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Revenge of the Nerds
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You remember them in school. The kids that were just a bit off and the kids that had their own table in the lunchroom. The kids who messed up the curve or just were way too involved in the class. They wore glasses, they were artsy, they stuck to themselves or just never fit in. A few of your friends may have been one, disguising their true self in cool clothes. They were picked on, made fun of or just watched on as their brethren took shots. And now, they’re running the world.
Nerds.
A ghetto poet named 50 Cent once said, “Damn homie, in high school you were the man homie.” That simple line encapsulates the world as we know it. The cool kids aren’t in charge anymore. They were too busy pretending to be cool to study and the nerds are taking over now. They’re running Fortune 500 companies, they’re releasing music, they’re creating cool items (like the one I’m typing on right now) & they’re steering the course of culture. Yep, nerds are deciding what’s cool.
It’s an interesting thing to watch. I go to work & kick it with former punk rockers, ex-skater kids and guys who are still into video games and comics. We help decide popular culture. In other words, we tell cool kids in high school and college what’s cool. Amazing. And ironic. Shoot, half the people who are in creative industries are doing so as an outlet because they were outcasts in some fashion. Let’s not forget that most of the folks who are in your iPod are a bunch of misfits who didn’t get fit into normal society. Drake, Kid Cudi, almost every rock band, even Jay Z. Shoot, there’s a group named N.E.R.D.
Somehow along the lines, being a nerd became cool. Probably around the same time nerds started making money and flaunting it publicly. Nowadays, kids even want to look like nerds. You’ve got kids dressing in skinny jeans, wearing oversized glasses and wearing backpacks all the time. Kids still don’t want to study and read, but that’s a story for a different day. At least they want to look like nerds. And those who used to be nerds are finally fessing up to it. Myself included. Yep.
I was part of the undercover crowd that used to play dumb, sit in the back and then read their butts off when they got home. Guilty. How else do you think I became a writer? Actually, you can’t be much of anything without being a bit of a nerd nowadays. It’s OK. Rock those Coke bottles with style, talk about that SciFi show you like, flaunt your wit and express your interest in that new gadget. It’s cooler than being that douche who can’t relate to anything and is too cool for school.
And as I’m noticing as I get older, everyone’s a bit of a nerd anyway. That hot girl at the bar probably has a subscription to Wired magazine on that iPad. That dude that you thought was smooth probably gets as geeked up about Battlestar Galatica as you do.
With that said, let’s be honest folks. Are you a nerd? What makes you a nerd? Were you undercover or were you always a nerd? Geek out for a bit, I won’t tell anybody.
Looking forward to the next X Men movie,
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I’m a nerd…and proud…i read all the time & love history and english along with researching things…i’m pretty good at figuring small gadgets like phones out.
I love nerds & think they are hot…i need a nerd in my life!
I love this post! 4 snaps in an N formation & the Nerd laugh!
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Lola Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 12:30 am
CoSign!
I love nerds and geeks. Reason? Because I can actually have an interesting conversation and they’re articulate too. Another reason I enjoy this site.
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L.Dejean Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 12:58 am
yes, great conversations are the ultimate mind f*ck! #fistpump
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Lola Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 1:01 am
Oh yeah! #mindfu*k all day… I can easily go for an articulate guy than a handsome looking one
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L.Dejean Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 1:31 am
#Truth! My HS sweetheart wasn’t the cutest but he was so smart, it was crazy & quite amazing with a violin…he stuttered a bit but i used to think that was cute, lol!
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Lola Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 1:43 am
Awe #highschoolsweethearts I didnt have one of those but lately the men Ive been meeting are all #minf*cks and Ive been LOVING it! Hehe
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L.Dejean Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Well, that died…i haven’t met a good #mindf*ck lately…but i have met one nice on the eyes that is well educated…but we haven’t had any intellectual convos
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Sassy Island Gal Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
CO-SIGN!! Major turnoff when dude says “all these peoples be having blacked berries(um Blackberries thank you). Aint nothing like my Moto 310. Working 10 yrs and counting.
