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News Type: Event — Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT
This photo is here just for those who are reading this in the Hot Chicks group
Generic nerd girl
Tina Fey: an archetypal nerd girl
Yes, Jodie is also a nerd
Even musicians can be nerdettes...but they have to be songwriters to qualify...
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Inspired by a thread on Lauhal's column, in which Scott Butki and I (and indeed, everyone else on the thread) revealed that we've always had a 'thing' for nerd girls, I got to wondering: Just what are the criteria for being considered a true nerdette?
After giving the issue some thought, and speaking as a something of a lifelong connoisseur of nerdettes, I offer the following ratings scale for your consideration. Take the test and see how much of a nerdette you really are!
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You drive an original VW Beetle, not one of those fancy retro versions. (5 points)
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SCORING:
0-15 points -- You are a cheerleader. You should drop the pretence of being a nerd before you're found out. You wear far too much pink, your mother sold Avon part-time, and you think HTML is a chemical ingredient in chocolate. But cheer up, you have many cool sisters on this site who will be happy to relieve you of your pastel-coloured innocence and initiate you into the ways of nerdette-hood.
15-30 points -- Nice try. You're pretty nerdy, and you can probably sling some pocket-protector trash with the best of them. But beneath your unhip facade, you still yearn for the uncomfortable back-seat gropings with the quarterback that you missed out on in high school. Cheer up, though. Your six-figure salary should more than make up for the disappointment.
30-60 points -- You are a veritable icon of Nerdette-ity. Your post-adolescent awkwardness and discomfort have been replaced by a deep sense of being at home in your skin. You revel in the fact that you are brighter than most of the females, and almost all of the males, that you know. Women think you're cool, men think you're hot. You are a strong, smart, independent, but still geeky enough to be preciously unique.
60-85 points -- You are a true geek goddess. I may as well give you half the equity in a house and $1000 a month right now. You have within you the capacity to rule over Newsvine like a terrible and beautiful queen. All NV males should be required to approach on bended knee and offer gifts of link love and leaderboard votes. You are Seven of Nine, Dana Scully, Princess Leia and Marilyn vos Savant, all rolled into one delectably quirky package. (Did you get that part about calling me?)
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{"commentId":2042764,"authorDomain":"deatienza"}
You left out a video game category. Also, that Star Trek section should possibly include a bonus for immediately (and correctly) guessing the origin of RegBarc's screen name.
In fact, you should probably just rename that last category "You are Ryan S-S."
=p
{"commentId":2042764,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"deatienza"}
- 11 votes
#1 - Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:34 PM EDT{"commentId":2043595,"authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
HEY! I only scored a 33. I never dyed my hair to look like Dana Scully (did you see they're releasing a new X-Files movie?!) and Seven of Nine is t3h 5uxx0r5.
{"commentId":2043595,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2043817,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
Seven of Nine is t3h 5uxx0r5
Gotta agree with ya there.
{"commentId":2043817,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2044670,"authorDomain":"pmags"}
Aaaah, Scully, Scully, Scully...
{"commentId":2044670,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"pmags"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2046538,"authorDomain":"tang"}
*Only* a 33? That's pretty nerdette-y, Ryan. You could always up your score by finding a pet and then naming after me. Of course, then you'd have to call Synthesis.... ;)
I agree with Eric, gaming is definitely a category that should be measured, as well as music. Also, I'd give extra points to nerdettes who have had lasik, yet still wear their nerdy glasses w/o prescription just to maintain the geekishness. That's hawt!
{"commentId":2046538,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tang"}
- 12 votes
{"commentId":2046568,"authorDomain":"deatienza"}
I'd give extra points to nerdettes who have had lasik, yet still wear their nerdy glasses w/o prescription just to maintain the geekishness.
That's minus points. Wearing glasses when you have good vision is lame, and means you're a hipster.
{"commentId":2046568,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"deatienza"}
- 15 votes
{"commentId":2047911,"authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
and means you're a hipster.
I agree, I feel that too much of this nerdette stuff is going over into hipster territory, especially when you add a music component.
{"commentId":2047911,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
- 11 votes
{"commentId":2048255,"authorDomain":"courts"}
Also, that Star Trek section should possibly include a bonus for immediately (and correctly) guessing the origin of RegBarc's screen name.
I was extremely uncomfortable on two different levels when my spouse left for the Philly Vinemeet to stay with RegBarc and not only did he not know his real name, he also didn't know the origin of his screen name.
{"commentId":2048255,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"courts"}
- 13 votes
{"commentId":2049053,"authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
Also, I'd give extra points to nerdettes who have had lasik, yet still wear their nerdy glasses w/o prescription just to maintain the geekishness. That's hawt!
...isn't that sort of like what you do, Calvin? :)
{"commentId":2049053,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
- 9 votes
{"commentId":2050371,"authorDomain":"tang"}
...isn't that sort of like what you do, Calvin? :)
No! My vision is getting *worse*, from reading the ramblings of..... nevermind. Actually, I just had to get a stronger prescription last week. Now I can see you and Myk barbecuing on your parents' back porch all the way from here!
{"commentId":2050371,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tang"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2050472,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
Oh well...some additional things to put in the Mark 2 version of the poll (I'll wait just long enough for everyone to have forgotten about it, then roll out the revised version.
Maybe by v.2 some of the nerdette criteria may also include AI, cryptography, embedded files, social engineering and other cool stuff.
Oh- IMO there should have been bonus points granted for having sex in a classic VW Beetle.
{"commentId":2050472,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2051034,"authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
Now I can see you and Myk barbecuing on your parents' back porch all the way from here!
Perv.
{"commentId":2051034,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2051794,"authorDomain":"djehuty"}
Heh. Yeah... 1961 Beetle, and um.... ok. *sigh* :)
{"commentId":2051794,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"djehuty"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2051818,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
Leaving butt prints on the inside of a VW Beetle windshield reduces Xeroxing one's derrière to little more than pedestrian fare.
{"commentId":2051818,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2066332,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}
Two questions
1) What is a boob blog?
2)
-Have flown halfway across the country to hang out with people you've met on the Internet (+65)
What if you've flown halfway around to the world to hang out with people you've met on the internet? And then you accidentally got engaged to one while they're stayed at your place.
What? What vinemeet did this happen at? Am I engaged and don't know it?
{"commentId":2066332,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"sbutki"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2066835,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
That wasn't a vinemeet, that's just a chapter of my fairly odd life.
