It use to be that a nerd was someone obsessed with an esoteric hobby to the point of becoming a social pariah
but nowadays it seems to be appropriated by social butterflies so they can feel like special snowflakes
so what does a nerds(old definition) call themselves now?
>>24983523
Losers. We call ourselves losers.
>>24983532
keks.
we call ourselves keks.
Aspie/autist if you actually care about anything remotely nerdy beyond how "caring about" that thing makes you look.
For example it's in and hip to be a nerd and like Star Wars. If you care about Star Wars and have seen all the movies, you are considered an aspie/autist, especially if you are unattractive.
But if you're good looking, you're such a nerd for liking a nerdy thing like Star Wars xD
>>24983575
can confirm
source:good looking chad here <@;)
Even a loser is now taken by normies. Everyone fetishizes being a "nerd" or an introvert shut in. Look at all the trends: unkept long hair, jogging pants, netflix, stuff like that robot tv series and every white guy being a school shooter memes. Old fashioned values will make a comeback soon
>>24983725
>Even a loser is now taken by normies. Everyone fetishizes being a "nerd" or an introvert shut in.
>still no gf
JUST FUCK MY SHIT UP SENPAI*
It's never been about simply liking something out of the ordinary. It's about the obsession part. Take capeshit, for example. It's cool to like the movies now, get any deeper than that(collect comics, toys, know obscure facts) and normies still look down on you.
Same with anime. Say you like dbz and it's ok. Go into a half hour moeshit rant and you'll be forever outcast.
>>24983918
Thats because like all trends, the popular ones are just a watered down version of the real thing. Its all about image. You can reblog all the anime in the world on your tumblr but you only watched a couple of episodes of one punh man and totoro so you're an otaku now. No one wants a real loser, just thw cool aspect that the media tells romanticizes
![[Mori] Wakaba Girl - 03 [C96737F8].mkv_snapshot_04.16_[2015.08.02_14.31.52].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/t6WeRqP.jpg "[Mori] Wakaba Girl - 03 [C96737F8].mkv_snapshot_04.16_[2015.08.02_14.31.52].jpg")
If you want the nerd experience today you have to become an otaku. You can rest assured people will look down on you and not want anything to do with your hobbies.
>>24984138
nope that's changing too
even /a/ the last bastion has been overun
