As a revelation that should surprise absolutely no one, I was the consummate geek in high school back in the early 80s. I collected comic books, hated sports, read sci-fi novels, played Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and zealously listened to Devo. I was basically invisible to the girls, a target for the jocks and arguably one of the least popular kids in the class (that's me on the far right of the picture above, sulking at an otherwise jubilant class retreat). Don't feel bad, though. I invariably brought a lot of it on myself, but have since gone onto become a marginally well-adjusted individual. Moreover, whose high school experience wasn't at least partially shitty? At the very least, though, Hollywood had my back. Maybe no one else understood the daily torment we geeks, nerds and dweebs went through, but thanks to a rich tableaux of cinematic cliché, the abject humiliation of being laughed at, picked on and – in some cases -- abused by jocks, popular kids and bullies was amply represented on the silver screen. Witness this lovingly compiled montage of same by Funny or Die. Enjoy.
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