Nerd trivia fan: "saw you wrote this article on the deadlift" Me: "ya" NTF: "well you should know a million more things than you and also I know several 900 pound deadlifters" Me: "cool" NTF: "why do you write these and not me, I'd write them for free" Me: "ok good deal"
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NTF: "also I like this other nerd press blogger more than you, his stuff is real inside baseball" Me: "neat" NTF: "why don't you write for like Muscle Blast Nation instead of those other magazines" Me: "I guess I like getting paid and don't care about being an insider"
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I mean, that's the real trick to what I do: I'm an outsider even in those worlds I've spent a lifetime studying or participating in, for a variety of reasons. Academia, wrestling, powerlifting, generic nerd culture...always uninvited, like @MUGGER1955
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