Napalmbrain
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Leviathan said:You know some of the intresting people I know are nerds or geeks or whatever, 'cos nerd is jus' a tag people stick on smart people who don't conform to other social groups, and I think Ill stick with intellectual individuals than mindless sheep.
If that's the definition of "nerd" then I'm definitely one (although unusally for a nerd, I don't know much about computers) and I'm happy about it, 'cos at least I'm enjoying myself rather than doing a dull job and going home to watch tedious soaps and reality TV all evening. I study astrophysics, watch science fiction and play RPGs, and that somehow makes me weird. But that's other peoples' problem. I'm happy being who I want to be and not what society expects me to be. Marisa's philosophy sums up my outlook on life perfectly: "There is but one goal in life, and that is to be as happy as possible, with only one exception: This happiness cannot interfere with another beings state of happiness." It's odd that a lot of people don't seem to want to be happy.
The stereotype that nerds are social recluses with no life is completely untrue. On the contrary, In fact I've found that nerds tend to make better friends, because they're more reliable and friendly and they don't pressure you as much. They make for much more interesting conversations and debates too.