Use this brief screening measure to help you determine if you might need to see a mental health or other professional to help you successfully deal with being an old-school, Original Gansta (OG) kind of geek.

Instructions: This is a screening measure to help you determine whether you might be a geek (aka “nerd”). This screening measure is not designed to make a diagnosis or take the place of a professional diagnosis or consultation. For each item, indicate the extent to which it is true, by checking the appropriate box next to the item.

I am a year old Female / Male / Non-binary 1. Who founded Apple? Bill Gates

Steve Jobs

Steve Wozniak

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs and Peter Burrows

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 2. Which Apple founder was the geek? Bill Gates

Steve Wozniak

Steve Jobs

Peter Burrows

Spencer Katt 3. My favorite magazine (what’s a magazine, Pa?) is: a. Budget Living

b. Glamour

c. Time

d. InfoWorld

e. eWeek

f. Network Computing

g. d, e, f and a few more 4. I get a comp subscription to my favorite magazine. No

Yes 5. I get into (online) arguments about agile development, Ruby, or PHP. Never

Sometimes

Regularly 6. I pre-ordered Half Life 2 (or whatever the latest number is now) or downloaded it as soon as it was available from Verve. No

Yes

What’s Half Life 2? 7. I eat my first meal of the day before 1:00 pm. Never

Sometimes

Always 8. Red pill or blue pill? Blue pill

Red pill 9. I understand the red pill/blue pill reference. No

Yes 10. I access the Internet primarily via: AOL

Earthlink/other land line service

Library

DSL

Cable modem

Satellite

Fiber

T1 or greater

Who knows? 11. I wear or regularly carry this many mobile/data/MP3 devices: Zero

One

Two

Three or more 12. My primary computer screen is this large: 17-21″

22-24″

25-27″

28″ or greater

Who knows? 13. The last time I went on vacation was… Within the past month

Within the last year

Never 14. I love and watch anime. No

Sometimes

Regularly

What’s anime? 15. In the office or at school, I socialize by… Talking to others around me

IM’ing or emailing my coworkers or fellow students

Sending out e-vites or Outlook meeting invitations

Why do people whisper behind my back? 16. My favorite operating system is… Windows

Mac OS

Linux or Unix

BSD

VM/CMS or Vax

What’s an operating system? 17. I have used Google to search for pornographic images. Never

Sometimes

Regularly 18. Fark. No

Sometimes

Regularly

Gesundheit!





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