Comments on: Top 1010 Clues that You’re at a Really Good Nerd Party

By: comraid

comraid — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:42:54 +0000

Dork is a whale’s penis ! So I guess being called anything else is else is a step up !!!

By: Courtney

Courtney — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:46:31 +0000

Ok, im nor a geek, nerd, dork, dweed but I am having a ‘Nerd Party’ of my own and i need to know what Nerds wear?! Is it pants up to belly botton, sort of thing?! Crap shoes, greasy hair, glasses, pocket protectors?!

By: The Power-Geek

The Power-Geek — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:32:29 +0000

Geeks: anyone who enjoys more than four of the following, and is an expert in at least one;

Anime (any series), Starwars, Star Trek, D&D (or any TTRPG), video games, LOTR, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, fantasy in general, trivia (any subject except Harry Potter), reading, Legos, Robots (sci-fi), and comic books. (not comprehensive)

you may consider yourself a power-geek if you specialize in two or more.

Nerds: same rules as Geeks, except different list to select from;

Math, Science, Computer Hacking/building/repairing/scripting etc., engineering, Physics (I know it’s a science but it deserves special mention), writing, photography, History, and Robots… (real ones).

Dorks are simply lower level geeks or nerds that don’t know it. in fact, you are a higher level dork the more you refuse the title.

I personally am a Power Geek and a nerd, and not a dork. (I think.)

By: Mustachio

Mustachio — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:39:30 +0000

What’s the label for all who have argued the difference between dork/geek/nerd? Or those like me who are looking for the definitive answer?

By: George

George — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:52:46 +0000

Yeah, this sounds like most of my parties. Esp, the expensive equipment part and the unreleased movies.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:20:33 +0000

…nerd, dork, geek… Personally I pride myself on being a dweeb. I fit Jon’s definition of dorks and geeks, and I also have absolutely no sense of style to boot.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:39:10 +0000

“There’s a lot of expensive equipment, a fire pit, a lot of drunk people, and nothing gets broken.”
This one goes best for me and my friends.
P.S. I don’t like Star Trek, Star Wars on the other hand….

By: Don

Don — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:52:05 +0000

Anni,

Well… On “Chuck” they have the “Nerd Herd” - so at the very least they are considered comparable in some circles…

(Just out of curiosity, am I a Nerd or a Geek - or maybe even just a dork - for liking and quoting Chuck in this discussion…?

By: Tyr

Tyr — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:10:14 +0000

Technically a geek is someone fantastically good at one thing…It comes from the geek shows in vaudeville/circuses…Today as we have seen definitions have become quite blurry.

Amongst my friends geek and nerd are honorable honorifics while dork is an insult:)

By: unassuming

unassuming — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:47:01 +0000

This is the way I see it.

A geek is someone who has an obsession with something, along the lines of computer (or a more specific technical related subject), or automobile mechanics, etc. Geekdom does not effect social life, positively or negatively (not counting the side effects of the specific subject obsessed). Though obsessions may occasionally cause impairment.

A nerd is like a geek, except the obsession is with computers, math, science, etc, and usually takes it to a degree where social life is greatly impaired by the obsession.

A dork is what you are to your older sister, and that time traveler from the ’80s.

Well, that seemed a bit more easily defined in my head.