So maybe my boss was right
My boss Malconio (aka Malcolm) always said that I was a nerd. I said “no no no I am NOT a nerd, I’m a geek.” I’ve always believed this, always thought I’m a geek, not a nerd. But, behold, I took some tests. It turns out that I’m more nerd than geek.
So it looks like I’m 75% nerd and 50% geek (I took the average of the two scores).
What does wikipedia say?
A geek (IPA: [giːk] or IPA: [dʒiːk]) is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas of knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature. Geek may not always have the same meaning as the term nerd (see nerd for a discussion of the disputed relation between the terms).
Nerd, as a stereotypical or archetypal designation, refers to somebody who pursues academic and intellectual interests at the expense of social skills such as: interpersonal communication, fashion, and physical fitness.
I’m fit damn it! I’ve got good interpersonal communication, fashion sense…. Ok, I admit, the collection of knee high patterned socks isn’t to everyones taste.
After some more reading, it seems that … a “nerd” is primarily marked as having a high intelligence and is not necessarily more fascinated with one subject any more so than another. A “geek”, however, is obsessively fascinated with particular subjects, but is not necessarily attributed an above average intelligence.
Thank you Wikipedia!
its about time» Blog Archive » Insanity is often… said,
September 14, 2006 @ 7:21 am
[...] Update - Katie is a massive nerd, too. But not geeky! I am kinda shocked. Retake the damned test! [...]
Katie said,
September 14, 2006 @ 9:20 am
Okay okay it was 7am when I took it and I was home in bed with my laptop. Meh. I’ve just retaken the test to keep YOU happy Miss Romana!
Anonymous said,
September 14, 2006 @ 12:51 pm
Apparently I’m a…
“Low Ranking Computer Geek. Definitely a Computer Geek, but low in the computer geek social structure.”
…and here I was thinking I wasn’t a geek any more. Darnit!
Romana said,
September 14, 2006 @ 1:01 pm
I got a higher score on the nerd one too :(