The 'Hipster Nerds' like stuff because they hate it. It's like they ironically like it.

With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.

When you don't take an aggressive role in shaping your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions, you become a helpless passenger floating through the universe like a ghost ship, merely reacting to wherever it takes you.

Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it means well.

Be offended by everything or be offended by nothing.

Trying to make strangers laugh is crazy and more than a little narcissistic.

Our mandate at Nerdist is that we only get involved with nice people around things that we love. We have the luxury of being in the demographic that we're programming for.