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What Kind of Nerd/Geek/Dork are you?

By purepedantry on September 21, 2006.

Hells yeah:

Modern, Cool Nerd

86 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 30% Dork


You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd.



Nerds didn't use to be cool, but in the 90's that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn't quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and "geek is chic." The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)!

You're damn right you want me to be your lifeline. I crush people at trivia games. I am like the Patton of Trivial Pursuit, routing the enemy from the field and slapping subordinates who slow me down. (Except sports...Damn you sports!!!!)

And no joke: I own a pocket protector and wear it to work at the hospital.

lf you want to take the test click here.

Hat-tip: Razib.

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65 % Nerd, 21% Geek, 17% Dork
For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.

The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.

Congratulations!

--guess i'll never be as cool as you, jake...