Why nerds are unpopular.

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Jellomancer
How's the weather up there on that horse?

Sheesh, I'm not trying to play Einstein. My main statement (about vocabulary) was just to show that the intelligent discussions that many AnandTechians (at least those on non-ATOT forums) engage in are the kind of things that many kids here in rural Indiana have problems with.

The other stuff (about the clothes and sh!t) was just to show that people hate me even though I'm not dirty, stinky, or vile; it must be because I don't flaunt my "bling-blings" (well, I don't have any, so that would be kind of hard ).

 

[yobarman]

Originally posted by: PCH0

Originally posted by: Electric Amish

Originally posted by: yobarman
being smart doesn't make you a nerd. i was in a lot of AP classes during my sophmore year, and a majority of the people i knew from these classes were quite popular. Being stupid doesn't make you cool in HS. Its your personality. Being smart and being reserved and restarined are two completely different things, and they have no correlation to each other. You can be a smart geek that dresses nice, has good hygiene etc... I feel that intelligence is one of the lowest steps on the ladder to being popular in high school.

Kindof... although the "smart" popular kids are never as "smart" as the "smart" nerds...at least in my experience

amish

While most of the time this rings true there are plenty of examples to the contrary. There was one guy from my HS that stands out the most. 4.0 through HS, AP classes, class president, varisty football/basketball/baseball, academic decathlon, mock trial, and in speech (award winning). That guy was friggin perfect.

I agree, there was a kid in my grade who i was friends with. He was in many AP classes, smart as hell, funny, on the wrestling squad and this kid had endurance on unlike anything i've ever seen. He would go up the mountains and just bike on the weekends, and when it came down to it, he was on of the most popular kids in school.