It appears that I really am not a nerd

[trixtah]

(I can be a geek in certain limited senses)

• epi_lj posted a link to The Nerd Handbook, and I found (slightly to my surprise) I didn't relate to a thing in it. I think to be a true nerd, you have to have a degree of obsession and creativity. I don't really have much of either (although I can summon up mild obsession when it comes to people). I might be a techie in a limited sense, but limited is the operative word - I'm good at my job, and I like fixing things, but I think I'd get similar satisfaction out of being a mechanic. I don't have a big fascination with learning how things work (a slightly different emphasis to fixing, IMO).
  


• More importantly, I fail to find xckd comic funny. (Ok, one-in-twenty might make me smile somewhat.) Even when I totally understand everything that it mentions (which I do most of the time). I think I'm missing a gene somewhere, since nearly everyone I know in my line of work and related areas thinks they are hilarious. Oh well. I'll stick to Dilbert. :-)