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I had a similar experience where the most :LIB: and the most :scared-fash: of my extended family (they're married to each other) said that I must be a big fan of The Big Bazinga Theory because I'm into nerdy things like... reading. :joker-shopping:
How the hell did the US ever become a global hegemony if attitudes like this are a non-isolated incident? I've dealt with this attitude before.
its a big country
immigrants. first gen immigrants who grew up without US brainworms.
My pet theory is that anti-intellectualism in the US wasn't really pushed until the 60s onwards, therefore its effects have most been felt after US global hegemony.
The nerds are all working for weapons and aerospace manufacturers or DoD contracted software companies