What is the nerdiest thing you do in your spare time?

To be honest I didn't have that in mind but you're right of course.

I read comic books sometimes, read medical journals and scholarly papers because they're interesting, research stuff I'm interested in in-depth via internet and library, read philosophy textbooks sometimes, watch a lot of sci-fi, masturbate to dirty fanfiction, play Pokemon, spend time on tumblr, have considered going to a Supernatural convention, spend too much time on the internet.

Look out Chilipepper, Cosmonaut is giving you a run for the crown!

This comment is hilarious! And the library job? Perfecto!

definitely yours:11:23:58 Fibonacci Numbers , 21:15 Symmetric , 11:11

and these, naturally:
12:34 (am/pm)
1:23 (am/pm)
2:34 (am/pm)
3:45 (am/pm)
4:56 (am/pm)
6:54 (am/pm)
5:43 (am/pm)
4:32 (am/pm)
3:21 (am/pm)
2:10 (am/pm)
If you count army time, then you can include:
23:45
0:12
I remember:
01:02::03 04/05/06
and so many more, but...

...don't get me started, that's just the easy stuff, I really try to not go there when glancing at the clock because I can get lost for a few seconds in the combinations! I am not as math oriented as I think you are; you're a math & physics person, right? I'm just a pattern seeker, I suppose.

I never asked to see if other people did this because my parents frowned on anything that looked like we might be OCD & I have some residual shame based repression going on. I don't think I have a big problem, but do recognize most people don't do this, or they certainly don't talk about it Until here, that is!

It's cool that I'm not the only full-time nerd.

I love History Channel documentaries too. But now they are like MTV in the 90s vs now because they don't even play any real history stuff, just have Pawn Stars and a bunch of reality shows.

I, too, tend to notice patterns in numbers and letters!

Ohh, I like you, from what I just read here! I think you are an interesting, take charge & do it yourself type of nerd!

I do the clock thing too but for me its a repition of numbers, I always see 3:33, 5:55 and 11:11 (double fence posts). I actually expect to see any time now with any number duplicated, matter of fact my points yesterday when I was done displayed 3333.

I also love to do combinations like 09:36 => 9=3+6 and stuff.

You're right, I am a physics engineer, but a quite uncommon one.
I guess as a child I also might have been diagnosed as I have been obsessed with symmetry and even numbers.

My parents were very unhappy that I was not obsessed with a tidy room

A friend realized repetive numbers everywhere which was quite funny.

She found the numbers at license plates, at the clock and so on.

Wow, so do I at the moment. I started a few weeks ago to spell all the villages's names backwards in mind. Quite funny if you find something like:

maddog spelled backwards means goddam

@KyotoAngel & Eugler,: OMG, you are my people!!! I do the same thing, hahaha! No kidding the pronunciation it the tricky part, but that is what makes it a challenge & interesting. Do I care if people think I'm talking to myself in gibberish, heck no, I'm on a mission! I remember doing the backwards speak in the car as kids on long drives & it was so easy back then! It's amazing and looking back, I think I should have honed it more instead of listening to my parents saying, "stop it"! It's a talent, for God's sake!

The 9:36 type pattern stuff is often how I memorize long numbers, addresses & phone numbers. If I can find a pattern, or somehow make sense of a sequence, I will never forget it. I guess I have a need to organize most sensory input for some reason. That's also why I studied psychobiology, because I wanted to know why we do the things we do - the biological basis of behavior. It all comes down to the why, why, why, like a little kid! I was not the kid to be satisfied when I asked, "Why is the sky blue?", to hear, "because God made it that way", I said, "Why?" & "How do you know? Did God tell you?" Which ended in a slap to the face for being a smart ass, but I wasn't being one, it just didn't make sense. Also, the more info I have, the happier I am! I am never overwhelmed with info, I suck it up like a sponge! But, I have to limit myself, or I would neglect little things like sleep, jobs, eating, interpersonal relationships, he he. I figure as long as I haven't been arrested or killed anyone, I don't have any problems!

I bet you could use your talents in your off time, to design a nifty sex contraption? Just a suggestion, ha ha!

I am impressed, I've never met a physics engineer! (Well, I don't think I have.) You know what else makes me nerdy? Being ridiculously impressed with other nerds! , wish they had a high five one without the booze!

Oh goodness. In my...fourth? grade class, there was this fabulous word spelled out diagonally across an entire page in our Language textbook. I was the only one who could pronounce it and spell it: floccinoccinihilipilif ication. (Yes, I remember it to this day!) It means, essentially, to talk and talk without really saying anything. You know, like most politicians.

(Grrr, EF keeps putting a space in my beautiful word! Please ignore.)

I love that word & saying it! But 4th grade, holy cow!

I read

I have had quite a bit of training in using biofeedback for self-relaxation & pain relief. It was part of learning to deal with chronic pain. (I also learned self-hypnosis.) I got good enough at the self-relaxation that I was able to stop grinding my teeth which really impressed the instructors. Hearing about the sex aspect, I am going to have to look into this more & feel slightly miffed not to have been told about this! Then again, why would they tell a 17 yr old? It would have been a little pervy, now that I think about it,

The nerd company would sound like a lot of fun! We already have a thread full of nerds from which to recruit!