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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: Melvang on Wed, 02 March 2016, 19:34:32

Title: Geek or Nerd
Post by: Melvang on Wed, 02 March 2016, 19:34:32

So the following picture is a screen shot I took after realizing what it was at amazon.com.  Does this make me a nerd or a geek?

What other traits or events help define this distinction?

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Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: demik on Wed, 02 March 2016, 19:36:07

no it makes u a person interested in keyboards and legos.

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 02 March 2016, 19:37:53

geek and nerd are kindof the same..

mm.. i'd say, both keyboard and legos are more geek, than nerd..


I've always thought NERD, was more towards -books-

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: noisyturtle on Thu, 03 March 2016, 01:49:56

Geeks are basically smart nerds, or at least that was my understanding.

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: Jokrik on Thu, 03 March 2016, 01:55:24

maybe obsessed?

Like my shopping suggestion are either keyboard related stuff, stormtroopers and shoes

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: swimmingbird on Thu, 03 March 2016, 02:08:30

Quote from: tp4tissue on Wed, 02 March 2016, 19:37:53

geek and nerd are kindof the same..

mm.. i'd say, both keyboard and legos are more geek, than nerd..


I've always thought NERD, was more towards -books-

nerd has more of a negative connotation than geek imo

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: iri on Thu, 03 March 2016, 07:27:42

what the **** is a "social media geek", lads?

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: demik on Thu, 03 March 2016, 07:51:44

Quote from: iri on Thu, 03 March 2016, 07:27:42

what the **** is a "social media geek", lads?

Social media geek is just a nice way of saying attention ****.

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: appleonama on Thu, 03 March 2016, 08:06:47

Why Star Wars Legos

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: FLFisherman on Thu, 03 March 2016, 08:17:19

From what I recall, geeks are those with a keen interest on a particular subject, while nerds are usually classified as those with greater intellectual capacities (and that really make it obvious).

Here's a fun picture of the two:

(http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/51ce6099e4b0d911b4489b79/51ce61cee4b0d911b44a1a64/1372481807113/nerds-vs-geeks-cut.jpeg)

And of course it all comes down to however you want to define it.

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 03 March 2016, 08:42:03

A "geek" is a nerd who bites the heads off chickens.

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: chyros on Thu, 03 March 2016, 08:58:21

I'm a keyboard collector and doing PhD in a natural science, so I almost certainly qualify for both :p .

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: piemancoder on Thu, 03 March 2016, 16:00:08

I always thought nerd would be used to talk about someone who is interested with something (for lack of a better term) real, like computers or stuff. A geek would apply to someone who likes things that are more fictional, like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings.

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 03 March 2016, 16:02:47

gerd

Title: Re: Geek or Nerd
Post by: LXXXIX on Thu, 03 March 2016, 19:47:58

A nerd is is someone who gets paid to be a geek.

At least that's what a teacher told me a long time ago.