What Kind of Nerd Are You Exactly?
There are lots of nerds out there today. Being a nerd seems to be the thing to do. By nerds, we mean people who need to feel like they are constantly at the forefront of new technologies. In other words, whatever gadget has just come on the market, they simply have to have it. Those are what one might term the super-nerds. No matter what they personally think of the new gadget, they must have it. Personal preference or desire features minimally in the equation for these super-nerds.
Then there are the slower-paced nerds; those who are kind of wannabe super -nerds. They want to be at the top of the new gadget list, but simply neither have the capital nor the guts to go out and purchase all the latest toys. Or perhaps their significant others are stopping them from doing so. Either way, they buy what they need, or what has been out for some time and has thus come down in price.
Finally there are the lowest-tier nerds. They just can’t keep up with their counterpart nerds. They are left way behind. They might vaguely hear about the latest gadget and think that the iPad sounds cool, but they just haven’t gotten their act together to make the purchase. They will say to themselves in some kind of justification, well, perhaps it is worth waiting for the next model, but that means that they will miss the super- or even slower-paced nerd boat. They might have other priorities and just once, many years ago, used to be a really top supe- nerd, when they had more time, money and less things to spend their money on.