We are all nerds now

[Lyta_Underhill]

The only people who can escape the interests of nerdism, would by default be devoid of any imagination, intelligence or real social skills (I mean, you'd have to have a small vocabulary and little brainpower, so how could you be sociable?).

Of course, they could mean that nerds are so rarified and think beyond the realm of mere humanity that they are unable to bring themselves down to play the petty games of "sociability!" [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] (I know they didn't mean this, but, then again, how better to pigeonhole something so that the great masses of mainstream types can understand and yet not feel threatened?)

It just goes to show how illogical it is to let high school cliquishness perpetuate into adult life and the world at large.

Well said, Diamond! I hold only loosely to any one's definition of "types", knowing it can be easily gotten around in specific cases. The micro is often lost in the macro. A single drop can be more interesting than the whole lake if it is delved into with good intentions. The concern for individual detail and the depth of an idea and being seem to me to be more rewarding than the bland overview of the "fashionable." When the fad for sci-fi and fantasy in the mainstream is over, the "geeks" and "nerds" will go on, and the regular folks will wipe their eyes and wonder where Wonderland went and wake up to the dreary everyday once more, never realizing they missed the real meaning of it all...

Cheers!
Lyta