My nerd friend knows a lot of shit.

Or maybe he’s a geek. I don’t know.

You kids and your nomenclatures.

He knows everything about movies and his head is full of trivia answers. He knows the name of the drummer for Journey, and is actually proud of it. He can rattle off the presidents and is into kitschy, retro shit. For example, he owns a Big Wheel from the 80s and has a working Atari game system he repaired himself.

He likes sci-fi and karate movies best, but actually prefers watching movies “that are so bad they’re good.”

He asked me what my favorite bad movie was and I told him I have never seen a movie, nor watched a tv show. He laughed cuz he knew I was lying. I’ve talked about my love of Mythbusters, Project Runway, and horror flicks.

"I was raised by wolves," I insisted. "Our pack couldn’t afford cable."

I’ve run across a lot of people like him, not smart, but “smart”. Sure, they can fix a toy light saber and can tell you who Stan Lee lost his V-card to, but is this real intelligence?

Maybe the media and pop culture exist to fill up the brains of people who are genetically smart so they can’t really think, sort of like chewing gum for the mind.

I believe the government and corporations have a vested interest in a distracted population. And if I’m right, my nerd friend should be receiving a gold star for being “smart”, but not really smart smart.

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Published on March 18, 2015 18:54
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