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<blockquote data-quote="Shades of Eternity" data-source="post: 9536189" data-attributes="member: 10869">The truth is the answer is both yes and no.Until about the mid 90's, nerds were treated as pariahs.The satanic panic was the equivelent of a witch hunt, but the target was as much nerds as witches.Watch any show from the era and how even good nerds were treated: aka badly.but the simple fact that nerds are a lot like mutants in x-men.There are a lot of them and not all of them are good.For example, the movie Revenge of the Nerds shows them as both being true victims of persacution and real life victimizers and unfortunately both are true.the simple fact is that nerds became mainstream about the same time as the rise of the alt -right.but paradoxically, it also sidelined a lot of people that would be classificated as outsiders further.we are living in an era where dungeons and dragons is more popular then rock and roll.Guys like Elon Musk are the personification of King Nerd and it's kinda terrifying what the consequences what could happen.on the other hand, the old cycle applies.&nbsp;&nbsp; Pariah gets kicked out, they do their own thing, it becomes cool, other people show up and then throw out the pariah from something he/she/they started is also true.I guess the answer is follows:Nerd culture is mainstream and therefore won.but a lot of nerds lost to get there and sometimes they lost their soul in the process.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shades of Eternity, post: 9536189, member: 10869"] The truth is the answer is both yes and no. Until about the mid 90's, nerds were treated as pariahs. The satanic panic was the equivelent of a witch hunt, but the target was as much nerds as witches. Watch any show from the era and how even good nerds were treated: aka badly. but the simple fact that nerds are a lot like mutants in x-men. There are a lot of them and not all of them are good. For example, the movie Revenge of the Nerds shows them as both being true victims of persacution and real life victimizers and unfortunately both are true. the simple fact is that nerds became mainstream about the same time as the rise of the alt -right. but paradoxically, it also sidelined a lot of people that would be classificated as outsiders further. we are living in an era where dungeons and dragons is more popular then rock and roll. Guys like Elon Musk are the personification of King Nerd and it's kinda terrifying what the consequences what could happen. on the other hand, the old cycle applies. Pariah gets kicked out, they do their own thing, it becomes cool, other people show up and then throw out the pariah from something he/she/they started is also true. I guess the answer is follows: Nerd culture is mainstream and therefore won. but a lot of nerds lost to get there and sometimes they lost their soul in the process. [/QUOTE]

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