[...] care because you’re just as interested in usability as I am, you enjoy being deeply nerdy (see comic here), and because I’m going to try and write this in an accessible and understandable way – [...]
If a geek is someone who limits their knowledge mongering to tiny, useless areas and a nerd is someone who tries to apply their data to wider situations then it is possible to imagine situations where geeks are useful to have around, or where nerds end up doing more harm than good with their knowledge.
Dorks, however, are mostly always good to have around because they give me someone else to be socially awkward with.
Someone is a nerd if they do well in history class because they are willing slaves to the meritocracy.
Someone is a geek if they do well in history class because “Abraham Lincoln = BEST. PRESIDENT. EVAR!!!1!”
Someone is a dork if they do well in history class because they have nothing better to do than listen to the teacher talk.
February 15th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
[...] pointed to a really great comic that takes a stab at the difference between nerds, dorks, and [...]
February 19th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Nerd and Geek is exactly opposite in usage in my experience.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:42 pm
They’re on to us.
May 12th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
[...] Cat and Girl » Archive » Oxford English Cat and Girl (tags: geek nerd dork comic web definition) [...]
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:57 pm
This is beautiful.
July 12th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Personally I agree more or less with Girl’s definition. But the endless arguments do suggest that there is no widespread, consistent distinction.
July 24th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Meanwhile, dweebs weep in the corner because they have no friends.
August 8th, 2009 at 6:05 am
I wonder where crackpots like von Daniken or Velikovsky fit in this theory?
October 4th, 2009 at 11:50 am
I aspire to be a nerd, but I think I am a geek. Except at parties, where I have a crippling fear that I’m a dork.
November 4th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
[...] care because you’re just as interested in usability as I am, you enjoy being deeply nerdy (see comic here), and because I’m going to try and write this in an accessible and understandable way – [...]
December 29th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
If a geek is someone who limits their knowledge mongering to tiny, useless areas and a nerd is someone who tries to apply their data to wider situations then it is possible to imagine situations where geeks are useful to have around, or where nerds end up doing more harm than good with their knowledge.
Dorks, however, are mostly always good to have around because they give me someone else to be socially awkward with.
March 29th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
[...] For more info, check out this cartoon strip. [...]
April 4th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Someone is a nerd if they do well in history class because they are willing slaves to the meritocracy.
Someone is a geek if they do well in history class because “Abraham Lincoln = BEST. PRESIDENT. EVAR!!!1!”
Someone is a dork if they do well in history class because they have nothing better to do than listen to the teacher talk.
June 3rd, 2010 at 10:26 am
And those (Like me) Who write fiction in history class are just plain weird.
July 5th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
People with strong opinions on the difference between Nerds and Geeks:
-Nerds
-Geeks