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* ''[[Commodore HUSTLE]]'' includes this delightful exchange:
* ''[[Commodore HUSTLE]]'' includes this delightful exchange:
{{quote|'''Graham''': They're LARPers. It's like what Jer does with the dice and the bits of paper, except the people Jer hangs out with look down on these guys.}}
{{quote|'''Graham''': They're LARPers. It's like what Jer does with the dice and the bits of paper, except the people Jer hangs out with look down on these guys.}}
* The [[Cracked]] series ''[[After Hours (web animation)|After Hours]]'' is entirely about four geeks who sit around a diner discussing pop culture as [[Serious Business]]. Nevertheless one of them, Daniel O'Brien, is even geekier than the others and tends to get a lot of looks of mixed confusion/scorn/pity when he says something particularly nerdy. It's [[Self-Deprecation]], of course, Dan is the show's writer.
* The ''[[Cracked.com]]'' series ''[[After Hours (web animation)|After Hours]]'' is entirely about four geeks who sit around a diner discussing pop culture as [[Serious Business]]. Nevertheless one of them, Daniel O'Brien, is even geekier than the others and tends to get a lot of looks of mixed confusion/scorn/pity when he says something particularly nerdy. It's [[Self-Deprecation]], of course, Dan is the show's writer.
* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oem60yvtUY Atari Sports] episode, the nerd calls out on sport fans.
* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oem60yvtUY Atari Sports] episode, the nerd calls out on sport fans.
** He also appeared never wanting to play {{spoiler| ET: The Extraterrestrial – Atari Game}} as seen as the end of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9GM-a7lR0 Spielberg Games]. This was before a team of research [[Hilarious in Hindsight| actually found the cartridges in a New Mexican Desert, just as plans for film about it was in production]].
** He also appeared never wanting to play {{spoiler| ET: The Extraterrestrial – Atari Game}} as seen as the end of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9GM-a7lR0 Spielberg Games]. This was before a team of research [[Hilarious in Hindsight| actually found the cartridges in a New Mexican Desert, just as plans for film about it was in production]].