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pinky0926
04/05/17 7:35:52 AM
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Oh, you like Marvel movies and you read Harry Potter? What a total geek lol. You basic fucking bastard.

These fuckers never did the hard yards in high school. They never knew what it was like to not get laid because they unironically wore a trilby and felt that knowing more about Pink Floyd than Jay-Z made them cool. They never spent weeknights figuring out how to make websites in tables or getting a final fantasy game to completion. They never quoted Terry Pratchett or Monty Python or Douglas Adams in an attempt to be funny. Never heard of Net Nexus? Don't tell me you're a nerd then.

Being a nerd was not cool at all.
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Zero_Destroyer
04/05/17 7:37:19 AM
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i run updated databases for smash 4 tournament stats

i tout the nerd label
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Fox_Master
04/05/17 7:41:49 AM
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Zero_Destroyer posted...
i run updated databases for smash 4 tournament stats

i tout the nerd label

Do you make money from it?
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Solar_Crimson
04/05/17 7:42:38 AM
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MegaTech
04/05/17 7:43:38 AM
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I remember explaining what a meme was in 9th grade and people looking at me like I had 3 heads. Where are my reparations
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Zero_Destroyer
04/05/17 7:43:59 AM
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Fox_Master posted...
Zero_Destroyer posted...
i run updated databases for smash 4 tournament stats

i tout the nerd label

Do you make money from it?


no that's why I'm a nerd

it's not time consuming enough to be a job anyway
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Darkman124
04/05/17 7:45:05 AM
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I remember using the word cynical in 9th grade and people looking at me like I had 3 heads. Those people were morons and I don't need to stay angry over that fact. My life rules.
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pinky0926
04/05/17 7:47:11 AM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
This is the real cultural appropriation.


#nerdlivesdontmatter
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dragnmaninferno
04/05/17 9:00:08 AM
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YourDrunkFather
04/05/17 9:04:14 AM
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Not "nerd", "node"
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pinky0926
04/05/17 9:11:14 AM
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dragnmaninferno posted...
Are you a nerd Pinky?


Reformed neckbeard, even.
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Darkman124
04/05/17 9:11:59 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
dragnmaninferno posted...
Are you a nerd Pinky?


Reformed neckbeard, even.

i want to see pics of neckbeard pinky
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pinky0926
04/05/17 9:15:46 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
pinky0926 posted...
dragnmaninferno posted...
Are you a nerd Pinky?


Reformed neckbeard, even.

i want to see pics of neckbeard pinky


Since I am prone to being smug and condescending about the way other people dress I deserve to be roasted for this disaster worn to a birthday party many years ago

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smoke_break
04/05/17 9:16:59 AM
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or played Yu-Gi-Oh at lunch time in the cafeteria. you ain't a real nerd if you haven't done that
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Darkman124
04/05/17 9:19:22 AM
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that is funny on many levels

i esp like the drunk progression as the necktie was removed and shirt partially unbuttoned. are you sure you were not there as a stripper?
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pinky0926
04/05/17 9:22:56 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
that is funny on many levels

i esp like the drunk progression as the necktie was removed and shirt partially unbuttoned. are you sure you were not there as a stripper?


If anyone paid for a stripper like that they deserve a refund and an additional settlement, to be honest. The only thing you can't see is the piano stud belt.
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philsov
04/05/17 9:36:08 AM
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Same.

pinky0926 posted...
Oh, you like Marvel movies and you read Harry Potter? What a total geek lol. You basic fucking bastard.


I think I first noticed the phenomenon in.... 2009? Maybe 10. I stumbled onto the 'nerdfitness' blog while looking into a bodyweight routine. The featured articles almost read like a horoscope -- a giant, disorderly, shotgunned mess of references from all sorts of scifi/fantasy in an attempt to get the reader to connect with the writer. In my case it had the opposite effect because he came across as a try-hard who just read the cliff notes.