*And I just walked away. You may be cute. But not that dumb. I cant* But I’ll gladly connect you to my friend who thinks Elevator buttons are so daggone confusing.
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Sassy Island Gal Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 3:18 am
Co-sign!! Fellow NERDS unite!
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i was a nerd in high school. i was a nerd that was also in the in crowd though. that’s probably because i played sports too. i was in multiple AP classes during the day. did my homework during study hall. then went to practice. after that i went to work. i was never ashamed to be a nerd. i pursued the highest grades i could get.
now it’s so cool to be a nerd it’s not even funny. i love my environment though. surrounded by so many brilliant minds.
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L.Dejean Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 12:56 am
I was in a “cool kid crowd” but all of us were in honors/AP classes together and were either in Band, Acapella Choir (me), or science research (several of my friends & myself)…my best friend was the salutatorian & my high school sweetheart was our valerdictorian and was a beast on the violin (he had traveled a lot within the state because of that & did international science fairs)…and there was no shame in our games! That was just how we rolled! lol
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Haha this is a really cute blog!
I’ve always be the unknown-known nerd. Or a jock-nerd. At school I used to be a jock but a complete nerd and I flaunt it too. Now while in uni people think I’m a complete party girl that does all the partying but when I get my tests back and hear that I’m an honor student and possible candidate to the deans list and just awarded an scholarship their left in awe.
Yeah I’m fancy so what
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LaBakir Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 9:23 am
I hate you Lola! I was looking for a way to describe me in high school and jock nerd is it!!!
I had a mix of friends…jocks…punks…cos (cosmotology) girls…emo’s. Everybody loved me…and I loved them.
Anywho…I’m a nerd b/c
1. I’ve read the entire Harry Potter series…some books twice. I pre-ordered them and everything. My mother and I would go to see the movies and purchase the movie themed candy and everything.
2.I just like reading period. I have quite the imagination.
3. When I read non-fiction books, I take notes. Yes, notes…like I’m in school so I can refer to them when needed.
4. I was on the Dean’s List almost every semester in college.
5. Classmates would just tell me to go ahead and answer the question.
6. I love most of the comic book movies. I was so geeked about the Wolverine joint and his fight scene with Sabertooth. I’m in the theatre going nuts, and I turn to share my enthusiam and realized I came by myself.
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SaneN85 Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 11:36 am
You’ve only read the series twice? You better step your nerd game up, girl. LOL
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LaBakir Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
LMAO!! :p Whatevs!
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Hot post. I try to fly my blerd* flag a little higher each day. The Green Lantern shrine on my desk, my remote control Dalek. All there. I have a sonic screwdriver that I keep in my Bag of Holding. (Those of you that know…know.)
This is how big a nerd I am. I’m working on a tattoo that is using Latin. I consulted three different professors to make sure I had the correct translation. I’d say what it is, but I want it first. No biting my style!
My only lament is that I’m built more like Luke Cage and not Steve
*blerd – black nerd; Scrubs started it. I’m carrying it forward.
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Nick@Nite Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Scrubs is hilarious to me!!
the musical interludes.. the lexicon.. it’s just a very imaginative show..
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That was supposed to be Steve Urkel.
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I’ve always been a nerd even when I attempted to cuss someone out. I would think I was telling the cool kids off and most didn’t even understand what most of the words so that increased my nerd factor. Add to that my french braid, thick multicolored glasses and high pitched laugh *shudders* well you get the point. I don’t think I was ever apart of the in crowd but then again I was tutoring most of them #shruglife.
I would still consider myself a nerd but I’ve learned how to explain something I’m passionate about in a way that most would understand. I no longer go off on tangets when asked about my research, school or future career plans. I’m still awkward in certain social situations but I’m slowly coming out of that.
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This was a funny post..
I’m a nerd, always have been. I looked through my books and realized that I stole textbooks in middle school. I still ahve my elementary reading book. Things like that.
