This is an ad I saw today in the side bar of my hotmail window:
My reaction in stages:
1. HAHAHA
2. Hey... I'm kinda offended.
a. what's wrong with being a nerd?
b. glasses are cool, man!
c. nerd=dork is fightin words
3. Hey, wtf do they even mean by this anyway? No tech-support necessary? Is that their biggest selling point?
4. No nerds no problem? Nerds are only ever helpful and entertaining.
5. HAHAHA... nerds.
cecil [email] said at 4:12 PM 10-13-2005: I think they still exist and I wasn't a big fan either. They were just big enough to grind into the crevices of your molars.
josh [email] said at 4:21 PM 10-13-2005: still exists someone gave me some for my birthday and also i think brian used them to flavor vodka even though he doesn't drink
andrew [email] said at 4:28 PM 10-13-2005: My all-time favorite REM interview was from the 80s when MTV interviewed Michael and Bill. MIchael is talking really seriously about something, and Bill is just sitting there eating a box of nerds.
cecil [email] said at 5:32 PM 10-13-2005: throw "geek" in the mix and you have a whole new post. I'm pretty sure there was one on that before; along with trying to tell the difference between a hipster and a homeless person.
jake [email] said at 6:05 PM 10-13-2005: And geeks have a socially crippling obsession for something (TV show, comic books, renaissance knick knacks) that cool people know next to nothing about.
meredith [email] said at 6:17 PM 10-13-2005: If anyone is curious, I fall into the category of 'Pure Nerd' with my stats being as follows: 73 % Nerd, 30% Geek, 8% Dork
jess [email] said at 6:18 PM 10-13-2005: I am apparently 73% Nerd, which they define as "someone who likes learning and academic subjects and is smart."
josh [email] said at 7:00 PM 10-13-2005: Joe Normal
43 % Nerd, 39% Geek, 4% 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 less than half in all three, earning you the title of: Joe Normal.
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.
zack [email] said at 9:25 PM 10-13-2005: Modern, Cool Nerd
52 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 30% 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 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)!
abby [email] said at 1:08 PM 10-14-2005: since when has tech support or a phone guy ever looked like a nerd or dork. have you seen these dudes? they are huge walls of manflesh, they are filthy, they have a knight's honor and would never steal your stuff, and they are so masculine that one time my dog's neurtering reversed itself just because a phone guy was in the room with her.