His intentions are pure, so I don't want to bash the site too much, but there was a shocking lack of depth with any of his analogies. It's like he watched a New Hope once and then fluttered to the next realm a real nerd suggested he be acquainted with.

For example, from a random article:

"Remember playing Mario Kart, racing past your friends going for the item box, hoping for red shells or star power. Instead, you suddenly explode; it wasn’t a powerup, it was a trap!"

- The "it was a trap" is a hyperlink to Admiral Ackbar in Return of the Jedi.
- If you're passing your friends and in a high player rank, the odds for red shells or star power is abysmally low.
- What sort of nublet falls for those trap blocks? I mean really. They're mines that get placed in commonly treaded areas but it's usually easy to tell in a row of evenly spaced boxes the one that's just wedged inbetween them
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pinky0926
04/05/17 9:37:35 AM
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philsov posted...
Same.

pinky0926 posted...
Oh, you like Marvel movies and you read Harry Potter? What a total geek lol. You basic fucking bastard.


I think I first noticed the phenomenon in.... 2009? Maybe 10. I stumbled onto the 'nerdfitness' blog while looking into a bodyweight routine. The featured articles almost read like a horoscope -- a giant, disorderly, shotgunned mess of references from all sorts of scifi/fantasy in an attempt to get the reader to connect with the writer. In my case it had the opposite effect because he came across as a try-hard who just read the cliff notes.

His intentions are pure, so I don't want to bash the site too much, but there was a shocking lack of depth with any of his analogies. It's like he watched a New Hope once and then fluttered to the next realm a real nerd suggested he be acquainted with.

For example, from a random article:

"Remember playing Mario Kart, racing past your friends going for the item box, hoping for red shells or star power. Instead, you suddenly explode; it wasn’t a powerup, it was a trap!"

- The "it was a trap" is a hyperlink to Admiral Ackbar in Return of the Jedi.
- If you're passing your friends and in a high player rank, the odds for red shells or star power is abysmally low.
- What sort of nublet falls for those trap blocks? I mean really. They're mines that get placed in commonly treaded areas but it's usually easy to tell in a row of evenly spaced boxes the one that's just wedged inbetween them


I hate him already.
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green butter
04/05/17 9:42:31 AM
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"I wear thick-framed glasses and played Battlefield 1 for an hour yesterday, tee hee hee, I'm such a nerd!"

Excuse me bitch, you aint a nerd until you've spent your entire night painting 15 Warhammer 40k miniatures to match the Space Marine chapter you created in your 30,000 word Warhammer 40k Fan Fiction, then awkwardly told this all to a girl you like over IM (since lol @ face to face communication), thinking that this would make you look dedicated and creative and not like a giant fucking weirdo

goddamn normies
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hollow_shrine
04/05/17 9:42:59 AM
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If you didn't wear the suspenders or the yellow socks you might have been alright.
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philsov
04/05/17 9:49:40 AM
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green butter posted...
spent your entire night painting 15 Warhammer 40k miniatures to match the Space Marine chapter you created in your 30,000 word Warhammer 40k Fan Fiction, then awkwardly told this all to a girl you like over IM (since lol @ face to face communication), thinking that this would make you look dedicated and creative and not like a giant fucking weirdo


My high school girlfriend googled me one night when we were dating and she found my Final Fantasy Tactics Challenge FAQ. After less than two seconds of silence (read: 5 minutes of internal panic and screaming) she said she liked it. It was mostly greek to her but she liked the formatting and organization and stuff.
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pinky0926
04/05/17 9:53:06 AM
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hollow_shrine posted...
If you didn't wear the suspenders or the yellow socks you might have been alright.


