Nerd Girls Are Fucking Awesome
Dr. Ding sez: if’n you want to read a thought-provoking article on girl geeks and the potential corporatizing of our identities by the so-called “culture” at large, then you really need to check this post by @slackmistress out.
Also: although it’s against company policy* to apologize on this blog, I’d like to take this opportunity to apologize for splitting my infinitives and putting verbs in weird places. Eight years of studying German will do that to a gal, and I only just now realized I’ve been doing it. Sorry.
Resuming normal snarky/smug operations.
*Dr. Ding takes deeply personal offense at bloggers who continually apologize for everything from not posting often enough to their lack of font savvy. Sac/k up, people. Every once in awhile, say, if you’ve suddenly developed a severe drinking problem and have posted a spate of pictures of your ass in all its assy glory on your needlework blog, it’s perfeckly fine to apologize. But (HAH! Didn’t see that one coming, did you?)… it’s recommended that you just ignore your normal human shortcomings and failings in Blogoramaville. At some point, someone is sure to point them out to you, and who are you to take that simple, singular joy away from them? No one, that’s who.
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Now THAT Nerd Girls is awesome. The way it’s presented in Newsweek…notsomuch.
Dearest Slackmistress:
I most heartily concur with your findings in this matter!
Fucking Newsweek.
I didn’t notice but them agian, I have 6 years of German under my belt. On top of that, I have 3 years of Latin with the same grammar structure except that they have an extra case and tend to keep their verbs under control.
That being said, I have no idea of what you’re talking about when you speak of “NerdGirls”.
That’s right, Trainer. For you see I have no real idea myself as to what “Nerd Girls” means as I am lacking in familiarity with this construct, nicht wahr?
You must this article by Mark Twain to read:
http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html
Trainer: And that, madam, is why you’re Top Dinger! I’ve heard people quote Twain re German, but I’d never read the original. That was great, and makes me feel better for throwing the baby over the fence his bathwater. Thanks!