Re:“The Big Bang Theory” Normalized Nerd Culture
by saipii on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @05:31PM
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> Kids being bullied and remaining friendless in school due to being nerdy is not a rare occurrence.
Is this still the case in 2019?
I was friendless (not bullied) for much of middle and highschool (2006-2010ish) not because I was nerdy, but because I was socially awkward and didn't make any attempt to fix it until later in highschool. It feels like a lot of people are mad at the show making fun of socially awkward people, which is completely separate from being nerdy.
Re:“The Big Bang Theory” Normalized Nerd Culture
by mcguire on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @05:58PM
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That's actually part of the problem: those two are seen as the same.
Maybe if you are lucky enough to be living in silicon valley. Not in most places though, especially if you live outside of America.
> ordinary successful lives
If you try to stretch the meaning of successful enough and exclude things such as romantic/sexual life.
> Nerds are not a vulnerable class and haven't been in a long time
Kids being bullied and remaining friendless in school due to being nerdy is not a rare occurrence.