I’ll watch jeopardy by myself (when people are scared to compete) and if I come across something that is interesting, I’ll write it down and go look it up. I’m nice wit mine!
Yes, I research things just for fun. And I am writing down the greek mythology family tree “just because”.. yes, i read psychology books just so I’m able to understand people better.
I didn’t dumb it down in school, but I was a dancer in the band so I guess I had a couple cool points.. but yeah, I carried my bookbag everywhere (even church) and to this day, i carry several books in my Puma bag..
That’s just the way it be….
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LaBakir Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 9:27 am
LMAO @ you stealing text books…I didn’t even finish reading your comment
*continues*
Ooooh…you know what books you’d like? Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief series. All Greek Mythology in those books…AWESOME!
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Capricorn Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 9:55 am
That was a great series. Movie did the books no justice.
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LaBakir Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 9:58 am
Heck no! I was soooo upset after seeing that movie! Those books have potential to be Harry Potter-esque successful (movie wise).
I read two other series this summer that were AWESOME…look up “The Mortal Instruments” and “The Hunger Games”…excellent reads.
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Nick@Nite Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Really!?!?!?!
I’ll look into that!! But I owe the library money..
#ThingsThatAintRight
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LaBakir Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 10:09 am
LMAO!!! Only you! Get it together Nickle
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Yes, before this island gal got the sass in her step she was a huge nerd accompanied with awful stylings.THANK GOD for having an ugly duckling into swan moment with my clothes junior year of HS. Lol, my mom would take me to the library by the time we reached home I’d have half the books read. I’d been tinkering with computers since I was age 8 or 9. I still have a subscription to Wired and am a regular peruser of all things gadgetry. If there’s a computer/technical problem- my friends have me on speeddial. I stay enlightening folks to the wonders of technology and if ever I meet a man I can talk motherboards with- Lord Jesus knows it’s straight up foreplay as he’s discussing the specs of his videocard. It will take a mweh guy and give him the irresistible glow. I LOVE to get into tech debates with fellow techies still. (the politically correct word for grown nerds).
The most mischievous fun I have is when a man is OBVIOUSLY struggling with something technical. And I subtly make some suggestions but it’s met with “darling, don’t hurt your pretty little head, this is some complicated ish.” After an extra 30 min to an hour of this foolishness- I walk up, take the reign and fix it in 5 minutes. Give my biggest sweetest smile, pat him on the back, and walk away. While saying..”yes it’d stump anyone. I just happen to be good at computers and such.” Reassuring him he’s still smart. I hear him muttering in the background to his buddies about how hard it was, and don’t they remember how hard it was for them to figure out. Yes buddy- you just got owned. Mm mm mm..and it feels GoOOOOOOOD!! Like my fav succulent brownie dipped in creamy fudge. *slowly licks fingers and smacks lips mm mm mm*
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BP Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
“The most mischievous fun I have is when a man is OBVIOUSLY struggling with something technical.”
I don’t have a p*nis and I was intimidated your post. I’ll call you if I ever have problem with my macbook, ipod, home theatre system. LOL!
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Sassy Island Gal Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
LMBO!!!! HHAhahhah..I’m really sweet in person!! ahhahah.. yes Sassy Technical Gal at your service!!
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Yep, I am and will always be a nerd. Just like you said “How else do you think I became a writer?” I am an nerd and proud of it. I read and write listen to music and read a write some more. I don’t go anywhere with out my “office” as my friends call it. My office is a bag with multiple notebooks, pens (of various colors), Ipods, at least 2 books which will more than likely be non-fiction, my dictionary and calculator (yep my phone has a calculator but I just prefer the old school kind).
Nope, I did not sell my textbooks back in college for money. I kept them for further reference. I am finding myself reading some of my old social work textbooks (that was my undergraduate and graduate degree) when I can not make it to the library to check out a book.
Not only that I plan on going back to school to get the Phd in Sociology so I can continue being a nerd by reading, writing, researching, and teaching.
