…when people call people nerds, mostly what they’re saying is you like stuff.’ Which is just not a good insult at all. Like, you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human consciousness’.
Saying ‘I notice you’re a nerd’ is like saying, ‘Hey, I notice that you’d rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you’d rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan.