# Are you a nerd? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-nerd/337791 "2005-12-30T23:06:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-nerd/337791/21 "2005-12-31T08:00:49Z")
Yup. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-nerd/337791/22 "2005-12-31T08:09:18Z")
Big Geek here. I actually have a few friends that aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-nerd/337791/23 "2005-12-31T08:52:20Z")
I’m a little too socially aware to be a nerd…but I don’t like sci-fi or fantasy or D&D so I am not sure if I can be a good geek. But i really like geek boys who like all of those things so maybe I am just a “geek girl” and am exempt from the above mentioned items of geekiness. Although PLENTY of the women on here that would qualify themselves as geeks are into those things. _sigh_ i guess i’m just a lo-ser. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-nerd/337791/24 "2005-12-31T10:11:39Z")
> [@honeydewgrrl](#): > > My girlfriend, at least 5 times daily: “You’re such a dork.” > > I guess that settles it. You have a girlfriend? That kinda speaks _against_ you being a nerd/geek, doesn’t it? 😃 Yeah, yeah, I know. “Girlfriend” != “Leman,” automatically. Nyah. Anyway…me? Yeah. Nerd. Geek. Crazed loner. It’s all me. I’ve made peace with it. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-nerd/337791/25 "2005-12-31T14:12:34Z")
> [@](#): > > If not a nerd, what about a loser or geek? I’m all three. Nerd- Due to my social ineptitude, as evidenced by my being single at 35 years of age. Loser- Perhaps not so much now, but in school I had major self-esteem issues and I always felt like I was the outest of the outcasts. Geek- My devotion to computers and interest in science along with a complete lack of interest in sports and other “guy” things places me firmly in this category. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-nerd/337791/26 "2005-12-31T14:15:52Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > You have a girlfriend? That kinda speaks _against_ you being a nerd/geek, doesn’t it? 😃 There’s no accounting for taste… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-nerd/337791.md?page=1)