Shoot, its 4:30 in the morning and I am up reading, writing, and researching a topic and I am no longer in school.
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I’m not a nerd, never was one.
I was the hot/fly chick (at least to my peers) in middle & high school that no dude could “conquer”.
I was cool with nerds & geeks though because… well, I was a really sweet girl and the me that majority of my schoolmates didn’t see was just like them- the nerds, I just wasn’t as smart.
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I want to bear Sassy Island Gal’s kids. We can get registered at Thinkgeek and Newegg!
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Sassy Island Gal Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHH!!! LMAO!!
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1) I’ve been getting my hair wrapped up as far as I can remember…there are even pictures of me with my hair wrapped when I was three. Now it’s habit, my hair is natural, and I don’t do silk sheets/pillow cases.
2) Not me. I’m up at 5:30 am out the door by 6 am and trust if I didn’t wrap my hair it would take muuuuccchhh longer. But naturally it takes me longer when I have a show.
3) Regular soap on the nether parts are not friendly…at least in my case, neither is it nice to my face. Unless you want to be banned from la-la land while it heals from a soap rash or me to walk outside looking like I’ve been eating white powder donuts, leave my routine alone.
4) Because it shows that you’re actually paying attention to what is important. If I’m introducing you to my niece and after 5 years you still call her my cousin, why yes imma be a lil perturbed.
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Mrs Smiley Face Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 7:43 am
Um so. I responded to a completely different post!! It’s too dayum early, lol
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MeteorMan Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Yeah… I was really confused.
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I was a nerd in high school, except I wasn’t. I was also kinda the class clown and the slacker. I got great grades but I didn’t really work hard. I lived in the hood so I never really wanted to be the dude coming home with a backpack full of books especially considering I went to school on the total opposite side of town. But I was never into that sci-fi crap but can’t nobody see me in jeopardy. I’m so full of useless trivia knowledge it’s shameful. But facebook is the greatest invention because you can see how all of the “cool” kids in high school aren’t doing shit with their life. Chicks looking like they ate their high school body. Got 5 kids and 4 baby daddies/mommas. Facebook inspired Mike Jones brief career lol.
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MeteorMan Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
I got great grades but I didn’t really work hard.
lol. I remember those days/classes. Mrs. Clark’s class: the best naps EVER.
I lived in the hood so I never really wanted to be the dude coming home with a backpack full of books
Yeah. It’s hard to run if need be. There was a guy one night chasing another guy with a machete one night in my hood. At first, I thought he was coming after me. After that, no more big/full/heavy bookbags.
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Do you know how much I love that movie? I can’t have a serious relationship with someone unless they’ve watched Revenge of the Nerds and the Sound of Music *straight face* or at least willing to watch them.
In middle school I was the band/journalism nerd. Semi popular but not really..In high school puberty kicked in and I was the hot cheerleading captain nerd but still in Broadcast Communications (it was a magnet program) with AP and honors classes. I didn’t have to hide my nerdiness though. I got along with everyone. The nerds love me cause I was smart and funny and the cool kids liked me cause I was cute and funny lol.
My television usually stays on the SyFy channel, National Geographic, the History channel and Discovery Channel. I’m not too much of a geek but I can get down with them.
But life and all her mysterious fascinate me. I love writing and reading, and learning about history. And when my geek side shows, I’m pretty good with programs like Final Cut Pro and Adobe Photoshop.
Nerds are so much different these days from Gilbert and Lamar, we’re so much hotter. Lol
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Nick@Nite Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 8:35 am
LOVE Sound of Music…
I went to a magnet program for Spanish.. by the time I got to high school, them suckas put me in Spanish 5 with all the seniors.. #NOBueno
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Bahama Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
My all time favorite movie…words just can’t express how much I love it. LOL, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one.
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Nick@Nite Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
how many times did me and my friend rewind the dancing scene in the gazebo.. because we wanted to have on Leisl’s pretty dress and run in the rain..
we ran on the golf course instead..
