Let me just tell you: being a nerd is awesome. some might substitute the word "nerd" for "antisocial" or "wierd" and well... ok, maybe i cant argue against those points, but being a nerd entails such sweetness, i would contend that being a nerd is the epitome of awesomeness.
1) you really get to be yourself. Do people ACTUALLY like spending hours upon hours on their hair? they may like the outcome, but after hour 1.75, the process starts to resemble more "torture" than joy. But I CAN guarantee you that a nerd loves every SECOND that he spends in those moon-boots which he bought at that thrift store. A nerd can let go: and let it all hang out... i mean, who cares if there is a cheeto stuck in his hair? that sounds like a pleasant mid morning snack. a "fashionable/cool" person, on the other hand, would be mercilessly judged if his exterior was nothing short of perfect (i have seen enough high-school movies to know this to be true). But nerds are the unspoken exception to the rules. Who is ACTUALLY better off: the guy who lives his life doing what abercrombie tells him to do? or the guy who lives his life according to what Spock and Captain Kirk tell them to? errr... wait a sec...ok, maybe bad example: but you see where i'm going with this: psycho expectations aren't put on nerds, and in all honesty, it's pretty liberating.
2) It is an excuse for almost anything. Nerds have found a way to exist in society above the reproach and scrutiny of most every sane individual. Take this typical conversation. "oooooh, is he drooling while he is talking?" one might ask. "yeah, he totally is... and it's stringy too, but i hear he beat Stephen Hawking at chess, WHILE playing dungeons and dragons" "ahhhh... it totally makes sense now". or how about that time at work when your computer crashed, and the nerd that you asked for help spends the first 5 minutes of his time completely exposing your ineptitude with computers (often in front of many others). and you DARE not talk back, because who KNOWS what that nerd is capable of while on your computer! possibilities include: hack into my bank accounts, read all my sensitive emails, or somehow hack into the police mainframe and frame me for a murder. Possibility a combination of all three. normal people can't get away with these things... but nerds can... muwhahahaha (note: some nerds may also be evil, and to maintain homogeneity in the blog; i am forced to say that it's an awesome/evil).
3) "nerding out" Nerds deal with things so cool on a day to day basis, that people have to describe it as "nerding out". This also basically pertains to anything a nerd gets so excited over, it will probably temporarily inhibit his ability to communicate with other human beings. Example: i am designing something at work which will be using Harmonic Drives (i know what you are thinking... if something has a name THAT cool, it better be able to shoot friggin' lasers, or have some sort of robotic arm that will do your laundry for you. and you would be right... it does some pretty friggin' sweet stuff). a harmonic drive is a single stage gearbox which can give a 100:1 gear ratio with around 70% efficiency (you can look up the details of this extraordinary device on wikipedia). I'm gonna be frank here... this sort of stuff is so cool, that i may start getting a lazy eye because i'm so excited about it.
4) Fashions change daily: nerd fashions are timeless. think about POGS, or the show: LOST, or mullets. everyone thought they were cool for a little while, but as time went on, we ended up getting more confused and ended up being a little dejected that so much time money and effort was put into such trivial things. but lets take Star Wars for example. Princess Lea has been hot for over 30 years. Han Solo is still defining how to be cool. Nerds get to be a part of something that is cool forever, other people tried to be cool and ended up with a tattoo on their lower back instead (unless you are reading this and have a tattoo on your lower back... in that case: it looks awesome, and i am totally talking about everyone ELSE, whose tattoo isnt nearly as cool as yours).
5) "ignorance is bliss" and nerds can be very blissful. hence why we are prone to ridiculous opinions, and are still pissed that they wasted so much time on POGS, and why LOST still confuses me, even though it's apparently "finished" (hmm: totally not a personal statement, huh?). But i know that being "cool" is an unattainable ideal, so i will gladly accept my quirks, and turn the ignorant ear to all the things that people tell me are cool.
ok: now i'm getting off my nerd soapbox
