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Squeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 11:51 AM
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Are you a nerd?
Yes, it's another internet test.

http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php?im

It came as a complete surprise to my colleagues that I only scored 38% nerdy. I think there's some ageism.
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 11:56 AM
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1. 31.
Not nerdy, but definitely not hip.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 11:56 AM
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2. actually
this test is REALLY outdated. i mean, what college student DOESN'T have a graphing calculator, everyone knows how much ram they have, and a hell of a lot of people have laptops

i scored 48
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 11:59 AM
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8. I agree
I got 85% nerdy, ffs. I may be above average nerdy, but not THAT much above. :D
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 11:59 AM
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3. Low Ranking Nerd. Definitely a nerd but low on the totem pole of nerds.
Edited on Tue Jun-07-05 12:24 PM by undeterred
As a nerd wannabe, I am proud! 67% nerdy
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Cerridwen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 11:59 AM
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4. Er, uh, 68 - I thought I'd score way lower. n/t
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 11:59 AM
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5. 83% scored lower (less nerdy)
High-Level Nerd. You are definitely MIT material, apply now!!!
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 11:59 AM
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6. Last night... I came to the sudden realization that I am in fact, not...
I was trying after years of study to identify constellations.

I think the real "nerds" made it up to laugh at me.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:08 PM
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14. Uh..oh! Yikes!
Overall, you scored as follows:



1% scored higher (more nerdy), and
99% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

All hail the monstrous nerd. You are by far the SUPREME NERD GOD!!!

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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:23 PM
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25. All hail Supreme Nerd Overlord Prag
HAIL PRAG!
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:30 PM
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31. I'm going to have to keep my eyes open for that last 1%.
Except... That... I think I married her!

And... If we... ever... have... children...

GOOD GOD!

BRACE YOURSELVES FOR THE UBER-NERD!

*gulp*
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:27 PM
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28. Nerd wannabe salutes Supreme Nerd!!
:hi:
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:38 PM
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33. Thanks... Really... I owe it all to...
Edited on Tue Jun-07-05 12:39 PM by Prag
:) My lovely agent... :D My writers... :cry: Team of
make-up specialists :) Special effects personnel :cry:
My wonderful family :D and of course :patriot:

Thank you :cry: thank you so much... :D Especially
I'd like to thank the little people! :cry: :D
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:40 PM
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34. What kind of nerd are you?
Computers?
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:55 PM
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38. A benevolent nerd... and I imagine I taste like chicken.

True story... Way back in High School I took a Career
Aptitude Inventory Test. When the results came back
they indicated I should be a "Brew master". (no kidding)

When I took the results to the Guidance Counselor he
informed me they didn't have any pamphlets on that
field... So he gave me some info on Electrical Engineering.

So, that's why I am what I am today.

IT'S ALL HIS FAULT!

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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 01:01 PM
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40. At the state schools in Wisconsin, you can actually major in that!
(Beer making, that is.)
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 01:02 PM
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42. Shucks!
Where was Wisconsin when I was young?

Wasted! I tell you my talent was wasted!
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:59 PM
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64. way to go!
Edited on Tue Jun-07-05 04:01 PM by Strawman
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 11:59 AM
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7. I'm a 23% nerd wannabe
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 11:59 AM
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9. Interesting..."I am nerdier than 74% of all people."
Edited on Tue Jun-07-05 12:07 PM by Misunderestimator
What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Mid-Level Nerd. Wow, it takes a lot of hard nerdy practice to reach this level.

pfffft

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BroadwayBrat Donating Member (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:00 PM
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10. I am about 39%
Your Score Summary

Overall, you scored as follows:

39% scored higher (more nerdy), and
61% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Low Ranking Nerd. Definitely a nerd but low on the totem pole of nerds.

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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:03 PM
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11. My nerd score is 13.
:shrug:
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:06 PM
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12. Supreme Nerd
I knew memorizing the Periodic Table would come in handy!
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:07 PM
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13. My results!
78% scored higher (more nerdy), and
22% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Not nerdy, but definitely not hip

:cry:
I'm neither!!
:cry::cry:
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:09 PM
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15. 62. Low-ranked nerd. I'm crushed.
Really. I think it was the "I like Apple computers" answer.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:12 PM
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16. Yeah... As a "God" I can tell ya you should've gone for UNIX. *snarf*
But, only a real Nerd knows OSX is based on FreeBSD.

*honk* *snarf*
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:25 PM
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27. 67 - also a low ranked nerd, but I'm thrilled!
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:14 PM
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17. 18
Not nerdy, however I am pissed that they don't tell you the correct answers to some of the questions. I would imagine that my implied nerdiness went up due to this.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:16 PM
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18. Wow... nerdier than 88%? Really?
I'm shocked.
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:17 PM
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19. WTF ?????. . . ..52 %
come on. . . just 'cause I remember some basic chemistry and recognized a couple long deceased scientists doesn't mean I'm not a complete cyber ninnie and a complete and total flake.

I am NOT a nerd !!! Damn it !
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:18 PM
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20. I don't even take the test. I know
the results from having lived my life as a nerd. But I don't mind. We all have a place in the world to learn and teach. :shrug:
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:20 PM
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21. That doesn't take into account your Monty Python knowledge,
ability to quote "The Simpsons", number of times you've seen LOTR, propensity to compare and contrast Star Trek episodes/seasons/movies, number of years working at a RenFair, membership in SCA, etc. etc.

