How many people here are dorks?
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Topic: How many people here are dorks?
Posted By: Arrrghus
Subject: How many people here are dorks?
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 15:57
How many people here are dorks? Are you a dork? Let's find out! (I'm a dork, too)
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 15:58
not a dork.
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 15:59
dork https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2Fdork"> ( P ) http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html - Pronunciation Key (dфrk)
n.
- Slang. A stupid, inept, or foolish person: “the stupid antics of America's favorite teen-age cartoon dorks” (Joshua Mooney).
- Vulgar Slang. The penis.
Hm, let's see...
I am neither a foolish person, nor a penis... So 'no'.
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 16:03
 Trickster F. wrote:
- Vulgar Slang. The penis.
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 16:04
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I'm not sure, but I think I might be just a little dorky (the first definition, not the penis one). Where's the option "I find this
question disturbing and refuse to answer it"? Anyway, I voted Yes.
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 16:08
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 16:11
The penis...yeah...its true
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 16:15
Trickster F. wrote:
dork https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2Fdork"> <SPAN style="DISPLAY: none">(</SPAN><SPAN style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; COLOR: red; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif; : #ffffcc"> P </SPAN><SPAN style="DISPLAY: none">)</SPAN> http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html - [COLOR=#0033ff - Pronunciation Key[/COLOR - (dфrk)n.
- Slang. A stupid, inept, or foolish person: “the stupid antics of America's favorite teen-age cartoon dorks” (Joshua Mooney).
- Vulgar Slang. The penis.
Hm, let's see...
I am neither a foolish person, nor a penis... So 'no'. |
You're a dork 'cause you quoted the dictionary:
1 : a reference source in print or electronic form containing words usually alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, etymologies, meanings, and syntactical and idiomatic uses
2 : a reference book listing alphabetically terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications
3 : a reference book giving for words of one language equivalents in another
4 : a computerized list (as of items of data or words) used for reference (as for information retrieval or word processing)
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Posted By: maani
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 16:58
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I think I'm actually more "nerdy" than "dorky," though neither word really fits. Maybe "bookish?"
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 17:03
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Dork? Nah...
I'm usually easy-going, I just don't tolorate stupidity or ignorance too long. I think I'm pretty cool, actually. 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 17:16
If you mean that as a synonym fo nerd, no way, I'm allergic to that...
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Posted By: xtopher
Date Posted: August 13 2006 at 21:12
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Dork |
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598 up, 100 down |
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Someone
who has odd interests, and is often silly at times. A dork is also
someone who can be themselves and not care what anyone thinks.
You are such a dork. |
I guess I'm closer to a "geek", which is a nerd that doesn't necessarily need to be bookish or technologically apt. But if you're mixing the two definitions together, I'll just choose "yes".
To recap:
a nerd entails a geek
a geek does not entail a nerd
a dork does not entail a geek or a nerd, but there is a high correlation between the three.
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Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 00:38
xtopher wrote:
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Dork |
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598 up, 100 down |
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Someone who has odd interests, and is often silly at times. A dork is also someone who can be themselves and not care what anyone thinks.
You are such a dork. | I guess I'm closer to a "geek", which is a nerd that doesn't necessarily need to be bookish or technologically apt. But if you're mixing the two definitions together, I'll just choose "yes".
To recap:
a nerd entails a geek
a geek does not entail a nerd
a dork does not entail a geek or a nerd, but there is a high correlation between the three.
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I see that college has served you well Pink.............
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 03:07
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....sounds like the English equivalent of "Dickhead".
and "nerd" could be "anorak" ??
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 04:57
xtopher wrote:
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Dork |
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598 up, 100 down |
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Someone who has odd interests, and is often silly at times. A dork is also someone who can be themselves and not care what anyone thinks.
You are such a dork. | I guess I'm closer to a "geek", which is a nerd that doesn't necessarily need to be bookish or technologically apt. But if you're mixing the two definitions together, I'll just choose "yes".
To recap:
a nerd entails a geek
a geek does not entail a nerd
a dork does not entail a geek or a nerd, but there is a high correlation between the three.
