Comments on: It’s 2009, Maybe Time To Retire The Term “Nerd”? https://fort90.com/its-2009-maybe-time-to-retire-the-term-nerd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-2009-maybe-time-to-retire-the-term-nerd The homebase of Matthew Hawkins Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Chad https://fort90.com/its-2009-maybe-time-to-retire-the-term-nerd/#comment-213173 Chad Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:11:07 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=669#comment-213173 To me, nerd has always just been shorthand for anyone who is prone to fixation and introversion. To me, nerd has always just been shorthand for anyone who is prone to fixation and introversion.

]]> By: Jenny DevilDoll https://fort90.com/its-2009-maybe-time-to-retire-the-term-nerd/#comment-212367 Jenny DevilDoll Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:44:22 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=669#comment-212367 Ha ha, my bassist told me I lost "nerd points" one night because I didn't know what "rolled a 20" meant! I see your nameless friends point on the difference between real nerds and idealized ones. Like a few months ago when NY Press ran some feature on nerds and everyone they featured was a young attractive person from either Williamsburg or Greenpoint with some sort of cool publishing or tech job--they just all happened to wear glasses. I think what needs to be retired maybe is the idea that glasses=nerd. Show me an obese 40 year old virgin living in Mom's basement and getting together once a week for a sausage party online game fest and then we'll talk, NY Press! Ha ha, my bassist told me I lost “nerd points” one night because I didn’t know what “rolled a 20″ meant!

I see your nameless friends point on the difference between real nerds and idealized ones. Like a few months ago when NY Press ran some feature on nerds and everyone they featured was a young attractive person from either Williamsburg or Greenpoint with some sort of cool publishing or tech job–they just all happened to wear glasses. I think what needs to be retired maybe is the idea that glasses=nerd. Show me an obese 40 year old virgin living in Mom’s basement and getting together once a week for a sausage party online game fest and then we’ll talk, NY Press!

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