What's wrong with being a geek or nerd? It pays the bills, it supports my crazy lifestyle, it pays my bills. It's just all about balance.

I love anime, but I also love outdoors, clubbing, hiking, kayaking, going out. It's all a balancing act. You don't let just one thing consume and define you. Enjoy it, but make time for other things too.

Life's short... do it all.

As long as you are happy and content with being considered a nerd, then no there is absolutely nothing wrong with it!

we're the ones that are gonna run everything in a few years, and that scares people are used to being on top (all the douchebags that were popular in highschool)

I have a nerdy/geeky side and a jock side. I love anime and trying to broaden my knowledge, but I play football, soccer, track, etc.

Nope, nothing wrong. Just don't go all hermit style. Get some sun on your pale ass every once in a while. (Guilty of not enough sun, but 2nd shift jobs and staying up late mess with that. xD)

One of the my favorite things I read - "Fantasy football - It's D&D for jocks."

Nothing wrong with it. I hate both words. I just think of the said classified people as planely intelligent.

Plus I honestly think the word/nickname loss it's meaning anyway.My undertsanding of it earlier in life was that the person was really smart,was into computer stuff alot,acceled at all or academic subjects.All of which I am not/don't do (well except for probably the PC stuff lol).

Some classify a fanatic of anything but the socially popular geeks(Ex. manga readers,anime watchers). Or at least that's what I experience here.My inspiration for becoming an artist for instance comes from mostly japanese oriented things.Primarly manga and anime.Because of that I was also inspired to learn more about the culture.When people mispronounce words or use the worng meaning. I correct them.Peers around me seem to think that's enough to classify me as a geek.

So whatever. I suppose. I don't despise people who use the word. But I don't think of said classified people as any different than me. Because inside, I could be like them. But I'm my own person. I know what I want. Acting or doing anything I don't want to do is pointless.If I want to know lots about something. I will.If I don't,I don't. If the ocasion is school, I learn what I have to unless it's something I'm passionate about.

Yeah, I do have to say that the words have changed quite a bit since my time in grade/high school. It went from those being tech suave, science loving, math addicts being labeled as outcasts/nerds/geeks, to where if you don't know fairly new tech and do decent in school you're basically considered illiterate. Funny how things change.

I think anymore the labels mostly apply to the people that are fanatical about it, at least from a gamer's standpoint. IE, the NEETs that exist only online and refuse to accept reality. Which anymore a lot of people go through that stage in life, where they just want to escape. Hell, I was guilty of it for a while even.

Also, that's pretty much what I view myself as - a gamer/manga/anime lover, who also enjoys the outdoors, cars, books, and hanging with friends. And #$%^ anyone that doesn't like it, because their opinions mean nothing to me. Especially those that I knew back in school. The things kids say in school more or less are meaningless, and shouldn't discourage what enjoyment you get out of life.

A good book to read is "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks" by Ethan Gilsdorf. He narrates his life as a nerd/geek/gamer, and shows that people can grow up fine and successful while being, well, a geek/nerd/gamer.

Putting labels on people don't really do them any justice.

Partitioning people based on their activities or hobbies is really limiting. Most people can't be categorized into one thing.

Nothing wrong with being yourself.