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CubaLibre
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 Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:48 pm |
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Socially awkward people are simply drawn to hobbies that feed on the same personality tropes that make them socially awkward. Hence, LARPers.
Anyway, aligning your self-identification with a pithy word like "nerd" means you probably have little of interest to say.
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CubaLibre
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:02 pm |
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Whoa dude, I didn't even like read half the thread. Those were just general statements not directed at anybody in particular, and certainly nobody at SB.
Obviously yes, labels (read: words) exist for a reason. But you know what I was saying.
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CubaLibre
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:24 pm |
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| rf wrote: |
| One of the things I like about being around nerdy people is that I can get away from the endless chatter about getting mundane desirables--a nice job, a sweet car--and talk about more interesting stuff. Yet, as the world has largely figured out, loving academics or business or tech as ends in themselves, rather than as means toward the sweet car/job/house, gives you a head start towards the car/job/house whether you want it or not. |
I think it's valuable to note that this is a sort of reverse generalization that's equally true and untrue. People always talk about what they care about. It's just that most people care about "normal stuff," and only a few people care about... nerdy stuff. Why nerdy stuff appeals to the people it appeals to is a deeper question, but it's hard to hold a conversation about someone's job or house or whatever against them. It's their life, after all.
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