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Everyone's a nerd about something. What are you a nerd about? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know it's an unpopular opinion given current circumstances, but I've always been a huge nerd about Russia. The history, the geography, the music, etc. And as an American, I've always found it fascinating how U.S.-Russian relations have fluctuated over time. We've gone from allies, to enemies, to frenemies. This doesn't mean I support Z or Putin, of course. What are you a nerd about?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Phase 1 MCU, but specifically Civil War. I have and will write essays about my feelings on that whole deal and I still have resentment toward Tony stans who spent literal years cluttering up Ao3 with their dumb fics about how he never did anything wrong in his life. I think it mostly just got to me so much because what they were fundamentally defending is the existence of human registries for anyone meeting certain criteria, regardless of their actions (right as we had conservatives supporting Muslim registries in real life) and stuff like secret prisons with no trial (like an even worse Guantanamo), and it was really fucking concerning.

Oh, see, I'm doing it again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I like the cut of your jib.