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March 31, 2006
It's all geek to me
A Geek I am not. At least, I'm not supposed to be a Geek. But last night I took Newsweek's How Geeky Are You? test (via Dr. Helen Smith), and I find the results deeply disturbing. According to the test, here's how I scored: 61 to 102: Seriously NerdyAnd here's how the rest of the world compares to me: Seriously nerdy? Moi? And in the top 5% of nerddom? Impossible and unfair! But when I clicked on my score below and "hit 'submit' to compare yourself to others" it compared me to the 26589 responses they've received so far. I had thought my Geekdom (or lack thereof) was well settled, because nearly three years ago I took this Geek test and reported the results, which didn't show I was all that geeky or all that nerdy, but rather well balanced! Here; I'll report the results again, for all the world to see.
Take the Polygeek Quiz at Thudfactor.com (Link courtesy of Common Sense and Wonder.) At the time, I said the word "Geek" was bothersome: I don't like the word "Geek" -- as it is often confused with "Greek." This causes all kinds of confusion, especially with the young and impressionable...But forget the definitions! I want to know how I became such a Geek, such a Nerd, whatever it is, in just three years! I hope blogging doesn't do this to people. posted by Eric on 03.31.06 at 06:51 PM
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» Tests, cont'd from Silicon Valley Redneck
That other Eric, over at Classical Values, followed the same link I did yesterday, got a much higher geek score than my mere 42; alarmed at this, he referred back to the Polygeek Quiz, which had shown him to be a non-geek just three years ago. So, I ju... [Read More] Tracked on March 31, 2006 08:58 PM
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that quiz was *not* written by anyone who knew anything about geeks. cellphone photos? wtf? That's not geeky, that's tech for teens. A *geek* would have removed the IR filter from the cellphone's camera lens, duct taped the thing to his dobsonian and used the phone to email *astrophotos* to his friends. Mike Heinz · March 31, 2006 09:03 PM "wtf? That's not geeky, that's tech for teens." I stopped in the middle of the test for that very reason. Mick · April 1, 2006 01:56 PM 22 - not surprising since I have lived all but 6 of my 57 yrs. in the last century; even though I was a computer programmer for 26 yrs, I wrote mostly in COBOL. Arnold gave me 19% geek. The party questions were hard to answer since I've been to very few in the last 10 yrs. due to health and other circumstances. When I was at Duke('66-'70) I was considered a nerd. Where I eventually graduated (Lenoir-Rhyne '73) I was by and large admired, both for intellect and for being open about my sexuality - though the latter also stirred just a bit of animosity. The working years ('73 - '00) I was considered odd but mostly harmless, and usually liked by most of my co-workers and supervisors. I wonder if these tests would correlate negatively strongly with adult age? Too bad they didn't ask. Anonymous · April 1, 2006 01:58 PM |
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