[sameerds]

Come on, it can't be that bad! If such small nerdy groups existed, what are the chances that their membership does not overlap with places like HN? It would only be a matter of time before we heard about them.

> I am now older and more burned out and less prone to chasing after cool new things.

Yeah, mostly true for me too. I hear about cool new things, but rarely choose to chase after them.

[BoingBoomTschak]

People having lived through one or more eternal Septembers are the reason you don't hear about them much. And also because there are few such places that haven't succumbed to the mainstream politics mind virus.