What qualify's who in being a nerd?

[Cavernio]

Sounds like you should go into some sort of social science and study that shit NoSoMan

[spidersilva]

Originally Posted by who_cares973

lmao are you an anorexic woman by any chance?


this is how i have always seen it.

lol a anorexic woman? hahahah, naw man what makes you think that?

[Emithith]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

IMO it's an older stereotype. "Nerd" and "geek" used to be interchangeable for a long time, but with technology becoming more of a presence in our lives, the jargon split off once people noticed that there were really two types of dorks, here -- the kind who can actually do amazing shit, and the kind who are just obsessed over niche things. The scrawny-dork stereotype still exists in either category, but my point is that it's no longer an automatic assumption.

^this.
I do also have to say that even when they do use the word, the people I asked what they mean by that (I honestly didn't know the difference, myself..) and they couldn't explain the difference for the life of them.

[uijeongbu]

I believe a "nerd" is any person who follows their own path through life and doesn't quite fit into the "norm", but if needed can conform to meet the needs of any given situation. "Bill Gates" would be considered a nerd.

I believe that the term "geek" would qualify the person as any annoying individual who appears to be clueless to the everyday "normal" person. The fictitious character "Napoleon Dynamite" would fit into this profile.



I consider myself to be a "nerd" due to these facts:

My interests differ from the majority.
I am an anti-social (yet I talk to everyone) individual.
I am not a follower.
I don't like sports.
I don't drink.
I don't smoke.
I'm not interested in changing who i am for anyone.
(Yes, there are "nerds" in the Army)

[Emithith]

Originally Posted by cornmaker

nerds have their own world whether cool or not. they define a person nerd because they are unusual, unique and very different from most of the people.

:C I don't mean to be shoving you out of the conversation, but could you look at the timestamps before you bump 3-4 CTs?