# You may be a geek if . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 23, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099 "2010-10-23T14:45:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/1 "2010-10-23T14:45:19Z")
After mind blowing sex, you think, “That was definitely more than just an MMR[Sup]\*[/Sup]”. [Sup]\*[/Sup] **M** ainly **M** aintenance **R** elease ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/2 "2010-10-23T14:55:24Z")
Of you understand that “De-ionising the PCI bus to improve byte-wise thruput” is complete bullpucky. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/3 "2010-10-23T15:26:38Z")
> [@lee](#): > > After mind blowing sex, you think, “That was definitely more than just an MMR[Sup]\*[/Sup]”. > > [Sup]\*[/Sup] **M** ainly **M** aintenance **R** elease Glad you clarified that because MMR means Measles Mumps Rubella vaccine to me! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/4 "2010-10-23T16:09:22Z")
I’m a geek/pc gamer and I don’t know what an ‘MMR’ is. (Is it a shortening of MMRPG?) eta: :smack: didn’t see the subscript. (I’ve never seen that phrase before) ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/5 "2010-10-23T16:22:31Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I’m a geek/pc gamer and I don’t know what an ‘MMR’ is. > > (Is it a shortening of MMRPG?) > eta: :smack: didn’t see the subscript. (I’ve never seen that phrase before) Perhaps I should have said, “You may be a professional geek if . . .” as it is a term I learned as part of a software development team. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/6 "2010-10-23T16:23:56Z")
If you laugh at XKCD. You’re really a geek if you have an XKCD comic posted at work. ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/7 "2010-10-23T16:25:57Z")
…if you balance your dishwasher load (those who use centrifuges will get it). ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/8 "2010-10-23T16:28:37Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > If you laugh at XKCD. You’re really a geek if you have an XKCD comic posted at work. I have _Exploits of a Mom_ posted in my cube. It functions as a shibboleth. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/9 "2010-10-23T16:32:43Z")
> [@lee](#): > > After mind blowing **sex** , you think, “That was definitely more than just an MMR[Sup]\*[/Sup]”. > > [Sup]\*[/Sup] **M** ainly **M** aintenance **R** elease (bolding mine) You misspelled ‘masturbation’. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/10 "2010-10-23T18:43:59Z")
> [@Khaki\_Campbell](#): > > (bolding mine) > > You misspelled ‘masturbation’. Ahh, you have failed to do your research. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/11 "2010-10-23T20:35:36Z")
In previous threads like this, I’ve posted that my serious-geek-line is the use of the word “grep”. Double points if you use it to mean “understand” as well as “search for something”. (Negative points if you use “grok”.) ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/12 "2010-10-24T00:56:41Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > If you laugh at XKCD. You’re really a geek if you have an XKCD comic posted at work. Do I get triple points for wearing my XKCD _tie_ to work? ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/13 "2010-10-24T01:18:48Z")
You might be a geek if you get the following joke: Why do programmers get Halloween and Christmas mixed up? Because 31oct == 26dec. 31 octal is the same as 25 decimal ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/14 "2010-10-24T04:06:14Z")
Not sure whether this classifies me as a [geek or a nerd](http://xkcd.com/747/), but today I was taking notes on a chapter of music theory and put down “harmonic rhythm = d/dt(harmony)”. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/15 "2010-10-24T04:15:42Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Do I get triple points for wearing my XKCD _tie_ to work? No, as it is a tie. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/16 "2010-10-24T04:31:11Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > (Negative points if you use “grok”.) Pedant. :dubious: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-a-geek-if/558099/17 "2010-10-24T13:24:58Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Do I get triple points for wearing my XKCD _tie_ to work? Yes, IFF ties are required at your $orkplace, by PHBs in the Adminisphere. ThinkGeek’s tie that has “Ties suck” on it in binary coded ASCII is also acceptable proof of geekiness. If you undertood the above sentence, and all references, you’re a nerd. 😃