- professional use
- Used by Black and brown STEM professionals, engineers, scientists, and tech workers to signal identity and nerd pride in a professional context.
- post context
- Appears in posts about STEM achievements, diversity in tech, afrofuturism-inspired innovation, or personal milestones in science and engineering.
- appropriateness
- Moderately appropriate โ accepted in casual professional posts, especially in tech, innovation, and diversity-focused content. Less suitable for formal corporate communications.
- comment use
- Used to congratulate colleagues on STEM accomplishments or to express solidarity with diversity-in-tech posts.