To Be a N-word, an A-word & a G-Word (I Blame Pop Culture)

Okay before we start this installment of "I Blame Pop Culture" let's take a test.

Pick out the Nerdy, Awkward, Geeky person or character

Steve Urkel

Bill Haverchuck
Character from "Freaks and Geeks" 

Aisha Tyler

On Friday Night name the activity or activities would a nerd, awkward person or geeky person would be doing

Cosplay

Line Dancing

Reading

Name the show(s) that the nerdy, awkward, geeky watch

Cosmos

Scandal

Game of Thrones

Okay the answer is All of the Above!!! How did you do?

Like every topic in the world, Nerds, the Awkward and Geeks have been pop culturally define. And like all other topics pop culture has defined, the definition is based on stereotypes, popular attitudes & trends. . You're not a "real" nerd. No, you're not nerdy enough.That seems to okay to say these days.So it is safe to say those that are of this population are annoyed with it.  Well at least this awkward nerdy geek is.

First lets discuss the non-nerds & geeks in hiding (I won't pull a Perez Hilton on you) views on others that identify as being nerd. I thank you for drinking Pop Culture's kool-aid and believing all that it has told you what being nerdy, awkward, and geeky is. I won't call you a "meat-head" but if you only want believe what it has told you well I might have to.

Those glasses don't make a person a nerd or geek. It means that person can't see without them and the don't have the money to buy another pair. A geek is a person that feels they are an expert or enthusiast or a person obsessed with a hobby or intellectual pursuit. Nerds are people who may spend many amounts of time on  non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical or relating to topics of fiction or fantasy. An awkward person is in an emotional state of intense discomfort with oneself very frequently. Thank you Wikipedia, for the general definition help. None of these definitions use the word Only. They can be interested, know about, and enjoy mainstream activities. What only the non-geek can join in the "water cooler" conversation? Just because a guy Cos Plays on Saturday doesn't mean he can't enjoy a ball game on Saturday. Just because she watches Housewives at 7 doesn't mean afterwards she's not watching Cosmos at 8 (I live in Central Standard Time.). Don't let Pop Culture tell you that.So what if doing popular dances is not what your fellow educator knows.So is what their rhythm is off. Are their bills paid? You know the latest ones but did you have to borrow money to pay for lunch today. Spent to much at bar, maybe??? Know a person who identifies as a nerd, geek or awkward as a person not a stereotype. 

Oh nerds, geeks, awkward people, stop signifying. You are next. Stop Nerd Checking each other. What's this not "Not Nerdy Enough" crap, we got going on. Oh Pop Culture poison our "grog" also (yep I said grog). 

I say we. My nerdness has never been questioned directly to me. I'm not a hypocrite because I Am a Hypocrite. I "Nerd Card Checked" someone once. I bought a some $$$ worth of books. and this lady said "Oh you are book nerd like me". My rude self said, "Oh really. You have more books than shoes too". She said "Well No. I". I cut her off by walking away. Yeah, I must have sipped some that day too. I felt horrible later on. She could've been a book nerd and a shoe whore. I didn't know that lady. I know with the rise popularity of Nerd Curiosity and fake cultures of the Geek Chic, we feel as the hip slang says "Some Kind of Way". It still should not make us pigeonhole those in the community. There is not one kind of "Nerdy", "Geeky", or "Awkward" person. You don't know everyone in the community's story. Like the non-nerdy, We have to know them as a people and not by "our self-made standards". Just because they've never played D & D doesn't mean they don't have a kick a-word Marvel comic book and figurine collection. They may not can afford to go to Comic Con International. Yet, they are at their local Con front and center every year since the local Con started. Fantasy Fiction, Textbooks, Romance, Comedy, Memoirs or Historical Diaries are all books. Be happy that person is reading, period. Stop tearing down our own. Mainstream does enough it by itself.

One day this blog post will be obsolete because Nerds, Geeks, & the Awkward will be seen as just people. But until the story stops being Unique it still has to be told correctly. But That's what happens when you are an outlier of the Mainstream Machine called Pop Culture. 

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms