It's official

I usually hate quizzes. But this one looked interesting so I took it. Here are the results:




Good to know. He also took up the classic semantic struggle ---is it nerd or geek? He found Webster makes this distinction:

Nerd: an unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person; especially : one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits

Geek: a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of

Both have the intellectual thing in common, but there is an obvious difference in the social aspect. Geeks are probably capable of mingling unnoticed, but can have a hidden secret. And that Geek monicker is quickly becoming a badge of honor for some. However, nerd seems like it will always point to the people with the social issues. And unlike the Hollywood fairy tales, they won't be turning that nerdishness into decent form of status unless they can convert it into cash (think Bill Gates).

I like to think of myself more in the Geek camp. But then again, sometimes geek doesn't even begin to cover the kind of weirdness that you can find at our house.