# The danger of nerds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-danger-of-nerds/647736>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 19, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-danger-of-nerds/647736 "2013-01-19T19:17:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-danger-of-nerds/647736/1 "2013-01-19T19:17:17Z")

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The secret power of nerds has been [revealed](http://youtu.be/OsGGdrFQhao)… (YouTube)

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**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-danger-of-nerds/647736/2 "2013-01-19T20:42:38Z")

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Ah ha ha. Sounds like a jock who some time ago realized that his best years were always going to be those glory days in high school, giving wedgies to smaller guys and shoving people in lockers. Once you’re an adult, that’s considered assault and gets you thrown in jail. His power got taken away, and he hadn’t ever replaced it with any useful kind of power, like book larnin’ like those nerds did, and he’s been bitter ever since.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-danger-of-nerds/647736/3 "2013-01-19T20:55:16Z")

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> [@Jenaroph](#):
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> Ah ha ha. Sounds like a jock who some time ago realized that his best years were always going to be those glory days in high school, giving wedgies to smaller guys and shoving people in lockers. Once you’re an adult, that’s considered assault and gets you thrown in jail. His power got taken away, and he hadn’t ever replaced it with any useful kind of power, like book larnin’ like those nerds did, and he’s been bitter ever since.

[If that was the worst that was wrong with Alex Jones, he’d be a lot better off](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Alex_Jones):

> [@Alex Jones](#):
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> You see, 666 is a doubling of 33. And 33 is pi. [[source (YouTube)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9_gUDQe4uE)]

[And in this video, Alex Jones claims gay people were created by the government.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2w2TRxSLxw)