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Post by Head Mutant on May 4, 2004 21:50:26 GMT -5
Let's construct one!
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A GEEK WHEN...
(1) You're more familiar with the Weird Al Yankovic versions of the songs than the actual songs they were parodied off of
(2) You've dressed up in costume for at least one sci-fi / fantasy / comic book movie premiere
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ThePickleMan
Boomstick Coordinator
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Post by ThePickleMan on May 4, 2004 23:10:32 GMT -5
(3)You know Hyper Text Markup Language better than the english language.
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BDC
Ghostbuster
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Post by BDC on May 5, 2004 0:56:33 GMT -5
(4) There are more than three viewing screens of any kind in one room of your home.
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Post by Ms. Jellybean on May 5, 2004 6:44:34 GMT -5
(5) You can argue for hours on end about Harry Potter vs. Lord of the Rings vs. His Dark Materials vs. the Chronicles of Narnia.
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Landatauron
Ghostbuster
Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart.
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Post by Landatauron on May 5, 2004 6:52:04 GMT -5
(6) You know the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything.
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Post by DocD83 on May 5, 2004 7:18:20 GMT -5
(6b) You know the question
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Post by bladestarr on May 5, 2004 11:04:06 GMT -5
(6c) You know the name of the person who discovered the question (three points!)
(7) You can sing the lyrics to a Japanese song, and you have no clue what they mean
(7a) You DO know what they mean, but do not know any other Japanese
(7b) You know Japanese fluently, solely by watching anime
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Post by PoolMan on May 5, 2004 11:12:37 GMT -5
8) You believe that affixing a number to the end of a word makes it a more powerful version of whatever it used to be. (eg. Fire, Fire2, Fire3)
9) Your first impulse to get in touch with someone is to email them.
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Post by Head Mutant on May 5, 2004 20:17:05 GMT -5
10) You own a hoodie with the word "Geek" emblazened on front.
11) You've used the phrase "Gimme some sugar, baby" in a conversation. And meant it. Seriously.
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Post by DocD83 on May 5, 2004 20:47:07 GMT -5
(6d) Upon hearing question 6c, you immediately think that there were actually two people who discovered it.
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Post by duckie on May 5, 2004 20:47:46 GMT -5
12) You've scored high on an on-line geek test. 12a) You've got the above website bookmarked. 12b) You've cheated on the above test, to inflate your score. 12c) You've used excel to look for an upward trend in your results from said geek test.
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Post by DocD83 on May 5, 2004 21:05:06 GMT -5
12d) You're disappointed that you are only a "total geek."
I would have scored higher if they had a check box underneath the "new millennium started in 2001" box that said "you can equally well debate three or more points of view on when the new millennium started."
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Post by duckie on May 5, 2004 21:29:40 GMT -5
I just took the test again, scored 47.14004% (super geek).
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Post by DocD83 on May 5, 2004 22:00:20 GMT -5
Posting that online to so many decimal places shoud count for a couple more points.
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DARTHMADLER
Boomstick Coordinator
WARNING: Low Overhang
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Post by DARTHMADLER on May 5, 2004 23:51:46 GMT -5
13) Having a housefull of guests and hiding out upstairs chatting on messenger.
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