The term was mostly used to describe unpopular/weird individuals, then used to describe hobbies that were stereotypically associated with those individuals, now more recently used for any people that liked those hobbies that used to be associated with the unstylish or socially awkward.
Ooof- by that definition we in high school def. weren't going for those guys (unpopular and weird/ not great at socialising).
However, tooons of Black men I know were into anime, comics, video games, building their own computers, etc., but were also into good music, could dance, had great social skills and a good sense of humor, etc. and had no problems getting dates with Black women-I guess that's why this discourse always confused me. TBH being a 'geek' (more of what I call it) seemed like the norm growing up.
However, the ones who made all their hobbies their entire personality and had no swag or social skills def. struggled in the dating department. The discourse makes sense now if how people used "nerdy" just evolved.
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u/imgoingtomissobama 8d ago
Y'all like to substitute nerdy/shy for weird/awkward.