No one should be ashamed of being a nerd

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  • djmephdjmeph Detroit Icrontian

    That's my new webshow you guys, the Naked Nerd. I'm going to do game and tech reviews nekkid.

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  • TeramonaTeramona Consulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
    @Thrax, Sidenote: I love Chris O'Dowd.
    Thrax
  • ChoochChooch K-Pop authority™, Pho King Madison Heights, MI Icrontian
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  • MAGICMAGIC Doot Doot Furniture City, Michigan Icrontian
    edited January 2013
    Teramona said:

    But seriously... don't be ashamed to be a naked nerd.

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  • RyanMMRyan Meray Ferndale, MI Icrontian
    This is the ultimate retort to anyone who seriously believes in the 'problem' of fake geek girls:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=mE3AjaABwC8
    Teramona
  • TeramonaTeramona Consulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
    edited June 2013
    *Deep breath*

    Okay. My personal opinion is that even people who are "faking" it have a place. What that place is, I have no clue, but if it makes someone feel special... I mean, why get so angry? Maybe I can say this because I don't particularly identify as a nerd (... Or as anything), but it just seems like another way to be judgmental. No reason to take it as a personal affront. Some people enjoy being nerds, some people enjoy identifying as a nerd, and some people just want to eat icecream and love everything.

    If you're going to hate someone, hate the guy that rolls his eyes and feels sorry for your girlfriend when you're playing League, because that guy's the real douche.
    kimono54
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    There are people who like to identify with a culture whether they 'belong' or not. It's a part of human nature. Some of it has to do with hidden desire "I wish I could actually be nerdy so I'll at least try and look the part", or possibly interest in another person within that subgroup.

    I'm on the fence about it, myself. I can see both sides of the arguments.

    See also: White rappers, girl gamers, male programmers (chew on that one for a moment), stay-at-home dads, male nurses, and so on.
  • TeramonaTeramona Consulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
    Dan thinks that it's not exactly fair that being a "nerd" is "cool" now, because people like him had to suffer through high school, whereas now... Well, I guess since being a nerd is something of a fad, people won't get teased as much. I kind of disagree with that, though. I think being nerdy is popular, but being a nerd is still undesirable. No one wants to be the skinny unathletic kid who sits in the library during lunch period. Those kids are still suffering through high school...

    Oooooh. Okay, I get it.
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