5 Things Modern Kids Don't Understand About Being a 'Nerd'

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A while back we pointed out how terms like “geek” and “nerd” had become meaningless, since everything that used to be a geek hobby is now everyone’s hobby. We went from a time when only greasy-haired dorks knew how to work a computer, to an era when every backward cap-wearing jock has a smartphone in his pocket. But I think all of this is meaningless to anyone under 25, because they don’t really remember what it was like before.

So gather ‘round, kids, while I explain in my crackly old man voice how things used to be for those of us who had geeky hobbies. And those of you old enough to remember, try to keep the post-traumatic stress tremors from hitting you too hard.

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    freaking hipsters.
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    Yes!
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    I can relate to this article even now. Since I am a girl who isn’t “hot”, pretty much all the bad portions of nerd-dom...
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    Strong language, and I’m not nearly as angry about the things in MY past, but can definitely relate to most of this...
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    MUST READ.
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