Nerds: Who Are We, And When Can We Call Someone a Nerd?

I realised officially what a nerd I am on the 15th of February 2012, when I was in Greece for holidays. I went to the theater with my two Greek friends....alright they're not exactly my friends, but when everyone else says ''no'' for a movie and these two guys say ''yes', you hang out with them just for that.

So we went to watch Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace in 3D with our tickets already booked 2 weeks ago (yes that's me below holding my ticket which I have kept since then) . I was always obsessed with Star Wars but that night, while we were hanging out there, I saw lots of other people who, like me, had an above average passion and knowledge about the adventures of Luke, Leia, Han and their gay robot.

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While we were watching the first scene in the Jedi Council, I was one of the few who noticed that the puppet Yoda from the 1999 version, was replaced by a computer generated Yoda. And I was probably the only one being so enthusiastic about it.

And this is the substance of being a nerd. To be happy, pissed, anrgy and fight or read about things that have actually no effect or importance in your life to the point where you leave behind other things that have real importance.

Nerds: Who Are We, And When Can We Call Someone a Nerd?

Stereotypes about guys who wear ugly clothes, big broken glasses repaired with tape and can't get laid are cute in stupid comedy movies from the 80's, but they're not true and as we will see, many people can earn the title of ''Nerd'' with the same criteria no matter how much they don't want to accept it.

Let's take for example car lovers. People who find it socially acceptable to cover a car with 200 different stickers of companies that make car parts which the car in question doesn't have. These guys will never be professional racers but they know all the details about their favourite car, which they read in ''Max Power'' or ''Top Gear''. Excuse, but isn't this the same thing with a group of pale kids playing ''Dungeons and Drangons'' in the basement of their house?

-Hey dude, my car has a Super All Wheel Control!

-Yeah dude, but you know what dude? My car has a Turbocharged Mivec Engine!

-Yeah dude, but dude, my car can call Pikatchu and give your car +100 damage with every critical hit dude!

When I see scenes like this, I want to get between those guys and throw them a stack of ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' cards in the face. And don't forget that car lovers collect miniatures of their favourite cars, they wake up at 3 o'clock in the morning to watch live the F1 race in Japan and they visit exhibitions to see the top cars and hot chicks in sports uniforms. Hmmm.... sexy girls in sports uniforms. I have seen this before, but where? Ah yes! A ''Comic Con'' convention! In other words.... NEEEERDS!

Nerds: Who Are We, And When Can We Call Someone a Nerd?

Another example. Rugby/Football/Soccer fans. Our dear armchair coaches.

A Trekkie can tell you in which ''Star Trek'' episode, Spock lifted his left eyebrow instead of the right. But even this is a drop in the ocean compared to the sheer knowledge of useless informations that a Soccer fan can provide you. And YES! These informations are USELESS! The importance of the match between Real Madrid against Manchester United in 1987 is on the same level with the fight of John Matrix against Bennet in ''Commando''.

And let's admit that the support someone is giving to ''his'' team is based on random criteria. No one ever sat down and started to study all teams and compare them to see which one suits him better. The team you will support is not determined by some study you made. It is determinded by your dad and how much you want to be against him or not.

And the success of ''your'' team has no direct value for your life, unless you have placed bets on a match where you're about to win or lose money. The problem is that some teams have been created to win!

Germany's best groups for example. ''BVB Dortmund'' and ''FC Bayern''. Two companies with the most money that win every year the championships. This is the same thing with sitting at a Black Jack table and support the dealer.

And one more thing. If you have bought T-Shirts of your favourite team and wear them on your daily routine, outside of the stadium, you're such a nerd that even Jerome Flynn must put on a college jacket and hang you by your underpants on a footlocker. Soccer fans think for some reason that a Trekkie wearing a Trek T-Shirt is the weird guy who can't get a girlfriend, but if he changes the Trek T-Shirt with a ''BVB Dortmund'' T-Shirt he becomes a cool guy.

Nerds: Who Are We, And When Can We Call Someone a Nerd?

Concluding, what I want to say is that it is not the hobby that makes someone a nerd, but the way he/she is dealing with it. Anyone can enjoy a movie with an adventure of Luke Skylwalker, Frodo Baggins, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones or Batman. But you must be a nerd to know the whole universe where these Heroes belong.

My final message is:

I am Optimus Prime! And I send this message to all nerds worldwide! Soccer fans who fall into depression when their team loses, car lovers who argue every day about cars, fashion girls who are obsessed with the latest series of Victoria's Secret bra and panties, porn addicted guys who can tell you the Top 100 best porn stars, board game geeks who spend a whole night to write homemade rules for the latest ''Axis & Allies'' game! Say it loud and with pride! I am a NERD! Come to the Dark Side! JOIN US!

