# I'm only 32% Nerd **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 1999, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015 "1999-11-11T20:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/1 "1999-11-11T20:59:00Z")
So says this link: [http://www.frontiernet.net/~jbennett/nerd/n500test.html](http://www.frontiernet.net/~jbennett/nerd/n500test.html) What’s your Nerdity score? (It’s a long test. Also, I searched to see if there had been a previous Nerd test topic on the SDMB and didn’t find one, so apologies in advance if I’ve duplicated someone else’s previous post.) ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/2 "1999-11-11T21:29:00Z")
Ha! I’m 48.2% (48%, sig fig) nerd! Here’s to hoping this thread goes as far as my purity test thread goes… But without the felching, please 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/3 "1999-11-11T21:53:00Z")
49.20%, not bad but I just sent the URL to a friend who may possibly ace it. Web programmer, devout ST :DSN watcher _and_ amateur radio operator. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/4 "1999-11-11T21:56:00Z")
I got a 24.2% nerd rating (nerd wannabe). I’m not sure how I feel about that. BTW, I looked but I didn’t see if the quiz has been rewritten since 1993. Some of the questions (like the ones about e-mail) might have indicated nerdiness in the past, but these days are quite common. ---
**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/5 "1999-11-11T22:22:00Z")
20.40 I’m proud. * * * The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/6 "1999-11-11T22:40:00Z")
33.60%, but I think this test is biased toward _computer_ nerds rather than their brothers and sisters in the humanities. Hmmph. * * * “The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” - Bill Watterson ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/7 "1999-11-11T22:40:00Z")
52.8% nerd 20.0% pure 10.56% pure nerd Mom would be so proud. * * * - The best lack all conviction The worst are full of passionate intensity. \* ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/8 "1999-11-11T22:42:00Z")
36%. However, this test does need to be updated. “Omni” magazine is no longer published, and the Star Trek section left out crucial pro/anti-Janeway questions. ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/9 "1999-11-12T00:49:00Z")
57.2% Well, I _am_ a math major with a physics minor. – Sylence * * * And now, for my next trick, I will talk in spooky half-references. ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/10 "1999-11-12T01:05:00Z")
58% nerd. 40% pure. I do need help, don’t I? * * * God is dead. -Nietzsche Nietzsche is dead. -God Neitzsche is God. -Dead ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/11 "1999-11-12T01:20:00Z")
My nerdity & purity scores were about even. * * * Sue from El Paso [members.aol.com/majormd/index.html](http://members.aol.com/majormd/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/12 "1999-11-12T05:00:00Z")
Nerdity Quotient: 27.00% (135/500) Nerd-wannabe My purity score is higher. * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. Semper Ubi Sub Ubi ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/13 "1999-11-12T05:22:00Z")
145/500 29% nerd (Nerd-Wannabe) * * * “…all the prettiest girls live in Des Moines…” –Jack Kerouac, _On the Road_ Chris’ Homepage: [Domestic Bliss](http://www2.crosswinds.net/~domesticbliss/) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/14 "1999-11-12T05:42:00Z")
63.80% I think I’m going to get drunk now… Thank God for that low purity score… ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/15 "1999-11-12T14:21:00Z")
Pulled a solid 47%. I was also about 65% pure. I guess the solution to that would be to look at a lot more computer based porn. * * * Well, shut my mouth. It’s also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/16 "1999-11-12T14:52:00Z")
45.6% nerd. What did I expect, majoring in computer science and mathematics? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/17 "1999-11-12T15:06:00Z")
13.2 nerd rating. Is this because I’m a good, burly American male who enjoys chilled beer, insider trading, and goosing waitresses? Or, as Fretful P has deduced, because the quiz is biased toward (?) computer/math/science nerds? Anyway, the few items I was able to check were things like “Ability to Quote Poetry.” Anyone want to hear “The Pobble Who Has No Toes?” * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/18 "1999-11-12T15:11:00Z")
51.8% nerd Fairly low purity score. Amazing, I am kind of a nerd and I still get laid and have fun. 8Þ HUGS! Sqrl BTW, I scored high and still have a degree in the humanities but I have a geek job. WOOHOO! * * * Gasoline: As an accompaniement to cereal it made a refreshing change. Glen Baxter ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/19 "1999-11-12T15:32:00Z")
19.40 Nerd in training. Far too many number thingies in that test. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 1999, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015/20 "1999-11-13T05:40:00Z")
34.80% (174/500) Nerd-wannabe I think my purity test score was something along the lines of “impure wannabe” 😉 * * * “I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy [The Kat House](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/home.htm) [Join the FSH Webring](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/fshwebring.htm) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-only-32-nerd/11015.md?page=2)