why do people call people nerds ???? it makes me mad when people do stuff like that - Chess Forums - Page 3

Quix

Mar 8, 2008

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#41

From a different thread - adapted from "white and nerdy."

TalFan wrote:

Nerd eh ? Well I'm First in my class here at MIT
Got skills, I'm a champion at D&D
M.C. Escher, that's my favorite M.C.
Keep you're 40, I'll just have an Earl Grey tea
My rims never spin, to the contrary
You'll find that they're quite stationary
All of my action figures are cherry
Stephen Hawking's in my library

My MySpace page is all totally pimped out
Got people beggin' for my top eight spaces
Yo, I know pi to a thousand places
Ain't got no grills but I still wear braces
I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise
I'm a wiz at Minesweeper, I could play for days
Once you've see my sweet moves, you're gonna stay amazed
My fingers movin' so fast I'll set the place ablaze

There's no killer app I haven't run
At Pascal, well I'm number one
Do vector calculus just for fun
I ain't got a gat, but I got a soldering gun
Happy Days is my favorite theme song
I could sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong
I'll ace any trivia quiz you bring on
I'm fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon

I wasn't feeling very inspirational today , so I just borrowed some from Weird Al

The meek will inherit the earth. Brains own the planet, not muscle. People with brains control the muscle.

littleman

Mar 8, 2008

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#42

kimdeal54 wrote: kimdeal54 wrote: PlyrMava wrote: whoever called you a nerd is a fag.im 14, so i should know.

You're joking, right? :)

We both wish he were. But, maybe being 14 years old makes you a scholar of fags? Wtf. Umm. Huh. Somethings wrong here, on all sorts of levels.

what's a fag?

It's offensive slang for someone who's gay... or sometimes flippant if you actually are gay. The comment is funny cause it's either a pretty good attempt at being tongue in cheek, or so full of contradictions that it's hard to know where to begin. :)

I find this interesting that gay use to mean "happy" or "joyfull" now its used to describe someone who is attracted to the same sex. Im pritty sure it started as a mean comment from ignorant people. As for being a nerd i dont see the trouble. Its there opinion and if u let someone else decide who u are then u deserve to be picked on. Your not a label your a person and one of a kind at that and should be cool with who u r regardless of what others who dont know u think.....

Singa

Mar 8, 2008

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#43

Is an old man, too wobbly on his legs to go out and play football or tennis, but enjoys playing intellectual games on his computer, a nerd? You tell me!

PlyrMava

Mar 19, 2008

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#44

scholar of fagS??? i dont think so. but i have to agree with the guy who said that being called a nerd can irritate you because you let it. and rael, im called a nerd because of how well i do in school and on top of that play chess. not many people call me nerd. you shouldnt have a problem being called a nerd, just be happy at what you do. ya im a nerd and i might have messed up that reply up there a little much, the kids are fags cause they constantly call me nerd and think its funny. but its just school stuff right? im happy at everything at i do and if im a nerd, so be it! cant change that and dont want too.

silentfilmstar13

Mar 19, 2008

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#45

chessplayer101 wrote:

dude shut up we are not nerds we like chess if you ask me you are the nerd

Dude, chill out. You're a little young to realize this, but nerds rule the world. Anyone should be happy to be a nerd. Guess what. We are nerds. Rael is spot on.

tyler603

Mar 19, 2008

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#46

chess is the only way i can relate to you nerds. but if you want to be less of one, do somethin about your problems with people instead of talking about it on the internet.

silentfilmstar13

Mar 19, 2008

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#47

PlyrMava wrote: scholar of fagS??? i dont think so. but i have to agree with the guy who said that being called a nerd can irritate you because you let it. and rael, im called a nerd because of how well i do in school and on top of that play chess. not many people call me nerd. you shouldnt have a problem being called a nerd, just be happy at what you do. ya im a nerd and i might have messed up that reply up there a little much, the kids are fags cause they constantly call me nerd and think its funny. but its just school stuff right? im happy at everything at i do and if im a nerd, so be it! cant change that and dont want too.

Unless you're calling those kids cigarettes, you have alot of growing up to do.

Maradonna

Mar 19, 2008

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#48

silentfilmstar13 wrote: chessplayer101 wrote:

dude shut up we are not nerds we like chess if you ask me you are the nerd

Dude, chill out. You're a little young to realize this, but nerds rule the world. Anyone should be happy to be a nerd. Guess what. We are nerds. Rael is spot on.