Nerds: Who Are We, And When Can We Call Someone a Nerd?

UNITE THE CLANS!

Nerds: Who Are We, And When Can We Call Someone a Nerd?


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  • I'm affectionately known as a nerd because I love books and gaming. I take no offense to it :)

  • cute guy with great personality: awesome
    cute guy with great presonality who will play video games with me until the sun rises: +1000000 SIGN ME THE FUCK UP

    • wow. you're a rare diamond.

    • I love gaming and because of the timezone differences the sun will rise for you when i stop gaming xD

    • She's no diamond people. Sorry. She is an unicorn made of rare isotopes of unexistanium!

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  • Yeah this is the definition of a nerd: passionate to the point of obsession about something.

  • *looks around to see if anyone is watching*
    lh3.googleusercontent.com/.../1zqvhpl.jpg.gif

    Just kidding, that was a good Take! I now wear the badge of nerd in pride :P

    • hahahahaha gotta love Homer Simpson! This gif is saved!

  • Here here, geeks and nerds come in different shapes and sizes and looks. I myself am a dork, its like a nerd but dorkier and more of a goof. I have my cool cat moments, sorry for the old 70s reference and i have my nerdy moments lol

  • No one guesses I am nerdy in any way but I am kind of a secret nerd. ex I know how to play Magic the gatheing

  • I absolutely LOVE the Star Wars franchise.
    Does being a music nerd count as well?

  • s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/.../...2d29eaaa09.jpg
    It's getting more pointless to make fun of people like us with technological innovation being what it is these days

  • once upon a time it was nerdy to own a computer. it was also socially unacceptable to reveal using it for the internet. circa 1994

  • I always thought what you're describing are "geeks" and that "nerds" where the stereotypical academic types.

  • Ain't nothing wrong with having a passion for something.
    Anyone who doesn't is a lousy person.

  • I am not a nerd.

  • I know I am a nerd, Books, anime and comics are life!


  • Today it is trendy. And any imbecile who likes Star Wars or Game of thrones claim to be one and if you look good, you'll become a novelty.
    But lets stop this hole shit and think, remeber when you laughed at that guy at school because he was into pokémon instead of sports? remeber those guys who got bullied for playing with a circuit board or paper planes during class? Yes, now THEY are the new hot. YES, it sounds absurd to me as well. Seriously people, "nerdy" is becoming a fashion these days but you merely adopted it. I was born in it, molded by it. SCORNED by it. So STFU.
    Many of you probably bullied someone in life for the nerdiness you claim to like

    • As far as I can remember EVERY kid loved Pokemon. Even teenagers.

    • Back in my school, it was not a good sign. We had to do it in secret, we had to arrange some serious schemes to not get caught. Because the mockery would be hard for those seen with them cards. i was a master at the schemes.

    • that sounds horrible. nothing like in my school.

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  • Some people have tried calling me a geek/nerd but I'm actually a gamer there is a huge difference. I just have a really good memory so I remember what I watch on tv. By the way your a geek, Nerds are poeple who are socially awkward because of their inelegance. Because of this they often spend their time alone watching their favorite thing. So they learn to much about it.

  • Nerds scare me bc you don't know what they're thinking

    • But if some man like, lets say, Christian Grey approaches you, you find it sexy and you become as wet as a waterfall no matter how creepy he is.

    • Nerds creepy me out O. O

    • LOL only if you knew what we think... you would be surprised... specially about girls around us

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  • Most of us don't fit in "Nerd" "Jock" categorys.
    I was/am socially awkward I think I get sensory over load (I pick up on to much so my brain has a lot to deal with) and also very good at and enjoy playing sports ruining, rugby, athletics, American football (not as good as rugby ), rowing etc I'm very competative but get bored watching them though.
    My interests are all strongly scientific mathematical, or technical
    I enjoy sci fi and anime but don't read comics I don't care if the lore isn't consistent as long as its fast paced and good to watch can get my adenalin going.
    Id say to me part of being classed as "nerdy" is when you care about something that doesn't matter
    it may be passionately caring how some football team dose that no one you know plays for witch a of of people do.
    or making a fuss because a sci fi film isn't like the comics or anime isn't true to the manga even if its better with the changes they made.

  • You spelled Pikachu wrong. And you call yourself a nerd.

  • "jocks" are way better haha

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    • @Fearless_banana lmaoo

  • GAG is full of nerds

    • @LucasGaribaldi #hawt. Matches the image i had of the take owner

    • the guy on the pic above? hahahah found it so funny just wanted to post:) Nerd+happiness