I dont believe that ridicule of nerds/ geeks/ whateveryoucallit in the mainstream is anything new. Read biographies of people like Feynman, Einstein. They were viewed as oddballs too.
In my view of the world, there is no free lunch. Either you conform (& die of crushing boredom) & be popular, else you do your own thing, & be ridiculed. Since I chose to (& still choose to) do my own thing, I accept that I'll never be Mr.Popularity. Thats how it is.
You may call it a defense mechanism, but in my view who cares what The Suit in the corner cube thinks of me, as long as I get my work done. Just as I didnt care what teachers thought of me, or the giggly (but pretty, oh-so-pretty) girls thought of me in school & college.
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I dont believe that ridicule of nerds/ geeks/ whateveryoucallit in the mainstream is anything new. Read biographies of people like Feynman, Einstein. They were viewed as oddballs too.
In my view of the world, there is no free lunch. Either you conform (& die of crushing boredom) & be popular, else you do your own thing, & be ridiculed. Since I chose to (& still choose to) do my own thing, I accept that I'll never be Mr.Popularity. Thats how it is.
You may call it a defense mechanism, but in my view who cares what The Suit in the corner cube thinks of me, as long as I get my work done. Just as I didnt care what teachers thought of me, or the giggly (but pretty, oh-so-pretty) girls thought of me in school & college.