Total list of egregious errors, in a rough order of worst to least worst:

- rockport-esque square-toed slip ons
- suspenders WITH belt. Like dude, pick one
- belt is one of those cringe stud piano belts that were maybe cool among scene kids in 2003
- white silk tie. Really?
- shirt is overlarge by a considerable degree and also fairly hideous
- trilby was actually reasonably topical considering the theme (jazz party) but went with nothing else
- socks are too much on top of all of this shit

So I mean, the suspenders and socks and shirt and hat could all potentially have been done another way, but those shoes man...those shoes will never be ok.
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green butter
04/05/17 9:54:06 AM
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philsov posted...
green butter posted...
spent your entire night painting 15 Warhammer 40k miniatures to match the Space Marine chapter you created in your 30,000 word Warhammer 40k Fan Fiction, then awkwardly told this all to a girl you like over IM (since lol @ face to face communication), thinking that this would make you look dedicated and creative and not like a giant fucking weirdo


My high school girlfriend googled me one night when we were dating and she found my Final Fantasy Tactics Challenge FAQ. After less than two seconds of silence (read: 5 minutes of internal panic and screaming) she said she liked it. It was mostly greek to her but she liked the formatting and organization and stuff.

LOL
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pinky0926
04/05/17 9:55:26 AM
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philsov posted...
green butter posted...
spent your entire night painting 15 Warhammer 40k miniatures to match the Space Marine chapter you created in your 30,000 word Warhammer 40k Fan Fiction, then awkwardly told this all to a girl you like over IM (since lol @ face to face communication), thinking that this would make you look dedicated and creative and not like a giant fucking weirdo


My high school girlfriend googled me one night when we were dating and she found my Final Fantasy Tactics Challenge FAQ. After less than two seconds of silence (read: 5 minutes of internal panic and screaming) she said she liked it. It was mostly greek to her but she liked the formatting and organization and stuff.


Did you marry her?
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Touch
04/05/17 9:55:59 AM
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clearaflagrantj
04/05/17 9:56:04 AM
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What a dick stroking topic, I especially like how it's being led by Pinky, aka Mr. "I'm like 6'1" and naturally attractive and have had sex with literally more women than I can count"
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pinky0926
04/05/17 9:59:57 AM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
What a dick stroking topic, I especially like how it's being led by Pinky, aka Mr. "I'm like 6'1" and naturally attractive and have had sex with literally more women than I can count"


Maybe we can sit down some time and discuss our issues
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ShotOJameson
04/05/17 10:08:15 AM
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yes, the hijacking of the n-word is a major problem in society today. I feel your pain man. Fight the Power!
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green butter
04/05/17 10:09:10 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...
What a dick stroking topic, I especially like how it's being led by Pinky, aka Mr. "I'm like 6'1" and naturally attractive and have had sex with literally more women than I can count"


Maybe we can sit down some time and discuss our issues

clear is just mad because he doesnt have chelsea boots like you do pinky
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pinky0926
04/05/17 10:09:41 AM
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ShotOJameson posted...
yes, the hijacking of the n-word is a major problem in society today. I feel your pain man. Fight the Power!


This joke was a lost opportunity for the topic title, for sure.
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clearaflagrantj
04/05/17 10:12:18 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...
What a dick stroking topic, I especially like how it's being led by Pinky, aka Mr. "I'm like 6'1" and naturally attractive and have had sex with literally more women than I can count"


Maybe we can sit down some time and discuss our issues

Sounds good if you have like 19 days free in your schedule
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philsov
04/05/17 10:14:09 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
Did you marry her?


No ._. We went to different colleges and I was a crappier person back then that couldn't do the long distance thing. I'm now engaged to someone who has many of the same qualities as her but is quite the nerd himself (plays Touhou on Lunatic) so I don't really need to... hide my power level nearly as much, if at all.

Which is probably the one silver lining to nerd appropriation. People can show off their Harry Potter replica wands (e.g.) without fear of derision. Actually, nah. If you're gonna LARP I'm still interally judging you. Nerd on nerd hate is significantly worse than normie on nerd hate.
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pinky0926
04/05/17 10:20:14 AM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
pinky0926 posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...
What a dick stroking topic, I especially like how it's being led by Pinky, aka Mr. "I'm like 6'1" and naturally attractive and have had sex with literally more women than I can count"


Maybe we can sit down some time and discuss our issues

Sounds good if you have like 19 days free in your schedule


I can always make time for someone who is going to call me tall and handsome and a lady killer
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teepan95
04/05/17 11:30:09 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
Oh, you like Marvel movies and you read Harry Potter? What a total geek lol. You basic fucking bastard.

