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Jul 23, 2015
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gwalker
No it isn't. Marriott Center attendance is a pretty good indicator
for everybody. Me being able to remember that the Marriott Center was eerily quiet is a lot different than a reporter saying she didn't know anyone who voted for Nixon.
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People believing BYU students are nerdier than 20 years back are delusional.
gwalker
7/23/15 10:47am
You recognize your argument is entirely anecdotal, right?
SandYFan
7/23/15 10:48am
Just like the thread he was responding to.
kccougar
7/23/15 10:51am
So are arguments that students are nerdier now
Littlerich
7/23/15 10:51am
No it isn't. Marriott Center attendance is a pretty good indicator
gwalker
7/23/15 10:52am
It's Uncle Rico syndrome
kccougar
7/23/15 10:49am
As someone who is around BYU students every day, I have to disagree a little.
Tortillero
7/23/15 10:56am
That's a good point. And it isn't unique to BYU or kids with high GPAs and ACT
gwalker
7/23/15 10:58am
No one said this is unique to BYU.
SandYFan
7/23/15 11:01am
The recurring theme I was responding to is that BYU's students are nerdier
gwalker
7/23/15 11:07am
I would argue they are less nerdy...or at least more involved.
Cougar Insider
7/23/15 10:59am
They're pretty nerdy. The # of Harry Potter references on campus is shocking.
Tortillero
7/23/15 11:05am
I was too old for Harry Potter, but you realize most millennials grew up...
Cougar Insider
7/23/15 11:12am
compared with # of Star Wars references 30 years ago? It's just pop culture
runnincoug
7/23/15 11:29am
Harry Potter isn't a measure of nerdiness. It's a measure of age.
kccougar
7/23/15 11:36am
I think it can be a measure of both. Quidditch competitions on DT field? Uuuugh.
Tortillero
7/23/15 11:43am
Quidditch World Cup: UT vs LSU
kccougar
7/23/15 11:47am
Is that nerdier than medieval swordplay that's been going on for decades?
runnincoug
7/23/15 11:53am
40 years ago was nerdiest. Wearing slide rules like swords? At least the
Bert609
7/23/15 11:02am
No tunnel singing 20 years ago. Q.E.D.
SoCalCoug
7/23/15 11:18am
Yes, there was. Sorry. Since 1992.
CougarMandias
7/23/15 11:28am
Kids were doing it in 1990.
kccougar
7/23/15 11:37am
I believe you. Maybe it just became sanctioned in '92.
CougarMandias
7/23/15 1:37pm
I was there until 1996. If it was happening, it wasn't a thing yet.
SoCalCoug
7/23/15 2:09pm
I was there before '96, it was a thing.
CougarMandias
7/23/15 2:22pm
It's still not "a thing". Unless you consider less than 0.1% of a population
db59840
7/23/15 3:58pm
I also consider math a thing.
CougarMandias
7/24/15 9:18am
BYU students are, of a necessity, more well-rounded today. Sure, some get
db59840
7/23/15 3:57pm
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