People who dig nerds are people who can't compare with the real world, with real alpha males, in other words; for betas.
What is a beta? you may ask. The question isn't what, it is who.
Alphas are the breeding males in the wolf hierarchy,they are the biggest, strongest and most confident. They lead the pack of betas on hunts, in fierce battle with other packs of wolves for territory and breeding rights.
The romantic image of the "lone wolf" doesn't exist in the real world, the only options are; lead or follow.
Alphas respect other Alphas on a different level than betas. The betas in an Alphas pack respect and fear their leader, and their socially, physically and intellectually superior leader looks after them, he's like the King on a chessboard, the centerpiece moving in any direction he chooses. The betas are the pawns, they are also important.
Sometimes betas seek out groups of weaker betas to "play alpha". You may have noticed that until now, I have written the word "Alpha" with a capitol initial, but now I wrote it "with" a lower case "a". This is to differentiate between true Alphas and "pretend alphas" who only "dominate" weaker betas. These fake "pretend alphas" or "underdogs" as we true Alphas like to call them, are targets of ridicule and sometimes abuse from true Alphas in social settings as an act of showing them their proper space in the social hierarchy, just like Alphas will bring the cocky wolves in the pack down a few notches when they think they can threaten the Alphas position on the top.
To prove that I am a true Alpha dog and totally not a sub-level "underdog" beta poser here is a picture of me and my girlfriend.

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