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BP Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Sound of music is the business! I can hear my mom singing : “Doe a deer a female deer….”
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Capricorn Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 11:33 am
all things STOP when that movie comes on ABC Family. “I’d like to stay and taste my first champagne! Yes? No.” lol
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BP Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Gotta love ABC family, especially around the holidays!
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I’m definitely a nerd for screenwriting. Like, I probably read more scripts than books. I have only two subscriptions and one of them is a Screenwriting one (the other is Essence). In fact, I’m thinking of getting another one. I watch screenwriting videos, read screenwriting articles, attend screenwriting workshops, and participate on screenwriting message boards. If you guessed I’m an aspiring screenwriter…you’d be right. You genius, you.
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I don’t like that term NERD but I will rock with you for the sake of this post.
Growing up I always had my head in a book somewhere..and I was in the glee club choir..so, yeah, I was a nerd..and I am probably still one.
I’m grooming my kids to be NERDS too..I am not sure how that is working out though.
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Miss Jenkins Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 9:17 am
Why don’t you like the term NERD?
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QueenT Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 10:24 am
It has a negative connotation associated with it most of the time.
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Self professed nerd, though no one has made nerd-dom look this good.
At six years old, I used to read encyclopedias.
At eight years old, I could draw a map of the United States without looking at a reference.
I read a lot, but I never read fiction. Typically books on philosophy, economics, history or religion.
I have about 170 Justice League Unlimited figures on display at my house. With more to come.
I’m sure there is more evidence of my nerdhood, but I think these first four provides sufficient evidence that I’m a genuine nerd.
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CHeeKZ Money Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
“I have about 170 Justice League Unlimited”
In the box? or if ninjas come over can we play with them?
pause.
JL Unlimited means he has the black green lantern. Not the crappy Ryan Reynolds version coming nxt summer.
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Hugh Jazz Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
The black Green Lantern, two white ones, and five alien ones. And Sinestro, and Star Sapphire. My nerd credentials are quite in order.
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Lol. I don’t know if I was nerd… probably not. I knew lots of em rocked tough w/ em. I was the really good angel face but a lil chubby girl in school. Varsity choir, gospel choir all that… my girlfriends in HS consisted of the chicks I went to church w/. I was middle of the road popular, so I was acquainted w/ everyone and pretty smart. However, I love me a nerd/techie. Always have… issue is they are not the ones (although it seems the tides are changing) to approach women. I’d prefer a guy who is really into whatever it is that he loves. & if that isn’t football… so be it. I’ll watch the game alone. My first celebrity crush = Steve Urkel/Stephon Urkel.
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I was the kid who ALWAYS got the highest grade, even when I wasn’t trying. I always had my nose in a book, so much so that my mother was worried that I wasn’t socializing enough with my peers, so she MADE me play outside. I took advanced (gifted and talented) classes from 6th grade on, I took 2 AP classes every year of HS, I stay watching History, Discovery and NatGeo channels. I used to ride my bike to the library and stay there for hours, until it closed. There is nothing wrong with being a nerd, it just means I’m smarter than the rest of them, but cool enough to not show it.
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I’ve always been a nerd and my friends, for some reason, found it quirky enough that they kept me around.
Seriously, it’s just been in the last 2-3 years (so post undergrad) that I even started to get crap from people for being a nerd.
Whatevs. I’m the reason they know half the random facts they do. I’ve prepared everyone around me very well should they ever accidentally end up on Jeopardy.
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This post made me smile. When I was teaching I was always giving extra love to my nerdy students. Poor things, they always seemed to hate that they were nerdy. I remember this one year I told a SUPER smart/nerdy student in my class that one day he will appreciate that he was so smart. His name was Bernard and his parents were bourgeoisie and he hated life. He wanted to be “cool” like the other bebe kids. I explained to him one day that being smart is going to take him a lot further than being cool.
