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    I've seen a few girls here, in different threads, describe themselves as "nerds". My ATF says she was a nerd in high school. It's a cliche among another group of young attractive females who make a living off their physicality (models) to say, "oh I was such a nerd in high school...tall and gangly and I didn't sprout until senior year when everyone started to notice me!!" Uh-huh. There was an entire SNL skit with Cameron Diaz making fun of this line.

    So how many of you think of yourselves as nerds, and why? My personal theory is, for young attractive females -- which strippers almost all are, you have to be for your line of work -- who say they're nerds or used to be in high school, most are using the word wrong.

    I think most aattractive girls who self-identify as nerds really mean, "oh I wasn't a cheerleader and in the 'popular crowd' and considered 'pretty' by everybody, and I didn't date the football players and rich guys whose daddy bought them fancy cars." But that's not a nerd. It just means you weren't one of the 5% in the so-called "in-crowd."

    A TRUE nerd is marked by poor social skills, a consuming interest in extremely nerdy topics like sci-fi (for example), poor dressing (seriously, someone who pays attention to how they dress and is ok at it is not a nerd), and perhaps most importantly, a complete blind spot to how you come across to the opposite sex. This last trait separates out the true nerds from the 'fake' nerds who just exude a nerdy persona for the hipster or ironic quality of it.

    So, who still thinks they're a true nerd? I hardly think any stripper ever could truly be one -- it just clashes with the requirements of the job.

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    I wasn't a nerd (never applied myself). But people made fun of my looks.

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    I consider myself a nerd because of my interests; computer gaming, comic books, anime, cartoons, things like that. I was also unattractive in high school and I am still pretty socially awkward, but that's not the definition of 'nerd' I think of when I hear the word.

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    I'm a nerd NOW. In H.S. I was an outcast.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JDanielle View Post
    I consider myself a nerd because of my interests; computer gaming, comic books, anime, cartoons, things like that. I was also unattractive in high school and I am still pretty socially awkward, but that's not the definition of 'nerd' I think of when I hear the word.
    Yeah, I see what you're saying, there's a HUGE segment of the stripping population that would fit into what I would label the "alterna-chick" category: liking the nerdy things you mention; almost never the conventional blonde-barbie-doll-fake-boobs girl -- think more Suicide Girls, most of whom would call themselves "nerds"; tending to wear kitschy retro clothes and glasses; don't like jocks or sports or things like that. I guess it's fair enough to wear the label "nerd" if you're like this....but to me, a true nerd just hasn't the slightest clue of what to do with the opposite sex.

    Example: best true nerd ever: Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons. That guy's never going to get a date.

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    except he did on the simpsons...

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    I think it is a little funny that you are trying to apply a rigid definition to what is a pretty fluid social strata in high school. It doesn't really have a "set" application like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by miabella View Post
    except he did on the simpsons...
    I totally don't remember that.

    Was she hot?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jenny View Post
    I think it is a little funny that you are trying to apply a rigid definition to what is a pretty fluid social strata in high school. It doesn't really have a "set" application like that.
    But you illustrate my point exactly -- thinking that "nerd" applies to a "fluid social strata in high school" is exactly the misuse that I'm talking about. I think it's a pretty narrow (and negative) label, not applicable to a broad strata at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Everyman View Post
    But you illustrate my point exactly -- thinking that "nerd" applies to a "fluid social strata in high school" is exactly the mis that I'm talking about. I think it's a pretty narrow (and negative) label, not applicable to a broad strata at all.
    But... you're wrong. It is a semi-pejorative label that is pretty much in the purview of high school students that just isn't applied narrowly or with fixed meaning. I think it is a little silly to demand that the teenagers and preteens who determine the social system of their school should be using labels according to your criteria.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jenny View Post
    But... you're wrong. It is a semi-pejorative label that is pretty much in the purview of high school students that just isn't applied narrowly or with fixed meaning. I think it is a little silly to demand that the teenagers and preteens who determine the social system of their school should be using labels according to your criteria.
    Well I was talking about those on here (and others I have known) who self-label as "nerds". I guess some of them aren't too far removed from high school. Your implication is right that the older you get, the more the importance of this label fades. It's very very hard to tell the difference between 80-year-old nerds and 80-year-old cool guys.....

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    Not ask an off topic question, although it is SLIGHTLY on topic. But how would you define the difference between Nerdy and dorky?

    Just curious due to the fact that I get called both all the Frakk'n time.

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    Nerd has lost some of its pejorative intent in recent years, as its in many ways become "reclaimed". Hell, nerds got a series of movies and even their own candy.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Everyman View Post
    I totally don't remember that.

    Was she hot?
    The Comic book guy dated Agnes Skinner for a while.

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    no,, dude... i was a nerd. Or, somewhere between nerd, and outcast. 15 years old, and i still wore stirruped sweatpants. I was homeschooled, and it never occured to my mom that I might need OTHER clothes.

    Add an unhealthy interest in sci-fi/fantasy/horror literature, and an academic interest borne out of books being nicer than people, and YEESSSSSSSSSs i was a nerd.

    Plus, i was pretty traumatized and have some mood disorders, so I couldn't deal with people on anything other than a superficial level. Literally, I was prone to having random hysterical fits because someone told me "nice day" or complimented something about me, or i got an a- . Very socially awkward.

