Thursday, August 25, 2005

So I did it...

I took the test on Lizalou's blog because I was bored, and now I'm posting it here for everyone's enjoyment or not enjoyment as the case may be. I don't understand how I ended up with the title of Nerd when my highest score is in Geekdom... Oh well. And here I've been calling myself a dork all this time.

Here are my results:


Modern, Cool Nerd

60 % Nerd, 73% Geek, 43% 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 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 eeked out for themselves a modicrum 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)!

Congratulations!


Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on OkCupid Free Online Dating

5 comments:

theCallowQueen said...

I took the test and was a pure nerd. :)

Brandi said...

Ditto the Callow Queen. Here are my results:
Pure Nerd -
73 % Nerd, 34% Geek, 43% Dork.

Great test! I took the time at work to do this one, but I figure I'm entitled - it's my birthday.

YellowDancer21 said...

Geez, you two are such nerds... ;)

Yeah, you totally deserve to goof off on your birthday, brandi!

Big-Bold-D said...

sigh... I was like, 90% dork. Go figure... I also performed well in the other categories. My composite "loser" score was the highest of anyone's I've seen yet! Yay! No...wait...is that actually a good thing?

theCallowQueen said...

My roomie took it. She was an Average Joe. ;)