Warsie
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| pensieve wrote: | | They are some people I look up to as cool and want to be like them. It's Sydney so they're arty, into music and probably a little geeky. But they sure dress well. |
THOSE ARE HIPSTERS. THEY ARE NOT NERDS.
Every time someone refers to themselves as a "nerd" or "geek" I straight-up go "he's a hipster".
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IdahoRose
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I've never been called a "nerd" or a "geek" before. I'm not very into sci-fi/fantasy, math, or computers.
However... I do have one nerdy/geeky hobby, and that's anime. Loved it ever since the Pokemon craze of the 90s. I'm not obsessed with it like I was when I was a child or teenager - I just watch it occasionally these days and there is no specific series that I'm really into - but it still has a massive impact on my artwork and imagination.
But despite my fondness for Japanese cartoons, I consider myself a fan of Johnny Depp's movies above all else. Which is actually a pretty mainstream thing to be into, but the sheer intensity of my obsession may veer it into geeky territory, I don't know. I do know that drawing pics of Johnny Depp characters in an anime style, and said characters cosplaying as characters from various anime series is kind of geeky, which I do.  |
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pensieve
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Warsie wrote: | | pensieve wrote: | | They are some people I look up to as cool and want to be like them. It's Sydney so they're arty, into music and probably a little geeky. But they sure dress well. |
THOSE ARE HIPSTERS. THEY ARE NOT NERDS.
Every time someone refers to themselves as a "nerd" or "geek" I straight-up go "he's a hipster". |
Thanks for the warning. I think some are but some could be legit. I come from both the emo and indie scenes and kind of am in the stuck-in-the-1970s rock scene. When you're in a music scene you can't help but dress the part.
You never know just by looking at someone if they're a hipster or not. I could get called one but I know nothing about it. I chose square glasses because I didn't want to look like Harry Potter if I got the cheap round ones, and people still call me Harry Potter.
Hipsters look like they come from a catalogue shoot, while people in the music scene have a grittier look.
Maybe those people were hipsters or maybe they just had a certain style. I guess I should stop feeling jealous.
I'm surrounded by jazz/art people, older than me, and I don't see a lot of people around my age and hardly know what they wear. When I see them it looks like a mixture of emo, indie and club scene. But that look had to come from somewhere and I think it's what most of the rock bands dressed like.
As of now I woke up with my hair like the tenth Doctor from Doctor Who. People probably think 'that damn hipster' but I just want to look like the tenth Doctor and this hair is impossible to brush flat.
Oh God, I am Harry Potter.
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bruinsy33
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I am certainly perceived as weird ,I don't think I ever came off as being ''nerdy''.I have always been very fit and athletic but I was definitely labelled as ''weird'' or eccentric.
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Jacob12
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| Ah, so I'm not totally alone. I guess some people see "nerd" as derogatory, and some see it as a badge of pride. Why the difference? |
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Jacob12
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I know this thread is kind of old, but I had another question pop into my head.
If you weren't or aren't a nerd, then what were you? |
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lady_katie
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| No way, I'm NOTHING like that...not a geek, not a nerd, not a "gamer", etc. I'm of average intelligence, and am right brained so my talents mostly revolve around my artistic abilities. I love recreation, like camping, hiking, etc. And I guess you would call me one of those "cool girls" who like to build things (yes, with power tools) - not a geek! |
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DrPenguin
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I'm a bit of a nerd and proud of it. I'm a scientist, love computers and have AS traits. Never really got me down as I realised that in 10 years its going to be the intelligent people changing the world, making money and who are employing the jocks and that all the cool things/fashions will be out of date.
As a 6'2" ex rugby player I rarely get called a nerd to my face though, its usually only if a bloke is trying to put me down to a woman. I always laugh and say something like "yes I'm a nerd, I'm intelligent, charming and funny but being hung like a donkey helps, and I don't mean a shetland pony like X" (the person who tried putting me down). Plus the 'individualist groups hate it when you point out they all dress the same, act the same and listen to the same music etc. Intelligence and a quick mouth can help (even if you have to pre think the comments like I do).
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Raziel
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Me neither.
I rather feel stupid sometimes, eventhough other people keep telling me I'm smart and when I stard correcting them, they sometimes think, I'm just arrogant.
But I truly belive that I have a form of something that you could consider as "smartness", but also at least one form of learning disability, what makes me impossible to understand the world like most people do.
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Colinn
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:43 am Post subject: |
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| I've never believed in the stereotype of a nerd. Typically this label is assigned to those that don't quite fit in with the "normal" requirements, what is normal anyway? People tend to use this condescending label as a way of saying their interests and way of life is better. Life is about the joys you get out of it personally, we are ALL different and have different interests and things we enjoy. I would rather be an individual than conform with a label/group. |
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Freak-Z
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:07 am Post subject: |
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| Sigh, even here nerds and geeks are looked down upon. |
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CyclopsSummers
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| Freak-Z wrote: | | Sigh, even here nerds and geeks are looked down upon. |
>waves frantically from a table< Quick! Come over here to the nerd table! It's the big one in the middle that looks like a dining room table, filled with lavish brain food!
But seriously, I know that this thread is for the non-nerdy Aspies... and I can fully understand how that stereotype can be annoying if you don't identify as a nerd. I've encountered similar stereotypes related to my bisexuality and my Caribbean heritage which I didn't conform to. So yeah, even though I'm a nerd and proud of it, I support the notion of divorcing autism from the nerd/geek stereotype.
I'm mostly nerdy with regard to my special interests and some popcultural thingies. Not particularly good at maths or computers. When it comes to science, I'm mostly interested in living structures and organisms (biology), only a glancing knowledge of physics or chem.
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| Jacob12 wrote: | I know this thread is kind of old, but I had another question pop into my head.
If you weren't or aren't a nerd, then what were you? |
For the most part throughout school I was the person or one of the people that didn't fit in...so outcast, loser, loner(not by choice) whatever you'd call that. Even the 'nerds' didn't like me.
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Jacob12
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| Colinn wrote: | | I've never believed in the stereotype of a nerd. Typically this label is assigned to those that don't quite fit in with the "normal" requirements, what is normal anyway? People tend to use this condescending label as a way of saying their interests and way of life is better. Life is about the joys you get out of it personally, we are ALL different and have different interests and things we enjoy. I would rather be an individual than conform with a label/group. |
You bring up a good point. Is it just a condescending label used by people who want to feel superior? Or is there something to it? Personally, I'm thinking that all labels, jock, prep, whatever, are all kind of condescending. They box people into stereotypes, without regard for their individual personality. But at the same time, it's natural that people with the same interests would congregate together. Those labels didn't come out of nowhere. |
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| Does anyone really identify with the word "nerd"? I mean it is rather negative. I don't identify with it, even though I have poor social skills and am into "nerdy" hobbies like video games and game design. |
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