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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 18 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

You're not gonna believe this, but most chemists never touch electronics. "Nerdy" is a really, really, really wide category.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You can be a nerd about anything. A language nerd who speaks 20 languages and studies ancient Akkadian for fun won't know what those are.

I mean I am a nerd, but I haven't much of a clue about trees and plant life.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

They grow and are all plant-y.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

“Enchanting nerds and alchemy nerds are two different groups of wizardry. They don’t share their secrets outside the group!”

-some guy named Clarke or something, I dunno.