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Everyone's a nerd about something. What are you a nerd about? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by TheGoonch@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I know it's an unpopular opinion given current circumstances, but I've always been a huge nerd about Russia. The history, the geography, the music, etc. And as an American, I've always found it fascinating how U.S.-Russian relations have fluctuated over time. We've gone from allies, to enemies, to frenemies. This doesn't mean I support Z or Putin, of course. What are you a nerd about?

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[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

I’m a software engineer who, for whatever reason, has trouble getting into sci fi and fantasy. I geek out about physics and history and my colleagues have frequently tried to get me into sci fi and fantasy things but unless it’s like Asimov or Vonnegut level, I get bored.

With history, I love non-military history. I will read anything about how normal people (or oppressed people) lived during times of peace but I find military history a little boring unless it’s really a turning point.

With physics, I’m very into cosmology and particle physics (to the point where I have fridge magnets of the standard model particles and a pillow with the CMB on it) but the practical side isn’t my thing. I would be a terrible civil engineer.

[-] kromem@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I’m very into cosmology and particle physics

I just wrote a comment to another user into those things some recent work you might also be interested in:

https://lemmy.world/comment/7464116

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