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I think you are still confusing real nerds/geeks/outcastes with regular and popular people who have just started to consume "nerd/geek culture". I bet if you went into any highschool real nerds and geeks are still at the lowest rung of society regardless if the popular kids have embraced "nerd/geek culture" or not. Hell even past highschool and onto college and beyond I am pretty sure it is the same way. There are real nerds, freaks and geeks and then there are the consumers of nerd/geek culture. They are not the same thing.

I think Sallen is right, there is a difference between who really know comics / games / Star Trek / whatever,and those who wear the shirts and buy the merchandise to be ironic.
I think the chicks posting here, and those Bob is talking about are the real deal. We aren't just mashing buttons - we have strategies and specialties in all the games we play. What? It's like we actually know how to play!