Nerd, Geek, or Dork?

heart · 04-26-2008, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Nocapszy

im a geek.

I think...

Geek is the one what means "likes science and stuff" right?

Or is that nerd? Nerd was the one who like science, but in an SJ suck up to the teacher way right?

Napoleon Dynamite is a dork. He is not a nerd, he is not a geek. The real question you have to ask yourself, however, is: what are you? Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Yes, friends, there is a difference, and this test will ultimately, finally and conclusively answer that question in the eyes of God and man.

Nerds are super intelligent, in a wide range of areas.
Geeks have area of speciality that they obsess over.
Dorks are cluless about social norms.

aeon · 04-26-2008, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by heart

Yes, friends, there is a difference, and this test will ultimately, finally and conclusively answer that question in the eyes of God and man.

Said test identified both tovlo and I, INFJ and INFP, as Pure Nerds.

cheers,
Ian

Santtu · 04-26-2008, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by heart

Napoleon Dynamite is a dork. He is not a nerd, he is not a geek. The real question you have to ask yourself, however, is: what are you? Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Yes, friends, there is a difference, and this test will ultimately, finally and conclusively answer that question in the eyes of God and man.

Nice test. I got 52 % Nerd, 17% Geek, 21% Dork.

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.

Mondo · 04-26-2008, 01:22 PM

I scored as modern, cool nerd.
82% Nerd, 56% Geek, 30% Dork.

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)!

-INFP

MetalWounds · 04-26-2008, 01:51 PM

56 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 56% Dork
Outcast Genius.

Outcast geniuses usually are bright enough to understand what society wants of them, and they just don't care! They are highly intelligent and passionate about the things they know are *truly* important in the world. Typically, this does not include sports, cars or make-up, but it can on occassion (and if it does then they know more than all of their friends combined in that subject).

Outcast geniuses can be very lonely, due to their being outcast from most normal groups and too smart for the room among many other types of dorks and geeks, but they can also be the types to eventually rule the world, ala Bill Gates, the prototypical Outcast Genius.

Zergling · 04-26-2008, 02:12 PM

Split from here.

Falcarius · 04-26-2008, 03:02 PM

Your Score: Joe Normal
I got 30 % Nerd, 26% Geek, 43% Dork.

mippus · 04-26-2008, 03:18 PM

52 % Nerd, 17% Geek, 39% Dork qualified me as "Pure Nerd". Can't say I feel too pleased about that...

prplchknz · 04-26-2008, 03:46 PM

Your Score: Tri-Lamb Material
52 % Nerd, 26% Geek, 65% Dork

I was expecting pure dork

mippus · 04-26-2008, 03:49 PM

What is Tri-Lamb?

04-26-2008, 01:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
MetalWounds More human than human Join Date: Jan 2008 Type: ENTP Posts: 677	56 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 56% Dork Outcast Genius. Outcast geniuses usually are bright enough to understand what society wants of them, and they just don't care! They are highly intelligent and passionate about the things they know are truly important in the world. Typically, this does not include sports, cars or make-up, but it can on occassion (and if it does then they know more than all of their friends combined in that subject). Outcast geniuses can be very lonely, due to their being outcast from most normal groups and too smart for the room among many other types of dorks and geeks, but they can also be the types to eventually rule the world, ala Bill Gates, the prototypical Outcast Genius. __________________ The fastest reload is another gun.

04-26-2008, 02:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
Zergling Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INTx Location: Champaign, Ill Posts: 1,378	Split from here. Last edited by Zergling; 04-30-2008 at 03:14 AM.

04-26-2008, 03:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
Falcarius The Unwieldy Clawed One Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: COOL Location: Eustreptospondylus, Liopleurodon, Megalosaurus, and Cetiosaurus all lived here. Posts: 1,380	Your Score: Joe Normal I got 30 % Nerd, 26% Geek, 43% Dork. __________________ *"No, no, me make they no eat you; me make them much love you."* - Friday, Robinson Crusoe's illiterate Caribbean ex-cannibal slave convert to Protestantism. Rate Falcarius' goodness on his johari/Rate Falcarius' badness on his nohari.

04-26-2008, 03:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
mippus you are right Join Date: Jan 2008 Type: InTp Location: Belgium Posts: 885	52 % Nerd, 17% Geek, 39% Dork qualified me as "Pure Nerd". Can't say I feel too pleased about that... __________________ Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas

04-26-2008, 03:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
prplchknz and free bunnies! Join Date: Jun 2007 Type: INFP Posts: 4,274	Your Score: Tri-Lamb Material 52 % Nerd, 26% Geek, 65% Dork I was expecting pure dork __________________ "It was all very well to say `Drink me,' but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. `No, I'll look first,' she said, `and see whether it's marked "poison" or not'; ......if you drink much from a bottle marked `poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later."-Lewis Caroll, Alice in Wonderland My pupils are not students they dilate but they never learn. my pupils are not students they dilate but they never learn. ~ Marilyn Manson.

04-26-2008, 01:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mondo What A Sweetie! Join Date: Mar 2008 Type: ENTP Location: Long Island, NY (Home)-->Durham, NC (College) Posts: 1,467	I scored as modern, cool nerd. 82% Nerd, 56% Geek, 30% Dork. 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)! -INFP

04-26-2008, 03:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
mippus you are right Join Date: Jan 2008 Type: InTp Location: Belgium Posts: 885	What is Tri-Lamb? __________________ Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas

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