I am a nerd. When people meet me and I am all dolled up they can’t believe what I do for a living. I work in a “white male” science dominated field and I love when one of them have to come and ask me for information. I think it pains them to see a smart woman of color in their field.
I have always loved being a nerd. I was the kid reading Patricia Cornwell novels in elementary school because the other books didn’t spark my interest enough. Being a nerd is HOT, IMHO.
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I wasn’t a nerd exactly, more of a social outcast. If anything I was part nerd part bad ass. I didn’t run with the cool, kids and got mostly picked on by them, but I hd a boyfriend and ditch A LOT of school. Alcohol was usually involved. But I read a lot, was deep into poetry slams and LGBTQ acrivism. I was uber involved in out of school activities.
I’m a writer and actress now, traveled, ambitious and all that jazz. No shade, but it seems most of the “cool kids” now have a few babies and not much else going on. I’m glad at the course my life has taken.
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kudos to the person who coined the term jock nerd. that was definitely me in HS…almost like the gatekeeper between “mainstream” and the rest of the student body, lol.
my nerdiest/corniest trait probably lies in the fact that i love table tennis. like, break-a-sweat-at-it love it. and i read a book a week.
it’s a shame that being a nerd doesn’t become cool until college/post-college. this trend hasn’t quite trickled down to HS en masse just yet, and as a former educator, i wish it would hurry up and get there :-/
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Yep, I was/am a nerd. Since I went to a primarily 2520 HS, I was automatically one of the “cool” kids, especially with my sense of humor. Other than that, I was the one who would be walking home from school with a number of friends, yet still have my nose buried in a book.
I’m one of the 200 people on this planet who has watched both Firefly and Arrested Development (I’m pretty sure that’s a qualifier on its own). I’m sure there are many other reasons that I qualify as a “nerd”, but I’m too busy enjoying Excel to write more.
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Nerd is an interesting term. I wasn’t a nerd by any means. I mean I took honors and AP classes but I also played almost every sport. I don’t think I would classify anybody I went to school with as a nerd. It’s hard to when you go to a small Catholic school, wear uniforms, and see mostly the same people for nearly 12 years. And everyone seemed to be cool with everyone.
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Seattle Washington Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Yeah I feel you there. But err, uhh, some of them were nerds too.
It’s nothing to be ashamed of. I was a cool nerd. I hung out with the “in” crowd, but I still had a comic book collection at home that Stan Lee would be impressed with.
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CHeeKZ Money Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
I hear you….
Cathlolic school everyone had some brains (pause). And the badass’ are limited.
But even in an all boys school, some people are on the “outs”. Socially awkwards comes thru even in prep clothes.
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olivya23 Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
True. There were definitely some socially awkward people I went to school with. It’s not their fault though. I blame the parents.
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CHeeKZ Money Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Word..
Who doesn’t teach their child not to ‘paint their nails’ in class.
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I was unpopular but popular amongst the unpopular kids. lol I stopped caring about “popularity” in junior year of HS.
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This blog is on point…
I was def a nerd and still am. Natural intellect, and into everything cool to me (video games, comics, sci-fi, etc). I was the dude who found obscure things interesting and I still do. I never dressed like a nerd or had the extreme nerdish physical qualities, but mentally yup!
I also knew all the cool kids and had respect in every circle. I guess dudes respected my hustle and vice versa. Playing basketball helps too.
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QueenT Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Nerds didn’t play sports in school…you were a jock…stop trying to claim nerd status..you were popular and a jock…claim it.
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Streetz Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Nah love I was far from that. Wasn’t on the HS team or any of that. people knew me though!
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Good post:
Some of these things I can really relate to: Mom dressing me in the wackness. Loving NatGeo. Comic Lover till this day. Not the best with Alex Tribeck, can’t think that fast.
But still played sports. Still bagged chicks. Still hung out with the whoever I felt like.
Just don’t fit into a box well. But I would be comfortable in the nerd box, just until I got the urge to do something un-nerdy. Than I turn to a bully.
