# You Might Be A Geek If ............... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921 "2003-04-24T18:49:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/101 "2003-04-28T20:15:55Z")
…You’ve looked at someone in disgust and thought to yourself “RTFM!!!” ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/102 "2003-04-28T20:27:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by herwono \* > \*\*Another IB geek here. 😃 > -you think the world is a hexagon > \*\* Wait - it’s NOT?? Then that means…so CAS and TOK and your EE _aren’t_ the center of the universe? I’m so confused… But yeah, the sleep thing is one of the reasons I’m dropping IB. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/103 "2003-04-28T23:15:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Finite Elephant \* > \*\*-You caught yourself mentally classifying the soil at a graveside service for a relative. Using USDA classification. > > -You’ve ever assumed a person weighs a kip to make the math easier. > > -You added an RPN calculator program to your Palm Pilot because you can’t use any other kind. > > -The deck you built on your house is capable of supporting a helicopter (you know, in case of injured partygoers). > > -You know what “kip” and “RPN” mean. \*\* IANASE, but I know what kips are, and my favorite calulator is an HP 15C, which does nothing but RPN. I will confess that I only know what kips are when a few months ago, we had an advisory meeting that 3- and 4-kip concrete panels part of a new building adjacent to us were going to be swung around by crane over our building and snuggled in around our generator plant so we should keep an eye out for big heavy things falling from the sky. :eek: Hmmm… think that sentence is at least half a kip on its own. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/104 "2003-04-28T23:58:23Z")
A surprisingly large amount of diverse things fit here. Including being turned down for the “Feature” plate. I just have a small Y2K sticker… from 1998. Over it is now a 2038 sticker. Perhaps I should get a “Ranch” sticker for my Focus when I get it. ---
**Author:** ![Gumbercules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gumbercules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gumbercules)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/105 "2003-04-29T02:44:43Z")
You might be a geek if: You can recite Vogon poetry from memory. You subscribe to 3 videogame magazines. You can argue the merits of 3dmark2001se vs 3dmark2003 You’ve ever told a hacker wannabe script kiddie to hack IP 127.0.0.1 hehe ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/106 "2003-04-29T15:29:10Z")
This happened to me this weekend: When out with your girlfriend, and you see a friend of yours at the bar, the two of them, who have never met, recognize each other solely from your online photo gallery. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/107 "2003-04-30T00:33:16Z")
You constantly correct people’s grammar. When they’re speaking Spanish. You saw this thread and IMed the URL to your friends. But first you deleted “&pagenumber=3” from it to make it neater. You have had a meaningful conversation with SmarterChild. And saved it. And showed it to your friends. You made a remix out of that clip of [Madonna saying “What the f\*\*\* do you think you’re doing?”](http://www.irixx.org/madonna/) You’ve had entire conversations like this: > [@](#): > > A: _says hi_ > B: _waves_ > A: _likes asterisks_ > B: _thinks this is stupid but does it anyway_ > A: _wonders why nobody likes him_ > B: _goes [googlewhacking](http://www.googlewhack.com/)_ A: _has memorized [sqrt(pi)]_ [/QUOTE] That’s all I can think of right now… ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/108 "2003-04-30T01:20:04Z")
You want to type wq! to save a Word doc. You remember the last 3 root passwords (or more) You can’t understand why more people don’t set up sudo files instead of giving idiots root access. (Oh, so many of these aply to me…) ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/109 "2003-04-30T03:48:24Z")
You’re a math geek when: You can do integration by parts in your head, but you can’t add a column of numbers without a calculator. You go see “Lord of the Rings” and are horribly disappointed when it’s not about integral domains and fields. You know precisely why the square root of 2 is irrational. Your kid asks for help with her arithmetic you explain addition by starting with the words “Take set A and…” Your favorite bar trick is “The Monty Hall Problem” ---
**Author:** ![LCP2972](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@LCP2972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LCP2972)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/110 "2003-04-30T11:13:15Z")
> [@](#): > > ## \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \* \*\*You think the following is funny: You think the following is funny: quote: > > ## There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those who understand binary, and those who don’t. > > \*\* Actually, according to the guy that sits next to me here: There are really 11 kinds of people; those who understand binary, those who dont, and those who just think they do. just a thought. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/111 "2003-04-30T11:23:48Z")
You’re an astronomy geek when: Someone asks if you know where your galaxy is, and you look at your watch, calculate, in your head, where your galaxy will be right now, and point to the correct place. ---
**Author:** ![rhodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@rhodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhodyne)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/112 "2003-04-30T12:37:11Z")
Had to do it here for my first post, hehe. LCP2972 turned me onto this site. …you know your GMT offset and use it regularly. …can remember your favorite D&D character and what level they were **20 years** after you stopped playing. and someone mentioned before that naming your computers makes you a geek…well maybe, but how about naming your computers based on a theme, like B-Movie monsters, comic book characters, or the periodic table? …and having more than one theme? …and changing them out on a regular basis? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/113 "2003-04-30T12:57:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TroubleAgain \* > \*\*You want to type wq! to save a Word doc. > > \*\* Or you hit escape when you finish typing so that you can quit or type somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![LtningBug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@LtningBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LtningBug)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921/114 "2003-05-12T07:32:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by as\_u\_wish \* > \*\*…when your son could barely walk, he took a newspaper sword and lisped “hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.” > \*\* . . . and you correct people who say “Inigo Montoya” instead of “In **d** igo Montoya.” (Yeah, he’s Spanish, so he pronounces Indigo such that the d slips by.) > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Zyada_ > **Or you hit escape when you finish typing so that you can quit or type somewhere else.** Or you find yourself constantly deleting “:w” from your documents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-a-geek-if/170921.md?page=5)