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No. 37968
YubYub
17th May 2012 Thursday 6:30 pm
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>>37964
This. I'd be more inclined to say that nerds aren't subjugated, it's just that people typically categorised as nerds are more likely to exhibit the characteristics tending to an asocial life. I think nerd-mocking stops after school, for the most part.
Once everyone hits adult age those sentiments typically get called anti-intellectualism, but as >>37958 points out, nerds certainly aren't always intellectual. There was also a really great post in /b/ in a thread about the unsung merits of introverts. The rebuttal that poster gave is here: >>/b/297853. You have to admit, he has an excellent point.
There really shouldn't be a 'nerd pride', if only because the word has been so devalued. What I would like to see happen is maybe for people to reel it in with the hyper-normative behaviour. I swear the amount of jaws I've dropped by telling them I don't have a Facebook or don't get smashed every weekend despite being a student is going into triple digits.
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