These fuckers never did the hard yards in high school. They never knew what it was like to not get laid because they unironically wore a trilby and felt that knowing more about Pink Floyd than Jay-Z made them cool. They never spent weeknights figuring out how to make websites in tables or getting a final fantasy game to completion. They never quoted Terry Pratchett or Monty Python or Douglas Adams in an attempt to be funny. Never heard of Net Nexus? Don't tell me you're a nerd then.

Being a nerd was not cool at all.

See, I would claim that I was a nerd, but most of the stuff you mentioned was before my time.

Wonder what the "nerd criteria" for my generation are.
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Hummer 2
04/05/17 11:47:38 AM
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A lot of you sound less nerdy and more like you're on the spectrum
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dragnmaninferno
04/05/17 11:48:28 AM
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philsov
04/05/17 11:49:37 AM
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teepan95 posted...
most of the stuff you mentioned was before my time.


That's kind of the point. Monty Python and Pink Floyd were old in even the 90's. Part of being a nerd is eschewing Plebeian pop culture and opting for older, quirkier things that weren't fully popular even when they were current.

- Sub out "Jay Z" for a more popular, current artist like Drake or the Weeknd or something.
- Net Nexus is pretty much defunct. I can't think of a modern equivalent. Maybe frequenting some niche subreddit.

Still, when being a nerd becomes partially mainstream, it results in an identity crisis because we can't reject the mainstream when we ARE the mainstream. Best we can do is hate on 'fake' nerds like bro gamers. See also: that handshake then handwash meme.
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ShutTheHellUp
04/05/17 11:50:01 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
I remember using the word cynical in 9th grade and people looking at me like I had 3 heads. Those people were morons and I don't need to stay angry over that fact. My life rules.

Don't be a weirdo then
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teepan95
04/05/17 11:53:20 AM
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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.

philsov posted...
- Sub out "Jay Z" for a more popular, current artist like Drake or the Weeknd or something.
- Net Nexus is pretty much defunct. I can't think of a modern equivalent. Maybe frequenting some niche subreddit.

I feel like those would be too recent. Unless reddit has been around longer than I realise.
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Psycho_Poodle
04/05/17 11:54:45 AM
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*gives everyone itt a wedgie*
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Psycho_Poodle
04/05/17 11:56:52 AM
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oh and Piper at the Gates of Dawn is cooler than anything Jay-Z ever did. You cant be cooler than 60's Syd Barrett
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Fart_Tzar
04/05/17 12:03:41 PM
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Relevant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0C_Dnt7k_0

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iosifsvoboda
04/05/17 12:12:11 PM
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Can't wait for TC to post about how dumb he looked 10 years ago in 10 years ;)
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pinky0926
04/05/17 1:26:24 PM
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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.
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pinky0926
04/05/17 1:27:45 PM
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dragnmaninferno posted...
Damn Pinky. Buy at least you learned from that atrocity.


Yeah, feels bad man.

iosifsvoboda posted...
Can't wait for TC to post about how dumb he looked 10 years ago in 10 years ;)


Possibly true concerning my hair and glasses, but most of what I wear is pretty classic. I mean, some of my wardrobe is from the 70s and 80s. Some things just stick and transcend fashion trend and become T I M E L E S S
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pinky0926
04/05/17 1:30:14 PM
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FrenchCrunch
04/05/17 1:33:46 PM
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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
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teepan95
04/05/17 1:33:59 PM
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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.
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LethalAffinity
04/05/17 1:35:02 PM
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"Geek culture" has definitely been mainstream for several years at this point. Even DnD has lost its negative stigma.
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