[Osmose]

Forgive me if I'm overlooking some heavy sarcasm, but I'm genuinely surprised. I would have thought more people would have objected to the stereotypes and generalizations that plague this article.

I don't know the writer's background, so I can't figure out if this is a "non-technie looking in" or "techie explaining to the world" post. Neither is an excuse to assume that the hypothetical nerd has control issues, a cave, or an obsession with gathering knowledge.

I dearly hope no one attempts to interact with me based on this.

[dkokelley]

I believe the piece is intended as informative satire. Yes there are many aspects that will not apply to every nerd. Also, from what I can tell the author is writing as an insider explaining nerds to the world.

[donaq]

Uh, it gets me spot-on in a lot of cases. The reason why stereotypes exist is because they're often true.

[zby]

Isn't nerd the name of the stereotype? A hypothetical nerd has control issues etc. by definition - why would anyone call someone a nerd if he did not think the other one has nerd traits?

[jimbokun]

"techie explaining to the world"

He explicitly uses the first person to make clear he is a nerd multiple times.