It's so ridiculous that people say the terms "nerd" and "geek" about guys who are not athletic and coky. What's wrong with being introverted and cretive? I think this is because of what I like to call the peasant syndrome in American society: it is looked at as cool to act low-class and ignorant. A lot of the sports that are so popular are sports designed for the lower-classes.
2007-02-11 12:41:23 · 4 answers · asked by iamweirdarewethereyet 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Now a days I look upon the term nerd or geek as a complement. Tell them thank you and that you are, just Bill Gates is. And you will remember them when you reach the top. I agree with your peasant class theory, you need to do a dissertation on it sometime. It's the physical activity's that get noticed, but it's the brains that make the TV technology possible for them to be noticed. As for me, I will be more than willing to stay in the shadows and count my millions, while all those jocks age and become useless because they have no other skills than carrying an inflated piece of pig skin.
2007-02-11 12:50:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hang in there. It is likely to change. A fellow who called me a nerd, many years later applied for a job. Guess who interviewed him for the job? I was behind the desk and had sole power whether to hire him. The worm turns.
2007-02-11 21:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by bigjohn B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they have huge egos and dont care about other people. Dont listen to them just be yourself and think of posotive things so you have a good self esteem.
2007-02-11 20:45:50 · answer #3 · answered by Mariniac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because those people are a**holes. They think it makes them "cooler" to put down others.
2007-02-11 20:47:14 · answer #4 · answered by Skeff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