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Why do nerds look extremely young for their age?

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FreeMufasa

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Not tryna hurt feelings here, just something I've noticed on gaf, message boards and real life.

Don't mean look young in a positive way for example someone in their late 30s looking like they in their 20s. But grown ass men who look like kids (25 year old gettin mixed for a junior high school kid). I guess it's not really negative but it's an interesting phenomenon.

Do you man purposely try to look extremely young? Is it genetics? Or the lifestyle you live not care about dressing/looking your age.
 
I don't think that's the case at all. Unless you are talking about the stereotypical nerd look? Not sure if these guys look younger either honestly.
 
Sounds like it's more likely to be confirmation bias on your part. Define nerd first anyway. The stereotypical nerd is definitely not like that.
 
Yes it's a troll thread but I will still reply.

The opposite stereotype is the neckbeard nerd who looks 10 years older than he is. So OP you are wrong and it's wrong to stereotype.
 
TheChewyWaffles said:
They've never been kissed by the sun.
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I look young for my age definitely. I'm not 'short' but I have a very young look.

It's got nothing to do with being a nerd (since I'm not one anyway), it's genetics.

I was a month premature so I wonder if that has anything to do with it?
 
I don't see this. What do you mean by 'nerd'; you could very easily have a self-fulfilling definition like 'Likes 'geek' culture and looks like a nerd'.
 
Lovely Salsa said:
Sheldon Cooper is 42 and he is supposed to be in his 20s in the show so...
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Abed from Community was 31 when Community started, and he was supposed to be just out of high school in that show. They joked about Abed being much older than he looked a couple of times on that show.
 
For the cliche nerd it's probably a mix of ill-fitting clothing, acne, bad haircut etc.

Of course, the idea of what constitutes a nerd in 2015 is so vast that it's kind of hard to make any sweeping statements.
 
Stereotype alert: less than average muscle mass, ill fitting / non tailored clothes, less exposure to drugs/smoking/alcohol/sun/scar incurring events, big glasses make head look smaller
 
If the stereotypical nerd isn't going outside very often, then he's not suffering from too much skin damage from the sun, which does a good bit to age you.
 
The Incarnation said:
You went and dug something up from 3 years ago?
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We had a thread a few years back where someone thought FreeMufasa was dead because he hadn't posted in 9 months. And that was his explanation post when he returned. It's the one thing that comes to mind when I see his username.
 
TheChewyWaffles said:
They've never been kissed by the sun.
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This is pretty much the answer. UV exposure.
That said I did construction in SoCal for seven years and have very young skin for my age. (doing framing, so more sun exposure than anything but concrete work)
 
Stress.

We nerds don't get the high-profile client-facing jobs that alphas take which age them pretty quick.

Just happily coding here in a vacuum.

Edit: omg at mufasa's topics
 
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