65% Geek

While reading the Merecat nanoblog [the miniblog in the sidebar], I saw his post on his nerd/geek/dork-iness. I had to take the test. I've always thought of myself as a geek [in my head, the geek is way cooler than the nerd or dork - a pseudo king of the AV kids if you will].

52% Nerd, 65% Geek, 26% Dork
From the test:

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)!

And no, I didn't type in those percentages wrong, apparently I just add up to 143% human.

Comments

I got "Pure Nerd" which was awesome. I was fairly sure if there were more questions about my personal style and clumsiness I would slide the slippery slope into "dork."