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comment by geneusutwerk

Reddit no longer is "hiveminding basement-dwelling neckbeards" it has stepped up in culture to mainstream "hiveminding". Yesterday my boss asked me if I had seen the Nate Silver interview on "reddit?".

Then again, a lot of the world seems to be co-opting what was the "culture" of basement-dwellers, which is so strange by itself. Nerds/geeks have ascended.





Escobeezy  ·  4335 days ago  ·  link  ·  

> Yesterday my boss asked me if I had seen the Nate Silver interview on "reddit?".

That was a trick question...

Edit: Damn it...I can't format...

geneusutwerk  ·  4335 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Luckily I work in an office where I have a strong job security and it is driven by getting stuff done not by being there for 8 hours, so the boss man doesn't care if I spend time on reddit as long as things get done.

Also, hubski uses vertical bars for quotes so surround it in |

    mayonesa  ·  4333 days ago  ·  link  ·  

      Nerds/geeks have ascended.

    It seems to me that more likely hipster culture has appropriate nerd/geek as an external skin.

    rozap  ·  4335 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    They ascended? Oh the horror.