However, it might be selection bias, real nerds indeed stay at home and don’t even go to nerd communities.
Yes. I am unaware of the terminology used by young people, but some suggested that “real nerds” today are called “neckbeards” and as far as I can see they resemble what I and two classmates were at 16. We enjoyed each others company but even nerd culture i.e. a gaming shop was a bit too scary.
How to put it… it is not skills and not the classical “interaction drains the energies of introverts” thing. It is more like we could only enjoy the company of people we really knew well, they were from the same high school class. It was a little like a huge distrust for strangers.
Yes. I am unaware of the terminology used by young people, but some suggested that “real nerds” today are called “neckbeards” and as far as I can see they resemble what I and two classmates were at 16. We enjoyed each others company but even nerd culture i.e. a gaming shop was a bit too scary.
How to put it… it is not skills and not the classical “interaction drains the energies of introverts” thing. It is more like we could only enjoy the company of people we really knew well, they were from the same high school class. It was a little like a huge distrust for strangers.