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And bring it on, jonmc. I also answered "above average" on athletic ability. I'm an energetic and fairly large, wooly mammal who is unafraid of violence. I have legs and arms like tree trunks and calf muscles like basketballs. Must be all that biking and skateboarding.
Yeah, I'd get picked on in school, right up until the point I got tired of it and knocked some common sense into the bully's head, then I got left alone. I've been told that I'm a good teacher. boot to the head
And I have never been more excited.
The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)!
I tried to go back and answer them so that they'd all be equal, and it said I was a Geek. Undeterred, I tried again and was labeled a Loser. It currently has me locked out, but I should be back in within the hour.
I don't know but I'm one too. I say we find a few more of our kind, form some sort of organization, put on a nerdrock concert and win over the hearts of the jocks with our plucky dork spirit.
Yo, loq, I so know you're not talking to me in that post. 'Cause I'll have to kick your ass. Repeatedly. In a purely nerd-like, but oh-so-very thorough manner, of course.
I'm restricted from going to that site by my mommy (or my company's proxy server, take your pick). That makes me so much more of a nerd than any of you, it hurts.
But since my mommy won't let me come out and play, I'm safe from the bully contingent. Neener-neener.
Just don't egg my house; I'll tell my daddy and he's got a tranquilizer gun. You'll go down. He's a dogcatcher or something.
Outcast Genius
86 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 52% 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 all three, earning you the title of: Outcast Genius.
Outcast geniuses usually are bright enough to understand what society wants of them, and they just don't care! They are highly intelligent and passionate about the things they know are *truly* important in the world. Typically, this does not include sports, cars or make-up, but it can on occassion (and if it does then they know more than all of their friends combined in that subject).
Outcast geniuses can be very lonely, due to their being outcast from most normal groups and too smart for the room among many other types of dorks and geeks, but they can also be the types to eventually rule the world, ala Bill Gates, the prototypical Outcast Genius.
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