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Why the interest in heroism?
Being the complete opposite of the neckbeard who hates himself because he was a coward to bullies and thus does not have the confidence to find a girlfriend - I think this is the primary reason of the suffering of nerds. But hey, isn't it exacty what I explained in the article?
Who being the opposite? You?
Me 20 years ago, I am 37. I sorta-kinda solved it about 70% during 20 years. Not efficient at all. Room for improvement. And yes, all the other "neckbears" we played AD&D with and obsessed over videogames - back then it meant Champions of Krynn - with. And their currently 17 years old versions. Mr "euphoric of my own intelligence", if you seen the photo, if not google it.
Being the complete oppositse of a neckbeard is of interest to others because...?
... it can "fix" neckbeards who suffer, to become someone who does not suffer. This is also called compassion.
Also, I suppose that on an intellectual forum like LW, even if the majority is not nerds/neckbeards I think almost everybody has many acquaintances who are, because intellectuals cluster together. Maybe the typical LWer was the high school kid who was interested in physics and Linux, and the neckbeard guy was someone who was interested in superhero comics and D&D and they ended up hanging out together because it was less bad than hanging out the majority oafs who were only interested in fucking and fighting and sports on TV.
Are you saying that the only way to fix ones neckbeardism is to become the complete opposite?
Hm, not necessarily, but it is not like I am Prometheus bringing the perfect solution from the gods. I direct attention to the problem. Propose an solution. I hope to get other people thinking to come up with better ones.
Well, so far I only get objections, hardly anything along the lines of what I expected like "wait I am actually a psychologists I have a better idea!!"
There's already quite a lot of self help material on this site.
Of this kind?