

being quite familiar with those sorts of looks, I quickly apologized about going off into nerd-land so I could avoid an onslaught of mockery. sadly, I soon noticed glazed looks and averted eyerolls from the guys & gals around the table. then I proceeded to describe what each of those goddesses oversees, their hallmarks, and their various equivalents across other mythologies. I was out for drinks last Friday and someone made some kind of joke about renaming a lesbian club "Aphrodite" and I responded that that doesn't make sense, it should be called "Artemis" or at least "Athena", some goddess who isn't so connected to the male gaze and men in general etc.

So there's all sorts of nerds in the world, right? so many different kinds and really they don't have a lot in common outside of their basic nerdiness.
