Let's see if I have this straight: a bunch of people at a convention wearing Star Trek attire are derided as nerds, but a bunch of people in a stadium wearing team attire are revered for team spirit? That's just stupid.
(This message brought to you by my ill-advised trip to the
U District on game day.)
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But we can't get rid of 'em because now they're a huge part of our economy and so many men can only show their intellectmemorization skills through reciting sports statistics.
And it hasn't been an insult to be called a "nerd" since the dawn of the computer.
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This always gives me a little smile when I'm somewhere entirely different. I'm usually riding the 550 from Bellevue to Seattle over I-90, about to enter the downtown grid, when I hear an announcement like that for the Mariners and I know my commute just got an hour longer.
(Also, I think I live in the only city in America where more people are likely to smile at the convention-goers and sigh at the sports fans. But that hardly negates your point.)
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