I feel that nerdy stuff became trendy with Big Bang Theory and MCU movies. I remember thinking that was a good thing but now I know better. What is weird is that once nerd culture became mainstream and it became fashionable to say you read comic books or played video games that is when the attacks on nerds (especially white males) started in full force.
Why do you think that it happened that way. Partly due to the large number of feminists who weren’t real fans getting involved in the hobbies. But I’m still surprised to this day how it all went down and definitely miss the days when you were made fun of for liking these things.
A huge number of the worst actors out there today all have their roots in groups like SomethingAwful. You can trace modern day SJWs directly back through hipsters to emos. It all goes back to people who were pointlessly self-destructive, nihilistic, and just wanted to shit on everything for the sake of having shit on it.
That's why everything they say, do, and make goes out of its way to be repellent and awful. Everything from fishmouth and shitty haircuts to bad music and un-fun games, it's all about being as deliberately miserable and shitty as possible.