Comments on: Study: nerds are cool http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/13/study-nerds-are-cool/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:47:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Kibbey http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/13/study-nerds-are-cool/#comment-3397873 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:54:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/13/study-nerds-are-cool/#comment-3397873 Thanks for this. Bookmarked. Thanks for this. Bookmarked.

]]> by: Mortlake http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/13/study-nerds-are-cool/#comment-77190 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:42:09 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/13/study-nerds-are-cool/#comment-77190 _“Geekhood is now a gateway to immense wealth, power and fame…”_ But not a gateway to girlfriends. That's the rub. Potential intelligent girlfriends either want no-one until the "mad dash to motherhood at 39 & three-quarters", or fall for "yo bitch, wazzup!?" types who treat them badly. _“Geekhood is now a gateway to immense wealth, power and fame…”_

But not a gateway to girlfriends. That’s the rub. Potential intelligent girlfriends either want no-one until the “mad dash to motherhood at 39 & three-quarters”, or fall for “yo bitch, wazzup!?” types who treat them badly.

]]> by: neeb http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/13/study-nerds-are-cool/#comment-60685 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:26:11 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/13/study-nerds-are-cool/#comment-60685 Uhhh... maybe I'm over thinking, but isn't coolness derived from not caring what's "cool"? The hippest MF'ers (Raymond Chandler, Miles Davis, et al) didn't try to be hip. They just were. Uhhh… maybe I’m over thinking, but isn’t coolness derived from not caring what’s “cool”?
The hippest MF’ers (Raymond Chandler, Miles Davis, et al) didn’t try to be hip. They just were.

]]> by: Matthew Sturges http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/13/study-nerds-are-cool/#comment-60305 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:37:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/13/study-nerds-are-cool/#comment-60305 I'd question the value of the market research from a self-defined "young adult research firm" who believes that Bill Gates, of all people, "has made nerdiness cool." It's kind of like saying that Ed Sullivan made the Beatles cool. I’d question the value of the market research from a self-defined “young adult research firm” who believes that Bill Gates, of all people, “has made nerdiness cool.” It’s kind of like saying that Ed Sullivan made the Beatles cool.

]]> by: Primate http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/13/study-nerds-are-cool/#comment-60208 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:30:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/02/13/study-nerds-are-cool/#comment-60208 “Geekhood is now a gateway to immense wealth, power and fame..." Uh, okay. I'm waiting... “Geekhood is now a gateway to immense wealth, power and fame…”

Uh, okay. I’m waiting…

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