If someone is being a pedantic asshole, it's enough to say that. > I think if anybody's equipped to usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness, it's othe

If someone is being a pedantic asshole, it's enough to say that. > I think if anybody's equipped to usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness, it's other nerds. I think my point is that calling someone a basement dweller or a neckbeard isn't useful. It doesn't help the point being made; it just insults the other person -- it stands out, in my mind, of nerd being thrown around as an insult in high school. And, no. I don't think nerds will usefully judge how people deploy their nerdiness.