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Klonoar
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What happened to nerds?
You are confusing “nerd” and “geek”, historically.
throw4847285
40 days ago
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Both terms are overloaded, because neither has been used with any consistency. Like the long forgotten trekkie/trekker divide, it was a way for some people to feel superior to other people, but the lines were never clear.
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