Wil Wheaton on “Why it’s awesome to be a nerd”

In a panel at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo on April 27th, “Star Trek” and “Big Bang Theory” actor Wil Wheaton fielded a question from an audience member, who asked him to explain to her newborn daughter “why it’s awesome to be a nerd.”

The result is worth watching:

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Related, @clairemelamed points me to this tweet:

@Sweet_Me_73: Dear Teen Girls, Go for the nerdy ones. Trust us. Sincerely, Grown Women Everywhere”

Which confirms my own highly scientific observation, which is that, at age 25, women make a sudden, unexpected, unannounced change to their partner preferences. No one warns you of this. So, to the under-25 males in the audience, there is hope.

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