{"commentId":2066835,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2069151,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
And then you accidentally got engaged
I have a lot of experience accidentally doing stuff...but I think you win with that one. How does that even work. "Do you take so-and-so, to be your husband" "Yeah whatever sure" "I pronounce you man and wi..." "wait...do I WHAT???"
{"commentId":2069151,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2078753,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2042796,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
Hmmm. I don't know what happened to my tracking comment? (Things have been a little wonky 'round here tonight).
Here it is again:
"I started out to write an article, but somehow it ended up looking more like a singles ad".
Eric:
You left out a video game category.
Y'know what? I did! (Probably a function of the fact that I don't do video games myself, but still a serious and unforgivable omission in a journalistic foray of this gravity...heh.) Good point, though.
You are Ryan S-S."
I'm hoping she'll come by and play...I'm guessing she'd score quite well!
{"commentId":2042796,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
- 5 votes
#2 - Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:39 PM EDT{"commentId":2043394,"authorDomain":"barry-rutherford"}
I like all the chick pick flick's above !
{"commentId":2043394,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"barry-rutherford"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2044896,"authorDomain":"Wheel"}
I was in school before computers, or even calculators. We used slide rules and pencil and paper just the way god intended.
Nerd girls could use the slide rule, really nerdy ones knew how to use all the scales and could keep the decimal place in their head. They were the editors of the annual, in the marching band (I love band girls, especially woodwinds, great lips) and the glee club and drama club. I always liked nerd girls.
{"commentId":2044896,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Wheel"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2044897,"authorDomain":"Wheel"}
{"commentId":2048088,"authorDomain":"Wheel"}
Synthesis,
You can delete that second entry, dunno what happened there.
{"commentId":2048088,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Wheel"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2050296,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2050465,"authorDomain":"Wheel"}
That's exactly why I was in the glee club and the drama club...
I wasn't in glee club or drama club, but I was the only person that showed up for our production of Oklahoma as a volunteer stage hand. They put out a call for stage hands and preformers. Everyone else wanted to be in the show. I was the entire stage crew, except for lighting and handling the curtains. I bullied the actors and made them help me with the sets, the extras anyway. I made and painted all the backdrops and everything else. Great way to meet geek band girls and drama girls.
I was on the wrestling and track team, the cheerleaders dated mostly football and basketball players, but band girls weren't so picky. ;P
{"commentId":2050465,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Wheel"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2043071,"authorDomain":"marilynl"}
Gee, I was hoping to do better than I did, Synthesis. Guess I'm just me, not really a nerdette, more likely a graphiste. ; )
My first cat was named Gandalf, though, and I read the Lord of the Rings books and the Hobbit at least three times. Wear glasses only, not cat eyes though. Who stayed in high school? I went early admissions to Vanderbilt in physics/astronomy. Loved Star Trek as a child and adult, but lost track of Trek, though I still love Star Trek IV. Save the Whales!
Love the article anyway!
{"commentId":2043071,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"marilynl"}
- 10 votes
#3 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:43 AM EDT{"commentId":2050319,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2050814,"authorDomain":"marilynl"}
Yay! I move up to 33 with your adjustments. I'll take it!
{"commentId":2050814,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"marilynl"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2050851,"authorDomain":"marilynl"}
Useless little tidbit: I worked with Andrew Fleugelman, who originated the term freeware, was the first editor of PCWorld and MacWorld magazines, and created PC Talk, early BB software, before he got caught up with the PC revolution.
Not looking for more points here, just a little personal history. I also worked on production of one of the Whole Earth Catalogs. Just a bit player, but it was fun meeting the folks.
{"commentId":2050851,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"marilynl"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2051154,"authorDomain":"marilynl"}
Yes, layout and pasteup. Wax and Xacto knives and benzine (rubber cement thinner) to clean it all up (trying not to think about my years of chemical exposure)... It was fun, but also hard work. Hard to imagine today if you didn't do it.
{"commentId":2051154,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"marilynl"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2051268,"authorDomain":"MikeStuckey"}
Those were the days ... Just-a-Writers and Varitypers, anyone?
{"commentId":2051268,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"MikeStuckey"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2051415,"authorDomain":"marilynl"}
Don't forget the mighty Typositor for those headlines. Darkrooms with more chemicals and so much red light I wanted to scream.
I'll never forget laying out an entire book using rubber cement, with my boss pacing behind me while I sliced each para and added a point of space between them, so that we didn't have to reset a page. Those were not the days i like to remember... I loved wax, except as you mentioned, the fear that something would pop off.
{"commentId":2051415,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"marilynl"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2043289,"authorDomain":"djehuty"}
The first photo is enough. And the last photo. Did you write some words too? Bonus!!
Oh, btw you might want to put:
OS: linux (3 pts), BSD (5 pts), Windows (-5 pts), and
Browser: Firefox (3 pts) Opera (2 pts) IE (immediate fail)
{"commentId":2043289,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"djehuty"}
- 11 votes
#4 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:30 AM EDT{"commentId":2043476,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
What if all of your copies of Windows are pirated? And do you get points for every cracked program on your computer? What about points for FPS and RTS?
{"commentId":2043476,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2044206,"authorDomain":"tigerblade"}
What about points for FPS and RTS?
The Russian Transit System? Why would you get points for that? :-P
{"commentId":2044206,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tigerblade"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2045298,"authorDomain":"celestina"}
OS: linux (3 pts), BSD (5 pts), Windows (-5 pts), and
Browser: Firefox (3 pts) Opera (2 pts) IE (immediate fail)
Bless you. Djehuty. *smile*
{"commentId":2045298,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"celestina"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2045620,"authorDomain":"hemphill"}
I think that Beos should probably get 7 points
{"commentId":2045620,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"hemphill"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2049778,"authorDomain":"djehuty"}
I think that Beos should probably get 7 points
Definitely. If you're using it for something productive you're instantly in ubernerd territory.
{"commentId":2049778,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"djehuty"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2050325,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2050422,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2043372,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
This test is severely lacking. I only scored a 19 and I typed out my first DOS prompt at the age of three. Do I have to list all of my qualifiers?
{"commentId":2043372,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 10 votes
#5 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:48 AM EDT{"commentId":2043422,"authorDomain":"justinpm"}
But do you know what CPM/3 is? Just kidding, not many do. Do you remember having to use memmaker like a madman/woman just to get your compy to run Doom/ROTT/X-Com/and all of that stuff? Me too!
