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Nerd, Geek or Dork?
I'm sure everyone has taken some test online at some point or another. Which dictator are you? Which muppet are you? Which bishounen are you? etc. etc. Usually you don't take these tests seriously, but well crafted ones are good for a laugh now and then.
Well, today I found a test which breaks the mold. It is a test to determine whether you are a nerd, a geek or a dork. The test is very surprising in that it gives very accurate results. Not only that, but their definitions for the words nerd, geek and dork are exactly the same definitions I've always stood by.
Take the test here
Here are my results.
Pure Geek
47 % Nerd, 69% Geek, 13% 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 Geek, earning you the title of: Pure Geek.
It's not that you're a school junkie, like the nerd, and you don't really stand out in a crowd, like the dork, you just have some interests that aren't quite mainstream. Perhaps it's anime, perhaps it's computers, perhaps it's bottlecaps, perhaps it's all of those and more. Your interests take you to events and gatherings that are filled with people you find unusual and beyond-the-pale, but you don't quite consider yourself "of that crowd." Instead, you consider yourself to be fairly normal.
Which, you are.
Congratulations! You're the one on the RIGHT!
Well, today I found a test which breaks the mold. It is a test to determine whether you are a nerd, a geek or a dork. The test is very surprising in that it gives very accurate results. Not only that, but their definitions for the words nerd, geek and dork are exactly the same definitions I've always stood by.
Take the test here
Here are my results.
Pure Geek
47 % Nerd, 69% Geek, 13% 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 Geek, earning you the title of: Pure Geek.
It's not that you're a school junkie, like the nerd, and you don't really stand out in a crowd, like the dork, you just have some interests that aren't quite mainstream. Perhaps it's anime, perhaps it's computers, perhaps it's bottlecaps, perhaps it's all of those and more. Your interests take you to events and gatherings that are filled with people you find unusual and beyond-the-pale, but you don't quite consider yourself "of that crowd." Instead, you consider yourself to be fairly normal.
Which, you are.
Congratulations! You're the one on the RIGHT!
Comments
Joe Normal
39 % Nerd, 26% Geek, 8% Dork
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.
Do I have to hand in my badge and Nerf gun now?
12% Nerd, 76% Geek, 74% Dork
It's not that you're a school junkie, like the nerd, and you don't really stand out in a crowd, like the dork, you just have some interests that aren't quite mainstream. Perhaps it's anime, perhaps it's computers, perhaps it's bottlecaps, perhaps it's all of those and more. Your interests take you to events and gatherings that are filled with people you find unusual and beyond-the-pale, but you don't quite consider yourself "of that crowd." Instead, you consider yourself to be fairly normal.
55% nerd
47% geek
34% dork
69 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 26% Dork
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)!
69 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 34% Dork
78% Nerd
69% Geek
34% Dork
So I'm just as much Geek as Scott, but I'm more Nerd than anything else.
52% Nerd
52% Geek
34% Dork
I'm noticing a pattern. Or maybe a bias.
60% Nerd
56% Geek
17% Dork
Pattern, eh? ^_~
I really don't consider myself a nerd. Then again, I somewhat disagree with this quiz's definition of a "nerd." To me, a nerd is the same as a geek, only with more narrow, deep, focused areas of interest, usually to the exclusion of other skills or social grace. A geek has the focus, but also a wide range of other skills.
In a web graph, a nerd is a tiny ball with one or two giant spikes. A geek is a wide ball with several pointy bits. (A dork is a small ball, and a normal human is a slightly larger ball with a few slight points).
Generally, I consider a nerd to be a person that is intelligent, and has a wide variety of non-mainstream interests. They tend to be good at school.
A geek is someone with a deep body of knowledge in a particular area, and the classic geek often has such a deep interest that other skills suffer as a result. I like to say that a geek has "passions" where other people, including nerds, have "hobbies" or "interests." The old style of geek had generally one or two such passions.
The Modern, Cool Nerd is something like what we've all called the Renaissance Geek or Pan-Geekism. There is a movement these days towards geeks that have a number of diversified "passions" as opposed to the old stereotype of just one or two. This diversification results in a greatly increased set of social skills. Generally, geeks were socially retarded because their deep interest in one particular field limited effective communication to people also interested in said field. When geeks diversify, you can communicate with more people in different fields, and when you start adding unrelated geekdoms, you start communicating with a broader cross-section of people. I highly doubt this would have happened without the advent and subsequent popularization of the Internet.
A dork, to me, is someone that falls into either the geek or nerd category, but whose geekiness/nerdiness is grossly overshadowed by their social ineptitude. A nerd does well in school; a dork is excited to get homework.
A nerd is someone who is all about braininess. Spelling bees, quiz bowl, reading books all the time, straight A's in school, master's degrees and doctorates, chess club and pocket protectors are all the hints of nerdiness. I look down upon nerdiness, but it's bettter than dorkiness.
Being a geek isn't about intelligence, it's about hobbies. It doesn't matter how many hobbies you have or which ones. All that is required to be a geek is to have genuine interest in any hobby. Someone who happens to have a stamp collection might not be a geek. Someone who identifies themselves as a stamp collector is a stamp collecting geek. Someone who occasionally plays Mega Man is not a geek. Someone who has played every Mega Man, and knows which bosses are in which ones, is a geek. Geeks are good because those are people who are interesting and do things with their lives.
