When it comes to nerds the benefits outweigh the negatives but some people dont learn.
It's funny how true this is.
But I wonder. If someone is financially secure, has a flourishing social life and takes very good care of themselves... but will also sit down and marathon a series, would they still catch hate?
Personally, I don't think they would, and I suppose the only reason why some people who are considered 'nerds' get hated the way they do is due to the fact that they don't seem to be putting their time into something more 'valuable'. I mean there's a whole world out to explore, and a lot of those types would rather stay indoors instead of doing something new and exciting. Never mind the fact that some may not take care of themselves. So I get it. At the same time though, gotta let people live how they wanna live.
I hate pretentious people that label themselves nerds as if it's a badge of honor. Nerd simply equals having interests ur devoted to. History buff, sci-if nerd, otaku, gamer, whatever.
Being a nerd gets a negative connotation when u devote so much time to ur interest that you forsake cultivating real life necessary social skills. In many cases these hobbies initially were a way to escape from stressful social interaction anyway.
So a lot of so-called nerds develop a massive chip on their shoulder. They elevate their standards in a mate to massive proportions so that they can claim that they are alone b/c their standards are too high. They develop a deep set hatred towards the opposite sex of their own race not necessarily due to rejection ( b/c they don't approach people) but due to their unrealistic expectations that Beyoncé or Idris Elba is going to brush the orange stains off that faded WoW shirt, or lift up that roll of fat to get to that doofy ass heart of dubious gold on the inside. Nerds are all about expecting the world to see that even though they look like a 3 and act like a 2, they deserve a 10.
The most peculiar aspect of nerdism is the fact that they rarely go for their own counterparts in their own race. Lol! You put a male and a female nerd in a room together and they'll SWEAR that they've never met anyone like themselves so they HAD to go date out, right? They utilize racist ideas and stereotypes about the opposite sex of their own race to ultimate justify why they were never romantically successful. Dating out isn't necessarily about c00ning even tho they adopt c00n ideas to justify it. It's about trying to re-invent themselves to people of different races so as to find a mate and prove to those evil people in grade school that they are worthy. The hoops I've seen these people jump through to get with someone of another race is "damn Gina!"
When it doesn't work even with non-blk "perfection" (see IR divorce rates) some finally do some introspection. Others just come online and try to live like Gods. But even then that awkwardness, that lack social aptitude, that inability to connect shines through and u know Exxxxxactly what type of person ur dealing wit.
Shyt is fascinating.
I agree with this. I feel like, if a man or woman had their life in order, wasn't some nervous wreck in public (not even anxiety, just being outright disturbing to the point where folks look at you like "The fukk is wrong with them breh?
"), took care of themselves, knew how to conduct themselves in a social manner and had some really cool side-interests or hobbies, I don't think they'd even get so much hate. If at all. But a lot of people in general lack self-awareness, so you don't see transformations happen too often. And the transformed ones are usually the ones you would never expect.
So in essence, having 'geeky' interests isn't a bad thing in itself, it's just whether you fit the stereotypes or not.