Damn, sometimes I kinda hate being nerdy to be brutal.
{"commentId":2043422,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"justinpm"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2043436,"authorDomain":"justinpm"}
Also, this article is lacking for nothing being like.
You own an original NES that is held together with sticks and can still play Kid Icarus on it by doing the blow method (no entendre meant here, just no other way to explain it).
Still have a functioning original Playstation that plays games, upside down at least.
Still have an original Gameboy that you use as a walkman to listen to the catchy Tetris theme song.
I could go on.
{"commentId":2043436,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"justinpm"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2043466,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
I do have a functioning playstation, I gave the super nintendo to my cousins and have most of the Atari, NES, and Genesis games on my computer with emulators. I didn't need an NES because my friend who lived three houses away from me had three older brothers and more NES cartridges then I could count. My key chain has an original Zelda gameboy game on it with the case removed so it just looks like a computer chip (I was so sad when that game broke)
{"commentId":2043466,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2043615,"authorDomain":"justinpm"}
That is pretty sweet. I never thought to do that with a Gameboy cartridge, and now I'm kicking myself for it. I hate to ape your style and all, but I am going to do this with one of the original Gameboy cartridges I have. Maybe Final Fantasy Legend. Thanks for the idea!
Though I am going to make sure the game still functions. I can't be that brutal to a Gameboy game, I killed many a double A on that platform.
{"commentId":2043615,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"justinpm"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2045581,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
Though I am going to make sure the game still functions. I can't be that brutal to a Gameboy game
It was broken before I made it into a keychain, Once you remove the plastic covering and let keys rub against it it's not going to work for a whole lot longer. On my work keys (when I worked in a PC hardware warehouse) I had a 4MB SIMM that I ripped out of somebody's ancient computer. It worked excellent for opening boxes.
{"commentId":2045581,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2050342,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2050435,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2054326,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
No, seriously, I'd love it if you did, and I'll do a full-up rescore! (If you listed 8 of them, I'd say you should probably put it in its own separate article, link to it from here, and file it in the 8-things group...)
Ok, I started typing it out and realized that I'll have to write an article. There's more then eight things :/
{"commentId":2054326,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2043425,"authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
I think it's time to get out of the '90s, all Star Trek references should probably be changed to Firefly or Battlestar instead. Modern geeks like good acting, great dialog and story-arcs ;-)
You smoke clove cigarettes (5 points)
I thought this was for nerd girls, not hipsters... Real nerds have asthma and can't stand any smoke!
{"commentId":2043425,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
- 9 votes
#6 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:04 AM EDT{"commentId":2043441,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
Real nerds have asthma and can't stand any smoke!
Thank you! I thought that one was strange. I used to smoke only when I was drunk but now my asthma is too bad.
{"commentId":2043441,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2044220,"authorDomain":"tigerblade"}
Real nerds have asthma and can't stand any smoke!
See, I don't have asthma, but I can't stand smoke anyway. Though, I consider myself more of a "geek" than a "nerd" - and my girlfriend has asthma, so does that count?
Oh, and I'm not female anyway, so I guess I wouldn't qualify as a "nerdette," thankfully.
{"commentId":2044220,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tigerblade"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2048133,"authorDomain":"deatienza"}
Yeah, I thought smoking was for the cool kids.
{"commentId":2048133,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"deatienza"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2048984,"authorDomain":"whyren"}
I think it's time to get out of the '90s, all Star Trek references should probably be changed to Firefly or Battlestar instead.
Extra points for watching the original Battlestar?
{"commentId":2048984,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"whyren"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2049584,"authorDomain":"kymlee"}
Yeah, I thought smoking was for the cool kids.
I thought we were the cool kids. :P
{"commentId":2049584,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"kymlee"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2050401,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2050456,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2043469,"authorDomain":"jordang"}
I'd like to find a programmer girl, preferably one fluent in Python or Lisp.
If she uses Linux, it might just make me cry.
If she also uses Emacs... That's true love.
(If she's ever ascended a character in Nethack, I think I'd be obligated to propose on the spot.)
Oh, I think these should be extra bonus points:
-Uses an IBM Model 'M' keyboard
-Has a ham radio license
-Two words: Theater tech.
-Super extra bonus points
{"commentId":2043469,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"jordang"}
- 4 votes
#7 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:17 AM EDT{"commentId":2043490,"authorDomain":"jordang"}
BTW, If there are any operators on the vine: I'm KB3EEE, though I just moved into a super-tiny apartment, and before that I was in a super-tiny college dorm, so unfortunately I haven't had a station up and running for a few years.
(I love my call sign. Easiest ever for CW. Which is good, because I'm garbage at it.)
{"commentId":2043490,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"jordang"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2043635,"authorDomain":"justinpm"}
Lisp, the most sadistic word in the English language.
What shall we call this affliction so that people afflicted will get cross whilst saying their affliction? I know. Lisp.
Whoever came up with that, pure asshat. Funny for sure, but man, what an ass.
{"commentId":2043635,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"justinpm"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2043774,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
BTW, If there are any operators on the vine: I'm KB3EEE
WD9AUK, but I don't have a rig these days....
{"commentId":2043774,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2046794,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
-Super extra bonus points
The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems
{"commentId":2046794,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2050367,"authorDomain":"djehuty"}
People say it has the aesthetic appeal of oatmeal mixed with toenail clippings.
But they're wrong. It's one of the most beautiful inventions in the field. If I'd done nothing else in my life I'd die happy. Well maybe throw in polymorphism in smalltalk.
{"commentId":2050367,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"djehuty"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2043511,"authorDomain":"soundscape"}
I haven't got a lot to add. I just wanted to say...
Epic.
{"commentId":2043511,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"soundscape"}
- 5 votes
#8 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:31 AM EDT{"commentId":2050475,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2043611,"authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
In my defence, I'd like to add that I can cook, clean, dress and grow plants; I am not afraid of boys; and I can play at least one sport with reasonable skill.
Oh yeah...not only have I seen the sun: I tan, mother@!$%#ers.
{"commentId":2043611,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
- 7 votes
#9 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:05 AM EDT{"commentId":2044115,"authorDomain":"deatienza"}
Well only young, novice nerdettes are really afraid of boys anyway. And how does cooking and cleaning factor in one way or another?
You also have a Chun-Li Playstation 2 controller, know more emoticons than a 12 year-old, understood all the jokes in KoL and let's not forget you were a Comparative Studies major. That's like learning because you really enjoy learning.
