# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/41 "2015-01-29T16:17:03Z")
12 points. Evidently its 5 points for being an Atheist. Its 4 points for having opinions about badly made movies/TV. Its 2 points for gaming. Also, 1 point for not blindly following whatever crap is on TMZ/Extra today. Maybe they can throw in an extra one if I use their cheesy sound effect _Wretch-Stra!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/42 "2015-01-29T17:31:35Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > “Fairy tails”? They hide them under the leaves they wear as skirts/kilts. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/43 "2015-01-29T19:37:53Z")
I blame getting into too many Peter Jackson / Tolkien purity debates on various Lord of the Rings boards for my disproportionate score. Wake up, sheeple! –You checked off 30 out of 72 on this list! –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! ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/44 "2015-01-29T20:08:53Z")
Just 1 point. Would have been 2, but I don’t consider religion ‘fairy tails’ – just horses of another colour, I suppose. 😛 ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/45 "2015-01-29T20:09:45Z")
> [@Ms\_Boods](#): > > Just 1 point. > > Would have been 2, but I don’t consider religion ‘fairy tails’ – just horses of another colour, I suppose. 😛 Dangerously close to My Little Pony territory, there, missy… ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/46 "2015-01-29T20:23:56Z")
I got a 15, one of those points was for actually having a beard. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/47 "2015-01-29T21:08:17Z")
35/72. “A bit scruffy.” My 8" long neckbeard would like to argue, but since I couldn’t check off the more egregious hallmarks of beardy-ness, I guess it’s approximately accurate. ETA: More to the point, may of the items I didn’t check off are IMHO for the more youthful beardies. I’m decrepit, so I wouldn’t (for instance) post jack-shit on /b/ (or 4chan in general). Much too immature. (This is the “old hipster” variant on “too mainstream”.) ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/48 "2015-01-29T21:13:32Z")
1. Frankly, I thought I would score much higher. I do have a goatee, but no neckbeard. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/49 "2015-01-29T21:25:08Z")
Also a 15 and this clean shaven However I relate more to the answer given at “a little scruffy”. I enjoy my geeky things, but I’m not crazy about it and don’t understand how people are. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/50 "2015-01-29T23:01:14Z")
OK, I do have a beard half way down my chest but I’ve had it since before those hipsters were born. They’ve only just caught up to me. I can’t report a score because I wasn’t hip enough to get past the hat questions. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/51 "2015-01-29T23:23:10Z")
9 But some of those are perfectly cromulent beefs. Seriously? Effect vs Affect, to vs too. Also, if you’re not going to stay close to the source material, why not call your crappy movie something else? Some battles need fighting. ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/52 "2015-01-29T23:48:51Z")
1. I got “clean shaven;no hair on your neck”, even though one of the ten was “you have hair on your neck”. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/53 "2015-01-30T03:57:38Z")
7, clean shaven. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/54 "2015-01-30T04:38:46Z")
Even checking 9 I still got the “clean shaven” diagnoses. I did shave for about 2 weeks. In 1981. Otherwise, first muttonchop sideburns in college, full beard (not on neck) thereafter. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/55 "2015-01-30T05:49:58Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > TANSTAAFL didn’t first appear in _TMiaHM_, but that’s how it connects with libertarianism and that’s obviously what they’re referring to. It happened to appear first in a libertarian pamphlet, actually. It was its title. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/56 "2015-01-31T12:48:26Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Dangerously close to My Little Pony territory, there, missy… 😛 The last horse on my pop culture radar was Mr Ed. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/57 "2015-02-01T01:10:24Z")
16/72. Clean-shaven, though I’m wondering if I’m dancing near the borderline. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168/58 "2015-02-01T01:22:08Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Dangerously close to My Little Pony territory, there, missy… But don’t worry, it’ll make you 20% cooler. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168.md?page=2)