What do yall think?
So, I was talking to my friend, who's a guy who reads comics and is pretty much your stereotypical nerd. We were talking about being yourself and not being ashamed of the things you enjoy, and he mentioned that he'd noticed me becoming more "nerdy."
I told him that I'd always considered myself nerdy. Like, I'm a huge book reader, especially fantasy. I collect a lot of the same stuff he does, just in reference to the books I read instead of comics. We both collect merch and get excited about the fictional worlds and characters we love.
Then he told me that he'd never really considered book readers to be nerds.
And that genuinely surprised me because, growing up, I was actually bullied for being a nerd because of how much I loved reading, especially fantasy books. So I've always kind of considered myself one.
And just to put it out there, I'm in no way mad at him or anyone who thinks differently! It was just something that made me curious because I'd never really thought about how differently people might define being a nerd.
So, I'm genuinely curious. Do y'all consider book readers nerds? Or is being a nerd something you associate more with comics, gaming, anime, etc.?