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Surely both pocket protectors, which emphasize practicality over looks, and slide rules, an elegant tool for mathematical operations, ought to count as nerdy.
by julius_geezer 16y ago
Surely both pocket protectors, which emphasize practicality over looks, and slide rules, an elegant tool for mathematical operations, ought to count as nerdy.
- hugh3 16y agoIndeed, pocket protectors were very nerdy. They died out not because nerds stopped being nerdy, but because nerds became so slobby that they no longer wore shirts with pockets.