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Chapter 1: Why is being a nerd important?
Something that feels so criminal to not know is the fact that if you want to be more attractive, nerd out. Be a nerd. Be a geek. Be passionate about a topic. Please, please be interesting. Be interested. I feel like we are losing something that is so important to the backbone of society, which is being a nerd because nerds, they give us something to live for.
All of the best artists in the world were nerds. They were, you need a nerd out. You need to nerd out. I feel very passionately about this because I think that we have been basically neutered in modern day society. We have been kind of put into one algorithm. Everyone knows the same memes. Everyone is running all over the place, blue in the face, looking like Sonic. And it's funny and it's great.
And, you know, it's awesome that when you go on Spotify wrapped, everyone's, you know, oh, you got, oh, you got him as your, you know, top artist or them as their top artist. That's awesome. You know, we've all become the same. And I think in so many ways, it's great. We can relate to each other so easily, but man, Can we switch the language? Like, can we switch the language, bro?
Can we nerd out about something new? Like, can we find something that we find interesting and share it with the world? Jeez, I'm in a windstorm right now. And I find being outside interesting. I find talking into a camera interesting. And I am willing to share that. I'm willing to put, you know, my foot down and be like, this is important to me.
And my only ask of you is that you find something that's important to you because I think that's important. You finding something important and sharing it with other people is very important. It is very important because there are things that we don't know we should care about that you could show us and make us care about. But I think there's a lot of suppression.
I think that being a nerd has been made like this bad thing But honestly, being a nerd is very attractive, let me tell you right now. Someone who is passionate about something, oh my god, you're getting a slowed and reverbed oh my god for that one. Seriously.
I feel like one of the best things you can do is be a well-rounded person, and that comes from being interested in a lot of different things. And also just kind of, you know, rolling with what life blows at you. Like this wind, dude, what is going on? In beautiful, sunny Austin, Texas during the sunset here. Man. I think a lot of us got bullied out of being a nerd very early on.
We learned that being a nerd is not cool when you're trying to conform with the rest of your peers. Of course, it's never going to be cool right away. Nothing is cool until it clicks. I have a really good friend of mine who I admired all throughout my childhood and into adulthood. He is a yo-yoer. Shouts out to you, Jonathan, if you're listening.
But he was a yo-yoer and he would make videos about yo-yoing. He went to national competitions for yo-yoing. And I remember when he was getting started in middle school with his yo-yoing journey. He was documenting it. He was posting it. And he got made fun of as any kid would. But Jonathan was different because...
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Chapter 2: How has modern society affected our interests?
That's really the truth. I used to be a theater kid in middle school. And I remember I had a crush on this girl. I told the girl that I had a crush on her. And she was like, oh, I didn't even know you liked girls. And I was like, really? Not that there was anything wrong with that. Like, hey, respect. But like, damn, like, no, I like you.
And she's like, oh, well, I just you did theater and acting and choir. And I remember I was so, you know, just naive. I was like, okay, well, that means I have to quit all of those things if I want to be liked by girls. Biggest regret. Biggest regret. The one thing I wish I did... was I wish I acted. I wish I was still in theater.
I wish I did a play, an improv show, something in high school and I never did. I never ended up doing that because I was jaded and I was more caught up in my image and less caught up in the things that I was nerding about and the things that I loved and I loved to act and I loved to sing and I loved to be myself. It's not worth it. It's never worth it. It's never worth being nonchalant.
It's never worth trying to conform. You know, at one point, yes, you have to grow up. And you have to assume responsibilities. But you can keep your passions. Nobody is taking that away from you. Be a nerd. Promise me that. Maybe after this you will finally sit down and journal about the things that you want to do this year. There's still a lot of time left.
Maybe you will reconsider quitting a certain kind of activity because you're afraid it hurts your aura. Because the more that we focus on other people's perceptions... the less time we have to discover who we are. That's the truth. That's the truth, Zerky Show. Be a nerd. You have to nerd out. You need to nerd out. This is a non-negotiable in my book. Get interested. Be interesting.
And I promise you it will open doors to things you never even knew existed. Did you know that the Zerky Show is everywhere you go? What? That's right. You can watch it. You can scroll it. You can stream it. The choice is yours if you want to tap in. This is the way to do it. Tap in. You've got mail.
The Zerky Show is looking for people to send in a question, a letter, whatever you like for a chance to be featured on a new show on the Zerky Show network called Mail Time with Zerky. If you want to send something in, this is the way to address it. I look forward to seeing what your beautiful mind... comes up with. Do the things that bring you joy. Try something new.
Try something and get passionate about it. Try to learn everything about it. Even if you don't stick with it, it doesn't matter. What matters is that you learn. Learning is so powerful. It is so important. And I know at school we're forced to learn But when you learn for yourself, it is way different.
And when you actually learn things you're passionate about and you like, you realize the true power of knowledge and the true power of learning. Other than that, I love you so much. I trust you so much to do things that are good for you and do things that you like. And Zerky Show, as always, I am sending you plenty of love and peace. Peace.
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