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Topic	I'm still still bitter at the popularisation and theft of the word 'nerd'.
pinky0926 04/05/17 1:38:48 PM #51:	FrenchCrunch posted... pinky0926 posted... You're missing the point he was making. Pink Floyd and Monty Python were at least 20 years before my time too. Part of the whole nerd thing is being obsessed with things that are no longer relevant because you see it as a higher form of art that your pleb peers simply don't appreciate because they lack the intelligence. This includes dad rock, classical music, renaissance art and antiquated viewpoints on male/female courtship. this seems like being a hipster not being a nerd The critical difference is a hipster has nerd-like interests but isn't socially inept and lacking the self-awareness to realise his interests are not cool. Instead the hipster makes it cool, in an ironic sort of way. The nerd goes off on an irrelevant and uncalled for rant about stuff that doesn't matter and then doesn't get the girl because she's afraid of him. That's a nerd. teepan95 posted... pinky0926 posted... teepan95 posted... philsov posted... That's kind of the point. Monty Python and Pink Floyd were old in even the 90's. I was 5 years old in 2000. Even for a nerd, Monty Python and Pink Floyd would be before my time. You're missing the point he was making. Pink Floyd and Monty Python were at least 20 years before my time too. Part of the whole nerd thing is being obsessed with things that are no longer relevant because you see it as a higher form of art that your pleb peers simply don't appreciate because they lack the intelligence. This includes dad rock, classical music, renaissance art and antiquated viewpoints on male/female courtship. I was basing it on being obsessed with things a specific 'number of generations' before you. To me, it makes sense that nerds in my generation would be obsessed with (at least partly) different things than nerds in your generation. Fair point. I wouldn't even know what a real dork is these days. Probably someone cut out to be a back end developer, I guess. --- CE's Resident Scotsman. http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z316/CeliaOfTheSky/Pinky0926.jpg <cite>pinky0926 posted [p:876594979] in I'm still ... [t:75200396]...</cite> <quote><cite>FrenchCrunch posted...</cite> <quote><cite>pinky0926 posted...</cite> <quote>You're missing the point he was making. Pink Floyd and Monty Python were at least 20 years before my time too. Part of the whole nerd thing is being obsessed with things that are no longer relevant because you see it as a higher form of art that your pleb peers simply don't appreciate because they lack the intelligence. This includes dad rock, classical music, renaissance art and antiquated viewpoints on male/female courtship.</quote> this seems like being a hipster not being a nerd</quote> The critical difference is a hipster has nerd-like interests but isn't socially inept and lacking the self-awareness to realise his interests are not cool. Instead the hipster makes it cool, in an ironic sort of way. The nerd goes off on an irrelevant and uncalled for rant about stuff that doesn't matter and then doesn't get the girl because she's afraid of him. That's a nerd. <cite>teepan95 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>pinky0926 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>teepan95 posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>philsov posted...</cite> <quote> That's kind of the point. Monty Python and Pink Floyd were old in even the 90's. </quote> I was 5 years old in 2000. Even for a nerd, Monty Python and Pink Floyd would be before my time.</quote> You're missing the point he was making. Pink Floyd and Monty Python were at least 20 years before my time too. Part of the whole nerd thing is being obsessed with things that are no longer relevant because you see it as a higher form of art that your pleb peers simply don't appreciate because they lack the intelligence. This includes dad rock, classical music, renaissance art and antiquated viewpoints on male/female courtship.</quote> I was basing it on being obsessed with things a specific 'number of generations' before you. To me, it makes sense that nerds in my generation would be obsessed with (at least partly) different things than nerds in your generation.</quote> Fair point. I wouldn't even know what a real dork is these days. Probably someone cut out to be a back end developer, I guess. --- CE's Resident Scotsman. http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z316/CeliaOfTheSky/Pinky0926.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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