=)
{"commentId":2044115,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"deatienza"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2044200,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
Oh yeah...not only have I seen the sun: I tan, mother@!$%#ers.
Freak!
{"commentId":2044200,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2044327,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
I tan, mother@!$%#ers.
Hey, me too. I've never had a sunburn in my life. I just get darker and darker.
{"commentId":2044327,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2044368,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
Hey, me too. I've never had a sunburn in my life. I just get darker and darker.
Damn you. When I go out in the sun for a few minutes I burn to a crisp, and then a few days later I revert to white like nothing happened...it's annoying as hell!
{"commentId":2044368,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2044759,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
Well, that sucks. My tan lasts through the winter. Soon as it starts to fade, spring comes.
I guess you should stay away from Turkey. This sun would kill you.
{"commentId":2044759,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2044803,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
I guess you should stay away from Turkey. This sun would kill you.
Probably true heh.
{"commentId":2044803,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2045612,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
Oh yeah...not only have I seen the sun: I tan, mother@!$%#ers.
I am jealous. I used to work at a garden center and after being in the sun every day during the summer to call me tan would be hilarious. Some people actually think I'm albino and I wear blue contacts :/
{"commentId":2045612,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2046570,"authorDomain":"tang"}
Oh yeah...not only have I seen the sun: I tan, mother@!$%#ers.
Discovering a few more freckles because you were out in the sun doesn't qualify as a tan.
{"commentId":2046570,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tang"}
- 13 votes
{"commentId":2047505,"authorDomain":"kymlee"}
Discovering a few more freckles because you were out in the sun doesn't qualify as a tan.
::snicker::
{"commentId":2047505,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"kymlee"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2048847,"authorDomain":"darkside"}
Errm, gotta weigh in here, ryan - while you do sit under the sun from time to time you don't "tan" so much as move from White Meat to Owwww! over the course of a few hours.
And for the record, the very first time I ever laid eyes on you you had your entire computer taken apart and were trying to fix something. You then went on to beat me in poker, then we saw your anime and video game collection...so I dunno, I think you have more or less all of the good "nerd girl" attributes.
But yeah, tan? Come on.
{"commentId":2048847,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"darkside"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2049096,"authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
And how does cooking and cleaning factor in one way or another?
It's a testament to my golden era domesticity. I bake pies like you wouldn't believe. In heels. Betty Crocker ain't got nothin' on me.
Calvin, touche. But you've never known me in summertime.
And I believe you were the one who pointed out my flip flop tan the other day, Myk. And I have no qualms about my nerdiness--but I won't put my seal of approval on anything that affiliates me with Dana "I gave birth to an alien baby, but Mulder's still wrong" Scully or the boob borg.
{"commentId":2049096,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2049816,"authorDomain":"pmags"}
Not only do I tan, I peel MFSBs!
{"commentId":2049816,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"pmags"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2051042,"authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
Oh yeah. I don't peel.
{"commentId":2051042,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2044421,"authorDomain":"kingmarty"}
4 points.
{"commentId":2044421,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"kingmarty"}
- 5 votes
#10 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:50 AM EDT{"commentId":2044676,"authorDomain":"celestina"}
If I answer strictly according to the exact wording of the questions, I come out @ 33. However...
I don't have a pet named after a character in Narnia, but I have a stuffed lion named Aslan which is the only stuffed animal I have kept from childhood (I am told that he now looks like a beaver, but I contend he still has his original majesty on the inside).
I don't drive a bug now, but my first car was a 1969 Beetle. It was how I got interested in working on cars.
I've never attended a Star Trek convention, but I have attended role-playing conventions, and used to run a LARP company.
I don't need glasses, but my pupils don't contract properly so I always wear sunglasses...and they're cat-eye sunglasses. ;)
I was born a blonde, but dyed my hair red.
Windows sucks. Everyone should be running Linux by now. Yeesh.
I hate stilettos, but I love my six-inch heeled black and white wingtips. They're fun.
My cats are named after Egyptian gods, but my dog is named after the fifth element (as in Leeloo...though we spell it Lelu because phoetic spelling is stupid.
And I can't help but argue with test results.
But, hey...I do dress like me...
{"commentId":2044676,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"celestina"}
- 9 votes
#11 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:30 AM EDT{"commentId":2044688,"authorDomain":"deatienza"}
and used to run a LARP company.
That's like 50 points by itself.
{"commentId":2044688,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"deatienza"}
- 9 votes
{"commentId":2044953,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
used to run a LARP company.
USED TO? Why ya stop? ;)
{"commentId":2044953,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2046879,"authorDomain":"celestina"}
I lost at rock-paper-scissors and could no longer control my minions. ;)
Folks should get bonus points if they have strong opinions about any of the following:
pirates vs. ninjas
Federations vs. Empire (or Alliance)
any Linux distribution vs. any other Linux distribution
any comic character vs. any other comic character
the conspiracy behind the Smurfs
the possibility of violating the second law of thermodynamics
or if they know pi to more than five digits
{"commentId":2046879,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"celestina"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2047281,"authorDomain":"kori"}
I must say, I get no nerdette points for playing RPGs for the past 13 years? Like Celestina, what about points for the role-playing conventions? And I think Thaco should be added to the names for pets that get you extra points.
{"commentId":2047281,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"kori"}
{"commentId":2048050,"authorDomain":"Wheel"}
the possibility of violating the second law of thermodynamics
Read "The Practice Effect" by David Brin.
{"commentId":2048050,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Wheel"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2049854,"authorDomain":"djehuty"}
To follow this concept through:
Can use vi/vim or emacs.
Know why Einstein was a fool to say "God does not play dice"
Were sad when Gary Gygax became a full-time GM and withdrew his character from play.
{"commentId":2049854,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"djehuty"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2050364,"authorDomain":"morwynd"}
and used to run a LARP company.That's like 50 points by itself.
No kidding, she just trumped the entire test with that little gem. Might as well close the thread now. That was like a reverse Godwin or something.
{"commentId":2050364,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"morwynd"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2050501,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2054587,"authorDomain":"celestina"}
then I realized it would be redundant: all NV males already approach on bended knee and offer gifts of link love and leaderboard votes.
Ha! I have it on good authority that at least three people have me on their ignore list, and I know of quite a few others who undoubtedly wish they did.
