I think the worst part of the new nerd culture is seeing people from high school post about how much they love nerdy stuff on social media when you know they don't. For instance, around this time of year, I get irrationally angry seeing people that used to make fun of me for liking spooky weird shit posting on Facebook about "omg i love halloween!!! Nightmare Before Christmas is my FAVORITE movie and ALWAYS has been! Tim Burton is like the besssssst". The same thing's happened with Harry Potter and Star Wars, too.
I think part of the outrage againstfake nerdsis that it feels like that thing you really liked that no one else did is cheapened once it gets popular, and now you're not special for liking a thing. Which is kind of stupid, obviously, but that's human nature, I guess. We like our autism to be UNIQUE, goddammit.
It's sorta that and a little of resentment, how these people picked on you for your interests only for them years later going crazy over the same movie/show. It just feels phony, like they're just liking it because it's popular and they're riding the bandwagon; since you know they're not gonna come back and apologize for being a dick to you or even bond with you for it. Ah well.
On the topic of the nerdy themed weddings, this image was making the rounds around the anti-normie subreddits recently.
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Artist is a bit of a hack I feel. I swear he just traced all the images instead of doodling them from scratch. Look at that Belle for instance.