The Big Bang Theory, a US TV show highly responsible for painting an unrealistic picture of what life is like for the nerd community. Photo: unilad.co.uk

What’s so wrong about the popularization of the ‘nerd’ culture

Alex Anyfantis
5 min readJan 19, 2021

This used to be a safe space for some people. Until suddenly, it wasn’t.

I’ve struggled a lot about whether I should submit this article to my publication. Hell, I’ve even thought about not writing it at all. Because the language I’m going to use here may not be to everyone’s liking. It may come off as ‘angry’ or ‘divisive’ or whichever other label the…

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Alex Anyfantis

Media graduate, professional journalist and self-proclaimed Final Fantasy fanboy. Interests (and die-hard passions) include gaming and sports (mainly football).