{"commentId":2054587,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"celestina"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2078762,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2045251,"authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
Maybe I'm not as big of a nerdette as I thought. That makes me sad for some reason. I scored just 19, although I think maybe it would be fair to give "substitution points" in a few categories. For example, my high school was too small to have an AV club, but I was on the math and science team, in the band and editor of the school paper. My boyfriends tended to come from those clubs too. I'm also not only a Star Trek fan, but also a Star Wars, X-Files and Matrix fan; not to mention that I have a strange attraction to super hero movies (except the Fantastic Four Silver Surfer thing, that just sucked).
{"commentId":2045251,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
- 8 votes
#12 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:50 AM EDT{"commentId":2046115,"authorDomain":"kymlee"}
Maybe I'm not as big of a nerdette as I thought.
Same thought I had. But by this survey - and my score of 11 - I would be a cheerleader and I definitely ain't that. And just so we're clear there is a difference between nerdy and geeky right? This list looks like a geek qualifier. How about being a nerd because your brain contains an overflow of useless information (and not just about pop culture)? Why do nerdettes have to wear shapeless clothing (I've always been particular about the fit of my cloths)? What's that @!$%# about having dogs and cats (Kymlee don't do animals)?
Synthesis, you effort to define the nerd girl in this survey have failed miserable because it doesn't include all types of nerd girls, only those most techie inclined. Think of this though, doesn't it take some pretty nerdy tendencies to have a drinking contest with people on a computer screen. :P
Oh hell...
{"commentId":2046115,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"kymlee"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2046237,"authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
Think of this though, doesn't it take some pretty nerdy tendencies to have a drinking contest with people on a computer screen. :P
I'm going to have to agree with you on that. I've seen David McGirr's NDC video, did you post your own? That would be the epitome of nerdette. And since you mention the pet thing...I'm allergic to cats (nerdy?) and don't think it is fair to a dog to make it live in an apartment I can barely tolerate. My computer is my pet. I turn in on and head to Newsvine when I'm home and need companionship...the upside is that I don't even have to feed you people.
PS...I've never re-built my own computer, but I'm the one my family calls when it comes to hooking up computers, printers, scanners, televisions, DVDs, DVRs or surround sound systems and the like. I'd like to go to one of those ITT Tech-type schools, but there isn't one close to where I live.
{"commentId":2046237,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2046238,"authorDomain":"deatienza"}
Kim, just ad this at the end.
-Have flown halfway across the country to hang out with people you've met on the Internet (+65)
{"commentId":2046238,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"deatienza"}
- 9 votes
{"commentId":2046508,"authorDomain":"kymlee"}
Hehe Eric, ok, ok...I feel vendicated. :P
{"commentId":2046508,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"kymlee"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2046618,"authorDomain":"marilynl"}
Yeah, you rock for that, Kymlee!
{"commentId":2046618,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"marilynl"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2046898,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
-Have flown halfway across the country to hang out with people you've met on the Internet (+65)
What if you've flown halfway around to the world to hang out with people you've met on the internet? And then you accidentally got engaged to one while they're stayed at your place.
{"commentId":2046898,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2047440,"authorDomain":"celestina"}
I think you just top out at that point. You deserve a tiara. *grin*
{"commentId":2047440,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"celestina"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2051491,"authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
Substitution points are definitely allowed:
Woo hoo! 39 now!
{"commentId":2051491,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
- 9 votes
{"commentId":2046267,"authorDomain":"SandyFrost"}
Okies.
I got a 65.
I want bonus points for playing a TEXT based MUD RPG for about ten years with a top level Mage.
I do like video games and, actually, raised our kids on them, starting with the 8 bit Nintendo.
We played DragonWarrior, Zelda and then moved on to the 16 bit.
I did like one game called "Secrets of Gaia" or something like that.
So, I've gone from 8 bit Nintendo to playing a Mage on Evercrack.
I even know a guy who helped write a D&D Grimoire.
Sandy
{"commentId":2046267,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"SandyFrost"}
- 9 votes
#13 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:53 PM EDT{"commentId":2046602,"authorDomain":"tang"}
Synthesis, is the phone ringing yet?
{"commentId":2046602,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tang"}
- 9 votes
{"commentId":2046935,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
So, I've gone from 8 bit Nintendo to playing a Mage on Evercrack.
I went from Atari to playing a Fury on Evermeth 2. I had to give that up though. being the healer leader of a guild and trying to build a website doesn't leave time to earn enough money to keep your computer up-to-date.
I was also disappointed there were no D&D questions.
{"commentId":2046935,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2071138,"authorDomain":"SandyFrost"}
OK, I am now a Nerdette Diva.
I now want extra points for the two inch notebook full of weapon charts, spells, monster stats, character stats, maps, etc.
Sandy
{"commentId":2071138,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"SandyFrost"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2078774,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2081549,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
I now want extra points for the two inch notebook full of weapon charts, spells, monster stats, character stats, maps, etc.
Hell yeah! I lost one of my notebooks somewhere though. It has to be one of the most horrible things that can happen to a gamer. I even had a whole D20 ego system written out in there and I just can't seem to remember the details of it.
{"commentId":2081549,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2047063,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}
I've never inspired something like this before. I'm speechless.
{"commentId":2047063,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"sbutki"}
- 7 votes
#14 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:00 PM EDT{"commentId":2047465,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
Ok, you need some added Dungeons & Dragons questions (maybe just nerdy games) because owning a bag of dice (or multiple bags of dice :D) is pretty nerdy.
SciFi movies and TV show questions including (but not limited to) Star Wars, Firefly/Serenity, Battlestar Galactica, and Tron (best Disney movie ever!).
Video/Computer Gaming questions.
Programming/coding/web development/computer knowledge questions.
Music nerd questions.
clothing/dress questions.
If you really wanna get serious about this.
{"commentId":2047465,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 7 votes
#15 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:33 PM EDT{"commentId":2047806,"authorDomain":"kori"}
Absolutely. No points for knowing who MC Frontalot is? No points for having RPGs on your bookshelves?
{"commentId":2047806,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"kori"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2048330,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
No points for having RPGs on your bookshelves?
Or notebooks full of PCs, NPCs, items, creatures, quests, ect.
{"commentId":2048330,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2049602,"authorDomain":"tigerblade"}
Or half-painted Warhammer figurines.
{"commentId":2049602,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tigerblade"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2049830,"authorDomain":"deatienza"}
Do I dare mention decks of MtG cards?
