Poll of the Day > When are real men going to take back nerd culture?

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It's been increasingly dominated by manbabies and SJWs for the past decade or so.

Is it going to stay this way, or do you think it will ever revert to its former glory?
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You're implying that nerds are real men, though. Surely, you jest, lass?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvUOgIgLqOQ

Never because it was never theirs

"Real men" play sports and scream about balls, or get drunk on terrible beer and waste money on useless cars that confirm they are as domesticated as the pope in their futiley tame lives.
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what i hate is when a new star wars movie comes out you have all kinds of people going "lol im a nerdd" because they like star wars.

not really. itd be like a person going on about how much they like punk music when all they listen to is blink 182 and green day and thats it.

approaching the area but not even scratching the surface.

Real nerds don't care what "nerds" think is cool, we just go on playing our D&D and reading Garth Ennis' Punisher.
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"Real men" do what they want and don't bitch and whine about stupid shit. That's why you don't see them in virtually any subculture.
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Dikitain posted...

Real nerds don't care what "nerds" think is cool, we just go on playing our D&D and reading Garth Ennis' Punisher.

God help you if you play the wrong edition of DnD though.

Blighboy posted...

It's been increasingly dominated by manbabies and SJWs for the past decade or so.

Is it going to stay this way, or do you think it will ever revert to its former glory?

We need more of them to post pictures holding their sword (actual sword, I'm not making a penis joke) in their bedroom to scare all the SJWs away. Speaking of which, I haven't seen you post any picture like that... so what are you doing to help?

DorkLink posted...

Blighboy posted...

It's been increasingly dominated by manbabies and SJWs for the past decade or so.

Is it going to stay this way, or do you think it will ever revert to its former glory?

We need more of them to post pictures holding their sword (actual sword, I'm not making a penis joke) in their bedroom to scare all the SJWs away. Speaking of which, I haven't seen you post any picture like that... so what are you doing to help?

I'm delegating. If I can convince ten others to help, that's doing more than what I could do on my own. I'm like Joan of Arc, but a guy.
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faramir77 posted...

"Real men" do what they want

Came in to post this

I order fruity colorful drinks at bars because they're delicious and I don't give a fuck
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Ah, to return to a simpler time when there was only one woman on a team of superheroes and she was the group's secretary >_>



Yellow posted...

Never because it was never theirs

"Real men" play sports and scream about balls, or get drunk on terrible beer and waste money on useless cars that confirm they are as domesticated as the pope in their futiley tame lives.

faramir77 posted...

"Real men" do what they want and don't bitch and whine about stupid shit. That's why you don't see them in virtually any subculture.

ITT: Shitty gender role assumptions that these same people would be protesting if a similar approach was taken to women.
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This topic is a little degrading to those who would call themselves nerds (or geeks) and I can't really take it seriously.

But that's not really true at all, dude. Nerds are of all kinds, just like everyone else. And I feel like generalizing people as nerds in the first place is a little insulting btw.
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JosefuJustice11 posted...

I can't really take it seriously.

The problem is that you ever tried to

DorkLink posted...

JosefuJustice11 posted...

I can't really take it seriously.

The problem is that you ever tried to

Yeah, you got it right there. I didn't really "try" to take it seriously. Was hoping it would've been different then just plain generalization.
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I don't even know when they started getting called nerds. Nerds are supposed to be the super brainy kids.

Geeks are sposed to be into videogames and pop culture and things like that.

Shouldn't it be geek culture?
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shadowsword87 posted...

Dikitain posted...

Real nerds don't care what "nerds" think is cool, we just go on playing our D&D and reading Garth Ennis' Punisher.

God help you if you play the wrong edition of DnD though.

I laughed ;) Thank you.
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Lil_Bit83 posted...

I don't even know when they started getting called nerds. Nerds are supposed to be the super brainy kids.

Geeks are sposed to be into videogames and pop culture and things like that.

Shouldn't it be geek culture?

It really should, lol.
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Once I find some grown men who play board games / miniatures / CCGs / DnD / ect.

Which is never. Those people don't exist.
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Judgmenl posted...

Once I find some grown men who play board games / miniatures / CCGs / DnD / ect.
Which is never. Those people don't exist.

It's called going more than 15 miles from your home, you can find people.

shadowsword87 posted...

Judgmenl posted...

Once I find some grown men who play board games / miniatures / CCGs / DnD / ect.
Which is never. Those people don't exist.

It's called going more than 15 miles from your home, you can find people.

It's called meeting people through work who aren't complete tools.

Which seems to be basically everyone.
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Judgmenl posted...

It's called meeting people through work who aren't complete tools.
Which seems to be basically everyone.

Then cast your net wider.

shadowsword87 posted...

Judgmenl posted...

It's called meeting people through work who aren't complete tools.
Which seems to be basically everyone.

Then cast your net wider.

As I've discussed [with one of my coworkers before] your net is as large as the amount of friends you have.

