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We Are All Nerds Now
Anonymous Slob Nerd. writes "The Guardian has a good review of something close to all of our hearts. We are all nerds now discusses how the popularity of the internet, video gaming, comic-book movies (Spider-Man, Hulk), the sci-fi epics (The Matrix, Star Wars) and the wizard fantasy (Harry Potter), not to mention The Lord of the Rings has made nerds, and nerdish behaviour, cool."
If the "Nerd" moniker is now the baseline for the general populace then the True Nerds will have to come up with something to differentiate us from Them. Maybe it's time to go back to black glasses with tape, flood pants and pocket protectors. Perhaps a secret handshake too!
Trolling is a art,
What is the default level on the geek hierarchy that the new trendy nerds enter at?
And the nerds that will be looked down on are the ones who still like Star Trek.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Yeah, I'm a nerd, but you still have to grovel at my feet if you want your computer fixed or upgraded.
You have a problem with your DSL/Cable modem connection? Well, kiss my ass then.
You need to remove those pop-up adds? Kiss my ass then.
Yes, I am you overlord, so be happy about it.
I always wanted to be a demographic! Yay!!
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain
Where the hell is my hot cheerleader girlfriend?? And where are the disgruntled upended jocks?!
;-)
Sheesh... you all can be "nerds"... I'm happy being "geek".
I-P (Its geordi laforge... as a smiley!)
This is my sig. Its pathetic.
Great...now no one will get laid.
I joined the New Enterprise Regarding Destroying Sociability (NERDS) specifically to avoid the masses. Nerd stuff was sure to keep 99% of the population away. Now what? I don't want to join the cannibal cult, I'm not interested in trepanation. What do I do?
geeks are. Nerds are just geek wannabees. One is born into nerdness, but it takes an effort to become a geek.
As Yoda would have said:
"LOTR leads to fantasy,
fantasy leads to roleplay,
roleplay leads to nerdity..
and I sense much LOTR in you"
"Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad." -- Terry Pratchett
While we might be consuming the same media, there are still some things that distinguish a true nerd:
1)Superiority complex
Don't worry, you're still smarter than everyone. You knew about Spider-Man back when it was a crappy 80's cartoon!
2)Poor hygiene
"I don't want to waste my time primping and preening," says the nerd. "It's societal bullshit!" You're like Rosa Parks, except the bus is the underwear you've been wearing for the last 3 days. Keep it up, faithful nerd...you shall overcome!
3)Passive aggressiveness
You'd rather take crap from your boss and call him a "PHB" on some internet message board than to straighten him out once and for all! Instead of suggesting your own methods of getting work done, you sulk and try to invent ways to sabotage his ideas.
4)Fanatical Collecting!
You can't relate to most people, but things...things are easy. Whether it's Battlefield Earth action figures or indie rock 12 inches, don't kid yourself-you're still a fucking nerd.
And the rest of us will be waiting patiently for you outside the boy's bathroom, ready to deal out the wedgies, score with the ladies, or become transparently evil characters in your 800-page self published web fanfic about Dracula meeting the Ninja Turtles. Rest easy, nerds. Your position in history is safe.
(-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)
it's not really a secret and it's called 'masturbation'
You musta missed that meeting: Reading is uncool, therefore reading is nerdy. Reading enough to stick through 250 pages of appendix doubly so.
"Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus."
Has a beard
Use a shaft for protection
Hasn't been laid
Need I go on..
for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
My favorite nerds were the pink and purple ones. Mmm nerds.
KARMA Attemts to Repress Meaningless Assholes
or something like that
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
now if only they'd make being fat and addicted to caffeine cool i'd be james dean!
Some broad examples of my taxonomy: Nerds get A's in AP classes. Dorks play D&D. Geeks set up LANs
all these year's I've been calling myself a geek, when now I finally realize I'm a dork. That's both scary and depressing. We'll at least all the money I spent on Magic cards wasn't in vain.
It was always said that the geeks shall inherit the earth!!! Or did I hear it wrong?
For an example of the difference, watch Wargames - specifically the part where Matthew Broderick goes to the computer lab to get help from Jim and Malvin. Jim was a geek, Malvin was a nerd.
... like by never repeating it while a girl's present.
Nerd Trivia: Eddie Deezen, who played Malvin, is the voice of Mandark on Dexter's Laboratory.
TIP: If you want to get laid, use this information wisely
Les Miserables Volume 1 now up with my reading of
I've got it! I'll fool them all!
Okay, first I need to craft some codefiles of power. Some will be simple PHP scripts, others will be optimized assembler... I'll give 3 files to the wannabe geeks, browsing comics or rushing to see the latest LOTR film, pretending to see past the special effects and cool artwork to the underlying story. 5 for the plain-old geeks struggling to comprehend init levels. 6 script-bots for the gamer geeks in their basements of stone. 7 files for the alpha geeks with their x10 wired households. And 9... 9 files for the BOFH's, who above all else desire power over others.
But all of them will be deceived, for I will craft a master program that can exploit backdoors and security holes in all others, and into it I will pour my malice, my terribly-obfuscated C, my hatred for all geek posers.
insert fancy-yet-cheesy special effect here
Like an overused cliche my processes will spread across the internet, kill-9'ing those who would pretend to be a true geek. Th... ooo! New Ultimate Spiderman comic! *read* *read* *read*
What was I talking about?...
i think douglas coupland said something along these lines...
Q: whats the difference between a geek and a nerd?
A: The geek is employable.
Nah, wouldn't last 10 minutes on level 13 of nethack. A shopkeeper would have his balls.
Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
We already have that something to differentiate Us from Them. It's called virginity.
Do we also get to bang the cheerleaders?
! the cheerleaders
ducks