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I usually don't do POV, but this one needed a specific perspective. Hope I got him right…
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Robbie Shapiro here, and I wanted to spend my limited time on my Slap show talking about nerds. Not the candy, though those are okay, but the term nerd. As many know, I've been called a nerd, and if we go by one definition, it fits. According to Pearpedia, a nerd is an unstylish, unattractive, or socially awkward person. I don't necessarily agree with the unstylish, of course, and I'm hardly unnatractive. But socially awkward, I agree that can sometimes, I tend to be a touch awkward.
Now lets look at the stereotypes popular in the media. Tech savvy, which does kinda fit me. Second highest score ever in Tech Theater ever, and I trained the person who dethroned me. Go ahead and ask Tori, she'll tell you. But while I do love my tech toys, and I understand the technical parts behind theater, I'm not the stereotypical nerd. Yes, I have the glasses, and the bad haircut, and Rex. No one accuses Rex of being nerdy, by the way. But when it comes to tech, or nerd hobbies, either I'm not into them, or if I'm honest, plenty of cool kids are into the same things. Lets start with some examples.
Okay, computers. I don't necessarily understand them any more then the next kid. I do love playing with my Pearpad. But if we're honest, so do a lot of kids. I just love what I can do with it, and sometimes, I go overboard. Only, while I do, so does josh, and he's… okay, he's a nerd. But in my defense, the pads, they're useful, and loads and loads of people use them. Also, as much as my pad uses have been odd or awkward, they've just as often been useful to the gang, my friends, so I don't see that as a point. Also, Andre was totally into Pearpads for a while, cause it was useful to his songwriting… Yea.
That brings up friends, and I should. I have friends, who rank among the coolest in the school. Beck and Jade and Tori and Andre are all cool, and yet, each one has their own level of nerdyness, yet no one calls any of them nerds. Take Beck, for instance. Did you know he plays video games? Not that much, but he does. Beck is way into his acting, and his phone, kinda like any teenager. But Beck may be the least nerdy of the gang, and I know it, so lets move on.
Jade. Girl is way into her video games. She uses her computer more then I do, and looks all kinds of chiz up on line. She loves her technology. Okay, she took out my drone, and lets be honest, I'm worried about when she lets her inner nerd out, cause that's one girls I don't want using tech. I mean, once she takes over the world, she'll make us all watch the scissoring, and I really don't like that movie that much. Maybe it's cause they killed the pretty one first? No mater, Jade's obsessive about the things she enjoys, like the scissoring, and dark things, and technology. Just because we don't see her constantly playing on her computer doesn't mean she doesn't. And yes, she needed Sinjin to help her when she had a serious tech problem, but not all nerds are hackers. Jade is nerd like, just never say that to her face. We all know how she'll react…. Moving on.
Tori wasn't that into technology when I first met her, but she adjusted. Girl has the highest score ever in Tech Theater. She uses her phone just as much as anyone else, and she… Yea, Tori is a bad example. Only she's not. Tori is obsessive, and while slightly behind in her tech, she's as obsessive as Andre about music. A band nerd. Singing and working on songwriting, which Jade does, but we've moved on, cause of health concerns. But Tori made her series of videos for the slap, and after seeing her amd some of her use of tech on line, can anyone say she's not a nerd. A nerd tech goddess, which unfairly is a stereotype now, but no nerdy tech god. Just the hot girls who are into the nerdy chiz. Honestly, I'm amazed that Tori and Beck aren't even more into the technology, or the fun on line world out there. Both are almost unusual for our age in that they're not into the online world like Jade, who we're not talking about any more, or me. But Tori can do technology, and she is obsessive, and very good, while sometimes very awkward. See, her dating habits scream at being awkward, and yet, she's seen as hot, and cool, and so much not a nerd.
What can I say about Andre…? Honestly, he should be the least nerdy of the gang. Athletic, graceful, and he plays, like, all the instruments. Only, he writes music, love to write music, and along the way, he developed just as many nerdy habits as I did. Boy did stupid things to win a Ke$ha concert, lives on line through video chat, and while not as into the videogames as Beck or, yea, not mentioning her any more, even if she's part of the computer club, the role playing club, and lets be honest, Jade is the goth goddess of nerds, and will kill anyone who calls her that, so be nice when you see her in the halls. I don't know how long I can hide from her, so lets keep this friendly. But he did love his pad, and while he can't afford the best, he's done some wild things to get his hands on a good pad.
Okay, I admit, some of my friends, not as nerdy as I'd thought when I started. Jade, definitely, and to a degree, Beck and Tori. I didn't mention Cat, because as much as she loves her phone, she gets lost in the applications. Andre is a band geek, the walking definition of a band nerd, while Trina, who I hesitate to mention, but have to now that she's standing over me with a mean look in her eye, she's not that tech involved, and is more cutting edge then out there. Not a nerd, or a geek, just a pretty girl who should be more popular then she is.
Okay, Trina's gone now, and I can focus. Trina was never supposed to be a part of this video, only, we know how that turned out. No idea how she found out, just she did, and I have to adjust. Please don't hold that against me. I can be wedgied plenty, but it's just embarrassing when it's on my own livecast…
In closing, while my proof is less than stellar, I did prove one thing. I'm not a nerd. Nerds tend to master their fields. I'm a geek, which somehow sounds worse…
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Thoughts?