Having zero friends outside of coworkers (who I share very little with) is pretty hard.
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Judgmenl posted...

shadowsword87 posted...

Judgmenl posted...

It's called meeting people through work who aren't complete tools.
Which seems to be basically everyone.

Then cast your net wider.

As I've discussed [with one of my coworkers before] your net is as large as the amount of friends you have.

Having zero friends outside of coworkers (who I share very little with) is pretty hard.

Then you haven't cast your net at all.
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RCtheWSBC posted...

Judgmenl posted...

shadowsword87 posted...

Judgmenl posted...

It's called meeting people through work who aren't complete tools.
Which seems to be basically everyone.

Then cast your net wider.

As I've discussed [with one of my coworkers before] your net is as large as the amount of friends you have.

Having zero friends outside of coworkers (who I share very little with) is pretty hard.

Then you haven't cast your net at all.

I have no net
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Judgmenl posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

Judgmenl posted...

shadowsword87 posted...

Judgmenl posted...

It's called meeting people through work who aren't complete tools.
Which seems to be basically everyone.

Then cast your net wider.

As I've discussed [with one of my coworkers before] your net is as large as the amount of friends you have.

Having zero friends outside of coworkers (who I share very little with) is pretty hard.

Then you haven't cast your net at all.

I have no net

Then get stitching, or however nets are made. I really should have stayed in scouts
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Judgmenl posted...

I have no net

Then f***ing make one.
Go to an LGS, go to meetup.com, check your town's subreddit, or just talk to people about this sort of stuff (not being a dick about it of course), even people you don't imagine would like it (they probably know someone).

Now when you whine about not having friends, you can say, "well I didn't want to drive 40 minutes to play some games" and not "I can't find anyone at all".

shadowsword87 posted...

check your town's subreddit

Huh, I learned something today.
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shadowsword87 posted...

Go to an LGS

What is?
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Judgmenl posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

Judgmenl posted...

shadowsword87 posted...

Judgmenl posted...

It's called meeting people through work who aren't complete tools.
Which seems to be basically everyone.

Then cast your net wider.

As I've discussed [with one of my coworkers before] your net is as large as the amount of friends you have.

Having zero friends outside of coworkers (who I share very little with) is pretty hard.

Then you haven't cast your net at all.

I have no net

Miz Sylver used Thief on @Judgmenl Net.
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Person106 posted...

What is?

A Local Game Store?

Honestly, all we need is a spy program to sift through social media and a draft. Pinpoint the SJWs and manchildren, then ship 'em off with a gun-in-hand. It can't possibly make the situation worse than it is.
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Everyone read Saga
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afrodude77 posted...

Everyone read Saga

Does it feature real men?
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Enough! Enough of the goddamn net metaphors, already!!
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Zeus posted...

ITT: Shitty gender role assumptions that these same people would be protesting if a similar approach was taken to women.

I agree regarding Yellow's, but faramir's seems pretty on point. "Real women do what they want" is not something many people who talk about "gender roles" would find controversial.

Judgmenl posted...

As I've discussed [with one of my coworkers before] your net is as large as the amount of friends you have.

Having zero friends outside of coworkers (who I share very little with) is pretty hard.

You don't meet new people by restricting yourself to people you already know.

As others have said, if you want friends who share your interests, go find some. Join a club, visit some hangout spots for your interest, do whatever. I say this as a lifelong introvert who generally spends most evenings, by choice, alone - meeting people is not difficult if you are willing to put yourself out there.
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Well I used to be a really beta video game nerd and we dont like social interactions, thats why its harder for us to get girlfriends? But yeah we'll fight some if sjw feminist wants to take the fanservice out of our video games that create our fantasy.
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Yellow posted...

"Real men" play sports and scream about balls, or get drunk on terrible beer and waste money on useless

That's a lot of nerds I know as well.
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faramir77 posted...

"Real men" do what they want and don't bitch and whine about stupid shit. That's why you don't see them in virtually any subculture.

This. Men are not manly because they do manly things. Things become manly when men who are already manly do them.
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Zeus posted...

ITT: Shitty gender role assumptions that these same people would be protesting if a similar approach was taken to women.

I'm not even going to dignify this with a response.
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faramir77 posted...

Zeus posted...

ITT: Shitty gender role assumptions that these same people would be protesting if a similar approach was taken to women.

I'm not even going to dignify this with a response.

I am: he's partly right.
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I feel that most people don't even know what a "Nerd" or a "Geek" are anymore.

To clarify, a Nerd is someone who is just really intelligent & usually an introvert of some sort, or anti social, but not all the time. You don't have to play video games or do LARP or go to comic con to be a Nerd.

A Geek (Like me) is someone who really gets into certain types of pop culture related things, like video games, star wars or D&D. Unlike a Nerd, geeks tend to seek out people to converse with & discuss & debate topics, were as a Nerd normally wouldn't care what other people think.

Alot of the time I feel people confuse the 2.
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