NERD GOD
Okay, the sad thing is … I think most of my friends are geekier than I am.
[Yes, John, Jon, Jeff, Rick, and Stephen ... I'm looking at you.]
[HT to both Richard and Chris.]
Posted August 12th, 2005 in Fooftatsic by Geof F. Morris.
It's all just a stream of consciousness for me, folks.
I tip my hat in your direction, O nerd god.
I’d bow but in doing so I’d likely dump the contents of my pocket protector.
Chris
August 12th, 2005 at 11:01You may kiss my ring.
I don’t have a pocket protector, though. I have a badge keeper that stores my pens.
August 12th, 2005 at 11:02Nice.
August 12th, 2005 at 11:06I took your quiz to prove that I wasn’t as nerdy as you… and we tied.
August 12th, 2005 at 12:07Unfortunately this quiz is slanted heavily towards certain kinds of nerdiness. In addition this is a straight percentage and not a true result based on statistical distributions. Given the (relatively) small sample size of people who are taking this quiz and the high probability by even taking the quiz that they’re reasonably nerdy, I’m guessing you’d need a Student’s t-test to get anything resembling a proper distribution.
When this was on geekchick I think I scored around 93% or so.
August 12th, 2005 at 12:17High Nerd
Well, Geof was wrong. According to the quiz, he is in fact, nerdier than I am.
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August 12th, 2005 at 12:27Stephen: I was thinking some of the same things I was taking this. I’m like, “Hey, don’t hold it against me that I know what James Clerk Maxwell looks like!”
There are, of course, varying definitions of nerddom. I find that any test that would have me more geeky than you, Dr. Evil, as inherently flawed.
August 12th, 2005 at 13:02Mine was 76% nerdy.
August 12th, 2005 at 13:40I was only 45% nerdy but since Stephen wrote a diseratation on why the test is flawed I think he ought to be crowned the most nerdy of all.
August 12th, 2005 at 13:56Being Married, With Children has seriously lowered my score. I only got a 67. It would have been much higher back when I was single, I’m sure. And I just realized that I answered one question incorrectly.
And yes, the test overlooks/under-represents certain aspects of geekdom. Where are the Lord of the Rings/Star Wars/Matrix questions? Weight? Facial hair?
August 12th, 2005 at 14:4279%
August 12th, 2005 at 15:56I think when this was posted on the GravyBoard I scored an 11. I don’t know why I felt the need to share that.
(I thought you were “geeks” and I was a “nerd”?)
August 12th, 2005 at 20:19Only 92% for me, Geof. Amy is a civilizing influence.
August 12th, 2005 at 20:5097%, though I’m none too pleased about that. 97% geek? Perhaps. 97% Nerd? Nah.
One of the best “Geeks vs. Nerds” pieces I’ve ever read is below. I really wish I could site its source… It’s good fun…
“It’s also important to recognise the difference between a geek and a nerd. A nerd is someone who is focused entirely on one particular
August 12th, 2005 at 21:17intellectual raison d’etre, to the exclusion of all else. These people tend to be excrutiatingly dull and unsuited to almost any other task. On the other hand, you have geeks. Geeks display an immunity to social conventions, whereas nerds never really ventured far enough to know what ’social’ entails. Also, geeks do not display the same sort of fanatic monogamy concerning their pasttimes that nerds do (although many geeks have strong leanings in a particular direction). Morevoer, geeks have lives, even if they might not be apparent to everyone at first glance. Many people make the mistake of casting all geeks as nerds. These people are commonly referred to as ‘idiots’, and are easily identifiable as such. They can be found in highest concentrations (idiot per cubic metre)* in high schools and at football games. Also, certain geographic areas seem to be more prone to producing idiots than others. There exists an ‘idiot belt’ across north america, and I seem to be situated solidly within its far-reaching boundaries. Ah well. This was supposed to be about geeks.”
Beaners Do Math?
I’m absolutely cracking up … the 10 August episode of Mind of Mencia had Carlos breaking out not one, but two math jokes in the first monologue alone.
Okay … so yeah, I’m a nerd.
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August 12th, 2005 at 21:22Grant, am I in trouble if I start digging up photos of you at Ohio State football games?
August 12th, 2005 at 21:23Not at all… I can confirm, though, that as football games go, OSU home games have a lower idiot per cubic meter concentration that most…
August 12th, 2005 at 22:00Oh, and by the way, there are just 22 days left…
August 12th, 2005 at 22:01I dunno … you kinda have to be a clod to like three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust, which is what you see in the Big Televen.
August 12th, 2005 at 23:29Woody would be proud
August 13th, 2005 at 07:59I got a 93% on the test.
It makes me feel a little better being not as nerdy as Geof.
August 15th, 2005 at 09:44