YES. I don’t think you’re wrong about it being holy- there are so many religious traditions based around male kinship and it makes sense as an instinct that would help a group survive. In many ways nerd culture can be very subversive in the way it can encourage healthy male friendships.
Absolutely! I LOVE how nerd culture can bring people together. There are certainly a lot of toxic men who engage in nerdy stuff, but ive personally seen a few men stop engaging with incel/podcastbro content when they realized that real life doesnt work that way. Only works if they actually go out
And meet with other people though. I think that ties back to the isolation thing. It is VERY difficult to manipulate people away from a strong community, but conversely very easy to manipulate them into a toxic one if they are lonely
I am profoundly grateful for all of the nerds who have taken care of my nerd brother over the years.
Me too 😊