sincere questions:

"But there was nothing about the little, low-rambling, more or less identical homes of Northumberland Estates to interest or to haunt, no chance of loot that would be any more than the ordinary, waking-world kind the cops hauled you in for taking; no ~~small immunities~~, no possibilities for hidden life or otherworldly presence; no trees, secret routes, shortcuts, culverts, thickets that could be made hollow in the middle – everything in the place was right out in the open, everything could be seen at a glance; and behind it, under it, around the corners of its houses and down the safe, gentle curves of its streets, you came back, you kept coming back, to nothing; nothing but the cheerless earth."
Thomas Pynchon, "The Secret Integration"

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sincere questions:

theremixbaby:

if you can be a nerd about comedy or sports or beer or cars or other traditionally not-nerdy things then why can’t you be a nerd about shoes or reality tv or skin-care or pilates or celebrity gossip or hair dye? are girls who take multiple pictures of their outfits every single day to post on lookbook.nu actually the biggest nerds in the world? what about subcultural girl-nerdery? what about YA fiction and magical girl anime and Harry Potter fanfic and Final Fantasy and WB primetime dramas and Buffy? Sherlock and Supernatural and shojou and Dr. Who slash? also, can you be a nerd about coolness? are hipsters just nerds about being cool? can you be a party nerd? are LMFAO nerdy about partying?

Michelle’s excellent, thought-provoking post deserves (and has gotten) really excellent responses, but I’m super busy these days being disgustingly in love, so here’s the point form version:

You can. They’re up there, at least. It exists, and one nice thing about the cesspit of the internet is that it’s a lot more visible now, which I hope will change things for the better, slowly. Those are all things you can be a huge nerd about, yep. Those too. Oh, huh; you know, I think you can. Wow, I think that’s a good way to try and define hipsters, which we need to do is people are going to keep using the word. You totally can. LMFAO are complete party nerds.

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