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I never even knew that dork stood for a sort of nerd or geek 
I always though it meant that every male on the planet had one hanging between its legs and more or less used intelligently
Geeks and nerds by themselves
others with a partner
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 09:24
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Dork? No. Most likely nerdy, eccentric and bookish.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 11:16
Arsillus wrote:
Dork? No. Most likely nerdy, eccentric and bookish. |
Same here.
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 11:20
Man With Hat wrote:
Arsillus wrote:
Dork? No. Most likely nerdy, eccentric and bookish. |
Same here. |
Yea..that sounds pretty fitting of me. Too bad I didn't see those comments when I voted for yes  Eh, what can ya do? Although last time I checked I am NOT a penis.
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 12:59
JJLehto wrote:
Although last time I checked I am NOT a penis. |
Do us a favour and check again.  |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 14:27
A dork?
No
A little weird,but not dorky.
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 14:29
As Rod Stewart so memeorably put it, 'I don't wanna dork about it'.
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 18:42
Trickster F. wrote:
JJLehto wrote:
Although last time I checked I am NOT a penis. |
Do us a favour and check again. |
heh... |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 19:14
I'm not ashamed of saying I really like D&D 
Come one! Laugh! 
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Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 23:06
^^D&D is amazing... so if I'm a dork for likign it, so be it.
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 23:20
GPFR wrote:
^^D&D is amazing... so if I'm a dork for likign it, so be it.
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Yay! I'm not alone on PA 
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: August 14 2006 at 23:30
"No" Im pretty fu***ng cool if you get to know me
I don't play D&D- but if you do- f it- play all you want- who cares what "cool" people think.
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 03:43
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...hope there's nobody here from "Dorking"....
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 10:24
mystic fred wrote:
...hope there's nobody here from "Dorking"....
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The link you gave me regarding 10 CC:
Two's company, four's a crowd
Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart tell Geoff Brown how 10cc are faring now as a duo
Dorking is a respectable suburban town nestling in the Surrey countryside. Its richer inhabitants commute to London five days a week; those who stay out of the metropolis are generally employed in industries and trades whose sole purpose is servicing the homes of the rich while they're in the big city.
Does this make Stewart and Gouldman dorks?????????????
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 10:33
WORST THREAD EVER!
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 10:38
Maybe a dork is someone who listens to 100% Prog and has no time for other music genres
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 12:14
Sean Trane wrote:
Does this make Stewart and Gouldman dorks????????????? |
Penises, maybe.
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 13:48
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I probably am a dork, but it depends on who you ask. I prefer being described as "weird" or "mad" though.
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Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 13:53
Trickster F. wrote:
dork https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2Fdork"> ( P ) http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html - ( P ) http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html - Pronunciation Key ( l  k)
n. Informal - A person regarded as obnoxiously self-assertive.
- An impudent person.
To answer the question, nope.
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Posted By: A'swepe
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:00
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Geek - Definitely
Nerd - Probably
Dork - Certainly Not!
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Posted By: Falling Flower
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:16
What's D&D?
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:18
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:20
Dungeons and Dragons is a video game whose fans are the nerdiest(I think... )
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Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 17:23
To the common folks I'm probably a dork. But not as much as I used to be. I haven't touched a computer game in years. So I voted no 
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 17:54
Dungeons and Dragons isn't a computer game actually. It's a roleplaying game you play with friends in a basement on paper with dices, maps and all.
It sounds nerdy but it's pretty cool.
I actually have a scheduled game for tonight. It's the first time I'm playing in years.
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 17:57
Although there are Dungeons & Dragons based video games, Balder's Gate for one.
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 18:01
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
Although there are Dungeons & Dragons based video games, Balder's Gate for one.
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It's actually based on a world and campaign setting that people created for D&D which is known as the Forgotten Realms or Faerun if you prefer... 
Ok... Now I'm a dork
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 03:54
The Miracle wrote:
Dungeons and Dragons is a video game whose fans are the nerdiest(I think...) |
Debby,
First D&D is a role game either played on on a member-drawned board (or not) with the members making their own set of rules. The concept in itself was fascinating, but it quickly became nerdy, geeky ........ and dorky because those members would shy away in the fantasies and some forget about the outside world.
Eventually twenty years after it might have become a videogame
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 04:03
Bern wrote:
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
Although there are Dungeons & Dragons based video games, Balder's Gate for one.
