I was feeling a bit down, but this brought me up a bit

Oh I've openly admitted to being a nerd or geek for a while. Its interesting how as you grow older it seems to be "cooler," I suppose that just hints at brains over brawns.

Well, I mainly don't consider myself to be a "geek" per se, because it seems to be self-deprecating. Especially if the term is being used in a negative context. The example in the article that made me totally relate to it was when the woman mentioned how blue the sky looked, in the hope that the guy would hold her hand. Instead of doing that though, he goes on to give her an explanation about why it's blue.XD I thought it was pretty funny because I wouldn't have gotten that "signal" either. I mean really... how is someone supposed to make the connection between a blue sky and holding hands?

I don't know about "geekiness" becoming cooler, but... depending upon how you wear it, you can make it stylish. I just consider it my own style instead of calling it geekiness. Hmm... or maybe... it's like the adage of "birds of a feather flock together". It then becomes cooler because the people around you share the same view and general interests as well. Hm, or it could be as the article suggests, that the increasing immersion of formerly "geeky" tech and trends is making it more chic to sport one's more knowledgeable side.

Although I try to pay equal attention to both brains and brawn... I must admit that I've been leaning far more towards bettering the former than the latter. In regards to the latter, I've only managed to maintain it.

?These supernerds display a genuine concern for other individuals and their community,? says Anderson. (Bill Gates ? who left Microsoft to save Africa ? pops to mind.) ?This is quite the opposite from the typical portrayal of the nerd as antisocial and myopic, obsessed only with books, chess and computer games.?

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I think that's it. xD Devotion and genuine personality

More and more people have high education bg now. It's just not out of ordinary to find geeky couples attracted by each other's in college and hanging out in school library. I think there are just more "geeks" or diplomats in general. Professionalism becomes the culture.

And... I mean... Even I myself can make the testimony like those girls do.

The devotion part really rings true. I also liked how they described geeks as being able to keep relationships intact because they're willing to think about ways to solve the problem and deal with it instead of just letting it fall apart. Of course, this seems to refer to those they term as functional geeks.