{"commentId":2049830,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"deatienza"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2050602,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2054516,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
Or half-painted Warhammer figurines.
half-painted Warhammer 40k figures. Warhammer has a completely different set of fighting rules. Only the Dark Eldar are half painted, my Imperial Guardsmen are ready for combat.
Do I dare mention decks of MtG cards?
I have a shoebox of those somewhere. Wow, I'm starting to realized that I am nerdier then I ever Imagined.
{"commentId":2054516,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2054570,"authorDomain":"celestina"}
Wow, I'm starting to realized that I am nerdier then I ever Imagined.
I know. It's mindblowing. I mean, I'm proud of my nerd status (I even have a t-shirt that says "I <3 nerds") but since this thread started I keep looking around my life and realizing the depths of nerdiness in which I exist. I have the Illuminati card game. I have four versions of Risk. I play with my food. I want the "hat" from "The Little Prince" tattooed on my shoulder as an idiot test for others. I have a periodic table shower curtain. It just goes on and on...
{"commentId":2054570,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"celestina"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2054679,"authorDomain":"tcervo"}
I have four versions of Risk.
Nice. Just as long as you don't play the "quick" version. If the game doesn't go all night, then it's not a real game of Risk. Viva Australia!
{"commentId":2054679,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tcervo"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2054704,"authorDomain":"darkside"}
Ya know C, SOME of us are still waiting for your promised Newsvine game of...crap, what was that one called?
Anyway, yeah - where is it?
{"commentId":2054704,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"darkside"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2054943,"authorDomain":"celestina"}
Nomic. ;)
And yes, I'll get it up this evening, Myk. I think I should actually have time to attend to it over the next few days, just so long as everyone promises to never, ever use IE again.
{"commentId":2054943,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"celestina"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2057035,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
I mean, I'm proud of my nerd status (I even have a t-shirt that says "I <3 nerds") but since this thread started I keep looking around my life and realizing the depths of nerdiness in which I exist.
I wore this shirt yesterday. Everybody seems to like it.
{"commentId":2057035,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2057307,"authorDomain":"jeremyemalheim"}
I wore this shirt yesterday. Everybody seems to like it.
The fact you posted a link to a place to buy the shirt instead of a picture of you wearing the shirt is a crime. I'm just sayin'.
{"commentId":2057307,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"jeremyemalheim"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2057492,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
ust as long as you don't play the "quick" version. If the game doesn't go all night, then it's not a real game of Risk.
Damn straight!
{"commentId":2057492,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2058458,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
The fact you posted a link to a place to buy the shirt instead of a picture of you wearing the shirt is a crime. I'm just sayin'.
You're assuming that I show up on film.
{"commentId":2058458,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 10 votes
{"commentId":2058901,"authorDomain":"Wheel"}
...we're at least assuming your shirt would. :)
{"commentId":2058901,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Wheel"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2047569,"authorDomain":"tcervo"}
You won't use a Mac because it's harder to get 'under the hood' (2 points)
This needs to be changed. Real Nerdette's (see: Cally Lewis) prefer Macs for their Unix-y goodness. Extra bonus points for running OSX, Linux (any flavor), and Windows all on the same machine using Parallels. A real nerd prefers to get "under the hood" of the OS (Unix and/or Linux) than "under the hood" as in modding the case or other such childish endeavors. ;-) Any layman can turn screws. It takes a real nerd to write shell scripts.
{"commentId":2047569,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tcervo"}
- 9 votes
#16 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:42 PM EDT{"commentId":2047716,"authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
It takes a real nerd to write shell scripts.
It takes a real nerd to understand 90% of your comment. ;)
{"commentId":2047716,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2047815,"authorDomain":"hemphill"}
I disagree. I think bonus points should go to the ones that use dead OS's, surfing the web on an amiga or a bebox tops osx and linux...
{"commentId":2047815,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"hemphill"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2048345,"authorDomain":"tcervo"}
Who says the Amiga or BeOS are dead? They're "classic."
Speaking of possibly deat OS's...
Bonus points for anyone surfing the net on an ST/TT/or Falcon, using CAB. (The original, not the Mac port iCAB...)
{"commentId":2048345,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tcervo"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2050233,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
I disagree. I think bonus points should go to the ones that use dead OS's, surfing the web on an amiga or a bebox tops osx and linux...
Yeah...I can see running OS2/Warp and browsing via Links would give serious nerd points ;)
{"commentId":2050233,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2051778,"authorDomain":"hemphill"}
especially if they are playing nethack while pages load.
{"commentId":2051778,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"hemphill"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2048087,"authorDomain":"jjp"}
Geez, like usual for me, none of the questions or categories really seem to fit. Came up with 19, but it was a bit of a stretch.
Struck out totally on the Chronicles of Narnia, VW Beatle and Star Trek. I didn't date much in high school and have never smoked (smoke gives me a headache).
The shapeless, colorless clothing is a match. I've got three cats. I used to wear contacts exclusively, now wear wire frame glasses exclusively, though I've been considering new frames. I'm a brunette who started turning gray and decided to turn red instead.
I made my living as a mid-range programmer on IBM machines for 20+ years. My early dealings with PC's left a bad taste. I hated those darned DIP switches and flimsy metal covers with holes you could never get lined back up again! Give me an AS/400 to code in RPG, COBOL and CL any day.
{"commentId":2048087,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"jjp"}
- 3 votes
#17 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:33 PM EDT{"commentId":2050617,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2048213,"authorDomain":"mscyprah"}
Oh dear, only 11 points...Hopelessly out of the nerdette league, obviously. :o(
Ah well, can't be fab at everything, I guess..:o)
{"commentId":2048213,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"mscyprah"}
- 5 votes
#18 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:47 PM EDT{"commentId":2048354,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
You were born a blonde, but dyed your hair brunette
I tried this and my hair turned blueish gray so I avoid hair dye like the plague.
{"commentId":2048354,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 4 votes
#19 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:59 PM EDT{"commentId":2048414,"authorDomain":"hemphill"}
blue hair is hotter than brunette or reds...
{"commentId":2048414,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"hemphill"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2048602,"authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
blue hair is hotter than brunette or reds...
That depends...was it punk rock blue or old lady blue?
{"commentId":2048602,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2049189,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
That depends...was it punk rock blue or old lady blue?
it was bluish gray so more old lady blue.
