Why is chess considered nerdy

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MountainGorilla
Unicyclist wrote:

Chess isn't nerdy. It is a thinking man's game. That is far from nerdy. 


That's not "far from nerdy."  That's EXACTLY nerdy.

The problem isn't with misuse of the label.  The problem is with people who give a crap about the label.  "Nerd" is the label an unthinking society places upon those who are willing to spend time thinking through things they, themselves, aren't willing to think through.

Scientists are nerds, engineers are nerds, investment analysts are nerds, computer programmers are nerds, and yeah, chess players are nerds.  It's good to be a nerd.

eddiewsox

Chess is considered nerdy  because it's NOT A SPORT!!! 

pauix

I don't care. I'm alredy called "nerd" because I'm studying Computer Science in order to become a Software Engineer, but I don't care. I had some friends who loved chess and we spent a lot of afternoons in front of a board without caring about other people calling us nerds or not.

heinzie

Chess is considered nerdy because it's mainly practiced by nerdy guys

electricpawn
MountainGorilla wrote:
Unicyclist wrote:

Chess isn't nerdy. It is a thinking man's game. That is far from nerdy. 


That's not "far from nerdy."  That's EXACTLY nerdy.

The problem isn't with misuse of the label.  The problem is with people who give a crap about the label.  "Nerd" is the label an unthinking society places upon those who are willing to spend time thinking through things they, themselves, aren't willing to think through.

Scientists are nerds, engineers are nerds, investment analysts are nerds, computer programmers are nerds, and yeah, chess players are nerds.  It's good to be a nerd.


DrSpudnik

Chess is nerdy and it has to stay that way. I can't risk losing my nerd cred! Cool

Captain_Diarrhea
MountainGorilla wrote:

Scientists are nerds, engineers are nerds, investment analysts are nerds, computer programmers are nerds, and yeah, chess players are nerds.  It's good to be a nerd.


 Oh, even investment analysts are nerds... Undecided

ReyRambler1960

I do'nt see chess as necessarily nerdy.

mrguy888

Chess is nerdy because society thinks good looking stupid people are better than others. So because society is too set in that tradition to comprehend anything to the contrary, they need to classify everything they can't do very well as negative to function without a collapse or massive overhaul.

jstachowicz
My wife and I had this discussion the other night as I was talking about my high school and college days of playing chess. She keeps saying that i should never admit to being kn a chess team or the fact that i would play every friday night at the local coffee house or the ourdoor tables on campus. I explain to her that most people arent smart enough to play the game. It was the first game my dad taught me to play and in a few years I will be teaching my one year old to play. The game teaches you to look at the pros and cons before you make a decision..best life lesson a person learn!
Elona

Proud to be a nerd.

mrguy888
Elona wrote:

Proud to be a nerd.


This reminds me how well CharlyAZ's blog post applies here.

Lawdoginator

Why do you talk about UFOs?  

bobbyDK

I think it is sane to have an interest in the unknown like UFO, hypnosis, the future and soon.

today  everything is exact science - exploring something that isn't is refreshing.

I once cared about people calling me a nerd when I was younger than 20
today I just don't care. I do what I love to do.

if I ask people why they call me a nerd for being into e.g. chess. they are fast to say they mean nothing bad with the word nerd. it is just a person with deep interest in something.

So try to confront people when they are not in a group what they mean.


kt1497

A nerd is preferable to a non-nerd anyways. I wouldn't sweat it. You probably hold more cards than you think, and whoever is calling you names may just feel intimidated. You should trust that you've probably got a lot to offer your peers and they'd be lucky to engage you. Maybe apply some of those smarts to navigating the social realm (which can be equally as complicated)?

ellyfr
SimonSeirup wrote:

Because of all the movies (mostly american) where chess players are nerds.


 Dont forget tv which is the main culprit.

ellyfr
SimonSeirup wrote:

Because of all the movies (mostly american) where chess players are nerds.


 Dont forget tv which is the main culprit.

markronilodevera

m0untain g0rilla is abs0lutely right... we were b00kw0rms hahahah! i even q0uted his c0mment in Faceb00k

GhostNight

  Because girls can play chess!Cool

Cortex5000

Because it requires thinking. You won't believe how easily a wedgie can be recieved if you go on to a school playground during recess with a chess board.