Yeah, I suppose.
I think being a nerd isn't so bad though. I think if you took someone our age from, say, 15 years ago forward to now, he'd classify most people as "nerds". Videogames are more popular and widely accepted than ever, they've become a real part of the fabric of society whereas they weren't before. People spend time on the internet social networking which was once something of a "nerdy" passtime.
tl;dr: some nerds (not all) are progressive.
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