So I called a friend of mine a nerd recently…
Nerd according to Google: a foolish or contemptible person
who lacks social skills or is boringly studious.
You see, the thing is, I wasn't trying to insult my friend.
I was only trying to call him a word for ‘a bookworm that uses glasses and like
computers and stuff and has zero time for a social life’.
The problem is, I watch of a lot of movies, TV shows,
cartoons and people use ‘nerd’ all the time…it didn't sound like an insult to
me. I just always thought it had the same meaning as studious…without the
boring part. I just never bothered to look the word up in a dictionary or even
if I did, memorize it!
I remember one I time I was going through my Facebook news feed,
there was a picture of a friend of mine in this ‘dorky’ glasses and his caption
on his own picture was ‘nerd’. Now I’m thinking… does this guy know that he was
actually insulting himself?!
Often times, We go through life, not knowing about a lot of
this and other times, not even caring that we don’t know those things either and
in the process, hurting the people we care about both emotionally and physically.
How many stuffs have we done out of ignorance, we wish we
could take back?
So guys, the next time you use a word, or make a comment,
double check the meaning first! And not make comments on something you’re not
sure you really know!
Be informed!
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