[plastic-enjoyer]

>Charming nerd to terrifying overlord

If there was this shift, it was always superficial. To a certain degree, nerds were always 'terrifying overlords'. It’s just that once they accumulated enough power, there was no longer any point in maintaining that façade

[dieselgate]

The "Revenge of the Nerds" movie series follows this arc too - when them being oppressed to becoming the oppressors.

[mrhottakes]

Yep, even just in the first movie: as soon as the chief nerd has a chance, he assaults one of the jock's girlfriends.

[retired]

All those nerds were sex offenders.

https://www.illinoislawyers.com/blog/so-many-crimes-in-reven...

[dieselgate]

The movie has definitely not aged well but was a "family favorite" growing up in the 90s...

[mrhottakes]

A more realistic movie than anyone realized

[dare944]

Oh ffs. How does one draw a line from Dennis Richie, Ken Thompson, Steve Wozniak, Bill Joy, even Linus Torvalds to 'terrifying overlord'? The fact is that those people who were closet 'terrifying overlords' weren't actually nerds to begin with, because they lacked the essential quality of humility.