{"commentId":2049189,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Andimia"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2048445,"authorDomain":"charlie-b"}
According to your test, I wouldn't even rank as a nerd, yet my 40 year old virgin like toy collection, my subscriptions to gaming magazines and comic and dvd collection would paint a much different picture. My wife is a total nerd as well, and while she may not have the computer savvy or the Star Trek knowledge. She has been to a Farscape a Xena and a Fangoria convention by her own volition. She crushes on sci-fi bad boys. Loves Japanese horror, but not a lot of anime. She has a Dork air freshener hanging off her rear view that has long lost it's odor, but she keeps it cause she likes it. She enjoys Attack of the Show but doesn't play video games. She does like to watch them being played though, especially survival horror.
She is also an avid reader, and has a great sense of humor. You ask me I hit the jackpot of geek goddesses and she probably would score a 10 on your test, and only because I'm an AV systems engineer. (5 points)
If she scored 2 points for each cat she would do slightly better.
{"commentId":2048445,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"charlie-b"}
- 7 votes
#20 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:07 PM EDT{"commentId":2050682,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2048704,"authorDomain":"nearing"}
okay, I'll try it:
You drive a VW Beetle (1 point)
--No, but I own both a Passat and a Jetta so I think I deserve something here.
You have watched all of the Star Trek series, and seen every episode of at least two of them. (1 point)
You know what the acronym TOS means when referring to Star Trek. (3 points)
--Yes, and yes (and TNG is my favorite and I own them all on DVD)
You wear glasses (1 point)
You wear glasses exclusively; no contacts, ever (...why Miss Smith! You're beautiful!) (3 points)
You wear cat-eye glasses (5 points)
____
--yes, yes, yes. (Lisa Loeb was the inspiration for my first pair!)
You have removed the cover from your computer at least once (1 point)
You have successfully removed and replace graphics cards, video cards, sound cards or motherboards (3 points)
--yes, yes
You were born a brunette, but have dyed your hair red like Gillian Anderson (5 points)
-yes, but way before she ever did, geez!
You still wear sensible shoes, but now they're really expensive ones (3 points)
--yes, but I where pumps and boots on occasion.
You don't smoke, because it's scientifically proven to harm your health (1 point)
You smoke clove cigarettes (5 points)
--yes, and no, (but have considered trying clove fags because I like the smell, weird?)
You have a dog (1 point)
You have a cat (2 points)
--yes, yes
You are currently dating someone who is still in the A/V club (5 points)
-no, but I gave birth to one, that's got to count for something!
Your female role model is Naomi Wolf or Camille Paglia, because
they're so, like, post-feminist (1 point)-yes
Okay, there are my answers, I will leave it to synthesis to score me up since some of them are irregular.
What do you say, Syn?
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- 8 votes
#21 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:32 PM EDT{"commentId":2049083,"authorDomain":"nearing"}
{"commentId":2049229,"authorDomain":"nearing"}
Syn, have you seen this avatar?
Oh , and this is one of my favorite sites.
I'm not saying anything, I'm just saying.
{"commentId":2049229,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"nearing"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2050711,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2050859,"authorDomain":"nearing"}
woot!
{"commentId":2050859,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"nearing"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2048879,"authorDomain":"benjaminstraight"}
Now it is quantatively official that I am a nerd.
{"commentId":2048879,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"benjaminstraight"}
- 6 votes
#22 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:50 PM EDT{"commentId":2050203,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
I'm just back on the 'Vine after posting this last night....and I have to say it looks like I kicked over a hornet's nest.
I'm going to go back up to the top and address every comment...(whew!), but first let me add a bit more context.
All the comments about various computer skills are taken as read, but I want to remind everyone that there are lots of nerds, not just computer nerds. There are drama nerds, science nerds, book nerds...I tried to represent a broad cross-section of nerd-dom.
The smoking thing (and a couple of the other seemingly odd questions) is a result of an observation that I've made in the past that nerdettes often start out awkward and uncomfortable, but upon flowering into an accomodation with their nerdhood, they strike out in unabashedly individualistic ways, and often end up being quite flamboyant (and more power to them!). For many, that leads directly to hipster territory (and not faux hipsterism, either, because it's not affected...it really is them...
This poll was not scientifically developed, and minimum use was made of forced-pair ranking in its design. So don't get your granny panties in a bunch if you take exception to a point or two in the methodology...it's just meant to be funny, not statistically foolproof.
I agree totally with those who suggest that the gaming world is under-represented in this poll. Blind spot for me, I'm afraid, since I left off at Pong (maybe Frogger, at the latest).
I plead a similar mea culpa to some dated references. Although I will still opt for pistols at dawn with anyone who even suggests that Firefly is anywhere near being in the same league as Star Trek and its various incarnations. Maybe Battlestar... Besides, how dated can Trek really be when there's another movie coming out imminently. Star Trek has been the gold standard benchmark for so long that not acknowledging it (even more than once!) would be a vast gaping hole in the space-time continuum.
Okay, I'm off to the beginning of the comments to service you all one by one....
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- 5 votes
#23 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:52 PM EDT{"commentId":2050382,"authorDomain":"djehuty"}
to service you all one by one....
You miss Lauhal, don't you. How come she's not over here yet?
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":2053374,"authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
I'm just back on the 'Vine after posting this last night....and I have to say it looks like I kicked over a hornet's nest
We didn't mean to give you such a hard time. Its just that after you had gone on about how you think nerdettes are so hot, we all wanted to make sure we gave you plenty of proof of our nerdiness! We were trying to impress you.
{"commentId":2053374,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
- 10 votes
{"commentId":2053397,"authorDomain":"pdiel"}
we all wanted to make sure we gave you plenty of proof of our nerdiness! We were trying to impress you.
good stuff! :)
{"commentId":2053397,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"pdiel"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2053452,"authorDomain":"pdiel"}
Although I will still opt for pistols at dawn with anyone who even suggests that Firefly is anywhere near being in the same league as Star Trek and its various incarnations. Maybe Battlestar... Besides, how dated can Trek really be when there's another movie coming out imminently. Star Trek has been the gold standard benchmark for so long that not acknowledging it (even more than once!) would be a vast gaping hole in the space-time continuum.
Man, this is funny stuff...where have you people been all my life?
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- 6 votes
{"commentId":2053752,"authorDomain":"deatienza"}
Although I will still opt for pistols at dawn with anyone who even suggests that Firefly is anywhere near being in the same league as Star Trek and its various incarnations.