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Seattle Washington Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
I too love NatGeo. The magazine and the channel. Before they started throwing that on cable, I was addicted to Discovery Channel.
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I loved this post! I can definitely relate to being a nerd. But I found a nice balance. I wasn’t quite undercover with it, but I was still cool. But what was funny was when report card time came along. Then, my true colors showed because I was throwing up more E’s than ravers in a mosh pit! I always shocked the hell out of people and I would just laugh. Jealousy and ridicule would follow, but it made me better. I was even on “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?” when I was 11 (SORRY, I NEVER DID GET A COPY OF THE TAPE!). The cool kids couldn’t put that on their resume.
What makes me laugh harder now, is when some of the “Cool” people from back in the day request me on FB. If they’re not a parent to 5+ kids, crazy weed smokers, still on “the block”, they’re are all the above!
**I’m waving my NERD flag high baby!!!
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My nerdiness has always been on a hundred thousand trillion; it is soooo bad. I used to call myself the “cool nerd”, not necessarily the kid who was picked last in dodgeball nor the kid who had “kick me” signs, but more like the nerdy girl who you wanted to copy HW from but she never let you so you respected her more over time. I take pride in how much ridiculously unnecessary knowledge I possess and can wax poetic in most social settings.
I love that nerds are chic these days so I feel like peeps like me were ahead of the game –
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I was a full on, stereotypical nerd in high school, and a Black high school at that: poor, socially-inept, vaguely misanthropic, artsy, dark and brooding, with ill-fitting clothes, coke-bottle glasses and a (single) parent that kept me pretty sheltered/locked down.
Then, senior year I acquired contacts and narcissism and became “cute” and “kinda fine” and, finally, Ivy-League bound…which, combined, made me sort of all right. Sort of.
Weird thing is (well maybe not so weird since weird is en vogue now), I’m pretty much the same as I was in hs (except a little less poor, with a better wardrobe and sense of humor), probably more so because I’m completely unapologetic about who I am and feel no need to assimilate.
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NERDS!!! NERDS!!! NERDS!!! NERDS!!!
As a fellow nerd with a bit of style, I must say that nerds are running everything these days that is important. In the corporate world they are just taking over and the start up world too.
I wish I was a more successful nerd.
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Yup, I’m a nerd. I read all the time, even science journals. I spout random facts about most subjects. I love cooking shows, procedural crime dramas (Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, NCIS, and CSI:NY). I like words (I get excited about looking them up in the dictionary, finding new shades of meaning, even saying certain words over and over again because I like how they feel when I say them).
I was never not a nerd. In high school it was pretty obvious, but I had a smidgen of social skills, so I wasn’t the nerdiest of nerds.
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I never thought I was nerd but as I think about my H.S days, I never quite fit in. My friends were popular but I was the quiet one. I also lived in the hood but wasn’t street smart like everyone else. I always spoke proper and didn’t understand slang. I think I got by because I dressed well.
Since I wasn’t street smart, it was very important for me to be book smart. I also enjoyed singing opera (I sung it pretty well) and finishing my h.W in time to watch Star Trek.
Outsiders considers me bougie but close friends and fam calls me a nerd.
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I was a nerd all my life. Not just because I wore glasses since I was like 7 but because I either always had the answers everyone needed, got high grades on certain tests you bombed, read A LOT of books, ehh. Idk you name it. Even the tape on glasses sh!t too. Then I just developed some muscle and I became the fearful nerd. I like nerds.
I have more to say but it’s not together yet.
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Anyone that keeps up with blogs / gadgets and are 30ish (meaning they spent significant child time without the net) is a nerd.
That would be me!
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Ha, I was definitely picked on in school for being nerdy/awkward/ etc and not fitting in. Now I’m tapping into the music and fashion industries and everyone thinks I’m cool.
It was so funny to me that I even wrote a song called “NUmi” that’s on my demo; and it’s about a dood now taking advantage of a girl he loved in high school, but didn’t pay attention to him back then.
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