Blog'd!

I left a comment on a Gizmodo post about Transformers nerds wondering about why nerds always deprecate themselves and are ashamed of other nerds. Jason Tocci over at Geek Studies.org found the comment interesting enough to blog about it!

I’ve been fascinated with this kind of self-taboo within geek/nerd cultures since I started studying Game Programming at Blekinge Institute of Technology. No one here is openly nerdy unless you know them well. If someone finds himself discussing intricacies of C++ syntax while on the bus, he’ll quickly switch subject to the weekend’s party when he realizes what he’s talking about. Even though me and my friends here have lots of common interests, conversations may die out entirely because we have nothing /non-nerdy/ to talk about – it’s as if it’s unsocial and ‘boring’ to talk about nerd stuff. The really weird thing is that I do it myself too!

I’ll be following Geek Studies. Perhaps Jason will unravel the mystery of the Geek Shame.