The whole "nerd" stigma always confused me. I was never really a full part of any clique in school, I could fit in anywhere. I never really got shit for hanging out with the nerds, or reading during class or study hall, or for playing video games and talking about them. Maybe it's because I balanced it out with being good at sports and obsessing over Pantera or something, I don't know, but it wasn't just me; I barely even saw it in school. And where I did see it, I sort of felt it was almost justified. The nerds in my school weren't just socially inept, they were outright annoying and it seemed like they just recycled the same conversations. They were just as likely to have a go at the athletic kids as the athletic kids were to have one at them. A few of them smelled bad; no, I'm not exaggerating. They really did, I don't know why. They were unpleasant people to be around, and if it weren't for the lack of good information about games and me not having anyone else to talk comics with, even I probably wouldn't have wanted to bother. Really, they were just as big jerks as everyone else, they were just more socially inept and less athletic.
I don't know, maybe they got more bullying than I did because I wasn't fully a member of the crew or something and I just didn't notice. The thought makes me feel bad, if I turned a blind eye towards it, I didn't mean to.
On the other hand, I got a ton of shit during my straightedge days, so I guess I didn't come out unscathed either.
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I don't know, maybe they got more bullying than I did because I wasn't fully a member of the crew or something and I just didn't notice. The thought makes me feel bad, if I turned a blind eye towards it, I didn't mean to.
On the other hand, I got a ton of shit during my straightedge days, so I guess I didn't come out unscathed either.
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gim73" post="6.164672.4333650 said:Well, you can also make this argument about anime. Anime in the US had for a long time been seen as just cartoons. Even today people try to lump it together with our sad pathetic american cartoons. Cartoons today don't even compare to what anime is in japan.
I take offense at this notion.
Huh. Failed quote. Oh well.