Less Nerdy than I Imagined

Underline the one that applies to you. I added in "Nope" for things that I have had zero involvement in.


BATMAN

Not Nerdy: Going to see The Dark Knight in theatres

Slightly Nerdy: Dressing up as the Joker for Halloween (Heath Ledger version)

Fairly Nerdy: Buying Batman comics other than Year One or The Dark Knight Returns

Nerdy: Dressing up as the Joker for Halloween (Cesar Romero version)

Really Nerdy: Writing Batman fan fiction

Dangerously Nerdy: Writing Batman fan fiction where he has sex with Alfred



STAR WARS

Not Nerdy: Seeing the movies

Slightly Nerdy: Owning a toy lightsaber

Fairly Nerdy: Learning to play the Cantina Song on your musical instrument of choice

Nerdy: Knowing in which "expanded universe" novel Admiral Ackbar dies

Really Nerdy: Membership in a Stormtrooper fan brigade

Dangerously Nerdy: Defending the idea of Jar Jar Binks



HARRY POTTER

Not Nerdy: You read the books

Slightly Nerdy: You liked all of the books

Fairly Nerdy: You own a wand

Nerdy: You read fanfic that "fixes Rowling's mistakes"

Really Nerdy: You are a fan of "wizard rock"

Dangerously Nerdy: You have an alternate "Hogwarts persona"



MAGIC: THE GATHERING

Nope

Not Nerdy: "They still make that? I played it when I was in high school for a bit, but never got into it"

Slightly Nerdy: "Yeah, it was fun, but I couldn't keep up with all the expansions so I sold my cards"

Fairly Nerdy: "Do you mind if I use a proxy for Nicol Bolas? I mean, he's forty bucks"

Nerdy: "You haven't really played this game until you play draft; it's how the game is meant to be played"

Really Nerdy: "Okay, if we're all supposed to be planeswalkers, how come there are planeswalker cards? Am I Ajani? I don't feel like a lion-man" (In fact, I think just last week a scarily similar thought popped into my head.)

Dangerously Nerdy: "I've tested this deck against all comers and now all I need is to win free airfare and I'm on my way to the World Championships in Tokyo"



H.P. LOVECRAFT

Not Nerdy: Recognizing the name "Cthulhu"

Slightly Nerdy: Knowing the proper pronunciation of "Cthulhu" (EDIT: k'too-loo, for those wondering)

Fairly Nerdy: Owning a Cthulhu plushie

Nerdy: Running a Call of Cthulhu campaign

Really Nerdy: Organizing a chapter of the Campus Crusade For Cthulhu

Dangerously Nerdy: Actually reading any of Lovecraft's stories



NERD TELEVISION

Not Nerdy: Lost

Slightly Nerdy: Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Fairly Nerdy: Battlestar Galactica

Nerdy: Stargate: Atlantis

Really Nerdy: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Dangerously Nerdy: The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.



STAR TREK

Nope

Standard Nerd: The Original Series

Not Nerdy: The Next Generation

Slightly Nerdy: Deep Space Nine

Fairly Nerdy: the one where Picard rides a dune buggy

Nerdy: any of the novels

Really Nerdy: owning a phaser

Dangerously Nerdy: speaking fluent Klingon



COMPUTER USE

Not Nerdy: Macs

Slightly Nerdy: Knowing how to use Windows rather than just knowing "how to do emails"

Fairly Nerdy: Knowing the actual reasons Windows sucks

Nerdy: Anything to do with Linux

Really Nerdy: Getting all of the coding jokes in XKCD

Dangerously Nerdy: "I'm bringing BeOS back!"