Any nerd who grew up around the time that I did, BBC programming was a treasure chest for us. Chris Hardwick More Quotes by Chris Hardwick More Quotes From Chris Hardwick Rats are just Ziploc bags full of disease. Chris Hardwick bagsdiseaserats A lot of people complain in the year 2003 that it's not the world of tomorrow as foreseen in the 1950s. 'Where are the flying cars?' people say. 'Where are the robots who bring us blue drinks and warn us of danger?' Alright. We don't have those things, specifically, folks, but you know what we do have? Laser vaginal rejuvenation surgery. Chris Hardwick flying-carsblueyears There are certain parts of a classic nerd's brain that can destroy that person - obsessing about things to the detriment of everything else in your life. But those are the same tools that you can use to turn everything around. Chris Hardwick nerdtoolsbrain Alcohol is like pouring smiles on your brain. Chris Hardwick pouringalcoholbrain Fleetwood Mac is just one of my all-time favorite bands. Chris Hardwick fleetwood-macmacsband Playing Xbox for 23 hours straight is cool and all, but I'm going to teach you how to spend time on things in your life that will get you the following two things: paid and laid. Chris Hardwick xboxhourstwo It's so much easier to give advice than to take it. Chris Hardwick easieradvicegiving There's no ironic appreciation of things we love, even of things that are in fact ridiculous, which a hipster might take and own and show the world the humor in it. Chris Hardwick hipsterironicappreciation I would say that nerds, as a rule, are much more sexually active than the average person. There's a lot of anxiety and stress in the nerd brain, so sex is good for that. Chris Hardwick stressaveragesex I've seen nerdists make tributes to their obsessions out of Legos that are like works of art. It just goes to show you how pervasive this stuff has become in our culture. It really is an ideology that you can subscribe to now. Chris Hardwick legoscultureart If you're going into stand-up, you're hyper-analyzing the world and asking as many questions about a thing as you possibly can so you can figure out the ultimate nature of that thing. Chris Hardwick analyzingaskingworld I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's too much sense memory of sitting in front of a chess board and getting super intense about it. It's ruined the game for me. Chris Hardwick growing-upmemoriesschool My mom is a big sports fans. Basketball, football, baseball, whatever. She calls into sports radio shows and gets into shouting matches, that's how intense she is about it. Chris Hardwick mombasketballsports Nerdists, unlike nerds, tend to be creators as much as consumers. They're creative consumers. Chris Hardwick consumersnerdcreative I don't know if the podcast as a medium will ever have the cultural impact that TV and movies do. It may never be super-mainstream. Chris Hardwick impacttvsmay Things that are viral are things that motivate people to say I have to share this with everyone I know, and that has been more politics lately, and that's completely understandable. Chris Hardwick sharepeople There's a lot of laughing on a horror movie set. They're magical in that way. Chris Hardwick horrorlaughingway I just feel like, for me personally, there's just been so much election fatigue, and while I think it was very important during the election to always be on top of everything that was going on with the election via social media, I do feel like, all right, now we need a little bit of a detox. I think people need a little bit of a break from it. Chris Hardwick importantpeoplethinking I'm not fun to bowl with. I take it way too seriously. I have high expectations for myself. Chris Hardwick expectationsfunway We will continue to address things, but in as much as I want to talk about politics as they are related to social media, I don't necessarily want to be a political show. I want it to cover everything, everything in our culture through social media, politics, pop culture, entertainment, science, everything. Chris Hardwick social-mediapoliticalculture
