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Nerd is a badge of pride. Nerd is less cooler than Geek. Nerd is more cooler than Geeks. Nerd can mean any social rank you want. Just let it go.
by kiba 12y ago
Nerd is a badge of pride. Nerd is less cooler than Geek. Nerd is more cooler than Geeks.
Nerd can mean any social rank you want.
Just let it go.
- Hobotron1 12y agoIt seems indicative of hostility and disdain- an unsubstantiated dismissal. And regardless of how you see it, plenty of people associate it with being mercilessly bullied. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJyMT4ZVQEc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJyMT4ZVQEc
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- cousin_it 12y agoI often hear that people should treat slurs as badges of pride, like "bastard" in Game of Thrones. Is that strategy ever successful? Can you name any group in history that managed to reclaim a slur? I can't, so that seems like a losing strategy. The winning strategy is to come up with a better sounding name for the group, and then marginalize anyone who keeps using the slur.
- jessaustin 12y agoI think "queer" has been claimed. I haven't heard it used offensively in a long time. [EDIT: I'm not in that group, so perhaps my impressions are skewed, but twenty years ago I heard it all the time.]
- dingus33 12y agoYeah, my jew friends call each other kikes and own it. They're all millionaires now.