I've noticed recently, that certain things in nerd culture, on the internet, come up repeatedly. There's certain things that annoy people. Entitlement. Judging another's "nerd status". Complaining about the friendzone. That kind of thing. And we're all guilty of at least one.
So, explain thyselves! Tell us what your guilty of, and why.
Well, I'm doclector, and I have a tendency to feel entitled.
So, explain thyselves! Tell us what your guilty of, and why.
Well, I'm doclector, and I have a tendency to feel entitled.
This stretches beyond nerdness. I have a terrible habit of entitlement in almost every part of my life. If there is one part of me that has remained naive through years of cynicism building shittyness, it's the expectation of some kind of karma. Specifically, when I've had a shit day, I feel like I'm entitled to something good. Often, this will result in some rather silly financial decisions. Yeah, I shouldn't have bought doom 3 BFG edition for full whack when I knew damn well it was the sort of thing that was gonna come down in price quickly, but dammit, I had such a shitty week.
It becomes more of a problem involving people, though. If i ever screw people over or lie to them, you can be damn sure it's because I felt the universe owed me something in apology for a recent turn of events, and I wasn't prepared to give up my due cosmic reparations to help someone out or just to be polite. It's my day off/scheduled trip to a gloriously unhealthy restaurant/chance to relax for a little while, and dammit, I'm not letting someone take it from me.
Problem is, do I really deserve these things? No. Maybe I didn't deserve for things to turn to shit, but I only deserve something when I've accomplshed something, and more to the point, I can't expect the universe to magically give it to me like completing a zelda dungeon and coincidentally finding a new item.
Still, here I sit, victim of a shitty term and even more shitty past few days, feeling I deserve a pizza and a day off to play games, and I'm infuriated because I can't have it.
It becomes more of a problem involving people, though. If i ever screw people over or lie to them, you can be damn sure it's because I felt the universe owed me something in apology for a recent turn of events, and I wasn't prepared to give up my due cosmic reparations to help someone out or just to be polite. It's my day off/scheduled trip to a gloriously unhealthy restaurant/chance to relax for a little while, and dammit, I'm not letting someone take it from me.
Problem is, do I really deserve these things? No. Maybe I didn't deserve for things to turn to shit, but I only deserve something when I've accomplshed something, and more to the point, I can't expect the universe to magically give it to me like completing a zelda dungeon and coincidentally finding a new item.
Still, here I sit, victim of a shitty term and even more shitty past few days, feeling I deserve a pizza and a day off to play games, and I'm infuriated because I can't have it.
Thats a nerd crime right?
