The meek shall inherit the earth

Remember how you used to make fun of all the Nerds in high school? Well, they have the world by the balls now! Those little quiet dweebs have slowly taken over every facet of our technological lifestyle. Who would have guessed that they were planning this Coup d'etat all along.

First they developed their own language like the Mob or Jazz Musicians. I think it was called Basic, then COBOL and finally C++ then when Non-Nerds started to catch on to the language they would change it again and try to disguise the name to something like Java or Perl so you wouldn't recognize it.

These little clowns aren't stupid! Sure they look kind of weird. Maybe it's from eating only potato chips, pizza and diet Pepsi. But, they've been known to change their appearance too. Gone are they days that you can spot one of them by their plaid shirt buttoned to the neck and the black plastic glasses. They have contacts now, and usually wear a goatee'.

So, you ask..... "Nukie, is it really as bad as you say?"

Let me give you a perfect example of what they have done to our world. First they have made us completely dependent on computers. Then they slowly started to introduce passwords and networks and more passwords (for our own security). So you come in to work and boot up the machine. You put in your Novell password and wait. five minutes later you try to get on Lotus Mail and if your lucky you remember your password. If you make a few mistakes the network revokes your permission and you have to call the Nerd Hotline or Help Desk as they refer to it.

Here's a typical call.

Hello, help desk.

I forgot my password.

What's your sign in?

Nukie310

Password?

I forgot it.

Didn't you write it down on your calender like everyone else?

No.

Hmmmm. Okay, I'll reset it to Friday. But when you log in you'll have to change it.

Ok......................... It didn't work.

Try it again.

Ok........................ It didn't work.

Try it again.

Ok....................... Same thing.

Are you sure that you're using the word "Friday, F...R...I...D...A...Y"

Yeah.

Is the Caps Lock Key on?

No.

Try it again (snicker)

Ok...................... Same thing.

Oh, I see the problem. Try it again.

Ok..................... Nope.

Try it again (lol, snicker, snicker)

Ok..................... Listen, Bub. We're not getting anywhere here and my readers are starting to wonder if there's a punch line. Are you going to fix it or not?

Alright. I'll really fix it now. Try it again.

Ok..................... Yeah. It worked thanks.

(Click)

When I got off the phone, I tried to remember that all the time that this idiot wasted, I was being paid for and then I thanked God that I'm a nerd too or he would have really had fun with me.