Still don't buy this, nerds rule the world stuff. I've seen nerds that don't rule anything. There seems to be a train of thought that suggests clever people/nerds rule the world, or are in power, this is not the case. Most the nerds I know struggle through day to day like other non nerds.

nardi

Mar 19, 2008

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#49

<-- huge nerd

tyler603

Mar 19, 2008

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#50

Maradonna wrote: silentfilmstar13 wrote: chessplayer101 wrote:

dude shut up we are not nerds we like chess if you ask me you are the nerd

Dude, chill out. You're a little young to realize this, but nerds rule the world. Anyone should be happy to be a nerd. Guess what. We are nerds. Rael is spot on.

Still don't buy this, nerds rule the world stuff. I've seen nerds that don't rule anything. There seems to be a train of thought that suggests clever people/nerds rule the world, or are in power, this is not the case. Most the nerds I know struggle through day to day like other non nerds.

agreed. people with connections rule the world.

kimdeal54

Mar 20, 2008

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#51

silentfilmstar13 wrote: PlyrMava wrote: scholar of fagS??? i dont think so. but i have to agree with the guy who said that being called a nerd can irritate you because you let it. and rael, im called a nerd because of how well i do in school and on top of that play chess. not many people call me nerd. you shouldnt have a problem being called a nerd, just be happy at what you do. ya im a nerd and i might have messed up that reply up there a little much, the kids are fags cause they constantly call me nerd and think its funny. but its just school stuff right? im happy at everything at i do and if im a nerd, so be it! cant change that and dont want too.

Unless you're calling those kids cigarettes, you have alot of growing up to do.

the kids are fags cause they constantly call me nerd

I agree (with the cigarettes comment).

RE: second quote - Isn't being called a nerd meant to imply intelligence of some degree? I ask, because this may be the stupidest thing I've ever read. :)

fadingfog

Mar 20, 2008

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#52

Dude, if someone calls you a name with the intent on hurting you and you are hurt, then they win...they usually only do so in order to inflate their ego by making it seem in their mind they are superior to you. Ignoring them is the best...and not let it affect you....after all it is only a word made of letters and what are letters? nothing really? can a word really hurt who you are deep inside you?? If you understand what I am trying to get at, then you will know the answer is no and your feathers wont get ruffled...

As I learned in 9th grade....who gives a f@*% what people think of you...they will think it anyway.... Live your life and be happy....Nerds and geeks make more money in the long run than the morons who's ego is so low they need to put someone else down to feel better....

millerthesmurf

Mar 20, 2008

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#53

im a nerd

likesforests

Mar 20, 2008

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#54

supabro15> But if somebody throws a rock at you, come back with a brick

Better yet, step out of the path of the rock!

Maradonna

Mar 20, 2008

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#55

likesforests wrote:

supabro15> But if somebody throws a rock at you, come back with a brick

Better yet, step out of the path of the rock!

I can see him down at the hardware store, 'One house brick please'

tyler603

Mar 20, 2008

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#56

Maradonna wrote: likesforests wrote:

supabro15> But if somebody throws a rock at you, come back with a brick

Better yet, step out of the path of the rock!

I can see him down at the hardware store, 'One house brick please'

"im building a cracked skull."

Rael

Mar 20, 2008

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#57

Adults know that when you reach a certain age there ceases to be "nerds". Bill Gates might've been a "nerd" or a "square" or whatever the terminology was when he was young while he was still in school, but his is emphatically not a nerd now.

It's important to encourage out-side-the-box kind of thinking with all terminology, let alone just the derisive kind. Labelling things compartmentalizes them so as to make them "easier to understand" (ie. calling someone a nerd emphasises the idea that the person should feel like a social outcast and the name-caller can feel that their percieved intelligence isn't a threat).

I think it would be a mistake for the older members of the site to seemingly promote the idea that these kinds of judgements really persist into the adult world, lest the younger members take it too seriously.

No matter what word is used, children will always use insults to try and understand where they stand in the social order with one another, be it "nerd" or some future term the next generation will come up with ("You're such a Fizztingle!"). Thank the Lord that (hopefully) we (or, I suppose, most of us?) grow out of it.

/God, I'm such a nerd...

myuselessid

Mar 20, 2008

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#58

I would take pride in being called a nerd.

If you don't like it, just start swinging. Trust me, they will stop.

Pablo_Gregorian

Mar 20, 2008

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#59

I am proud to be nerd!

earltony15

Mar 20, 2008

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#60

I have never been called a "nerd" but here are my views: if someone is called a nerd, is it really an insult? maybe it's just a "play" type of thing. try not to take it too personally. best wishes.