Topic: Nerd or Geek? Which are you?
damnitscloudy's photo
Wed 03/05/08 01:02 PM
My nerd-ness....let me show you it...
laugh

MysterHK's photo
Wed 03/05/08 01:05 PM

My nerd-ness....let me show you it...
laugh



KFC!!!!!!!! You're awesome, man!

damnitscloudy's photo
Wed 03/05/08 01:08 PM
In Kentucky we must wear these hats or be shot and turned into chicken nuggets by the coronal laugh

no photo
Wed 03/05/08 01:36 PM
I'm just a "hunt n pecker" can't keyboard or typedrinker

Shaden's photo
Wed 03/05/08 04:09 PM
Feeling Stooopid. I thought they were kinda the same.

???

no photo
Wed 03/05/08 05:02 PM
I'm neither nerd or geek. I'm "well-versed" in my craft. No more, no less.

MysterHK's photo
Thu 03/06/08 08:55 AM

Feeling Stooopid. I thought they were kinda the same.

???


They are in the sense that they are both good with tech stuff. :)


MysterHK's photo
Thu 03/06/08 08:57 AM

I've been called both (and worse)

I'm gonna go with geek though.


You're alright, in my book. :)

Chazster's photo
Fri 03/07/08 08:38 AM

May I have a technical difference of them?

A wise instructor once told me. You are born a nerd, but you chose to be a geek.

That said I would say geek.

MysterHK's photo
Fri 03/07/08 09:25 AM


May I have a technical difference of them?

A wise instructor once told me. You are born a nerd, but you chose to be a geek.

That said I would say geek.


In all honesty, I think it's nothing more than just a superficial label that you choose to identify yourself with. :smile:

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Sat 03/08/08 08:50 AM

I am Nerd..for sure


i think your beautiful so your wrong blushing

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Sat 03/08/08 08:51 AM
im a nerd id say, im kinda smooth so i dont think i could be a geek, maybe we need a definition of each?

Nox_Arcana's photo
Mon 03/10/08 06:42 PM
Edited by Nox_Arcana on Mon 03/10/08 06:43 PM

im a nerd id say, im kinda smooth so i dont think i could be a geek, maybe we need a definition of each?


Nerds (as I understand it) are typically folks that display very high aptitudes for a lot of subjects like math, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc (think of the pocket-protector stereotype). However, in contrast to their intellectual prowess they typically (but not always) suffer from less developed social skills when interacting amongst people who are not in their peer group.:smile:

Geeks on the other hand (of which I would classify myself) typically exhibit obsessive attraction and behavior towards a variety of subjects (think Trekkie at a comic book convention) and are interested in knowing vast amounts of details and what would be considered "useless info" about the subjects they love. :smile:

It's been my experience that while geeks are considered intelligent enough on their own, in comparison to nerds, they tend to outrank geeks in the braininess scale depending on the subject.


and of course, the obligatory link:
http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-the-Difference-between-Nerds-and-Geeks

no photo
Tue 03/11/08 05:58 PM
Gee, based on what I read on that website I would have to say that I am more geek than nerd. Anti-social ... as far as clubs and organizations are concerned yes.

I am a CSS geek. I have a compulsion to buy every book on CSS that I run across. I don't know why, I haven't gotten through most of them. I envision one day that I will be a CSS expert. I get very excited about learning how to make rounded corners on a web page with css without using images, or how to make roll over buttons with only one image and css. I tend to ramble about css to people who don't know what the hell I'm talking about.

so yep, geek it is.

JB

VirginVirgo's photo
Wed 03/12/08 11:06 AM
im so geeky

VirginVirgo's photo
Wed 03/12/08 11:06 AM
im so geeky

nightruler's photo
Wed 03/12/08 11:18 AM
I am a nerd..



LOUD AND PROUD

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Thu 03/13/08 04:09 AM
Well - looking around at the CDs by my office here, and finding 5 that deal with russian operas of some form, 10 books on maritime history, 4 on linux, 1 on VMware, 1 on apache,

I think I qualify for 'nerd' ohwell


rommel_2's photo
Thu 03/13/08 05:45 PM
geek

man4857's photo
Sun 03/16/08 02:45 PM
Edited by man4857 on Sun 03/16/08 02:46 PM
Geek cause-

Calculus II in high school (senior bigsmile) and General Physics I. I know plenty of computer hardware :smile:.