Why do people lke being called, "Geeks" and, "Nerds"?

I really don't get why people like being called, "Geeks" and "Nerds." I thought it was really uncool, but now lots of clothes in shops have, "Geek" or "Nerd" printed across them in large letters. How come it's suddenly become "cool" to be called one? It's just strange. Maybe it's because people like to be specialised in some area, and recognised for it. Being specialised in something gives you an identity, and that's cool. So because being a geek means you're specialised in something, it automatically makes you cool. Or perhaps being a geek makes you cool, because geeks are supposed to be good with computers; being good with computers means you can hack into things and download things illegally, easily; hacking into things is rebellious; being rebellious is supposed to be cool.

Maybe being a nerd is cool because nerds got upset that they weren't cool. And people felt sorry for nerds because they thought nerds weren't cool. So everybody set about trying to reverse it. They reversed it so well that now being a nerd is, "Cool." Or maybe, like with geeks, it's the identity thing.

Despite it now being,"Cool" to be a geek or a nerd, there is no way I would like to be one. I still think it's uncool. Maybe I'm just, "Old fashioned," and in a few years I'll be like those people who think it's cool. Or perhaps, because fashion goes in waves, next year it won't be trendy any more. I guess we'll just have to see...