The Dork Side

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nubhorns replied to your post: To my fellow Homestucks,

what does hide your power level mean i am confused

pichaku replied to your post: To my fellow Homestucks,

what

orlyman replied to your post: To my fellow Homestucks,

wat

I don’t have a proper reaction to the fact that you guys don’t know what a power level is BUT:

1. Hide Your Power Level     

What (actual) geeks have to do in situations where their nerd knowledge and/or abilities (with computers, video games, internet, et cetera) would come in handy, but using them would reveal to everyone that they are a geek. The phrase itself is taken from Dragon Ball Z. Also extends to anime fans who hide their interest to avoid being labeled as a weeaboo, or weeaboos in a social setting who actually manage to shut the fuck up for once.

1. They had a video game tournament at my college last week that even included Starcraft. Despite how well I know I would have done, I chose to hide my power level in order to keep up appearances. Hide your power level.

2. I was walking through town with friends when we happened upon what appeared to be a cosplayer gathering. Though I could name every character, when my buddy asked what the shit those guys were doing, I hid my power level and told him I had no idea.

AKA You like homestuck but don’t show it so blatantly. Dave shirts and troll pins are cool, but body paint and horns make you look insane and untrustable irl.