A problem with elitist nerds

[Peteron]

I'd rather sit in a room with a Justin Beiber fan who looks like Miley Cirus holding a hand bag with Lady GaGa's face on it than listen to an elitist nerd.

Now that I have you hooked, let me continue.

What is a nerd? By definition, a nerd is one who avidly pursues intellectual activities.

Now obviously the definition of nerd has changed over the years. Today, anyone and everyone can be a nerd. My dad stayed up all night playing Wii bowling just so he could score 300 points. What did I say to him when I heard him brag about his bowling score? "Dad, you're such a nerd!"

You can easily say anyone is a nerd nowadays.
What about the popular pretty boy in your school? Well most likely he does something you'd consider nerdy. Maybe he can work photoshop in ways you can't imagine, maybe he stays up all night doing speed runs on Mario Bros. Unless you get to know these people, you'll never know if they're a closet nerd or an open nerd.

Now, what's an elitist nerd?
An elitist nerd is one who has a "holier than thou" attitude towards almost everything. This nerd is the one you can't take to the movies because "mainstream stuff is shit", this is the person who thinks they're unpopular because they were "too busy studying/working" to care about that stuff, this is the person who hates any game that becomes popular because it's "not hardcore enough anymore".
In short, the elitist nerd is one who hates anything popular and most likely not popular in school because they didn't try to assert themselves

I hate to be buzzkillington, but hating everything doesn't make you cool, it kind of makes you a douche. I've been running into these people more and more and I want to punch them in the face. Especially when they ruin movies for me because they keep huffing and puffing during the whole damn thing. >_>

(I'm talking to you dickhole in Harry Potter who said the movie wasn't smart enough and you kept sighing loudly in my ear. If you didn't want to see the movie, DON'T go see it.

And this goes out to you too guy who laughed at me for purchasing Halo:Reach and saying "You need to learn how to play real games".)

Any questions, comments, concerns?

I agree with you, and honestly I know way to many. Its an incurable disease unfortunately.

 

[thedoclc]

This elitist nerd sounds a lot like a hipster.
I hate hipsters.
Right there with you. The only thing that's worse is an elitist nerd that has no idea what he's talking about, but will spew nonsense until your ears can bear it no more. Sometimes it's okay to admit, "we'll I've never seen this, or played that, so I can't really pass judgment. Why don't you inform me about this subject so that I may become more knowledgeable about said subject."
People talk funny when I do voices for them in my head.

Quoted for truth.

Agreed, but there's an equally annoying pair of other dips who need to stop.

In academia, among those nerds who actually do science or scholarship, there's a base disapproval for their colleagues and associates who also like other nerdy things, especially pulpier sci-fi or the like. This is just as silly as the know-nothing dip who plays fantasy football, but then screams at those who prefer a wargame or an RPG.

But the absolutely dipshittiest nerd is the one who reads sci-fi or new age or conspiracy theory and thinks this qualifies them to criticize science nerds as if they had a clue about real science.

Of course, I usually think of such people as those who troll reality.

Edit: Ooo, and let me add FPS players who think they actually know something about armed combat, warfare, and shooting technique because of the games, and rhythm game players who think they know real music. I -love- Rockband and Guitar Hero; this does not make me a guitarist, nor does it qualify me to talk about the actual act of playing guitar.