    So i guess, from 13-16, I was a nerd. From 16-18, I was an outcast, and a nerd. A nerd in spirit, but an outcast in standing.

    Hahah no wonder i try to repress that time period.
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    i think geeks and dorks are different from nerds though, and so are the borderline autistics... right?


    I always thought of nerds as "booky",
    geeks as the Magic: The gathering (more fad-oriented),
    and dorks as anime-delusional, socially outcast with other dorks.

    Nerds being those with high-school/college mentalities, somewhat sexually aware; Geeks being those with middle-school mentalities, sexually awkward; and dorks being elementary-school, extremely sexually immature.

    Maybe i totally made that up.

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    I wasnt so much a nerd as i was a loner. I had a few close friends in high school but i was really shy and kinda awkward.
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    Total nerd...outcast..no social skills..marching band,chess club..bad clothes and hair..all of it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Everyman View Post
    My personal theory is, for young attractive females -- which strippers almost all are, you have to be for your line of work -- who say they're nerds or used to be in high school, most are using the word wrong.
    Hah! We nerds never use words incorrectly.
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    I maynot look like it any more, but I'd definately call myself a nerd- I even dance to wierd al's White& Nerdy and go by "Princess Buttercup". Most of my regs love me for my addiction to rennfaire and Comic-con. I know how to dress, do make-up, socialize, etc., but I'm just not afraid to do the things I love or admit to them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sophia_Starina View Post
    Hah! We nerds never use words incorrectly.
    `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'
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    why am i a nerd? let's see.........

    i've seen every episode of quantum leap at least twice. same goes for the xfiles. i have a comic book collection and a tattoo of one of my favorite comic book characters. i'm -very- socially retarded. dancing has helped, but i'm still pretty awkward. i would cry for 5 years straight if the internet were suddenly "no more". i read a book at least every 2 weeks (meaning it rarely takes me longer and then i start a new one). my favorite tv channels are: cartoon network, comedy central, all the discovery channels, HGTV, and the food network. i am obsessed with dinosaurs.

    so. i don't think calling me a nerd would be a stretch. i also don't think it's a bad thing. it's silly to think of people as "nerd posers".

    oh. i almost forgot:

    i won state competition for PANTOMIME when i was 17.

    that's really all the proof i need.

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    Nerd: A stripper who corrects your grammar e.g.: The way you used most importantly = most important.

    Nerd: Used phrases and words such as; "l33t", "I'm in your base, killing your d00ds", &c. long before acronyms and abbreviations were common usage online. Remembers the internet before it was officially capitalized into "Internet", or even, capitalized upon by the genius at Google.

    Nerd: Can use business, programming, or similarly male-dominated field terms in a strip club and make them sound sexy. Knows to play dumb when a guy talks about owning a VC company "What's Venture Capital?", and yet knows when to ask certain guys for dances in this way: "I understand you'd like to wait to get a dance until a song plays that you enjoy. *claps giddily* It's like a boolean expression; IF the song is good THEN I will dance for you".

    Nerd: Not only knows that MS products = pieces of shit, but understands WHY. Has funny stories about error messages received after attempting to uninstall IE. Hates Vista with a passion and geeks out at the thought of owning a computer with a stable OS someday that isn't Linux-based. Also knows that "Red Hat" is not another term for "condom", or "penis tip".

    Nerd: Was ever involved in any of the following school organizations; Forensics, Drama Club, Marching Band, Chess Club, Cyber Club (sounds dirty, but isn't), Odyssey of the Mind, or Robotics.

    Nerd: Thinks other nerds are cute. "Hey, you with the glasses, I want to sex0r you up!"

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    p.s./DISCLAIMER: I am not a nerd. I have no idea what any of that means, I asked my intelligent, gay, male roommate to help me with this. As a matter of fact, I don't even think for myself, I just do what men tell me. TEE-HEE!

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    I've never dressed horribly, but in high school was not allowed to wear a shirt that wasn't a ton too big, nothing form fitting. Other than that, yeah, I pretty much am a nerd.

    I graduated HS before I turned 16, therefore socializing and parties where out. Threw the curve in all my classes in HS and most in college (this didn't help me win any popularity contests). Was in band, head of the flute/piccolo section. Honor society, beta club, french club, etc (had a list so long that I had to use a seperate sheet on my college apps). Got around a 1510 SAT's on about an hours sleep, in 9th grade (I think it was 9th, it was as soon as you are allowed to take them).

    Met a guy that I had classes with in HS a few years after going to college, he was drunk and when I told him who I was he actually argued.... "No, she's that short, dorky girl... No, she was that stuck up smart girl, the band geek. No, she's chubby and kinda ugly." Yes, I know... That's me!

    People at home still consider me a complete dork. People I went to school with who saw me partying in my early 20's flipped at seeing me with a drink, or, god forbid , smoking! Gasp! If my family has a Dr visit, they call me up afterward to double check and explain everything they were told. I have to review scans that get emailed to me, Dr reports, everything.

    Hell, at my 10yr reunion, you should have seen the stunned looks on the peoples faces when I came in. No one knew who the hell I was until I spoke, then everyone recognized my voice, weird people huh?

    So, am I a nerd or not?

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