Where you a nerd in school?

[kaini]

rambo, queue B.

 

LOL. To me nerd implies that they have some abnormal technical prowess, knowledge or interest in something tangible. A geek could just sit in the corner drawing ligers and never be particularly good or smart about anything.

 

indeed, a nerd implies a talent. a geek implies napoleon dynamite.

 

kaini, queue B

[Guest Rambo]

okay for those who think they where nerds in school, would you say that you where perceived as nerds by others?

[modey]

i was definitely perceived as nerdy/geeky/whatever in primary school. i got bullied a lot because i had a computer and knew how to use it reasonably well, zole (i remember being asked once, "how do you say my name in computer language?" ).

 

a bit of that carried on into highschool, but i wasn't nearly smart enough to hang out with the proper nerdy kids who where all about studying maths in the library and chess club and stuff like that. instead, i hung out with the 'middle' group, who where into mildly alternative music and skateboarding and cars and such but still getting reasonably good grades. that said though, i might have been a bit of an odd one out in the group, my only interest was music, that's all i ever talked about, and no girls where ever interested in me, in fact i could barely talk to the pretty girls without getting all giddy. hahah!

[Guest Gary C]

If nerds were into science, maths and studying; no.

If geeks were into bad music, silly fashion choices and crushing social inadequacy; yes.

 

Nowadays I'm much more of the nerd I always wanted to be. :sup:

[Guest Karnov]

I voted yes, but I was somewhere in the middle (like lukewarm water) socially.

 

Probably more of a nerd/geek/whatever now though; aged 31 I've got no need to pretend to be cool or maintain any kind of ironic detachment. If I spend my Saturday visiting an owl sanctuary now, I'll tell you about it, rather than pretending I spent my weekend "smoking fags and getting drunk".

[Caretstik]

I always thought of 'nerd' and 'geek' as synonyms but yeah, now I see a difference.

 

For the sake of the poll, a definite nerd. Chubby (not fat enough to be bullied though), greasy/crap hair and zits, NHS specs from the age of 13, didn't get wimmin, the works. Had a few friends though. I was one of the brightest kids in my year but skived loads and ended up with a measly 2 'O' levels first time round (both in English, ftnerdw).

 

Not much has changed down the years, apart from losing my virginity and a lot of my hair and paying for my own glasses.

[TwiddleBot]

Teeny, big glasses that covered about 25% of my face at least.. I was constantly reading about astronomy and physics, at home I spent hours per day playing piano and programming on my trs-80, or building model rockets or drawing comics. So yes I was an ubergeek and a nerd, best of both worlds. IDM was instant love.

[Guest Gary C]

I wore glasses from the age of 7 to 14. If I hadn't started wearing contact lenses I would undoubtedly have been much nerdier for those remaining 6 years of teen.

[Guest AcrossCanyons]

Not really. I has plenty of friends and was never great at school (apart from computers a bit at the time and english). I was a bit socially awkward tho and didn't go out much - I also loved (still do) video games and RPGs in particular. Get called a nerd for that to this day. ("saw you playing that nerd game on xbl last night lol lol lol")

[Guest]

i liked to play video games but who doesn't. Was more a cliché stoner who didn't attend regularly and dropped out of several schools. But now, now i'm a nerd. At art school.

[funkaholic]

"with your long blonde haur you look like a girl"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yiwvti7txCM

 

in year 7 a girl tapped me on the shoulder to find out if i was a girl or a boy, i had long wavey blonde hair, over the years it got darker and i ended up being called a frodo.

[Guest Coalbucket PI]

Years of American TV had lead to me to believe I would fall into these social types. By the TV catergorising system I must have been both, I was captain of the basketball team and I took all the science subjects. Basically there is no such thing as a nerdy underclass. The only social divisions within my school were the class groups the school put us in; by jesus I hated the other classes until the last few years when I realised they were mostly normal people too.

[Guest KY]

first off, no. secondly, fuck nerds man, always nerding things up. WHY DONT YOU MAP THE POLL RESULTS ON YOUR GRAPHING CALCULATOR???? nerds.

[TwiddleBot]

My graphing calculator was full of diy video games.. my own shitty rpg, battleship, tank wars, etc.. yep. Ah the good old days.

[chassis]

Just so I know, whats a nerd?

[Guest KY]

Just so I know, whats a nerd?

you are, nerd

[Salvatorin]

No I am not a nerd at my school

 

Lots of people at school think I'm on constantly on drugs and if I tell them I'm not, they lose interest in my behavior.

[Guest ezkerraldean]

lol yes

 

although to be fair most of the rich sporty popular kids did tend to respect me for my amazingness in most lessons plus my sense of humour. :sup:

 

and i always had plenty of friends outside school, mainly local-minded petrolheads innit, so i was never a total loner or anything

[Meadows and Labyrinths]

"bitch you ain't a nerd?

 

i coulda swore you was."

[oyster]

No I am not a nerd at my school

 

Lots of people at school think I'm on constantly on drugs and if I tell them I'm not, they lose interest in my behavior.

 

I can relate to this

[cruising for burgers]

@ the time i really thought i was great but every time i look back oh my

 

No I am not a nerd at my school

 

Lots of people at school think I'm on constantly on drugs and if I tell them I'm not, they lose interest in my behavior.

 

I can relate to this

me 2

[Candiru]

Hmmm, on second thought, I believe I was a skateboarding nerd.

 

A nerd is someone who is very passionate about something that hardly anybody gives a flying fuck about.

[halisray]

I get good marks, so fuck off.

[YEK]

Hmmm, on second thought, I believe I was a skateboarding nerd.

 

A nerd is someone who is very passionate about something that hardly anybody gives a flying fuck about.

 

naw, that's geeky

 

 

nerds are smart as well as geeky and worse like socially awkward

[Guest Calx Sherbet]

I wore glasses from the age of 7 to 14. If I hadn't started wearing contact lenses I would undoubtedly have been much nerdier for those remaining 6 years of teen.

 

i got contacts 6 years ago. and just recently, i decided to see what i looked like in glasses after all this time. i looked ridiculously nerdy, i'm glad i gave that up.