby nerd does challenge you to a nerd off, and believe me it happens, don't answer everything you might know. Answer only what the shows would talk about, never what a book has said. It shows you like the show, arn't afraid of what people think about you, but also, at the end of the day, you arn't really THAT big of a nerd.

So anytime your about to get your nerdy little ass humiliated, you just come see The One, The Nerd Publiic Relations Consultant.

05-17-2006, 03:08 PM	#23
The One Boss Posts: 17,611	Smarks > Trekies It's simple science. You know too much about wrestling cause you have a friend in the industry (internet friend, but no need to split hairs). No Trekie has a friend who is in Starfleet. Infact the more you know about the roots of wrestling, sometimes the better. I have slipped up and used the term "mark out" a lot over the years. People ask me what I just said, I explain that the term Mark was originally used as a Carnie term to describe someone who they could get money from, in modern useage it is used by some in the entertainment industry to describe someone who is really into a particular storyline or character, the term is most commonly used in relation to fans of pro wrestling, since they fork over money for a "RAGE IN THE CAGE" or to see The Rock. If by some chance someone starts to accuse you of being a wrestling nerd, simply roll with the pounches and make jokes about "Don't make me lay the smackdown!" or "If you don't shut your pie hole, I'm gonna take you on in a cage match!" Make it big enough that people get your are going over the top to make fun of the product yourself. In the minds of most, you are simply someone who still enjoys wrestling from Middle or maybe even High School. No one thinks twice about it again. Now when it comes to Trekies, once someone gets you're a nerd, you can't really play it off as cool. Saying your will disintigrate them is only like half a step above someone who threatens to roll a 24 D 4 (sorry I don't really know D&D terms) on your ass. However if you are ever caught enjoying Star Trek, the best thing you can do is embrace it. Don't try to underplay your nerdiness. Stand up and take pride in the fact that you are a nerd. Don't bore the people who you are talking to with facts about the show, just say "Hell yeah I'm a fuckin nerd, I will go round to round with anyone about it!" It show confidence, and occasionally when some nerby nerd does challenge you to a nerd off, and believe me it happens, don't answer everything you might know. Answer only what the shows would talk about, never what a book has said. It shows you like the show, arn't afraid of what people think about you, but also, at the end of the day, you arn't really THAT big of a nerd. So anytime your about to get your nerdy little ass humiliated, you just come see The One, The Nerd Publiic Relations Consultant.