Being a nerd is officially cool.
Video games are widespread, superheroes are mainstream, and Jediism is the seventh most popular religion in the UK.
I guess people have finally figured out that nerds rule the world, and they’re
eager to get a slice of the action. Except that this new, mainstream nerdiness
is an insult to us purist nerds. After all, part of the experience of being ageek is the social ostracism.
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| There's more to being a nerd than writing on your hand with Sharpie and inadvertently becoming an internet meme. |
Everyone is welcome to be a nerd. I
genuinely hope that one day people can feel the same unique combination of joy
and shame I feel when buying My Little
Pony figures. At the same time, every one has a little bit of hipster in
them. We all want to feel unique, and we don’t want to do things just because
they’re popular. So when the things I like do
become popular, but most of the fans are shallow people looking to fit in,
I feel cheated. Do I need to get over it? Probably. Will I? Hey, part of being
a nerd is socially unacceptable passion.
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| A much better depiction of what it means to be a nerd. |
So what can we do about these
fair-weather fans? Since I don’t have an answer, I’ll have to make do with
sarcasm and irony. Until then, you can weed out your fake nerd friends by taking my ULTIMATE NERD TEST!
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