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Or to look at it another way, the 2010s were when the people belittled as nerds came into the workforce en masse. Those born in the 80s and 90s and grew up livi
by Dalewyn 3y ago
Or to look at it another way, the 2010s were when the people belittled as nerds came into the workforce en masse. Those born in the 80s and 90s and grew up living and breathing computers.
The nerds were now in their 20s and 30s, so when the 50s and 60s geezers called them nerds as always the response was "Yeah. I'm a nerd and I'm making money while you're slated for retirement. Problem?" and the term became an identity for those generations.
Whatever we're calling the Z-ers today, they will do to us what we did to those who called us nerds.
- lolinder 3y agoWas "nerd" something that was used as an intergenerational label? In my experience (USA) abuse towards "nerds" invariably came from peers, so I don't think it's a question of a generation of nerds growing up—in the generation that entered the workforce in the 2010s nerds were firmly a minority. What I'm seeing is that starting in the mid-2010s the number of high schoolers who identify as nerds has gone up dramatically, to the point where from what I've observed even the popular kids who end up surrounded with their own gang are about as likely to call themselves a nerd and engage in stereotypical nerdy activities as they are to be the football players.
- Dalewyn 3y agoI'd say that's a consequence of the nerd generation entering the workforce. The kids today see the nerds working "cool" jobs at "cool" employers like Microsoft, Google, etc. and become goals to strive to. Granted, that impression is probably on its way out with how much reputation/"cool factor" the tech industry is losing in recent years.