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Re:Be nice to nerds by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @01:41PM (#12130898)
> Culturally there are two main groups:

Except, really, no.

> 1. Popular or "cool" people. Anyone who is not "book smart".

Except lots of people in this group are book smart, and even recognized as such by their peers in this group. It just isn't seen as dominating who they are.

> 2. Nerds, geeks, etc. People considered to be smart.

I would say that nerds, geeks, etc. as distinct from "popular" are defined more by perceived (from the "popular" perspective) overattachment to niche intellectual pursuits.

There is a very loose correlation with perceived smarts here, but its quite possible to be perceived as geeky/nerdy without being perceived as smart, and vice versa.

Also, you leave out (3) the very wide group of people who are neither particularly popular nor perceived as geeks/nerds.

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Re:Be nice to nerds by coldtea on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:37PM (#12131383)
>> Culturally there are two main groups: Except, really, no.

Except you've missed the word "main".

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Re:Be nice to nerds by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:53PM (#12131505)
By any reasonable definition where either #1 or #2 is a "main" group, #3 is a main group.
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Re:Be nice to nerds by asimuvPR on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @03:25PM (#12131749)
Would you please expand this point:

Also, you leave out (3) the very wide group of people who are neither particularly popular nor perceived as geeks/nerds.

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