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It's actually based on a world and campaign setting that people created for D&D which is known as the Forgotten Realms or Faerun if you prefer...
Ok... Now I'm a dork
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This is true, but still it had its roots in D&D so I'm correct you just elaborated for me.
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 05:58
I'm a recluse whom nobody hates, I'm a quite a large person so I'm left alone.
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Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: August 17 2006 at 10:33
Bern wrote:
Dungeons and Dragons isn't a computer game actually. It's a roleplaying game you play with friends in a basement on paper with dices, maps and all.
It sounds nerdy but it's pretty cool.
I actually have a scheduled game for tonight. It's the first time I'm playing in years.
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Which Version do you play? I just started so I'm a 3.5 edition-er.
Yeah, for three years on a weekly basis I've been playing. No, I'm not a dork. I only like unpopular intellegent music, Play Dungeons and Dragons, Watch Star Trek, have read Lord of the Rings, Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy, The Eye of the World series, and I went to school dressed as a rendition of Peter Gabriel's watcher of the Skies outfit... yeah I'm cool. (And somehow... somehow I end up being friends with all the Hawthorne Heights/My Chemical Romance/Panic! At the Dicso listeners... go figure. )
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: August 17 2006 at 17:02
GPFR wrote:
Bern wrote:
Dungeons and Dragons isn't a computer game actually. It's a roleplaying game you play with friends in a basement on paper with dices, maps and all.
It sounds nerdy but it's pretty cool.
I actually have a scheduled game for tonight. It's the first time I'm playing in years.
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Which Version do you play? I just started so I'm a 3.5 edition-er.
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I'm playing the 3.5 version too.
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Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 08:57
Yes, I am a penis... 
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 09:53
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I love D&D...
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Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 13:05
Im not a dork (I think) and I dont have an interest in D&D, videogames are more fun.
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Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 14:43
Ed_The_Dead wrote:
I love D&D...
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I am playing "DSA" which means "Das Schwarze Auge" ("The Black Eye" in
English) and I also play Shadowrun which is a pen & paper game
either...
I LOVE PEN & PAPER!!! 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 04:14
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D&D >> Dicks and Dorks?????????? 
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 20:52
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 02:50
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Never been a geek/nerd.
I am a weird person, but not really a dork.
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 16:58
16 people in denial...
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Posted By: the icon of sin
Date Posted: October 24 2006 at 14:00
Napoleon Dynamite is a dork, a person with socially inadequate tendencies.
D&D isn't dorky but nerdy. And great.
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Posted By: yesfan88
Date Posted: October 24 2006 at 14:37
I'm unclear as to the difference between nerdy and dorky. Suffice it to say that I have never lost a game of Trivial Pursuit or Scrabble. 
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Posted By: Sasquamo
Date Posted: October 24 2006 at 18:26
xtopher wrote:
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Dork |
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598 up, 100 down |
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Someone who has odd interests, and is often silly at times. A dork is also someone who can be themselves and not care what anyone thinks.
You are such a dork. | I guess I'm closer to a "geek", which is a nerd that doesn't necessarily need to be bookish or technologically apt. But if you're mixing the two definitions together, I'll just choose "yes".
To recap:
a nerd entails a geek
a geek does not entail a nerd
a dork does not entail a geek or a nerd, but there is a high correlation between the three.
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I've never really understood what the three terms mean, but if I go with those definitions, then I'm definitely not a nerd, as I don't really play too many computer games, and I'm not too good with technology. As for dork, I don't know, because I'm rarely silly, I'm usually very down-to-earth, but I do have odd interests (prog, jazz, yo-yos, cryptozoology). I do very well at school, but I wouldn't say I'm extremely smart, and I don't read a whole lot, so I don't really know what you'd call me, but I figured I'm close enough to vote yes.
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: October 24 2006 at 18:29
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I'm a dork, moron, idiot, n00b...what else did I miss?
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 24 2006 at 21:38
D&D is just stupid. 
Elder Scrolls is where it's at.
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: October 24 2006 at 21:40
I don't play D&D, but I am most assuredly a dork.
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: October 24 2006 at 21:44
tardis wrote:
I'm a dork, moron, idiot, n00b...what else did I miss?
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Twit.
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