Are you a Geek or A Nerd?

[doddsy]

Well I've always said I'm a geek,obviously cause I'm cool! According to the chart though I have some slight nerdish tendancies.

[kasavien]

I gotta say stealth geek. I seem quite normal until someone asks about technology and then the mask slips and the villagers get their pitchforks and flaming torches...

I'll join that group, i was doing it last night, i wish someone would just tell me to shut up sometimes

[Steve]

I'm a geek.

nerd = geek - social aptitude

[badass]

Definately a geek.

All of those that call themselves stealth geeks are simply geeks in denial. Everyone that you think is unaware of your geekiness actually knows what you are so stop trying to hide it!

[Dorza]

I'm just someone who loves and appreciates the inners workings of technology and computers.

Geek & Nerd = the same thing to me and can be applied other things not just tech and computers imo .

[obvious]

It's simple

Geeks are able to attract the opposite sex. Nerds are less fortunate.

[Raz316]

a stealth geek i spose.

Ask me about an old game and ill talk about it for ages. Thats the thing, you have to ask me, I wont assume you'll be interested and start the conversation on it

[GrahamGarside]

It's simple

Geeks are able to attract the opposite sex. Nerds are less fortunate.

Bugger, guess I'll have to reconsider my caste then

[directhex]

i really hate this "stealth geek" bollocks

you either like star trek or you don't, let's not wrap it in layers of "but i enjoy random sex too" bull****

[aidanjt]

I'm both, the terms aren't mutually exclusive.

[alterion]

Geek, because I don't play D&D or LARP or have a wookie fetish , but can still fix your PC

[Steven W]

Based on people's opinions on the differences between two, I believe I must be a geek rather than a nerd.

Napolean Dynamite was a nerd, right?Definitely not like him.

[autopilot]

I'm a geek.

nerd = geek - social aptitude

Funny, i was having this discussion just the other day with a few friends. That's pretty much exactly what our conclusion was. But the rules really have seemed to have changed.

Although i like to just consider myself ahead of my time. I had an MP3 player year back and people went "geek!". Now even granma's have iPod's. I was the first person to have a mobile phone in my area, "Geek!" they shouted. I was the first person i knew to have a camera phone, "geek" they went. Now all my mates tell me they want a Squeezebox, and so on. Its the same with computer games now to.

You see now everyone is a Geek by previous standards, having gadgets is not only cool, but its almost socially unacceptable to not have various gadgets. Its the whole geek-chic thing the Guardian bangs on about.

Everyone is a geek about something, look at all the football geeks and car modding geeks and fishing geeks etc etc. Its a geeks world now if you ask me, being a geek is not about technology per say.

[Stewart]

i really hate this "stealth geek" bollocks

you either like star trek or you don't, let's not wrap it in layers of "but i enjoy random sex too" bull****

Depends on the series.

The original Star Trek is very funny, due to the acting (Kirk and Spock ftw), the plastic sets, the green ladies, etc.

Next Generation is great. Watch it a lot.

All the others - Voyager, Deep Space 9, Enterprise - never watched an ep of any of them.

I like good TV, sci-fi or otherwise. Next Gen is great, Sopranos is great.

I try not to watch too many Yank dramas though, as mostly they aren't any good, people just watch them because they think Hollyoaks is good and will watch anything they are spoon fed by Sky. Lost, 24, etc. Never seen an ep of either, never will.

I do watch Newsnight though, so I am getting old, that much is certain.

[GrahamGarside]

The problem with american shows like lost and 24 is they never know when enough is enough. 24 hit it's peak with season 3 and I'm so fed up of it I've not bothered with the new series.

And lost is soon heading down the path of taking it too far. By the end of series 2 it seemed like the mystery was actually going somewhere and had some meaning. Half way or whatever through season three and it's quickly becoming apparent they're just pulling ideas out of their backsides for twist after twist and once the viewing figures drop I guarantee it will become a dawsons creek of love triangles.

The best us show by far is the shield IMO

Star Trek is a true geek show, we all know it's terrible tv but we love the idealism and concept so much we tolerate it

[Steven W]

The problem with american shows like lost and 24 is they never know when enough is enough. 24 hit it's peak with season 3 and I'm so fed up of it I've not bothered with the new series.

And lost is soon heading down the path of taking it too far. By the end of series 2 it seemed like the mystery was actually going somewhere and had some meaning.

I'm still hooked on LOST. To the point where I've made notes on characters. Watched it up to Season 3 Ep 10! i've also bought a book based on the theories. Totally hooked.