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Is it good to call someone "Nerd"?
Yes
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I am a nerd
OP is a nerd
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Mr SuperAwesome
Apr 6, 2011

im from the bad post police, and i'm afraid i have bad news
My friends always use "nerd" to describe an intelligent person,but when I searched I found that it's not really a good word.

"A foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious."

I've become so confused with this word. Is it good or bad??

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power botton
Nov 2, 2011

haven't you ever heard of the "n-word" before?

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
no, nerds are bad again.

Maximum Leader
Dec 5, 2014
fcuk u

Mr SuperAwesome
Apr 6, 2011

im from the bad post police, and i'm afraid i have bad news
http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/107687/is-it-good-to-call-someone-nerd lol

Mr SuperAwesome
Apr 6, 2011

im from the bad post police, and i'm afraid i have bad news
Nowadays it can be good or bad. In the past it was inherently bad, but it has undergone the phenomenon of reappropriation, which causes insults to become a "badge of honour" for the insulted group.

In my personal experience, nerd was an insult most (~ 90%) of the time until the mid-late 2000s, when the concept of a "nerd culture" became surprisingly popular. Of course, nerd as "person who follows nerd culture" and nerd as "person who studies too much" do not always overlap.

Salt Fish
Sep 11, 2003

Cybernetic Crumb
The rules work like the n-word but of course much less extreme.

Salt Fish
Sep 11, 2003

Cybernetic Crumb

Yospos is the forum for good posts.

power botton
Nov 2, 2011

Salt Fish posted:

much less extreme.

this is unfortunately up for debate with the constant SJW poo poo that permeates society

Salt Fish
Sep 11, 2003

Cybernetic Crumb

power botton posted:

this is unfortunately up for debate with the constant SJW poo poo that permeates society

Uh, I don't think so Tim.

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them

indigi posted:

no, nerds are bad again.

actuakly nerds is cool now

power botton
Nov 2, 2011

jocks are pumping our gas now

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

avoid the noid

George
Nov 27, 2004

No love for your made-up things.
now nerds are saying a bunch of nasty, violent garbage online and jocks are kneeling for the national anthem

hth

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

power botton posted:

haven't you ever heard of the "n-word" before?

see n-word tape:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZEdDMQZaCU

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes



*folds up and puts away "nerds are sexy" shirt"

another time, old friend

Zaxxon
Feb 14, 2004

Wir Tanzen Mekanik

indigi posted:

no, nerds are bad again.

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?

bump_fn posted:

actuakly nerds is cool now

George posted:

now nerds are saying a bunch of nasty, violent garbage online and jocks are kneeling for the national anthem

hth

the alt-right is all nerds. the hypersensitive bougie white tumblr liberal is all nerds. nerds are bad, and they should be ashamed of themselves

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
hot girl puts on glasses and watches captain america

*im such a nerd*

poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?
theyre just jealous because theyre not as smart as you

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them
bazonza

OldAlias
Nov 2, 2013

i only know of nerds to use the nerd word on others as self deprecation

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes



The Management posted:

hot girl puts on glasses and watches captain america

*im such a nerd*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EMXRAWWiBw

LP0 ON FIRE
Jan 25, 2006

beep boop
if a girl calls you a nerd, she likes u

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes



if uve ever had sex i think that makes u not a nerd maybe even a Cool Guy unless the lady was also a nerd but i don't know what the rules r then

power botton
Nov 2, 2011

Cat Face Joe posted:

if uve ever had sex i think that makes u not a nerd maybe even a Cool Guy unless the lady was also a nerd but i don't know what the rules r then

im a nerd about sex. can't stop reading blog posts about it. big sex nerd.

angry_keebler
Jul 16, 2006

In His presence the mountains quake and the hills melt away; the earth trembles and its people are destroyed. Who can stand before His fierce anger?
if someone calls me a nerd i will take revenge on them

i guess what i'm saying is, you could call it nerd revengance

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

George posted:

now nerds are saying a bunch of nasty, violent garbage online and jocks are kneeling for the national anthem

hth

The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

The Management posted:

hot girl puts on glasses and watches captain america

*im such a nerd*

*plays dota (badly) on twitch in front of a wall of action figures with the camera aimed down her shirt*

*gets $3000 in donations a day*

Share Bear
Apr 27, 2004

I've hosed!

*watches anime and twitch streams on linux 12 hours a day, is not a nerd!!! nope*

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

The_Franz posted:

*plays dota (badly) on twitch in front of a wall of action figures with the camera aimed down her shirt*

*gets $3000 in donations a day*

that's not a nerd, that's a smart woman exploiting the small brains of gamers by pretending to be something. if morons are willing to throw money at you for having breasts and touching a controller then it is your duty to take it from them.

George
Nov 27, 2004

No love for your made-up things.

The Management posted:

that's not a nerd, that's a smart woman exploiting the small brains of gamers by pretending to be something. if morons are willing to throw money at you for having breasts and touching a controller then it is your duty to take it from them.

word, but if she's like 15 im still gonna be worried about the whole thing

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




oh. is twitch bad?

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Displeased Moo Cow posted:

oh. is twitch bad?

holy poo poo you're not wrong

The_Franz posted:

*plays dota (badly) on twitch in front of a wall of action figures with the camera aimed down her shirt*

*gets $3000 in donations a day*

Encrypted
Feb 25, 2016

The Management posted:

hot girl puts on glasses and watches captain america

*im such a nerd*

same, watching big bang theory and use the internet at home also makes me a total nerd too

big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-
i identify strictly as a dork, get hosed nerds

Bored Online
May 25, 2009

We don't need Rome telling us what to do.
better to be a nerd than a geek

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Dongslayer. posted:

better to be a nerd than a geek

i agree with this

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




where do you all stand with dweebs, dweebs?

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Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

What is the Matrix 🌐? We just don't know 😎.


Buglord

Sagebrush posted:

i agree with this

what about circus geeks

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