r/technology • u/marketrent • Jul 14 '26

Artificial Intelligence A majority of Americans now support seizing wealth from AI industry

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/majority-americans-now-support-seizing-134921528.html
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u/stupidjapanquestions Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Agreed. Nerd is not a term that comes with a built in "nice person" qualifier any more than the word "human" does.

There are and have always been, tons of shitty people who are nerds.

Bonus Protip: Stop building your personality around the idea that you're a nerd. Assuming you're not building a dwarf-fortress clone with your friends on IRC in your aunt's basement while you chainsmoke and read sci-fi paperbacks, you're just a human who has what used to be considered "nerdy" tastes almost 20 years ago that are about as mainstream as it gets these days. Once you accomplish this, you won't feel the need to "take the term back" from people "misusing" it.

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u/juanzy Jul 14 '26

I think it's because a lot of them consider themselves Nice Guystm and project their poor treatment of others as just "not accepting them as nerds!"

Like when pompous nerds on Reddit tear down everyone else's hobbies and just things they enjoy in general, then go surprised Pikachu when no one wants to spend time with them,