I was at the fridge the other day thinking of Fanta Naranja (this delicious drink in Mexico and Europe that is a far cry from our crappy orange drink here in the states).
Walked back to my computer and saw an ad on Facebook for Fanta Naranja. I hadn't googled it nor entered in any blog, or search engine my love for the orange God. How the hell did they know that if they didn't have one of these ...
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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Opening this to guys and girls. Or guys that were once girls, and girls that were once guys that are now hot. You get the idea!
This man is clearly in need of some therapy - and maybe a 12 step to help him deal with his closet nerd that is desperately seeking an escape.
After all, anyone that puts this much effort trying to disprove why nerds rule the world is trying to hide something. But thanks for making us seem even cooler! =) And yeahhhhh ... we RULE!
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PS. I love that I stumbled upon this blog by googling "Why nerds rule the world." God bless great, amazing, spectacularly chosen keywords for the ultimate optimization completely contradicting what you are trying to accomplish.
P.P.S. If you find this man, please give him a big, awkward, nerdy hug for me.
Nerds Rule
Or so they think.
There is a common saying in our world that goes something asi-"Nerds rule the world." Or, "Nerds Rule." I heard this and it got me thinking: Do Nerds really rule the world? (Why am I capitalising the word "Nerd?" I shouldn't, and from this point forward, (or as some people say "foward"(lordy, I am the master of the parenthetical insertion inside of a parenthesis).)) I won't.
The obvious answer is, no. Nerds do not, in fact, rule the world. Now, do nerds often make a lot of money? Yes. But they ain't killer, and they ain't rule no world. Let's take a look at some prominent world rulers over history and see who really rules the world:
1. Abbas I of Safavid: Shah Abbas I (شاه عباس اول) (January 27, 1571?-January 19, 1629?) was the most eminent ruler of the Safavid Dynasty. He was also known as Shah Abbas the Great (شاه عباس بزرگ). In early October, 1588 he became Shah of Iran, by revolting against his father, Mohammad of Safavid, and imprisoning him.
In the midst of general anarchy in Persia, he was proclaimed ruler of Khorasan in 1581, and obtained possession of the Persian throne with the help of Morshed Gholi Ostajlou, whom he later killed in July, 1589. Determined to raise the fallen fortunes of his country, he first directed his efforts against the predatory Uzbeks, who occupied and harassed Khorasan. After a long and severe struggle, he regained Mashhad, defeated them in a great battle near Herat in 1597, and drove them out of his dominions.
Sound like a nerd? Well, just to dispell any notion that he might be a nerd, look at this bit of info:
When Abbas died, his dominions reached from the Tigris to the Indus. His fame is tarnished, however, by numerous deeds of tyranny and cruelty, particularly against his own family. Afraid of a coup by his family (as he had done to his father), he locked them up in palaces in order to keep them without knowledge of the outside world. This resulted in weak successors. He killed his eldest son, Safi Mirza, and left his throne to his grandson.
No man who kills his own son could be considered a nerd. An insane sonofabitch? Maybe. But a nerd? No way. Let's take a look at the next non-nerd ruler:
2. Eric of Pomerania: Dude was the ruler of Iceland. Iceland, bitches. From contemporary sources King Eric appears an intelligent, visionary, energetic and a firm character. That he was also a charming and well-speaking man of the world was shown by a great European tour of the 1420s. The reverse of his character seems to have been his hot temper, his lack of diplomatic sense and an obstinacy that bordered mulishness. Those are some of the explanations why this king who was inheriting perhaps the greatest power that any Danish ruler has received was able to lose everything.
Almost the whole of Eric’s sole rule was affected by his long-standing conflict with the Holstein counts. He tried to regain South Jutland (Schleswig) which Margaret had been winning but he chose a policy of warfare instead of negotiations. The result was a devastating war that did not only end without conquests but even let him lose the South Jutlandic areas that he had already got. During this war he showed much energy and steadiness but also a remarkable lack of adroitness. A German Imperial verdict of 1424 recognising him as the legal ruler of South Jutland was ignored by the Holsteiners. The long war was a strain on Danish economy as well as on the unity of the North.
See. This basically says that Eric was basically a stupid, useless bastard.( See paragraph 2, "a remarkable lack of adroitness.) He was overthrown, by the way. And no nerd would have a hot temper and am obstinancy that bordered mullishness. I don't know what that means, but I'm sure most nerds aren't mullish at all, dude.
(As a sidenote, there was a non-nerdy dog named after him, the Pomeranian.) (that might not be true, but you can imagine if it were.)
And last but not least:
Ghenghis F'ing Khan: No need for an intro, just know this:
Genghis Khan generally preferred to offer opponents the chance to submit to his rule without a fight, but was merciless if he encountered any resistance. In such cases he would not give an alternative and would mercilessly slaughter the population of the resisting cities, leaving only the skilled engineers, artists, spies and any troops who submitted and incorporating them in the Mongol system to expand their manpower, while absorbing their technology and skill as needed. There also were instances of mass slaughters even where there was no resistance, especially in Northern China where the vast majority of the population had long histories of accepting nomadic rulers. Genghis Khan's conquests were widely characterized by wholesale destruction on an unprecedented scale and radical changes in the demographics of Asia.
Mass slaughter is not the stuff of nerds.
In conclusion, don't give me Bill Gates, okay? He don't rule the world. Don't give me computer programmers, stock traders or the current president. (who is less of a nerd and more of a redneck warmonger, but I digress.) Nerds don't rule the world, kick ass mass-murderers do. So, the moral is, if you wan't to rule the world or a portion of it, don't be a nerd, be a cult of personality who is not above killing women and children for little to no reason. Okay?
No longer a rumor!!
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:45PM