Mar 31, 2009
Rant: Nerd and Anti-Nerd
Is it time to retire the term “nerd”? It’s had a good run, sure, but does anyone else feel it’s not what it used to be?
It’s lost some of its specificity and force, and maybe it needs to retire with honor. What honor it has left.
I love the debate about the true meaning of nerd, geek and dork in the comments. (Also: the battle between Answer 4 and Answer 5 in the poll.) The essential question, of course, is this:
… are we nerds, dorks, or geeks for actually bothering to debate this?
Let me officially declare myself neutral in the great Nerd-Geek-Dork Debate. (via)
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