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Nerd - is it such a bad thing?

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  • A Amarnath S

    Have heard today's kids telling "I am not a nerd". Two questions: (from your personal experience, and not from Internet resources, please): 1. When kids use this term, what exactly would they mean? 2. Is it so bad to be termed a nerd? Had never heard this term as a kid; I'm nearing 50.

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    Simon Lee Shugar
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    Geeks are now considered to be cool. I am not sure about nerds, or the difference. A friend of the our family asked me to create a Minecraft Server for her son using his name; "Jacob's Minecraft Server". He was in primary school (10 year old) at the time and the server made his popularity rise.

    Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil

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    • A Amarnath S

      Have heard today's kids telling "I am not a nerd". Two questions: (from your personal experience, and not from Internet resources, please): 1. When kids use this term, what exactly would they mean? 2. Is it so bad to be termed a nerd? Had never heard this term as a kid; I'm nearing 50.

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      Lost User
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      Just look at the people who try to make fun of those nerds. Most of them are dumb enough that one could easily imagine them sitting on top of a tree with a banana in their hands. Ask the 'nerds' (which no doubt are present here) and they will tell you that they would never trade their intelligence against the 'normal' life of the other primates.

      The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
      This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
      "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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      • A Amarnath S

        Have heard today's kids telling "I am not a nerd". Two questions: (from your personal experience, and not from Internet resources, please): 1. When kids use this term, what exactly would they mean? 2. Is it so bad to be termed a nerd? Had never heard this term as a kid; I'm nearing 50.

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        Brittle1618
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        I know a person who has a user name as "nerdy(Her Name)" So I don't think that people mind being called as Nerd!

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        • A Amarnath S

          Have heard today's kids telling "I am not a nerd". Two questions: (from your personal experience, and not from Internet resources, please): 1. When kids use this term, what exactly would they mean? 2. Is it so bad to be termed a nerd? Had never heard this term as a kid; I'm nearing 50.

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          Argonia
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          I think this youtube link should be shared.

          Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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          • A Amarnath S

            Have heard today's kids telling "I am not a nerd". Two questions: (from your personal experience, and not from Internet resources, please): 1. When kids use this term, what exactly would they mean? 2. Is it so bad to be termed a nerd? Had never heard this term as a kid; I'm nearing 50.

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            Nish Nishant
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            If you are at a dev conf with 100 other programmers/geeks, being called a nerd is usually a compliment. If you are in high school, and the girls in your class think you are a nerd, that's probably not such a good thing :-D

            Regards, Nish


            Website: www.voidnish.com Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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            • A Argonia

              I think this youtube link should be shared.

              Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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              Lost User
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              Most nerds or geeks I ever got to know were rockers, not rappers.

              The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
              This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
              "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                If you are at a dev conf with 100 other programmers/geeks, being called a nerd is usually a compliment. If you are in high school, and the girls in your class think you are a nerd, that's probably not such a good thing :-D

                Regards, Nish


                Website: www.voidnish.com Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                Lost User
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                Nish Nishant wrote:

                If you are in high school, and the girls in your class think you are a nerd, that's probably not such a good thing :-D

                Strange how they changed their minds when the math exams were coming up.

                The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                • N Nish Nishant

                  If you are at a dev conf with 100 other programmers/geeks, being called a nerd is usually a compliment. If you are in high school, and the girls in your class think you are a nerd, that's probably not such a good thing :-D

                  Regards, Nish


                  Website: www.voidnish.com Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                  Amarnath S
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                  I'm talking about a nerdy girl :-)

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                  • A Argonia

                    I think this youtube link should be shared.

                    Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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                    Amarnath S
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                    :thumbsup: 5.

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                    • A Amarnath S

                      Have heard today's kids telling "I am not a nerd". Two questions: (from your personal experience, and not from Internet resources, please): 1. When kids use this term, what exactly would they mean? 2. Is it so bad to be termed a nerd? Had never heard this term as a kid; I'm nearing 50.

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                      Slacker007
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                      I would rather be labeled a nerd/geek with my family, house, and nice cars, then a cool tough guy living out of the back of my pickup truck.

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