We are ****ing pathetic

[Roland_Deschain]

Encyclopedia Dramatica: The poor man's porno site.

[Felix-0]

ED, Sewer of internet terms.

[zuhane]

With me, I used to be a pathetic geek. Then I went to college and my life
completely changed. Still, my love of making games hasn't faded away!

[Shady Ultima]

I don't think any of this is pathetic. My wife loves that I'm a nerd, and since I can't find a job right now, why not waste my time playing video games or talking to people who like the stuff I do?

I have a wife, a band, and I go out pretty often, this is just another thing I like to do.

[Valiere]

I think that's starting to change. I see a lot more people calling themselves nerds without being ashamed of it. It's sort of evolving into a positive term.

And I know it's apparently not cool to have sympathy for people anymore, but what turns me off about Encyclopedia Dramatica is how damn hateful the whole thing is. They tear into everyone from a girl who happens to have an unfortunate appearance to someone who's a complete ace at webcomic'ing but deserves their wrath for some inexplicable reason. Some cases warrant a little bit of snark, like that David Gonterman guy, but how many people actually deserve the amount of vitriol these guys spew?

[fruckert]

I think that's starting to change. I see a lot more people calling themselves nerds without being ashamed of it. It's sort of evolving into a positive term.

Most people here in the Great State of Rain and Trees think that nerds are stewpid.
Until you get to the area where I am currently living, and then somehow I'm cool for being able to make a platformer o.O

[Archem]

Most people here in the Great State of Rain and Trees think that nerds are stewpid.

AMERICA IS ONCE AGAIN AHEAD OF THE REST OF THE WORLD IN EVERYTHING.

[Uberpwn_w00t]

I think that's starting to change. I see a lot more people calling themselves nerds without being ashamed of it. It's sort of evolving into a positive term.

And I know it's apparently not cool to have sympathy for people anymore, but what turns me off about Encyclopedia Dramatica is how damn hateful the whole thing is. They tear into everyone from a girl who happens to have an unfortunate appearance to someone who's a complete ace at webcomic'ing but deserves their wrath for some inexplicable reason. Some cases warrant a little bit of snark, like that David Gonterman guy, but how many people actually deserve the amount of vitriol these guys spew?

That's kinda the point of Encyclopedia Dramatica. To hate everybody and everything, and document it.

I'm not justifying it, of course. I don't care for ae either.

[Drace]

#1 most funniest thing about the word nerd: Jocks, hip-hop dewds and other idiots who call you a nerd when they don't like you.

Oh, I'm sorry I have brains. Go be an idiot. You know the word stereotype? I remember I conversation I had with a braindead idiot like that. He came over to beat me up even though I'm five years older and could've kicked his ***.

Anyhoe, it was something like this:

Me: Why the **** are you calling me a goth? I'm not a ****ing goth, I'm a rocker. Get it. Black is not a goth stereotype.
Him: Stereotype? What it that? I haven't done HAVO (mid-level education in The Netherlands, normal people follow this).
His friend: Stereo, that's music, right?

Afterwards, he coward out fight and ran with his tail between his leg. Even tried to be nice. Idiot. Don't come over here to kick my *** if you're gonna get burned on one of the most easiest words.

Now if he was an immigrant, sure, I could've understood why. But a dutchman, come on. Know your own fucken language.

[zuhane]

To be honest, I much prefer "nerds" to jocks and chavs. It depends how you use the term.
I tend to get a nice balance, almost like I have an alter ego. During the day, I do Taekwondo,
see friends, see my girlfriend and play guitar. Then at night time I go on here and play Team Fortress 2
for about 6 hours in a row.

[Emerates]

I mean, really. Most of us spend our days looking at the computer, chatting with people that we have never actually met before, playing or making games, and a few like to draw or work with music.
And thats all. We have no lives outside the computer.
Of course, there are exceptions. I myself have a nice number of friends and hang out with them often. But still. During a huge part of my day, I am just pathetic. And so are most of you.

Talk about it.

Actually Lucille, I spend most of my day out and about, doing things with my life.  I find your sweeping generalizations hurtful.

[Drace]

Of course, there are exceptions.

So far, I've mostly seen you being wrong. I think you are an exception of us.

[HackersTotalMassLaser]

You are not. Whoever I am not willing to elaborate cause the next statement would be too negative.

[Roland_Deschain]

No no, pathetic is 99% of the population of 4chan. /x/ isn't lumped with them because paranormal things are the ****. >_>

[Rahl]

I have not read the previous comments nor do I intend to take the time to. I not only sit around making looking at and discussing games I go out and see parts of the world people where I live could only dream of ever seeing in thier lifetimes, even in my college where it numbers in the thousands I am the exception when it comes to travelin. I count myself beyond blessed that I get to see these things and do not count myself as pathetic as such. And for those who do just sit at thier computer all day, life may just not be as exciting to them as it is to others. Some such as myself prefer a fantasy world where all things are possible and have creation at our very fingertips. Back in the day before coputers people like us were called readers and writers, and before that they were just day dreamers. But now we can see our fantasys come to life and the reality we would rather live in become semi-reality. It is this state of fiction that makes us happy and the ultimate goal of one person in life is happiness. We just choose to be happy in a different way than some.