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Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe target for the entire school. If I remember correctly, the most popular kids don't persecute nerds; they don't need to stoop to such things. Most of the persecution comes from kids lower down, the nervous middle classes.

—from Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, a book by Paul Graham

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Default (English) 126,968 77.26 August 3, 2008
Instant Death Mode 184 82.51 March 30, 2010
Riverside Middle School 15 40.02 February 4, 2011
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