User blog comment:Jamie/Episode 19 - Nerd Bullies/@comment-24499270-20140930070931

I've dealt with this most of my life, and frankly, I find it annoying. I've only become a Marvel fan the past few years, but, I almost went to kindergarden Career Day as a Jedi. That tell you anything? I was pretty much alienated from my classmates in school because I'm not a girly-girl, a jock, or a popular. I was the nerdy bookworm kid who got in trouble for reading a book under the desk in class. I'm homeschooled now, but every time I try to make friends I'm still considered odd because usually my nose is in a Star Wars book or I'm talking with my brother about our theories for what's going on in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And it doesn't help that I'm higher-spectrum Autistic who can't read social cues correctly. But what I've learned, is... so what? Don't hide who you are, show it off! I mean, I go to Wal-Mart in my Ahsoka Tano tunic and talk the whole time with my brother about what happened last on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and yeah, people stare, but I'm proud of being a Star Wars and Marvel fan!