I think we agree that dorkiness is about a level of social ineptitude. That social ineptitude is often related to nerdiness or geekiness. Due to the structure of our society people who are nerds and/or geeks often have few people to relate to over the course of their lives. These people often develop poor social skills and become dorks. Dorks are bad people and bad smelling. Dweeb is a sub-category of dork.
That's how I've always thought of it, and the test agrees. That's why I thought the test was so cool.
60 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 47% Dork
All things considered, I'm surprised my score in their Dork category came up so low. Those who know me are probably not surprised about how high it is.
I'm more with Scott, I agree with these definitions, because the way Rym describes it really leaves little room for the meaning of Dork other then a stupid nerd.
Spike
63% amorality, 81% passion, 45% spirituality, 81% selflessness
Ruthless, passionate, ravenous and--when it comes to it--devoted to those you love. Sound okay? Sounds like Spike, a character at times a hero and others a villain, but always compelling, dynamic and driven.
Based on the results of this test, you're like Spike in every way but the fangs.
*****
Hell Yeah. The only character I liked in that damned show.
Modern, Cool Nerd
60 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 26% Dork
Damn Rym.. We got the exact same Nerd and Geek levels! I'm a bit more of a Dork though ^_^
60 % Nerd, 39% Geek, 47% Dork
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.
Hmm... Sounds somewhat right, but I've never considered myself a nerd, and have never obsessed about school/grades.
30 % Nerd, 60% Geek, 60% Dork
You scored better than half in Geek and Dork, earning you the title of: Computer Savant.
People confuse you with a Nerd all of the time. You aren't some genius, like some people have said, and didn't/don't really like school all that much (and you especially hated some of the social aspects, like getting mocked). It's just that you have some passions and interests that you're extremely into/good at, and this has placed you in circles with other social outcasts, some of whom are exceptionally bright.
The awesome thing about being where you are is that you get to hang out with an elite group (though you'd probably rather be alone, or with only the closest friends and family) and you can make quite a good career for yourself in your particular specialities. Common to this group are people who are highly into electronics/computers as that is where the money lies, today.
Congratulations!
I dont' think this is very accurate to me though... but whatever.
Modern, Cool Nerd
73 % Nerd, 65% Geek, 17% 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)!
Congratulations!
My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 83% on nerdiness
You scored higher than 88% on geekosity
You scored higher than 18% on dork points
Tri-Lamb Material
60% Nerd, 47% Geek, 52% Dork
You scored better than half in Nerd and Dork, earning you the coveted title of: Tri-Lamb Material.
The classic, "80's" nerd, you are what most people think of when they think "nerd," largely due to 80's movies like Revenge of the Nerds and TV shows like Head of the Class. You're exceptionally bright and smart, and partly because of that have never quite fit in with your peers or social groups. Perhaps you've realized, or will someday, that it is possible to retain all of the things that you like about being brilliant and still make peace with the social cliques around you. Or maybe you won't--it's really not necessary. As the brothers of Lambda Lambda Lambda discovered, you're fine just the way you are and can take pride in that. I mean, who wants to be like Ogre, right!?
I'm not sure what to think of this, haha. Then again, I am pretty sure I'm much nerdier, geekier, and dorkier than other girls my age.
60 % Nerd
78% Geek
30% Dork
Yus!
For the record, the term Geek comes from circus terminology. It was the guy who would do all kinds of weird things, like eating chiken heads and such. So it makes sense that it would refer to someone dedicated to an obscure passion.
34 % Nerd, 60% Geek, 39% Dork
It's not that you're a school junkie, like the nerd, and you don't really stand out in a crowd, like the dork, you just have some interests that aren't quite mainstream. Perhaps it's anime, perhaps it's computers, perhaps it's bottlecaps, perhaps it's all of those and more. Your interests take you to events and gatherings that are filled with people you find unusual and beyond-the-pale, but you don't quite consider yourself "of that crowd." Instead, you consider yourself to be fairly normal.
I'd say that's pretty accurate.
47 % Nerd, 69% Geek, 43% 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 Geek, earning you the title of: Pure Geek.
It's not that you're a school junkie, like the nerd, and you don't really stand out in a crowd, like the dork, you just have some interests that aren't quite mainstream. Perhaps it's anime, perhaps it's computers, perhaps it's bottlecaps, perhaps it's all of those and more. Your interests take you to events and gatherings that are filled with people you find unusual and beyond-the-pale, but you don't quite consider yourself "of that crowd." Instead, you consider yourself to be fairly normal.
Which, you are.
Congratulations! You're the one on the RIGHT!
Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in any of the following:
69 % Nerd, 73% Geek, 52% Dork
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 all three, earning you the title of: Outcast Genius.
Outcast geniuses usually are bright enough to understand what society wants of them, and they just don't care! They are highly intelligent and passionate about the things they know are *truly* important in the world. Typically, this does not include sports, cars or make-up, but it can on occassion (and if it does then they know more than all of their friends combined in that subject).
Outcast geniuses can be very lonely, due to their being outcast from most normal groups and too smart for the room among many other types of dorks and geeks, but they can also be the types to eventually rule the world, ala Bill Gates, the prototypical Outcast Genius.
The cycle is broken.....until a new one is made
73 % Nerd, 26% Geek, 30% Dork
You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.
The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.
54% Geek
54% Dork
Man, what am I?
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)!