My SO rented Mountie costumes and dragged me to see Eric Idle perform live at a local theater. Now THAT'S nerdy.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:24 PM
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26. If it took into acount Monty Python knowledge I'd be at like 99%
Edited on Tue Jun-07-05 12:25 PM by primate1
Simpsons quotability? At least 572%
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:28 PM
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29. Is that more geeky?
The definitions of nerd, geek, and dweeb need to be clarified. Someone really should delinate what characteristics are indicative of each classification. I'm sure there'd be some overlap... but still...
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:58 PM
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39. I've always considered myself a "geek"...
Seeing how I breezed through the "nerd" test I would
say the average "geek" is head and shoulders more "nerdy"
than the average "nerd".

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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:22 PM
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22. I am a low ranking nerd!
My flabber is quite gasted. I am a computer programmer by profession, yet still write programs at home. I would have thought that made me quite nerdy indeed.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:22 PM
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23. 55% nerd
I'm just your run of the mill nerd
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:23 PM
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24. I didn't even have to take the test.....
..yes, I'm a nerd ! Even when I was a (60's) high school cheerleader, so that shoots that theory out the Lounge <ggg>

Sorry, humanity hasn't evolved beyond these labels. So Sad....:(
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:28 PM
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30. Defintitely not nerdy, probably cool
Take that, high school peers!
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yorgatron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:32 PM
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32. my results are
Overall, you scored as follows:



98% scored higher (more nerdy), and
2% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Definitely not nerdy, you are probably cool.
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Protagoras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:43 PM
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35. 34% so I guess I'm just lame
with too much time on my hands.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:44 PM
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36. 65
"Low Ranking Nerd. Definitely a nerd but low on the totem pole of nerds." :shrug:
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 12:53 PM
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37. In case there was any doubt!
91% scored higher (more nerdy), and
9% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Definitely not nerdy, you are probably cool.




BTW - I may not be nerdy, but I'm definitely a dork.


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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 01:01 PM
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41. Not nerdy
86% scored higher (more nerdy), and
14% scored lower (less nerdy).
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:34 PM
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61. I've got 62% that scored lower.
I'm a nerd. :)
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 01:11 PM
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43. I agree....
age has something to do with it!

35% scored higher (more nerdy), and
65% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Low Ranking Nerd. Definitely a nerd but low on the totem pole of nerds.

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Steve Nash is god 13 Donating Member (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 01:13 PM
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44. 6%!!!! woo hoo
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 01:17 PM
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45. Here's my score...
that explains a lot. I'm a social misfit. I couldn't buy a date. :( :cry:

My nerd score: 97--Nerd God. I am nerdier than 97% of all people. http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=8792
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 01:26 PM
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46. Same score as last time. 97% Nerdy. Nerd God.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:17 PM
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52. I knew there was something I liked about you!
:D
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 04:16 PM
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66. What was YOUR nerd score, hmmmm?
;)
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Juice45 Donating Member (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 01:26 PM
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47. I'm an engineering grad
Edited on Tue Jun-07-05 01:31 PM by Juice45
who was in marching band for five years in college. I heart Star Wars. I don' think I need a test to determine if I'm a nerd or not, it's been pretty well decided.

Only 51% nerdy...slightly dissapointed.
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ChaoticSilly Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 02:48 PM
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48. 90% nerd
makes me supreme nerd... but you probably already knew that. :silly:
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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:19 PM
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53. Wow
So, did you have a periodic table next to you to answer that question about element Mn? Or is it nerdier that I just knew that answer? Not sure which. I scored 56, "lightly nerdy".
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:01 PM
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49. Vulcans don't smile?! BTW, I am a SUPREME NERD! This means,
if you ever wanted to date, marry, or something else with me, you ought to return home now. I'm a nerd. Nerds are weird.

6% scored higher (more nerdy), and
94% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Supreme Nerd. Apply for a professorship at MIT now!!!.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:17 PM
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51. Bow down peasant... You are in my presence! (See Post #14).
Heck, They're going to rename M.I.T. after me...

*snort*

<pushes taped glasses up on nose>
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usedtobesick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:09 PM
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50. Supreme Nerd?
Test is skewed and can not be right. I want a retest...
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:20 PM
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54. Nope, SEE
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:22 PM
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56. I don't agree with this test...
A gigantic pen is what determines a nerd!

Especially one which is out of ink...

I therefore am not a nerd.

Q.E.D.
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usedtobesick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:26 PM
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59. it is not the pen that determines the nerd...
it is the pocket protector it resides in....
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cassandra uprising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:22 PM
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55. Yep, this pretty much sums it all up in a nut shell.
"Not nerdy, but then again maybe not all that cool either" was my score.

It's the story of my life. I'm not even cool enough to call myself a nerd.
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:22 PM
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57. not a nerd, or a dork
I'm a spazz
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:23 PM
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58. Oooo! Spazz is cool!
Can you tutor me?
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:29 PM
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60. 77% Nerd
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:46 PM
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62. 77% also.


http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=2732

I don't know if that's good or bad.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 03:50 PM
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63. Not nerdy but maybe not that cool either!
Overall, you scored as follows:



90% scored higher (more nerdy), and
10% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Not nerdy, but then again maybe not all that cool either.

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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 04:04 PM
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65. 96% of people are less nerdy than I am. Sigh.
Supreme nerd.
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LSdemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 04:22 PM
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67. 15%??? What kind of massive nerds have been taking this test?
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