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Weren't a nerd in school, then, were you?
by pekk 14y ago
Weren't a nerd in school, then, were you?
- irishcoffee 14y agoSome of the most popular people I knew in high school went on to full rides at Stanford, Harvard, UNC, and the like. Being a "nerd" means what? Because it has no correlation to intelligence, and is purely a social label, generally self-inflected/self-assumed. Edit: public high school
- JacksonGariety 14y agoGoing to Stanford or Harvard certainly doesn't make you a "nerd". Quite the opposite in fact.
- unalone 14y agoHahaha, what?
- irishcoffee 14y agoThat was my point. =))
- jaredsohn 14y ago>Being a "nerd" means what? The definition that I like is a nerd is someone who is good at something but lacks social skills. This is in contrast to a geek (excels at something and has social skills), a dork (doesn't excel and has no social skills) and a normie (doesn't excel but has social skills.)
- jmduke 14y agoWhat does this mean? I programmed and played video games in high school. I prioritized academics over everything. I sometimes ruined the curve (in some classes because I was actually gifted, in some classes in spite of the fact that I was terrible). I drank on weekends. I played -- and enjoyed playing -- sports. I hung out with kids who wore football uniforms, with kids who had disgustingly massive gauges, with kids who wore fedoras. Am I a nerd? I thought so. Other people thought so.
- enraged_camel 14y agoYou were clearly a child prodigy. Good at academics and social life.
- ahage16 14y agoSometimes I think I am the only nerd who never had a traumatic high school experience. Sure, I never got along with the jocks, but I never really wanted to either. I was perfectly happy hanging out with my nerd friends.