Mar 17
So when you work for yourself the office can sometimes feel like a prison which is why escape is always a welcome prospect for me whenever it is offered. On Saturdays I have been making it a routine to visit the local bookstore with my fellow artist friend to sketch out some ideas and commit them to Adobe Illustrator. This Saturday the token loud, obnoxious nerd was in attendance spazzing uncontrollably in public as he and his fellow piglets recited lines from Ice Age – snorting uncontrollably in concert at their jokes. For everyone else it was unbearable and luckily I was saved by a pair of headphones and the music of Talib Kweli. The last occurrence was on my 3rd viewing of James Cameron’s Avatar when a bunch of these guys flowed in singing out loudly and shouting things that most adults would be embarrassed to admit they even know about.
So it makes me wonder, about you cute girls who wear the “I love nerds” t-shirts as if bravely proclaiming your acceptance of a normally rejected life-form to the world. Do you wear this because you happen to date a normal guy who happens to like and do nerdy things or do you really love nerds? I mean the REAL nerds, the guys that you could never bring home to daddy because daddy will more than likely pull you to the side and ask you “what the hell are you doing?” Hell if I was a dad I would have to give my daughter “the talk” for toting one of these guys home. But seriously ladies, are you bragging to the world that you date a nerd, or a pretend nerd? Wanna know the difference? I’ll explain.
If your man is a nerd he will turn into a literal jackass when he is congregated with more than one other nerd. Nerds are best taken in singles, you mix a couple in and you have a collective of losers that need their asses beat. If your guy stays a regular guy when he’s congregated then you probably shouldn’t be calling him a nerd. The word was, is and is meant to be derogatory – it literally means socially inept ie: being completely out of place in public. I love nerdy things, love to talk and discuss nerdy things but I 100% abhor nerds, with extreme full on prejudice. Not a fan of selfishly loud people and these guys always are. Now get one of them solo and sit down to an anime, cartoon or Star Wars and they are well behaved. Put him with a couple friends and you will be reaching for some acid to fling into their midst.
So when you are teasing your boyfriend for going on and on about how great a game company is or a sci-fi movie series, watch how you call him a nerd. He truly may not be, a nerd is the extreme right side of obnoxious, low hygiene and selfish. Keep that it mind, if anything call him a dork – it’s a bit different and more fitting.
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on March 19, 2010 - 11:08 pm
what about a geek? is “geek” okay to throw at him?
on March 20, 2010 - 9:41 am
Geek refers to somebody who is really, really into something to where it’s damn near obsessive. You have sports geeks who can rifle off stats, plays, players, historical facts about the Boston Celtics etc. etc. A geek takes a subject and goes into it a tad too much. So if your man is really, really into a subject or two then geek is appropriate. Geek isn’t necessarily negative, just look at Best Buy who chose to brand the title to their computer people. The Marksman is a geek.
on October 7, 2010 - 1:31 pm
I’m a completely socially inept loser, I also pretty much abhor “nerds”, so what you said offended me a bit. Being completely socially inept also means I have no friends, I consider myself closer to a dork though. I agree with what most of this article is saying though, girls need to stop saying “I love nerds”, that’s just wrong.
on May 20, 2011 - 12:36 am
I dislike the ‘I love nerds’ t-shirts. I always have. Though I have never had the misfortune to be around a group of nerds as you describe, (well, maybe one guy like that, but not in a group.) I just hate them because they just seem to be poking fun at the socially inept people that consider themselves ‘geeks, nerds or dorks’ and it’s horrible. That’s how I take those kinds of shirts, anyway, maybe I’m looking too much into it.
But it is a good question, WOULD they date those kinds of people?