[OT] Nerds

[narf poit chez BOOM]

you know, as i was reading that, i realized that both Canada and the US have no national purpose as far as i can tell.

[Loser]

I really dug that article.

Thanks.

[ January 05, 2004, 20:09: Message edited by: Loser ]

[Wardad]

Very good article.

[TerranC]

Interesting. Thanks for the link.

[Taera]

i've read the article before, and i tell you, its true. i experienced (and still relatively am) what is described there, and lived thru it. call me a nerd, i no longer care, for im happy the way i am ^_^ and i realized that unpopularity originates in thoughts of unpopularity. wont go into details.

[Puke]

most of his stuff is total unadulterated crap, with the singular purpose of eliciting emotional response without any kind of solid premise or point, but Jon Katz ran a good serise of articles on Slashdot shortly after the Columbine shootings. Basically a collection of letters from students about problems and persecution they faced in school.

http://features.slashdot.org/article...thread&tid=146

It turned into a ten part series, the first of which is linked above. I think they were all together in some easy to browse format somewhere, but all I can find now are the original slash articles.

http://features.slashdot.org/article...thread&tid=146

http://features.slashdot.org/article...thread&tid=146

http://features.slashdot.org/article...thread&tid=146

http://features.slashdot.org/article...thread&tid=146

http://features.slashdot.org/article...thread&tid=146

http://features.slashdot.org/article...thread&tid=146

http://features.slashdot.org/article...thread&tid=146

http://features.slashdot.org/article...thread&tid=146

http://features.slashdot.org/article...thread&tid=146

[Narratio]

Don't know about unadulterated crap Puke. I agree some of the 20/20 rear view vision stuff sounded false, but overall the premise strikes me as true.

I was a nerd 30 plus years back and it still seems to describe me and my friends.

Liked the slashdot articles as well. Useful Posts.