# Quiz - How Much Of A Neckbeard Are You, Really? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168 "2015-01-29T00:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/21 "2015-01-29T05:59:21Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > You may have missed that the TANSTAAFL question was for self-defined libertarians only. No, I saw that, but I don’t understand why there wouldn’t be an overlap. It’s like asking self-defined Objectivists if they’ve heard of Galt’s Gulch. TANSTAAFL didn’t first appear in _TMiaHM_, but that’s how it connects with libertarianism and that’s obviously what they’re referring to. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/22 "2015-01-29T06:41:11Z")
6 for me. I’m old and in the way. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/23 "2015-01-29T06:52:49Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > 15! I’m the “winner” so far. But still clean-shaven like Batman. Tied now–I scored 15 as well. Apparently being thoroughly geeky, but not being an asshole about it, is sufficient to remain classified as “clean-shaven”. (Some experimentation shows that the cutoff is at 18; 19 gets classified as “a bit scruffy”.) ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/24 "2015-01-29T09:15:08Z")
8 for me, for being an anime fan, playing RPGs, for being an atheist and a fan of Neil deGrasse Tyson, Carl Sagan and Bill Nye, and for correcting someone’s grammar on the internet. I’m Batman! Where did I park the Batmobile? ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/25 "2015-01-29T10:18:29Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > 6 out of 72. But now I’m not sure whether that hat I have is a fedora or a trillby. It’s… a hat. They have similar shaped crowns (fore-and-aft crease, pinched at the front), but the differences are that a fedora is a wide-brimmed felt hat, while a trilby has a narrower brim, more sharply curved up at the back and down at the front, and is often made from other materials. There: now you can score a 7. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/26 "2015-01-29T10:27:27Z")
Seems I’m the highest at 22 so far. > [@](#): > > You are: A Bit Scruffy! You’re a just little geeky, but that’s okay with you. You know how to have a good time without taking yourself or your beliefs too seriously. You’re all about getting out there and having a good time! Sounds about right. Haven’t shaved in a couple of days, so I’m definitely a bit scruffy. (Yay for workplaces that don’t care if I have a beard or not!) I’m definitely a bit geeky, and it’s spot on about not taking myself or my beliefs seriously. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/27 "2015-01-29T11:00:37Z")
13, clean - although the “M’lady” and “good sir” stuff are from the SCA, not some misplaced chivalry…although that probably rates some points by itself, so it’s a fair cop. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/28 "2015-01-29T11:30:43Z")
_You checked off 14 out of 72 on this list! You are: Clean Shaven!_ Apart from the fact that I’m not clean shaven, it seems about right. I’m not obsessively geeky about the things listed, or really anything specific anymore, I’m only mildly nerdy these days, and about fairly generic things. In fact it’s interesting to me how many extremely popular things my friends are into that I’m not, despite we all being largely similarly nerdy. We may all like movies, but it’s different movies. We may all like genre TV, but it’s different shows. We may all like video games, but etc etc… ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/29 "2015-01-29T12:00:17Z")
Looking at them, the TANSTAAFL questions seem meant to sniff out poseur “fashion” libertarians among the ranks. Seven. Clean shave. Pretty expected. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/30 "2015-01-29T12:34:33Z")
1. Damn you Bill Nye. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/31 "2015-01-29T12:46:26Z")
I got a one. Kanye West and Miley Cyrus. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/32 "2015-01-29T14:34:46Z")
10 out of 72. There’s no hair on my chinny-chin-chin. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/33 "2015-01-29T14:40:16Z")
5 out of 7, partially because of course i know what a D10 and a DM is. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/34 "2015-01-29T14:47:01Z")
11/72. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/35 "2015-01-29T14:49:42Z")
14, clean shaven, didn’t understand half the questions, still don’t understand what a neckbeard is. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/36 "2015-01-29T14:55:34Z")
1. You are: A Bit Scruffy! You’re a just little geeky, but that’s okay with you. You know how to have a good time without taking yourself or your beliefs too seriously. You’re all about getting out there and having a good time! I blame D&D, comic books & the SCA. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/37 "2015-01-29T15:23:59Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/38 "2015-01-29T15:52:46Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > 8 out of 72, mostly because I’m an atheist. I honestly don’t know what kind of freak would be 72 out of 72. I got 7. But I have a good friend who would probably be somewhere around 40-45, I’d guess. I also know another guy from college (brother of my brother-in-law) who would probably land in the 50s or 60s. Pretty much everything except for the MLP stuff, and the atheistic stuff applies to him. Literal neckbeard, loves anime, is pedantic as shit, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/39 "2015-01-29T16:02:32Z")
I’m at 15 out of 72. I’d be at 16, but they didn’t actually make any figures of my husbando (That was kind of hard to type here on the dope, but it’s true). Still though, I don’t have a husbando in the strictest sense of the term. Someone who throws parties for a character’s birthday and strictly collects only their merchandise is in a different league from me. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/40 "2015-01-29T16:02:48Z")
16/72 Understood the questions well enough, but my lurker nature has fortunately prevented me from doing most of the “on the internet/4chan” things until I comprehended the futility of doing so. Finally shaving off the neckbeard for good a few years back helped as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168.md?page=3)