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basement nerds are now the majority

Posted on: August 15, 2025 at 10:45:40 CT

phrejd STL

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I blame the movie Revenge of the Nerds for glorifying nerd culture and ushering in what is now an epidemic.

in 1984 Lamar was a joke. now he's every high school's class president.

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I was at a preseason college "scrimmage"/pep rally recently - Mormad MU - 8/15 10:07:30

A great majority of the population have no athletic skills - ERB KC - 8/15 13:51:20

This happened back twenty years ago when I was at - tgr MU

- 8/15 10:55:38

Yeah, I get the "never played basketball" type or not good - Mormad MU - 8/15 11:01:19

She was probably a transgender - playhard KC - 8/15 10:19:18

The men were probably faggoty liberals - Bosalphus KC - 8/15 10:23:53

They were more like basement nerds - Mormad MU - 8/15 10:36:48

lol (nm) - Bosalphus KC - 8/15 10:41:52

Basement nerds seems more likely. Plenty of those - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/15 10:41:49

how else are we going to be able to bring home an Esports - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 8/15 10:51:24

basement nerds are now the majority - phrejd STL - 8/15 10:45:40

I'm not saying you aren't correct. I think there are - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/15 10:55:48

sure but all that is 100% because of Revenge of the Nerds - phrejd STL - 8/15 11:00:12

Damn sir mix alot. So catchy. Damn him to hell.(nm) - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/15 11:02:10

RE: I'm not saying you aren't correct. I think there are - meatiger MU - 8/15 10:57:52

true and that has been the case for a while.(nm) - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/15 11:03:04

Shouldn't they be at some musical then and not - playhard KC - 8/15 10:27:17

Who is out there claiming to be a beta male? - Bosalphus KC - 8/15 10:29:16

Nice try, but huge logical fallacy here - Eggs MU - 8/15 10:22:56

I bet 80% of the population couldn't get the ball to the - playhard KC - 8/15 10:25:36

80%? I'll take rectal extractions for $500 Alex (nm) - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 8/15 10:27:52

So they shot free throws - meatiger MU - 8/15 10:18:09

Half-court shots - Mormad MU - 8/15 10:41:57

I've been saying for quite some time that I bet birth rates - Diamond Dave MU

- 8/15 10:15:32

man I don't know - o'lineydisciple MU - 8/15 11:04:52

just look at Japan. We're about 30 years behind them with - Joeboo MU

- 8/15 10:30:32

Its ok. Robots and AI are going to win out anyway(nm) - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/15 10:35:05

I'm down with having a sexbot maid in my golden years - Joeboo MU

- 8/15 10:48:35

The struggling to get along economically isn't - Bosalphus KC - 8/15 10:34:38

young adults are the "participation trophy" generation - Joeboo MU

- 8/15 10:46:33

I have faith in today's teens though. whatever the group - phrejd STL - 8/15 10:49:44

My kids are both teens. I've beat them down - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/15 11:09:36

same. and my kids have never beaten me at anything - phrejd STL - 8/15 11:31:25

It's a tightrope....pushing them to be better without - Mormad MU - 8/15 11:12:46

agree about the tight rope. There are certain things - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/15 12:09:58

Have a Son in college right now I can tell you that is - Carlos Rossi KC - 8/15 10:25:16

RE: I've been saying for quite some time that I bet birth rates - meatiger MU - 8/15 10:22:13

year 'round traveling sports for kids - Bosalphus KC - 8/15 10:23:25

I don't disagree but it typically makes for better athletes - playhard KC - 8/15 10:30:25

we had great people in the sports they specialized in - meatiger MU - 8/15 10:40:03

they are creating money making machines for the - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/15 10:45:49

Exactly, youth sports is insanely expensive, especially - playhard KC - 8/15 10:59:23

I agree it does but I'm not sure it helps the overall - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/15 10:33:48

You're either in those or you arent playing. Vast majority - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/15 10:29:46

I understand that parents hands are tied - Bosalphus KC - 8/15 10:41:38

I agree. I think its fine for all of them. The super - SabertoothTiger MU - 8/15 10:59:47

Except the clubs won't let you in some cases - Mormad MU - 8/15 10:46:37

RFK needs to have mandatory TRT - Bosalphus KC - 8/15 10:20:27