Nerd Pride!

Nerd Pride!

Today’s ‘magical’ question: Why come nerds on television (and in real life for that matter) aren’t ever happy that they are intelligent and different?

I’m not very fond of labels (mostly upset that we live in a world full of generalizations), but I’ve been too pissed at nerds lately to NOT rant about them. Sure, being popular may seem important, but I’m tired of smart people doing stupid sh*t to be superficially popular. Don’t people know the definition of popular?

Popular: Regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general.

And there you have it. You’re popular as long as you’re generally well known. That doesn’t mean you have to become a slut or a conceited bigot; all you have to do is get WELL KNOWN (which isn’t very important. In my opinion, all you need is a few people to care about you. Life is a lot easier when no one knows you…trust me).

Maybe I should rewind and rightfully explain the reason behind this rant. First off, please bear with me when I say ‘you.’ I was taught in English class to not use second person in persuasive essays (a more organized rant), but I figure that the person reading can easily disregard the ‘you’ if it doesn’t pertain to them. I hope that you can do that for me. Anyway, I wanted to talk about nerds because I was watching this Lifetime movie (my cousin refuses to watch anything but Lifetime) where this extremely intelligent (book wise) girl decides, “Wow, I want to be just like the school slut because she’s ‘popular’!” and so she trades in her books, sleeps with every guy in sight, and gets an STD. I had to turn the television off and start writing to calm down. WHAT TYPE OF BS WAS THAT?!

I am, evidently, a nerd, and I’m not trying to say that all nerds are angst-ridden because they’re not ‘popular’ (I’ve had the pleasure of meeting a few proud nerds); I’m trying to say that there are not enough nerds so damn happy to be the way they are. Nerds are smart, unique, usually aware that the world does not evolve around them, and just generally AWESOME! Of course, this only applies to the nerds who aren’t stuck up about their intelligence.

I want to know why I’m yet to read a novel or watch a movie where the main character starts off saying, “I’m happy being a nerd because popularity is over rated” or something like that. Maybe I just happen to be reading the wrong novels. Maybe I need to stop writing fantasy stories and make my nerd pride dream come true. I really don’t know.

I hope people do know that it’s possible to be a well known nerd. I’m one of the biggest nerds in my school (next to my two best friends) yet I’m still fairly well known. I mingle with everyone, and I try to help anyone that will let me. I know that it’s not easy for everyone to talk to whomever. If that’s the case for you I think you should find two or three people to talk to and be happy. Simplicity is better. I’m a workaholic and a peace activist. While I love my life, I also wish I could stop and smell the roses more often. No forms of popularity are easy, and only the forms that make a difference are worth anybody’s time.

I guess teens (and people in general) are frightened by a world full of individuality. Without cliques, who would those teens with more potential than they could ever guess have to follow around? I am frightened for this world. Who the hell murdered individuality? And when did being nice become ‘lame’?

It felt so damn good to get those words out of my system. I’m happy Jazzy invited me to blog with her, and I hope that I do not become a burden to her someday (or you for that matter).

Tell me when I start to get too bitchy.

~WriterGurlLW, Admin of Writers Haven {Writershaven.tk}