The definition of a nerd...

When we were growing up, the whole idea of being cool and popular purely resides in the fact that who is inside your social circle and how good your looks are. All of the sudden, nerds are cool. People with shitloads of obsessive knowledge about some topics/ subjects/whatever are deemed as fun people to be with. Were these people being ridiculed and laughed at behind their backs when all of us were younger...? Why the change in attitude?

Quite a few of my friends have laid claim to this term. Even I do. Most people tend to think that nerds and geeks have no social lives. Unfortunately, they all do. And several have several girlfriends as well. So what gives? Are they real nerds? Are they poseurs?

Anyway, women still prefer not to be seen with a so-called 'nerd'. It's good to know some things don't change.

Perhaps, Amy's Robot will clear our doubts?