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djt820 · 21st Nov 2011, 07:50 PM

I just found this essay and everything it claims is true. You should read this if you're being picked on in school or if you got picked on. It cheered me up.

Why Nerds are Unpopular

(Don't be lazy, READ IT!)

jostle100 · 21st Nov 2011, 08:49 PM

Wow its long.

EDIT: Read the first paragraph, I used to classify tables by popularity too! It was from a scale from 1-5 and I just kept that in my mind.

Done reading it and this guy is pretty amazing with his other essays as well.

Rooni321 · 21st Nov 2011, 09:32 PM

Couldn't finish it, but I got the gist!
Nerds have to work at being popular and so do the populars.
Interesting.

**Owen** · 21st Nov 2011, 09:41 PM

Long as that was, it was completely worth it. I'd never thought of high school that way before, but it makes the whole experience make a lot of sense.

Nazo · 22nd Nov 2011, 06:12 AM

That was pretty good.

Bi As A Kite · 23rd Nov 2011, 05:00 AM

Damn good read.

Friendly ghost · 23rd Nov 2011, 05:37 AM

Hurray for nerds! That is very accurate. I'm a nerd. I hated middle school. By high school, I was extremely apathetic towards popularity, as I had no chance in doing anything about it. Of course, it was never a big concern of mine, I took my pleasure in reigning in math and science. Though, despite leading the quiz bowl team, nobody else cared. lol. I think problems really start to happen when there are few nerds who don't group together well. Thankfully for me, I at least had a few friends who could carry their ego with intelligence, even if not in the same area. It's funny though, nerds are rarely arrogant, but we often have a quiet smugness when we have an area where we know we dominate. I remember very well though around my junior and senior year when everyone was comparing test scores. Of course, people ask the geeks what they got, though it made no difference. But, specifically with the act scores, my head got a little inflated with the attention. It lasted for like 2 days though, then it was back to the fringe for me.

firemaker · 23rd Nov 2011, 06:08 AM

I fell well reading it wasnot boring, it was just long. Our school was different popularity and nerds could be the same person.it really depended on how much money your mommy and daddy had.

biAnnika · 27th Nov 2011, 02:25 PM

Wow. I flagged this to read sometime last week...finally got around to it, and wow. It is an amazing article. Yes, very long, but...wow...SO many great things to say on so many topics.

Whether or not you consider yourself a nerd (I didn't when I was in school...although I may have fit the author's definition), whether or not you were bullied in school, or felt unpopular...if you ever went to school, have kids in school, teach at a school, deal with adolescents, or even just have a passing interest in the secondary school system, you should take the time to read this article.

It's long, but I couldn't put it down. Now the only question is what to do with these newfound perspectives! I could seriously have used them when I was 12-16.

Thanks for posting this, djt!

21st Nov 2011, 07:50 PM	#1
djt820 Brutally Honest Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: DICKS EVERYWHERE Out Status: Like A Cock Slapping Your Face Kind-of Out. Location: SoCal Age: 19 Posts: 1,282 Join Date: Feb 2009	"Why Nerds Are Unpopular" I just found this essay and everything it claims is true. You should read this if you're being picked on in school or if you got picked on. It cheered me up. Why Nerds are Unpopular (Don't be lazy, READ IT!) __________________

21st Nov 2011, 08:49 PM	#2
jostle100 Member Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Posts: 91 Join Date: Aug 2011	Re: "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" Wow its long. EDIT: Read the first paragraph, I used to classify tables by popularity too! It was from a scale from 1-5 and I just kept that in my mind. Done reading it and this guy is pretty amazing with his other essays as well. Last edited by jostle100; 21st Nov 2011 at 08:59 PM..

21st Nov 2011, 09:32 PM	#3
Rooni321 EC's Hopeless Romantic Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: gay, str8, bi Out Status: Out to everyone Location: San Francisco, California <3 Age: 17 Posts: 1,321 Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" Couldn't finish it, but I got the gist! Nerds have to work at being popular and so do the populars. Interesting. __________________ "The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially." Ernest Hemingway Last edited by Owen; 21st Nov 2011 at 09:40 PM.. Reason: Deleting duplicate post.

21st Nov 2011, 09:41 PM	#4
Owen Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult EC Admin Gender: Agendered dude Orientation: Panromantic androsexual Out Status: Everyone and their mother Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 21 Posts: 2,873 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" Long as that was, it was completely worth it. I'd never thought of high school that way before, but it makes the whole experience make a lot of sense. __________________ "Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless logic and experience prove you wrong. Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor is naked. The truth and a lie are not sort of the same thing. And there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza." -Daria Morgendorffer

22nd Nov 2011, 06:12 AM	#5
Nazo Janis Ian's Lesbian Crush Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Facebook, not hiding at college Location: Michigan Age: 19 Posts: 2,071 Join Date: Dec 2010	Re: "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" That was pretty good. __________________ are you feeling like a prisoner are you living life the way you want giving time to ones you love are you giving time to who you are

23rd Nov 2011, 05:00 AM	#6
Bi As A Kite EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: The pendulum swings wildly Out Status: 1 friend + mom Age: 20 Posts: 299 Join Date: Jul 2011	Re: "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" Damn good read. __________________ "You wanna get what you want, you gotta come out fighting...."

23rd Nov 2011, 05:37 AM	#7
Friendly ghost Always the Observer Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Family and friends, and I try to be to everyone. Location: Ohio Age: 22 Posts: 180 Join Date: Nov 2011	Re: "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" Hurray for nerds! That is very accurate. I'm a nerd. I hated middle school. By high school, I was extremely apathetic towards popularity, as I had no chance in doing anything about it. Of course, it was never a big concern of mine, I took my pleasure in reigning in math and science. Though, despite leading the quiz bowl team, nobody else cared. lol. I think problems really start to happen when there are few nerds who don't group together well. Thankfully for me, I at least had a few friends who could carry their ego with intelligence, even if not in the same area. It's funny though, nerds are rarely arrogant, but we often have a quiet smugness when we have an area where we know we dominate. I remember very well though around my junior and senior year when everyone was comparing test scores. Of course, people ask the geeks what they got, though it made no difference. But, specifically with the act scores, my head got a little inflated with the attention. It lasted for like 2 days though, then it was back to the fringe for me.

23rd Nov 2011, 06:08 AM	#8
firemaker confused Full Member Gender: Genderqueer Orientation: Questioning Out Status: A few people Location: Pittsfield Maine Age: 28 Posts: 145 Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" I fell well reading it wasnot boring, it was just long. Our school was different popularity and nerds could be the same person.it really depended on how much money your mommy and daddy had. __________________ . If everyone was the same, and everyone liked each. Then this world wouldnot be here.

27th Nov 2011, 02:25 PM	#9
biAnnika Artificial Intelligence Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: I don't hide it, nor do I scream it. Location: Northeastern US Age: 45 Posts: 719 Join Date: Nov 2011	Re: "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" Wow. I flagged this to read sometime last week...finally got around to it, and wow. It is an amazing article. Yes, very long, but...wow...SO many great things to say on so many topics. Whether or not you consider yourself a nerd (I didn't when I was in school...although I may have fit the author's definition), whether or not you were bullied in school, or felt unpopular...if you ever went to school, have kids in school, teach at a school, deal with adolescents, or even just have a passing interest in the secondary school system, you should take the time to read this article. It's long, but I couldn't put it down. Now the only question is what to do with these newfound perspectives! I could seriously have used them when I was 12-16. Thanks for posting this, djt! __________________ I hope my achievements in life shall be these: that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, that I will have given help to those who were in need...that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been. (C. Hoppe)

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