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> Going to the gym in itself is still not a 'nerdy' activity. Neither is moving pieces on a chess board until you start to obsess over it, read about it in you
by skizm 12y ago
> Going to the gym in itself is still not a 'nerdy' activity.
Neither is moving pieces on a chess board until you start to obsess over it, read about it in your free time, track your progress as a player, and constantly try and improved yourself as a chess player. No activity is really "intrinsically nerdy" (whatever that means), that's why I said "if you approach it the right way".
- justathrow2k 12y agoStill, society generally views playing chess as being nerdy, no matter how involved you are with it. They don't make these distinctions you're making. Whether or not they're accurate in their description is another discussion entirely, but I think we can all understand this in the context of the conversation.