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>>11539040
>forced upon people
Except it literally is. If sales people and marketing departments didn't use jewish mind tricks and advertising to manufacture demand for their products, nobody would buy their shit and the entire system would break down.

>>11402039
Seriously, unironically kill yourself. Advertising and marketing are morally and intellectually bankrupt professions that utilize psychological trickery and propaganda to brainwash people to buy shit they don't even want. You and your ilk are precisely what's wrong with Capitalism, and you should all hang from fucking lampposts!

>>10730621
>>10730269

>>10562640
To understand nerd culture, we must understand the nerd identity before it became commoditized. The word gained prevalence in the latter half of the 20th century, and the word was associated to a person who had a strong affinity for academics, natural sciences, technology particularly computers, and lack of social skills. Nerds were shamed and bullied for these qualities as a perceived weakness and lack of masculinity. One of the first mediums nerds gravitated towards were role-playing games such as D&D in the 70's - 80's. The Satanic Panic of the 80's smeared D&D, and exacerbated the reputations of nerds, and their identity.

Video games also had a little popularity among nerds in the 70's -early 80's starting with arcade games, them home consoles, followed by the crash in 1983. The vidya industry was reborn in '85, but didn't actually gained a general popularity until the late 90's - early 00's.

What happened here, a specific medium which has always been associated with the nerd stereotype has now gained general acceptance among the community. The identity has been further normalized in the 00's by television shows and movies like The Big Bang Theory, the Doctor Who reboot, The Lord of the Rings movies, the Harry Potter franchise, the Star Wars prequels, and cable channels like TechTV/G4.

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