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**KBOSv2** · 2005-01-11, 23:29

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Originally posted by pullin4u

Then look at someone like Donald Trump who was probably called a nerd when he was younger. /QUOTE]
Or better yet, look at Bill Gates. In his young days, he was probably called a nerd every single day, and now he has been the world's richest man for the last, well 50 years

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-Colin

People still call him a nerd, the only difference is now hes a very rich nerd.

**KBOSv2** · 2005-01-11, 23:37

Originally posted by pullin4u

Thanks...I just think that people nowdays, particularly those teenage and preteen spend too much time trying to be someone else...rather than who they really are. The media holds up certain people as "idols", and seem to encourage people to be like them.
Look at half of these so-called gangster rap "stars"...if the drugs don't get them the violence does. Or, they wind up blowing all their money and wind up penniless...
Then look at someone like Donald Trump who was probably called a nerd when he was younger. Where would you rahter be? Zipping around in your own B727 and hosting "The Apprentice", or getting shot by someone breaking into your studio? Dying in an alley somewhere after a drug deal gone bad?
Things to think about...
Sorry to diverge on this topic...the point of the original post was the nerd test.

I was happy to be called a nerd when I was in high school- cuz I knew I was going somewhere in life.

Errr, I don't know if thats the best example, cause theres plenty of gangster rappers that havent died and could buy a 727 if they really wanted to, but I see were you're going.