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Thursday, Sep 10, 2009

Ever wondered where on the nerd scale you stand? Here's a handy guide ...

Category: Humor
Posted by s_h_a_d_o, 2:06am
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What i dont have any of them, i am white background, the outcast!
Posted Sep 10, 2009 3:27 am PT
I think I'm quite confident with my title as supergeek. Don't see that one up there.
Posted Sep 10, 2009 4:15 am PT
I was in high school when Fonzy invented Nerd and it at the time it was the same as Dork or Dweeb - was awhile before it really took hold - the terms we used were Frat, Surfer and Geek.

Frat was the guys with white socks and black slip-on shoes.

Surfers wore tennis shoes, often with no socks and T or A shirts and often Charlie Brown shirts (horizontal stripes of white alternating with either blue or red) and were ultimate cool.

you know a T shirt with a pack of smokes rolled up in the shirt sleeve, even at school.

Geeks is self explanatory and the term has been around since forever, the 19th century circus Geek is the precursor of the modern Geek/Otaku.

and of course the Jock/Cheerleader has always been the BMOC.

Dork is harder to explain - Napolean Dynamite is a good example of one

Terms get updated every few years or generation or two. When Fonzy jumped the shark I never could think of "his word" without cracking up

and my grampa told me they used Geek, Dork, and a few other words and terms we used when he was in high school in the 1920s. The more things change the more they stay the same.

As far as the test I am a Geek, always have been and likely always will be.
Posted Sep 10, 2009 4:26 am PT
Nice one. It's worth remembering that nerds run the world.
Posted Sep 10, 2009 4:38 am PT
what if I'm not especially tied down to any?
Posted Sep 10, 2009 7:56 am PT
I'm in the Intelligence section, wouldn't fit the others Cool chart though
Posted Sep 10, 2009 9:17 am PT
ill say that i fall in the obsession category. i get obsesses over the silliest things. but thats not a bad thing.. is it?... is it? lol
Posted Sep 10, 2009 9:32 am PT
guess that makes me a geek then.

I'm so glad you posted this chart, because of late I have been struggling with my identity. now I can get back to being obsessive about Beatles RB and my theories on the holographic universe in peace.
Posted Sep 10, 2009 10:20 am PT
Looks like I'm a Dweeb.
Posted Sep 10, 2009 11:18 am PT
I am part of a superior race...
Posted Sep 10, 2009 1:14 pm PT

@-INKling- ... the geek shall inherit the earth.

Posted Sep 10, 2009 2:17 pm PT

@MsCortana ~ @iowastate ~ @phoenyx9
I too, am quite content to wallow in a mire of geekdom ...

... you may be interested in this.
CAUTION: The linked site contains material that poses a probable threat to one's disposable income!

Posted Sep 10, 2009 2:32 pm PT

@MissMorphine ... there, there .. it's OK ...
*gently pats shoulder*

Posted Sep 10, 2009 3:02 pm PT
that is so true - gin pwns vodka every time

thank you
Posted Sep 10, 2009 4:55 pm PT
Those Venn Chart thingys bring back bad memories of High School homework...
Posted Sep 10, 2009 6:24 pm PT

For those who consider themselves outside the scope of this illustrative guide, I could mention you'd probably then be classed as attention-seeking, carefree dumb@sses ...

... but I won't.

Posted Sep 11, 2009 9:11 pm PT
Nice chart. And I loooooooove the play on words here. Nerd all the way here. Especially when it comes to language. Literary plot machine activate!
Posted Sep 11, 2009 11:51 pm PT
I walk a fine line between geek and nerd. So would that make me a "gnerd" or something?
Posted Oct 4, 2009 2:31 pm PT
I've seen this venn diagram before. But in a washroom stall... and it was all yellow.
Posted Oct 9, 2009 3:31 pm PT
I'm a geek *lame hi5*
Posted Nov 2, 2009 9:07 am PT

@tofu-lion91 *tries to return lame hi5 and misses completely*

Posted Nov 2, 2009 6:14 pm PT
Geekness: For the never ending WIN!
Posted Nov 21, 2009 1:19 pm PT
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