And, writers of history, well, there's a special place with the already-chewed gum in nerd camp for them.
Other times it's of the more literal kind (though sorry, ladies, the sex ratio doesn't seem to be any better in nerd circles).
And of course I didn't play air guitar/drums/bass along to "Highway to Hell" with my eyes closed, wearing an expression of having arrived in nerd nirvana.
In "Nerd Do Well" he takes a similar plunge into the origins of the subculture that shaped him.More Intelligent Life caught a few moments with Pegg to talk about nerds, sci-fi films and what makes him laugh.
Despite being obviously glamorous, she exudes a slight air of gawkiness, a legacy, perhaps, of the experience of having been – as she says of her days at her strict Parisian school – a "nerd in Nerd Town".
Simon Pegg should have taken the same decision in Nerd Do Well (Century, £18.99), as the film-obsessed comic's gushing when he meets Spielberg, Lucas et al in the second half swiftly becomes trying.
Oberst feels no allegiance to emo; in fact, the word has become a slur lately, especially after Seventeen magazine asked "Am I emo?" in a spread featuring a girl model with black-dyed hair and a boy model in nerd glasses and a grandpa sweater.
A match made in nerd heaven, right?
The Outlook.com team held another Reddit question session today (an "AMA" in nerd parlance) that was, in fact, great.
In making an appearance on a The Simpsons episode last night, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg joined the pantheon of Internet moguls Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, achieving the honorary PhD in nerd pop culture that is awarded with every appearance on Matt Groening's opus.
There's a lot of strength in nerd culture right now.
