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I feel like dweeb and dork are reversed here
Finally, someone else who remembers the Dweebs!
There's dozens of us! Dozens!
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Sluts, bloods, dweebies, dickheads... They love him! They think he's a righteous dude.
This is genius. ^^^
Analysis of the styles and colors of Venn diagrams by nerds and geeks could be represented in yet another Venn diagram. Somebody call Banach for help.
If this is a joke, it’s going over my head. But as I understand it:
Geek: Socially Acceptable, Really smart about a particular topic, or in general. Nerd: Socially awkward, really smart about a topic or in general. Dork: Socially awkward, not especially bright.
How I remember it being used as a kid in the 80s/90s and were about less popular things like math/science/chess/D&D/band/etc.
Nerd - Knows a lot of minutes about a thing, but is generally introverted in how they approach it. They will discuss it calmly with other needs, hang out in small groups, and might even hide their interest if they are bullied.
Geek - Knows a lot of minute about a nerdy thing, but is extremely excited about it externally. They 'geek out about the thing and want to share it with everyone.
I assume they were used differently in different places and times, so that's just my experience.
That's more or less my understanding, a nerd knows a lot of useless random facts, but a geek will tell them to you whether you asked or not.
I think the word you want is minutiae?
Yes, autocorrect seems to be worse than usual lately.
Minute <- just checked and it switches the words and I guess it is time to figure out how to turn autocorrect off.
The other two I agree with but a geek:someone who thinks they know it all, and occasionally gets things right. Asshole by nature.
relevant xkcd: 
A geek is one who buys an Apple watch to take phone calls, monitor his heart rate, and control the colour of the lights in his living room.
A nerd is one who buys an Apple watch and hacks it to run Doom.
I thought geeks were the folks who bit the heads off of live chickens in circuses?
Kind of like Ozzy Osbourne and biting heads off of bats.
Nerds, on the other hand, are my favorite candy.
merriam-webster has something on the lower part of the page.
it seems very close to what others have said: dork is the generally awkward fellow. nerd is the hobbyist who sacrificed socializing to the art. geek are the nerds with some niche circle.
neither, I am autistic, it's not a choice, it's a need.
I doubt there's consensus on the topic.
Exactly as expected!
Nerds do well in school. Geeks don't.
I can't decide if I'd rather be a nerd or a geek. Maybe I'm a neek? Or a gerd?
Gerd is a female name where I'm from. You should stick with neek.
Research has been done https://youtu.be/mF4q_K6YsjE?si=wYpenFWSEyQGzE47
If my IQ was higher than my body weight I’d be the smartest person on the planet…
Edit: I was thinking lbs, that makes a lot more sense in kg.
To me, geek is associated with pop culture while nerd is more broad.