>>114671656Both are social outcasts, except for one difference.
Nerds are rejected by society for having "abnormal" tastes, but they don't want to be like the Chads that rejected them, can't see themselves becoming like those Chads, and if given the choice, would reject becoming a Chad. They embrace being social outcasts.
Goths are rejected by society for having "abnormal" tastes, but they secretly want to be like the Stacies that antagonized them, they can see themselves becoming like those Stacies someday or if they had that special something, and if given the choice, would become another Stacy in a heartbeat. They embrace being social outcasts only insofar as they belong to (and sit near the top of the hierachy of) a larger group of social outcasts (the goths), and until they can achieve Staceydom.
The nerds simply see
>She's also rejected by society for having "abnormal" tastes like me! She must also hate the popular kids that rejected us! We have so much in common!Without realizing that the "I'm so dark and antisocial" image is just a surface-level costume that lets them fit in with a group that isn't the Stacies only because the Stacies rejected them.
Girls "grow out of" being a goth (if they are mentally stable) because it wasn't really a part of them in the first place, just a desperate attempt to fit in somewhere with an easy entrance exam (Dark hair, clothes, black lips/nails, and metal music? You're in). Nerds are nerds for life because that;s the shit they genuinely enjoy and care about, not trying to be anything other than themselves (except for the normies who buy into "nerddom" with merch like funkopops). Goths and ex-goths see nerds like this and laugh at them, thinking that they are nerds the same way girls are goths, and that nerds are "just stuck in a phase, just to belong to something, and don't even realize it".
