azdesertrose | (no subject)

So yesterday I took my daughter and two of her friends to the mall for lunch and to shop for a birthday gift for a friend of theirs and to the cinema to see "The Lake House" (which was a cute little film, if you don't take it too seriously). One of the friends is a school mate; the other is a former school mate and church youth friend.

The girls were laughing because they bought Legos for the birthday gift, for a boy who is turning 14. They were just amused by the thought of a 14-year-old boy still liking to play with Legos.

I laughed. I know men in their 30s who could receive similar toys for their birthdays and would love it to death.

We had a discussion in the car after the movie, ranging from time paradoxes to Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett and into general geekiness. The school mate said something about being a geek and being damn proud of it. I laughed and said that the older you get, the less of a "problem" it is to be a little nerdy.

Pure Nerd
86 % Nerd, 43% 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!

Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in any of the following:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Professional Wrestling

Love & Sexuality

America/Politics

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