So, in the spirit of this thread...

I've always been very bookish. I was a nerdy child, a loner who didn't speak much. Life forced me out of my shell and made me an extroverted introvert. I live alone (with my books) and that's fine by me but if there's a con within 100 miles I let the geek flag fly.

Born clutching an Atari 400, even 13 years before they were invented; fell in love with Star Trek before I was out of primary school; could probably knock you up the Terminator's Skynet in Excel VBA if you needed it by Tuesday....

Those credentials sufficient to earn the badge? ??

Nope. I barely know how to use this fucking phone!

I'm both but I consider myself slightly more nerdy, if we go by the definition that nerdy is more booky-academic.

However I am a stong supporter of science and always have been.

Never labelled myself or let myself by labelled by others.

We don't need your stinking badges!
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This must be clarified. I possess enough elements of each to be considered a both, but I'm not completely either of them.

It's a banner I wave proudly!

Everyone is a geek/nerd about something.

Old-fashioned book geek here.

As long as my dyscalculia does not immediately disqualify me , by definition , then I might be described by a number of people to be a nerd , and/or a geek . And after all Asperger Syndrome is colloquially known as the "geek syndrome " . Just for fun , I will post this music video , if you please .

I'm. A. Human!!!! sadly...

Yup I'm confusing my Nerds and Geeks again - according to the Urban Dictionary - but I grew up way back in time.... so I'm forgiven:

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Geek/Nerd Debate
There is a difference between geeks and nerds.

Nerds are smart, people who lack much of a social life. They often have very few friends. Nerds don't talk much, and don't expect others to talk much to them. They are usually nice people, but don't have the social skills to go out and meet new friends.

Geeks are different from nerds in the fact that they have social lives. However, these social lives are often spent pursuing some passion that the geek is obsessed with (i.e. Yu-Gi-Oh!). They spend all their time thinking about their one obsession, and play it in all of their free time. Geeks are usually only friends with other geeks, and attempts to converse with geeks is futile, unless, of course, you want to talk about Star Trek or whatever the certain geek is obsessed with.

Examples of geek obsessions are Star Trek, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic the Gathering, StarCraft, and basically any other RPG.
Nerds are often very shy, while geeks are more outgoing.

Nerds spend most of their free time studying, while geeks make free time so they can play Dungeons and Dragons.

Nerds care what others think of them, but geeks are almost oblivious to the existence of those outside of their geek clan.

Based on all this, I would have to conclude that it is easier to befriend a nerd than a geek, but a geek would probably be a more interesting person.

Definite geek/nerd here. I’ve been a major Star Wars fan since childhood. Saw the originals in the theatre... also watched a lot of Star Trek growing up and loved it. I have actually become a comic book nerd in my 40s... I make regular trips to the store now. I’m a marvel fan overall, but am also now reading Swamp Thing, Hellblazer and The Sandman. (Love Morpheus) Neil Gaiman is king!

Back when I was in school and being called geek or nerd, the two terms were pretty much interchangeable, with "geek" just being a stronger, more insulting version of "nerd". But nowadays, geeks and nerds have taken the terms and borne them proudly, and come up with better definitions of the terms and drawn a distinction between them. Then, I was a geek or nerd depending on who was trying to insult me on that particular day. Now, given the modern definitions I know that I am more nerd than geek, but am both.

None of the above, but my kids are. they must have got if from their dad.

Depends on what your definition is. Do you see it as Geeks like pop culture and Nerds do well in school or vise versa? Many people use the two interchangeably

I really have no idea the difference lol. I think I'd call myself nerdy.

It's a badge of honour

I sell propane and propane accessories

I'm just wicked smaht..it's pissah!

I feel any self applied labels would be biased.

I fit into a lot of categories, but none really fit me.