NERD?WHAT EXACTLY IS A

FUN FACT:The first documented use of the word “nerd” was in Dr. Seuss’s 1950 book If I Ran The Zoo

Well,  he  certainly  doesn’t  look  like  the  

athletic  type.

A NERD IS EQUAL PARTS:

INTELLIGENT AWKWARDOBSSESSIVE

NERDGEEK DORK

DWEEB

INTELLIGENCE AWKWARDNESS

OBSESSIVNESS

COOL!WHY BEING A NERD IS NOW

Clark KentCIRCA 1985

Decidedly Uncool

Clark KentCIRCA 2013

Incredibly Cool

If  I  had  a  quarter  for  every  time  I  got  bullied  in  high-­school  I’d  be  rich!

But  you  are  rich!Also,  what’s  a  quarter?

ALL THE CEOs ARE

NERDS!

2%

Percentage of Tech Professionals* on Forbes List of 400 Richest People

1985

201325%

*AKA “Nerds”

NERDY IS

the new sexy

Dreamy?WAIT. THIS KID IS CONSIDERED

and  he’s  posing  with  a    Nintendo  DS?

ROckstarCIRCA 1985

Instrument  of  Choice:  Guitar

ROckstarCIRCA 2013

Instrument  of  Choice:  MacBook

NERDSARE CREATING

Culture

1980 1990 2000 20100

5

10

13

201319800

5

10

13

1980 1990 2000 2010 2013

19800

30

60

90

VS.# OF MOVIES BASED ON COMIC BOOKS

% ADOPTION RATE OF COMPUTERS

1980 1990 2000 20100

5

10

13

201319800

5

10

13

1980 1990 2000 2010 2013

19800

30

60

90

VS.# OF MOVIES BASED ON COMIC BOOKS

% ADOPTION RATE OF COMPUTERS

Coincidence?I THINK NOT!

ONE RING

11 OSCARS

Comic COnCIRCA 1970

This  was  the  only  picture  of  a  girl  I  could  find

Comic COnCIRCA 2012

Had  no  trouble  finding  these  though...

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