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Is it just me, or does it seem to actually be fashionable to be or pretend to be a nerd?
Maybe I've just managed to subconsciously surround myself with people only of the geek/nerd persuasion, but it seems like everybody and their grandmother is rocking Mario t-shirts and spending more time on the internet.
I've also noticed stores stocking up on pop-culture related things that were once able to get you laughed at for enjoying. Wal-Mart sells Zelda and Thundercats t-shirts (and let's be honest, nobody born after like 1995 has ever watched Thundercats on tv before)
Hot-Topic (shudder) seems to be a pretty big perp in this, too. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's a bad thing, and to be honest I'm happy for the extra company, but living in a small town full of either rednecks or people who think they live in California suddenly donning a Mario hat and talking about blogging has managed to give me a bit of a jolt. It's like I'm used to people thinking/liking things different from me and a few close friends to actually being able to hold a conversation with a stranger about Deadpool.
I hold a strange mixture of joy that the populace has 'seen the light', so to speak, and yet I still feel robbed of my uniqueness.
Anybody else remember back in the day when people still used AOL cd's and couldn't find their way around the net to save their life? Seems like those days are gone. I've also noticed that the internet has been swerving towards social networking as opposed to the more entertainment/IRC heavy net I've grown up with.
I'm not even in my 20's and I feel like an old man. I'm gonna put on my flannel robe and smoke my pipe now, damn young'ans.
Maybe I've just managed to subconsciously surround myself with people only of the geek/nerd persuasion, but it seems like everybody and their grandmother is rocking Mario t-shirts and spending more time on the internet.
I've also noticed stores stocking up on pop-culture related things that were once able to get you laughed at for enjoying. Wal-Mart sells Zelda and Thundercats t-shirts (and let's be honest, nobody born after like 1995 has ever watched Thundercats on tv before)
Hot-Topic (shudder) seems to be a pretty big perp in this, too. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's a bad thing, and to be honest I'm happy for the extra company, but living in a small town full of either rednecks or people who think they live in California suddenly donning a Mario hat and talking about blogging has managed to give me a bit of a jolt. It's like I'm used to people thinking/liking things different from me and a few close friends to actually being able to hold a conversation with a stranger about Deadpool.
I hold a strange mixture of joy that the populace has 'seen the light', so to speak, and yet I still feel robbed of my uniqueness.
Anybody else remember back in the day when people still used AOL cd's and couldn't find their way around the net to save their life? Seems like those days are gone. I've also noticed that the internet has been swerving towards social networking as opposed to the more entertainment/IRC heavy net I've grown up with.
I'm not even in my 20's and I feel like an old man. I'm gonna put on my flannel robe and smoke my pipe now, damn young'ans.