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What actually happened is that a superficial image of the nerd/geek culture has been appropriated by "our" former bullies. The popularity of "I fucking love sc
by kitsune_ 13y ago
What actually happened is that a superficial image of the nerd/geek culture has been appropriated by "our" former bullies.
The popularity of "I fucking love science" or "BBT" doesn't mean shit in this context. There was a short polemic essay [1] by Maddox about this phenomena.
The same topic is discussed in the video "You're Not such a Nerd: Commodification of Nerd and Gamer Sub-culture" [2]
[1] http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=youre_not_a_nerd http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=youre_not_a_nerd
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7A5OgfP4NA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7A5OgfP4NA