Star Trek has has like 40 years of reinvention. If I remember correctly, TOS was canceled early as well. Who knows how time will eventually treat Firefly.
I will say that I think Firefly is a better show than Star Trek TOS, breaking of racial barriers notwithstanding.
{"commentId":2053752,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"deatienza"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2054526,"authorDomain":"celestina"}
Yep, you nailed it, Eric. Firefly got one season to develop. Now it was a brilliant one season, but we can only conjecture as to how amazing it would have gotten if the powers-that-be had a frickin' brain in their heads.
That said, I will always have a special place in my heart for Spock and Q.
{"commentId":2054526,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"celestina"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2054620,"authorDomain":"Andimia"}
Although I will still opt for pistols at dawn with anyone who even suggests that Firefly is anywhere near being in the same league as Star Trek and its various incarnations. Maybe Battlestar...
If Firefly had a chance it would have been huge.
I have to say it looks like I kicked over a hornet's nest.
I'm just giving you a hard time. You could always do a Nerdette of Newsvine challenge.
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":2054694,"authorDomain":"tcervo"}
The fact they were able to get a feature film made after only 1 season of Firefly still blows my mind...
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- 7 votes
{"commentId":2055055,"authorDomain":"pdiel"}
I never had time to really sit down and watch Firefly the series. However, Serenity (Firefly, The Movie) was awesome. It left me wanting more. I had no idea how good the movie was going to be.
There will always be a place in my heart for Star Trek, though. Especially, the original series.
When we were just dating, I almost [accidentally] scratched my husband's face (can't remember how that started...) and he said "Careful!...I don't want to look like Captain Kirk!" I instantly knew he was meant for me (as I recalled the episode where the captain gets 3, uniformly parallel, bright red scratch marks across his cheek.)
Also, "bonk, bonk on the head" ...he understood what I meant the first time I said it and answered back: "Lovey-dovey!" No-one else ever understood why I said that - they just thought I was retarded, or something...:(
{"commentId":2055055,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"pdiel"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2055478,"authorDomain":"morwynd"}
The fact they were able to get a feature film made after only 1 season of Firefly still blows my mind
It wasn't even a full season too, more like half. Great show.
{"commentId":2055478,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"morwynd"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2055628,"authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
Although I will still opt for pistols at dawn with anyone who even suggests that Firefly is anywhere near being in the same league as Star Trek and its various incarnations. Maybe Battlestar... Besides, how dated can Trek really be when there's another movie coming out imminently.
You're right, Firefly was so many leagues ahead of Star Trek that it would be a pity to even mention them together.
They made recent movies about Starsky and Hutch, Get Smart and Charlie Angle's too, doesn't mean they still aren't date...
{"commentId":2055628,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2078798,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2051249,"authorDomain":"smackcover"}
K. I scored 19. boo hoo. Not Nerdette enough.
{"commentId":2051249,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"smackcover"}
- 5 votes
#24 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:54 PM EDT{"commentId":2051454,"authorDomain":"tigerblade"}
I bet you could make a rise happen...
I think that statement may apply to many of the females in this discussion, Synthesis.
{"commentId":2051454,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tigerblade"}
- 9 votes
{"commentId":2051496,"authorDomain":"tcervo"}
19 just means you have potential. Don't give up now. Some easy bonus points to be had if you haven't seen Serenity, or the entire run of Firefly. Easily rentable. I'm sure Synthesis will grant you some points if you promise to pull a marathon in the near future.
{"commentId":2051496,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"tcervo"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2052562,"authorDomain":"jeremyemalheim"}
You should really watch the entire run of Firefly and then Serenity anyway. One of the best shows ever. Although prepared to be mad at how short lived the series was.
{"commentId":2052562,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"jeremyemalheim"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2052602,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
Easily rentable. I'm sure Synthesis will grant you some points if you promise to pull a marathon in the near future.
They're even on hulu, which I seem to be pimping a lot lately...but whatever, great series...I think I'll have myself a marathon soon.
{"commentId":2052602,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2053772,"authorDomain":"smackcover"}
How about the fact that my two ten year olds and I read and discuss Greek mythology ad nauseum almost daily? Can I get points for that?
{"commentId":2053772,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"smackcover"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2055124,"authorDomain":"smackcover"}
I've also seen the Red Planet series umpteen times! Dr Who many times.
{"commentId":2055124,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"smackcover"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2055995,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
I anxiously await a point in the future where I have enough time to knit a respectable facsimile of The Doctor's crazy mile long muffler.
{"commentId":2055995,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2056825,"authorDomain":"pdiel"}
Hmmm... Red Planet? I like Red Planet the Movie (you know, Val Kilmer and Carrie-Anne Moss?). I'm not sure what the series Red Planet is...
{"commentId":2056825,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"pdiel"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2056891,"authorDomain":"Wheel"}
I think you mean Red Dwarf. Great series.
{"commentId":2056891,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"Wheel"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2056944,"authorDomain":"pdiel"}
AHhhhh! Red Dwarf! :) Yes, that's a British, sci-fi comedy show all-in-one. I like how the robot (who's name escapes me) had an American accent. And Lister...We keep hoping they'll come up with some new episodes.
{"commentId":2056944,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"pdiel"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2057146,"authorDomain":"whyren"}
AHhhhh! Red Dwarf! :) Yes, that's a British, sci-fi comedy show all-in-one. I like how the robot (who's name escapes me) had an American accent. And Lister...We keep hoping they'll come up with some new episodes.
I can still probably sing "Rimmer World" from memory...
{"commentId":2057146,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"whyren"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2057273,"authorDomain":"pdiel"}
Kryten - that was the robot's name. I remember an episode where they are drinking some Passion Fruit punch at a party. Somehow the topic of "forbidden" came up and one of them said "Forbidden Passion Fruit." To me, that was funny...
{"commentId":2057273,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"pdiel"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2074127,"authorDomain":"smackcover"}
Yes, I meant that -- Red Dwarf. I am indeed blonde and things get away from me at times -- like when I search for my sunshades for 20 minutes only to discover them on my head -- when I need my GPS to get home from someplace I've been to at least five times.... so yes, I meant Red Dwarf.
{"commentId":2074127,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"smackcover"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2053376,"authorDomain":"pdiel"}
I am happy to know that being a nerdy girl is a good thing! Thank goodness...it's good to know where you can fit in and still be an individual.
{"commentId":2053376,"threadId":"298226","contentId":"1606974","authorDomain":"pdiel"}
- 8 votes
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