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Cambrian explosion of the information society. The nerd must serve as comic relief for the future-anxieties of Western society. ...The germ cell of burgeoning nerdism is difference. The yearning to be understood, to find opportunities to share experiences, to not be left alone with one's bizarre interest. At the same time one derives an almost perverse pleasure from wallowing in this deficit. Nerds love deficiency: that of the other, but also their own. Nerds are eager explorers, who enjoy measuring themselves against one another and also compete aggressively. And yet the nerd's existence also comprises an element of the occult, of mystery. The way in which this power is expressed or focused is very important.
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works, are now international popular culture hits. Some measures of nerdiness are now allegedly considered desirable, as, to some, it suggests a person who is intelligent, respectful, interesting, and able to earn a large salary. Stereotypical nerd qualities are evolving, going from awkwardness and
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I think that the figure of the nerd provides a beautiful template for analyzing the transformation of the disciplinary society into the control society. The nerd, in his cliche form, first stepped out upon the world stage in the mid-1970s, when we were beginning to hear the first rumblings of what
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Because of the nerd stereotype, many intelligent people are often thought of as nerdy. This belief can be harmful, as it can cause high-school students to "switch off their lights" out of fear of being branded as a nerd, and cause otherwise appealing people to be considered nerdy simply for their
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worn high at the waist. Following suit of popular use in emoticons, Unicode released in 2015 its "Nerd Face" character, featuring some of those stereotypes: 🤓 (code point U+1F913). In the media, many nerds are males, portrayed as being physically unfit, either
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worked to embody the nerd stereotype; in doing so, he helped create a definitive image of nerds. Additionally, the storyline presaged, and may have helped inspire, the "nerd pride" that emerged in the late 1990s.
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1344:"Woman, Computer Nerd – and Proud"
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2536:Conventions
2427:Fan fiction
2284:Hot rodding
2031:Beatlemania
1947:Yaoi fandom
1861:Paul Graham
1422:Evans, RJ.
1268:Boing Boing
1184:Social Text
1100:Social Text
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742:23 November
589:for geeks".
419:Boing Boing
348:Primitivism
344:Orientalism
289:Steve Urkel
242:caricatures
234:Paul Graham
84:Originally
51:introverted
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2556:Comic book
2511:Filk music
2252:and events
2089:Parrothead
2072:Moonwalker
2056:James Bond
2049:EarthBound
2042:Doctor Who
2003:Sports fan
1973:Cinephilia
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688:References
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571:comic book
552:In Spain,
547:Bill Gates
468:professor
452:." In the
403:Traceroute
267:overweight
254:buck teeth
227:Stereotype
215:Happy Days
116:Seersucker
86:derogatory
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2437:Fan labor
2409:Doujinshi
2328:Game club
2269:Boy racer
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1273:1 January
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587:Woodstock
563:Star Wars
558:Towel Day
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357:or other
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256:, severe
106:Dr. Seuss
96:Etymology
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2487:Fan wiki
2462:Fan game
2447:Fan rice
2442:Fan mail
2432:Fan film
2422:Fan edit
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1125:Magazine
967:Bachelor
897:Archived
873:Newsweek
666:Nerdcore
617:See also
535:Slashdot
500:bullying
494:Bullying
480:—
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414:—
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146:Michigan
125:Newsweek
108:'s book
75:pedantic
2521:Vidding
2506:Fanzine
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2417:Fan art
2360:Railfan
2308:Cosplay
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2201:Groupie
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2125:Tolkien
2120:Swiftie
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1918:By type
1911:Fandoms
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1327:22 July
1247:26 June
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1168:23 July
1130:28 July
955:the web
786:2112783
656:Hipster
641:Egghead
598:YouTube
575:cosplay
539:tagline
460:author
383:fantasy
246:glasses
222:Culture
167:(RPI).
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63:fantasy
2628:Topics
2592:Horror
2580:Gaming
2468:Doujin
2401:Doujin
2394:Doujin
2236:Ultras
2231:Tifosi
2188:Kemonā
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524:Ridin'
271:skinny
211:sitcom
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77:, and
71:quirky
2575:Furry
2544:Anime
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2403:music
2241:Waifu
2211:Otaku
2182:Furry
2115:Shrek
2084:MST3K
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