It’s an inevitable truth that video games, comic books and Star Wars go hand in hand with the term “nerd.”

Where there’s an X-box, there’s a nerd; eyes locked and heart pacing with the rapid anticipation to play a new game.  It’s easy to see nerds are everywhere, but does the obsession with video games, Sci-fi, and Princess Leia’s “buns” ever become something that someone should grow out of?

Today, it’s frowned upon for somebody who is generally past the age of 25 to still have nerd tendencies.  For instance, if a woman is dating a guy and discovers he owns a slew of action figures, posters from all three Lord Of The Ring’s films and every single video game console known to man, it’s pretty clear that he’s probably not going to get it in.

But why do people oppose the idea of video games and nerdy things past a certain age? Is it just purely fact that men or women should at some point grow up and get it together?  I believe it’s something that’s planted into our minds while we’re young, especially for females. As a girl I was presented with Barbies, cooking sets and the most important part of being a small child, Disney movies. In Disney movies such as Cinderella and Snow White, it’s the classic tale of a beautiful damsel in distress that always gets saved by a strong and handsome man.

It’s these beautifully painted facades that make women look down on anything that isn’t very masculine.  That’s primarily the reason why the idea of someone masculine is so much more appealing than a scrawny nerd who would much rather play football with his fingertips on a Madden video game than engage in the real thing.

Why do we make people who are older feel like outcasts just because they would rather play a video game than going to a football game?  Is it really such a horrible thing if a 30-year old man likes to play with Pokemon cards on a Saturday night rather than go to a club and gulp down the latest popular alcoholic beverages?

I say no, let people do what makes them happy. Whether someone is young or old, nerdy or not, people should be able to enjoy whatever they please at any age.  I would rather see someone who’s spent years dressing up like a member of Star Trek than a person who thinks it’s cool to make fun of somebody just because of a generalization of what we should be as we age and what society deems us to be.

Screw society, let the nerds game on.