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:I don't think there is a category, but there is a word; "nerd-sniping" [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.208|108.162.216.208]] 01:12, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 
:I don't think there is a category, but there is a word; "nerd-sniping" [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.208|108.162.216.208]] 01:12, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 
:Do you think [[1917: How to Make Friends|#1917]] would be relevant for this? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.76|162.158.126.76]] 12:03, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 
:Do you think [[1917: How to Make Friends|#1917]] would be relevant for this? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.76|162.158.126.76]] 12:03, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
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Perhaps Cueball needs to go live with the Kuuk Thaayorre people of Cape York in Northern Queensland.  These folks don't use egocentric directions, but use cardinal dirctions for everything: "There's an ant on your southeast leg"...  A good discussion is found at < https://www.edge.org/conversation/how-does-our-language-shape-the-way-we-think >.  [[Special:Contributions/172.68.2.64|172.68.2.64]] 12:06, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

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Dunno where to put this, but Captcha is giving a deprecation notice and asking to move to reCaptcha... Miguel Piedrafita 17:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Someone better make a pocket stonehenge now. Linker (talk) 17:42, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Aren't all those pocket whatsits running on silicon close enough?
Gene Wirchenko [email protected]

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that this comic was published two weeks before the vernal equinox 162.158.62.45 19:20, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

I started to nerd snipe myself as I tried to figure out that latitude/earth tilt thing. I have come to the conclusion that it depends on the time of year. He would be 39 degrees on the equinoxes, 16 degrees on the summer solstice, and 52 degrees on the winter solstice. I assume this is in relation to the solar system, but I know pretty much nothing about astrophysics, and I probably worded it all wrong in the first place.172.69.70.137 20:54, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Is there a category for overly thinking things? If not, should we create one? Herobrine (talk) 23:21, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

I don't think there is a category, but there is a word; "nerd-sniping" 108.162.216.208 01:12, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
Do you think #1917 would be relevant for this? 162.158.126.76 12:03, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Perhaps Cueball needs to go live with the Kuuk Thaayorre people of Cape York in Northern Queensland. These folks don't use egocentric directions, but use cardinal dirctions for everything: "There's an ant on your southeast leg"... A good discussion is found at < https://www.edge.org/conversation/how-does-our-language-shape-the-way-we-think >. 172.68.2.64 12:06, 8 March 2018 (UTC)