More stuff needs to be rated N for Nerdy...

I think lots of people believe "high level science" consists of 3 or 4 ideas:

1. In Schrodinger's thought experiment, a cat in a box could be seen as both alive and dead until an observer collapses the waveform
2. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle says you can't know both the exact position and momentum of a particle
3. General relativity states time slows and mass increases for objects at relative high velocity
4. Light's behavior exhibits a wave/particle duality, as demonstrated by interference experiments

Know those 4 things? Have you watched Star Wars once? Good, you're now equipped to understand pretty much all "oh wow that guy's a crazy brainiac nerd" humor. Somehow if you reference things like that, you get a pass to do a comedy routine without any jokes. You're stroking people's ego enough that they don't care you're not funny.

I think people would just get pissed off if he left the "nerd humor" script, though. People don't want to be challenged, or hear pop culture references they don't know. Anyone who's the tiniest, tiniest bit interested in Greek mythology knows Pandora opened a jar, not a box - but nobody wants to hear a joke involving Pandora's jar. They want the same reference that 1000 previous pop cultural references have prepared them for. They want affirmation that they're part of the special club that knows about stuff.

So, to do "nerd" humor the plan is to avoid anything actually nerdy. Stick to the most often recycled bits of pop culture and pop science, mix in some clumsy, senseless double entendres so that people know when to laugh, and you're good to go.

You woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning didn't you - You just may need a fresh glass of OJ to pull out of that stupor I for one, *promote the acceptance of some good natured nerd-humor and enjoy the fun to which he and the audience are having

>> ^jmzero:


So, to do "nerd" humor the plan is to avoid anything actually nerdy. Stick to the most often recycled bits of pop culture and pop science, mix in some clumsy, senseless double entendres so that people know when to laugh, and you're good to go.

Self promoting this video back to the front page; last published Friday, May 20th, 2011 5:58am PDT - promote requested by original submitter Sagemind.

You woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning didn't you


No, I'm having a good day (my birthday, actually), and I just watched the Reginald Hunter clip which I thought was great.

I just don't like this kind of humor. I don't think random pop culture references, double entendres (haha, "slit"!), or the combination of the two are particularly funny.

>> ^jmzero:

You woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning didn't you
No, I'm having a good day (my birthday, actually), and I just watched the Reginald Hunter clip which I thought was great.
I just don't like this kind of humor. I don't think random pop culture references, double entendres (haha, "slit"!), or the combination of the two are particularly funny.


It's ok since it was first and foremost a poem, the funny (for some) part is just an added bonus.