The trend that "being a nerd" is something to be proud of???

Steinar · Nov 14, 2015 12:41 AM

Last edited by Steinar (Nov 14, 2015 12:43 AM)

Paranoia · Nov 14, 2015 12:43 AM

Nice bait

Steinar · Nov 14, 2015 12:49 AM

thetruefan · Nov 14, 2015 7:54 AM

Otakus =\= Weebs

The most simple answer I can give.

Steinar · Nov 14, 2015 12:43 PM

EricChristianOlsenFanatic · Nov 14, 2015 11:23 PM

Eh I'm proud to be a nerd or geek big_smile

thetruefan · Nov 18, 2015 3:29 PM

Also, Nerd =/= Geek.

RangerOfIthilien · Nov 21, 2015 4:16 PM

also why does it matter

Swaffy · Nov 22, 2015 11:29 AM

Steinar · Nov 22, 2015 2:07 PM

Zuri · Nov 22, 2015 3:53 PM

36IStillLikeSpyro36 · Nov 22, 2015 7:00 PM

i don't consider myself a nerd, but if i had to choose, i would rather be socially inept than morally inept.

LXShadow · Nov 23, 2015 3:38 PM

I think it comes down to the meaning of the word--a few people I know including myself call ourselves nerds (mind you I prefer 'geek' for this use) just because we're into nerd/geeky stuff like games, comics, anime, Warhammer etc. If I said I was a 'nerd and proud', that'd be my way of saying 'I like this stuff and I'm not ashamed of it!'. Since it's kind of a modern variant of a word that used to be automatically derogatory--and people aren't necessarily going to assume that you're using it in a positive/neutral sense--I think it's just a way of proclaiming your interests without looking unconfident, which would be even more awkward!

Being a nerd kinda does tend to be associated with quietness/social ineptitude as well, and I think we just don't want to act completely isolated by either 1. not mentioning our computer/media-centred interests at all or 2. mentioning it in a sense that people assume to be self-deprecatory. I mean, being socially inept doesn't necessarily mean we aren't trying to improve, and one important part of that is gaining confidence in oneself!

Oh... but the many nerds out there who are also jerks? Yeah they are a different story entirely =/

Zuri · Nov 23, 2015 9:21 PM

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