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The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross5/26/2023 ![]() I love science fiction, but I love it for its take on social and societal issues and I love it when it is all about the opera in space opera, rather than explaining in precise detail what "space" is. I'm not a numbers or tech nerd and I'm definitely not a science nerd. magic and comics and mythology and that sort of stuff. I like the ancient world, and powers, and god-like beings, and strange cultures and forgotten civilizations. The next day, thinking on that, I realized what kind of nerd I specifically am. ![]() I guess my apology must have been pleasing because they responded with a chorus of comments along the lines of "Oh but we love our nerdy little mark" or some such attempt to lift my nerd spirits. being quite familiar with those sorts of looks, I quickly apologized about going off into nerd-land so I could avoid an onslaught of mockery. sadly, I soon noticed glazed looks and averted eyerolls from the guys & gals around the table. then I proceeded to describe what each of those goddesses oversees, their hallmarks, and their various equivalents across other mythologies. I was out for drinks last Friday and someone made some kind of joke about renaming a lesbian club "Aphrodite" and I responded that that doesn't make sense, it should be called "Artemis" or at least "Athena", some goddess who isn't so connected to the male gaze and men in general etc. ![]() So there's all sorts of nerds in the world, right? so many different kinds and really they don't have a lot in common outside of their basic nerdiness. ![]()
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