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What?! I'm a NERD?! Impossible!
Posted on: Fri Sep 22, 2006 03:27 AM
I took one of those online tests, this time to determine if I was a Nerd, Geek, or a Dork. Here are the OBVIOUSLY INCORRECT results:
I consider myself a geek, so obviously a "test" stating otherwise must be wrong. But how can I defend my position that I'm a geek and not a nerd, as the "test" claims I am? Looks like it time to employ facts to back up my claim (gee, what a concept!). Now, some people might be confused as to what exactly a Nerd or a Geek is. Lets turn to the internet, shall we?
According to a Dictionary.com search, a "Geek" is:
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While a similar Dictionary.com search on the word "Nerd" states that I would be:
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Now, a geek I most certainly am. I've made a business out of my knowledge of computers, and I would never deny my geek roots. A nerd, though? Lets take a look at myself. Am I obsessed with computers? No, not really. The time I spend on my computer is spent either browsing the internet, playing games, or working on websites. I don't think any of these things constitute an obsession, so that's one hit against my Nerd status. I also enjoy few-mile-long bike rides, and I've played baseball for the last 13 years, along with the my involvement with my city's Traffic Commission as a full-time Commissioner for the last three years. Obviously, most of my hobbies involve people, but I do enjoy a bit of alone time. Strike two against Nerd-dom.
Oh, and I have had girlfriends, so my social skills aren't lacking at all ;) That's, what, strike three?
Taking all this into account, and the fact that Nerd struck out three times when I tried to apply it to myself, I can say without a doubt that this test is obviously faulty. I am and always will be a geek, and may a disk crash happen to anyone who says otherwise >:D
Pure Nerd78 % Nerd, 39% Geek, 13% Dork
I consider myself a geek, so obviously a "test" stating otherwise must be wrong. But how can I defend my position that I'm a geek and not a nerd, as the "test" claims I am? Looks like it time to employ facts to back up my claim (gee, what a concept!). Now, some people might be confused as to what exactly a Nerd or a Geek is. Lets turn to the internet, shall we?
According to a Dictionary.com search, a "Geek" is:
Quote:
an expert in computers (a term of pride as self-reference, but often considered offensive when used by outsiders.)
While a similar Dictionary.com search on the word "Nerd" states that I would be:
Quote:
an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit: a computer nerd.
Now, a geek I most certainly am. I've made a business out of my knowledge of computers, and I would never deny my geek roots. A nerd, though? Lets take a look at myself. Am I obsessed with computers? No, not really. The time I spend on my computer is spent either browsing the internet, playing games, or working on websites. I don't think any of these things constitute an obsession, so that's one hit against my Nerd status. I also enjoy few-mile-long bike rides, and I've played baseball for the last 13 years, along with the my involvement with my city's Traffic Commission as a full-time Commissioner for the last three years. Obviously, most of my hobbies involve people, but I do enjoy a bit of alone time. Strike two against Nerd-dom.
Oh, and I have had girlfriends, so my social skills aren't lacking at all ;) That's, what, strike three?
Taking all this into account, and the fact that Nerd struck out three times when I tried to apply it to myself, I can say without a doubt that this test is obviously faulty. I am and always will be a geek, and may a disk crash happen to anyone who says otherwise >:D
Leave a Comment
By EER @ Fri Sep 22, 2006 06:48 AM
I am:
Joe Normal
34 % Nerd, 47% Geek, 34% Dork
"This is not to say that you don't have some Nerd, Geek or Dork inside of you--we all do, and you can see the percentages you have right above. This is just to say that none of those qualities stand out so much as to define you. Sure, you enjoy an episode of Star Trek now and again, and yeah, you kinda enjoyed a few classes back in the day. And, once in a while, you stumble while walking down the street even though there was nothing there to cause you to trip. But, for the most part, you look and act fairly typically, and aren't much of an outcast.
I'd say there's a fair chance someone asked you to take this test. In any event, fairly normal. "
Maybe the test only works in Europe :P