Existential Comics
Nerd culture is funny because it fooled an entire generation into thinking that if you liked sci-fi and disliked sports, that somehow made you smart.
Mar 22 at 4:49pmWeb
Show threadYoraMar 22
@existentialcomics It's necessary, but not sufficient.
Show threadCap YbarraMar 22
@existentialcomics definitely some correlation-for-causation-mistaking happening there
Show threadThree plus or minus fiveMar 22
@existentialcomics In my generation (X) it was not this. Rather, smart kids and those who wouldn’t fit in were ostracized and bullied. Sport was a special case for extra belittling and bullying, so we developed no love for it.
Show threadChao-c'Mar 22
@ThreeSigma @existentialcomics yes. when I was young, nerds were not really the cool kids. It came too late for me.
Show threadebrumMar 23
@xChaos @ThreeSigma @existentialcomics nerds have never been the cool kids in any generation
Show threadLeonardo FontenelleMar 22
@existentialcomics I remember a unitedstatesian living in Germany saying how difficult of was for Germans to grasp the concept of a "nerd", because, there, liking engineering had nothing to do with being socially inept or ostracized.
Show threadPaul Wilde    Mar 22
@existentialcomics if your employed or contracted nerd enjoys sports more than sci-fi you should cease all dealings with them immediately
Show threadAN/CRM-114Mar 23
@existentialcomics brought to you by the country that fooled itself into thinking that if you liked sports teams, that made you an athlete
Show threadЯ⊛ḶḶ model ☭Mar 23

@existentialcomics

this is a realtively new misconception; birthed, no doubt, by the inconscianble popularity of 'the big bang theory.'