Quel monde de nerds...

03.01.2007

I don't usually put this type of test results on my blog but this one is interesting because it adressed a question I always found intriguing : the difference between Geek, Nerd and Dork.

The test author has a pretty definite idea on it, and although I couldn't articulate it as clearly as he does, I tend to agree with him.

Je n'ai pas l'habitude de mettre ce genre de réultats sur mon blog, mais j'ai trouvé celui-ci intéressant parce qu'il se pose une question qui m'a toujours intriguée : la différence entre Geek, Nerd et Dork.
L'auteur du test a une idée assez précise sur le sujet, et bien que je n'aurais pas su le formuler aussi clairement, je suis assez d'accord avec lui.

Pure Nerd
78 % Nerd, 34% Geek, 39% 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, 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.

Congratulations!

Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on nerdiness

You scored higher than 99% on geekosity

You scored higher than 99% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos

The second point is about my result : not only do I seem to be a Nerd and not a Geek, but I also appear to be in the Geekier, Nerdier and Dorkier percent of the person both my age and gender that took the test!
Creepy...

La deuxième chose au sujet de mon résultat : non seulement je suis apparemment une Nerd, et non une Geek, mais surtout je suis dans le pourcent le plus Geek, Nerd et Dork des filles de mon âge qui ont fait le test!
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