• SlimeKnight@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Girls are nerds too. They won’t admit it if you make it dangerous to do so. Like say, gatekeeping, calling them not true fans, pretending they don’t exist and leaving passive aggressive remarks when someone shares a story involving one.

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    8 months ago

    I’ll go along with it because, as a former middle schooler myself, I know that middle schoolers are insane and capable of anything.

    Add hormones to the mix, and forget it. I don’t know how any of us survived.

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      8 months ago

      I’m convinced half the reason school exists is to isolate the poor monsters for the better part of the day, so society can try and function.

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      8 months ago

      I 100% believe it could happen.

      You see, I, too, was once an awkward nerdy middle school girl and the go-to move for showing a guy you liked him was to get way into one of his hobbies.

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        8 months ago

        Agreed. My ex learned how write software for the ti-84 calculator because I was REALLY into it. Girl found her way in. Smart lady, I miss her sometimes.

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          8 months ago

          I heard this story from a third party, so I can’t prove it’s true, but supposedly the head of IT security at a previous job met his wife when she compromised his home network to get his attention.