Geek, nerd, or dork?

35 Comments by Vladimir Cole Dec 25th 2006 10:28AM
Filed under: Culture, Hacks

Blog MilitantGeek helps us make sense of the difference between geeks, nerds and dorks with this handy table. We've carefully assessed ourselves (and our readers) against this handy chart, and have determined that most of us are nerds, though a few of us (hackers in the mod & homebrew community come to mind) have ascended to the level of geek.

Because MilitantGeek asks "What did we miss?" we provide the following suggested updates:

[Via reddit]

Tags: dork, gamer culture, geek, nerd

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Anand: Dec 25th 2006; 10:40AM

Looks like I am a geek. My dream job is to work for NASA, I compete in robotic competitions, and one of my favorite TV shows ever is A-Team.

Derka: Dec 25th 2006; 10:42AM

Geeks FTW!

GalileoAce: Dec 25th 2006; 11:19AM

They have Geek and Nerd around the wrong way.

FSK405K: Dec 25th 2006; 11:32AM

I guess I'm a gerd, or a neek.

stev: Dec 25th 2006; 11:48AM

well im 1/3 geek
5/9 nerd
and suppose im 1/3 Dork
i suppose i should add on an extra nerd for just adding a comment here...

AndrewNeo: Dec 25th 2006; 12:08PM

Geek for sure. The HL2 source code is amazing!

marvin: Dec 25th 2006; 12:47PM

Dream fights:
Geek: Google vs. Microsoft
Nerd: Marvel vs. DC
Dork: WWF vs. WCW

Damn I'm 2/3rds nerd and 1/3 geek. WTF I thought I was even invited to the social?

Philip: Dec 25th 2006; 12:56PM

4/9 nerd
4/9 geek
1/9 dork JCPenny ;)

Capt.WTF: Dec 25th 2006; 2:19PM

What sort of social outcast is it that spends hours making a spreadsheet?

"Favorite App : MS Excel"
labels you -what-?

some person: Dec 25th 2006; 2:34PM

thank geeks for thinkgeek (i'm a geek)!

Ndric: Dec 25th 2006; 2:42PM

Lol, so according to them I'm neither. Woot.

Wedge: Dec 25th 2006; 2:43PM

8/9 Geek 1/9 Nerd (SW/LotR soundtracks ftw).

Also API docs are very sexy.

FSK405K: Dec 25th 2006; 3:20PM

Lol, love the Excel question. Where would you put on the chart spends hours and hours using excel to analyze statistics to predict fantasy football performance?

Eric Baker: Dec 25th 2006; 6:08PM

Got geek and nerd switched around. Maybe it's just me, but geeks have always been the obsessive ones and nerds have always been the booksmart ones. Otherwise, funny stuff!

Nick Mendez: Dec 25th 2006; 6:50PM

This is the kind of stupid sarcastic bullshit that holds gaming sites back from being legitimate journalism. It does nothing but insult its audience, categorizing them all as anti-social and adverse to reality. Can we lose this stupid stigma already and stop perpetuating it?

Jim: Dec 25th 2006; 6:52PM

Am I the only one who thinks the geek answer is the coolest?

Rooster: Dec 25th 2006; 10:08PM

Tack on another for having "geek" and "nerd" possibly reversed?

Nerds are the bookies (though the D and D makes sense) with the acne, Geeks are the obsessive people into alterna-culture.

Grey Acumen: Dec 26th 2006; 12:33PM

I'm about 50/50 Nerd/Geek Ratio. I'm actually quite content with that.

Xeno: Dec 26th 2006; 2:48PM

Alas, the humble Spaz is overlooked again

Tukka: Dec 26th 2006; 4:38PM

Agreed, geek and nerd are switched.

I like this test myself: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=9935030990046738815

icenineiv: Dec 26th 2006; 7:45PM

I'm in agreement with Eric Baker, for me geeks have always been more pop culture related than nerds.

Bionic Commando: Dec 27th 2006; 8:17AM

Im 5/9th's Nerd. 4/9th's Geek. Even in a Nerd,Geek,Dork area of society I don't quite fit in....
SIGH...LOL!!

Shibathedog: Dec 28th 2006; 11:07AM

lol i fall under all 3 in some places and none at all in others

i guess im half geek/nerd/dork and half...normal?

Sakurabean~: Dec 31st 2006; 12:39PM

This article has nerd and geek horribly, horribly confused. =[

Miyoka: Dec 31st 2006; 7:11PM

Hmm... I don't know about this table. I've always thought that it was more of a social skills thing. Like, geeks are ok at interacting with ppl, wheras nerds are sort of annoying, i guess?

Jules: Jan 1st 2007; 2:43AM

I like Excel spreadsheets... I find reasons to make them. Oh excel, how I love thee. So I guess I'm urban with geek tendencies cuz more than half of the things here don't apply to me.

Bobby: Jan 1st 2007; 3:20AM

This is funny But I am completely sure that all of the stats for geek/nerd are mismatched... perhaps the writer made a mix up... or he is a geek wanting to be a nerd or vice versa...

Mesha: Jan 1st 2007; 6:57PM

ha ha... i'm a geek and i'm lovin it!!!!

noah: Jan 1st 2007; 9:55PM

ok dorks play dnd and are the ones with the ironic t-shirts so redo the dork and by the way dorks do not wear watever mom wants so stfu about things u dont know

Tyler: Jan 8th 2007; 11:01AM

Ok this is way off topic and may have been asked before, but i really would like to know how much hard drive space the Core System by itself has...I understand the benifits of the premium system but i dont want to spend 100 extra dollars if i can help it...any feed back will be much appreciated

petey: Jan 9th 2007; 4:20PM

Nick Mendez is a definatly nerd. not jk, hav u red his comment? if not read it.

linz: Jan 9th 2007; 4:33PM

SAME HERE CUZ IM A SEXY MAMA!!!!!!

if any of u dorkwads want a pic to bad ur acne scares me!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
SAVE ME PETE

linz: Jan 9th 2007; 4:33PM

SAME HERE CUZ IM A SEXY MAMA!!!!!!

if any of u dorkwads want a pic to bad ur acne scares me!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
SAVE ME PETE

petey: Jan 9th 2007; 4:34PM

ha! i looked at all the tables and guess wat? none fit! hahaha in ur faces geekoids!

linz: Jan 12th 2007; 9:35PM

HIS PETEY ok nate is soo not any of the above along with my sexy babe gavin

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