its kinda funny. the word nerd was once pretty much in the same spot. people looked down on nerds... now its whatever a nerd isnt a bad thing.
with more and more manga, anime, etc swapping over the word weeb came too. i think i've seen it especially on asmongolds channel how hard nerds looked down on weebs even though its pretty much the same just western and eastern.
and now weeb becomes more and more normal. no need to see it as a bad thing.