On nerd victimhood
@bgcarlisle In retrospect, everyone who was bullied for being a nerd in my highschool had some other thing going on. Queer, PoC, and autism-spectrum kids were bullied for being nerds despite getting average grades and being into the same "nerdy" things half the kids in school were into. Because it was never about being smart or being super into some media property or hobby.
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On nerd victimhood
@bunnyjane @bgcarlisle@scholar.social Yeah, back in the 90s being nerdy was associated with gender nonconformity and queerness, which makes hypermasc, violent, closeminded dudes claiming ownership over it a real trip.
