BEDA X

Yesterday I was not interesting. I aim to change that. Lessee, how can I be interesting today...

Hmmmmm....

Let me see....

Ohey how bout that one thing that I think about sometimes. 'Kay. /starts

Sometimes I feel left out and/or confused when there are references to like Star Trek or something that I don't get. I've seen a couple of episodes and I found them interesting, but I don't speak Klingon, nor am I able to quote lines from it and I feel like a bad nerd, especially with all the how nerdy are you tests out there basing like half of their questions on this sort of thing.

But one day it dawned on me. The majority of the content generated on the Internet was borne of those who were young enough to be involved in the phenomenon. That generation could set aside an hour every week to watch the plot develop and become absorbed in that culture as it happened.

My generation can experience the entirety of Star Trek, yes, but only through a service like Netflix, or buying all the boxed sets, or being pirates doing swashbuckly pirate watching on the Internet.

Then I got to thinking more, and realized that there are nerdy, awesome things happening for our generation to experience anew. I can remember just a couple of years ago, sitting in my room, frantically devouring Deathly Hallows in my excitement. I can very easily remember the months constantly refreshing Serebii so that I could see the new generation of Pokemon roll in.

Sometimes I look at the copyright dates of things or the year they were first made and comparing them with my birth year. Pixar has been releasing films since the year I was born (Toy Story, the first one, is as old as me and one of my favorites). Pokemon debuted at the same time I did. Harry Potter first came 7 days after my sister. This is the nerd culture of the Digital Age, and I'm glad to be as young as I am.

~Niki
The very-bad-at-staying-on-a-specific-idea blogger