Sunday, October 21, 2012

White & Nerdy test


Sprinkle 11



Taking inspiration from the musical and lyrical genius (I'm being serious there) of "Weird" Al Yankovic, I have listed below, the points in the song "White & Nerdy" (parody of "Ridin' Dirty" by Chamillionaire). There are links to both of these videos at the end of this post, but I'm afraid if I put them here, you will forget to come back, so hold your horses. In the far right columns, I have noted whether or not I qualify for that particular aspect. Below the chart, you will find the tally and results of this test as applied to me; below that, my analysis and conclusion.

Although I am unable to do anything interactive here in this blog, I encourage you to follow along, writing down your own answers as they apply to you. Find out just how white & nerdy you are, and let me know that I'm not alone. You can post your results and any comments in the comments below this post.

NOTE: It is very possible to be "whiter than sour cream" without actually having white skin.

Have Fun!!


Test Lyric Yes No
1. You see me mowin' my front lawn Θ  
2. First in my class here at MIT   Θ
3. Got skills, I'm a champion at D & D   Θ
4. M.C.Escher, that's my favorite M.C. Θ  
5. Keep your 40, I'll just have and Earl Grey tea Θ  
6. My rims never spin, to the contrary, you'll find that they're quite stationary Θ  
7. All of my action figures are cherry   Θ
8. Stephen Hawkings in my library   Θ
9. My MySpace page is totally pimped out   Θ
10. I know Pi to a thousand places   Θ
11. Ain't got no grills, but I still wear braces   Θ
12. I order all my sandwiches with mayonnaise Θ Θ
13. I'm a wiz at Minesweeper, I could play for days Θ  
14. There's no killer app I haven't run   Θ
15. At PASCAL, well I'm number one   Θ
16. Do vector calculus just for fun   Θ
17. I ain't got a gat, but I got a soldering gun Θ  
18. "Happy Days" is my favorite theme song   Θ
19. I could sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong   Θ
20. I'll ace any trivia quiz you bring on Θ  
21. I'm fluent in JavaScript... Θ  
22. ...as well as Klingon   Θ
23. You see me roll on my Segway   Θ
24. I been browsin', inspectin' X-Men comics, you know I collect 'em Θ  
25. The pens in my pocket, I must protect 'em   Θ
26. My ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored   Θ
27. Shoppin' online for deals on some writable media Θ  
28. I edit Wikipedia   Θ
29. I memorized "Holy Grail" really well   Θ
30. I got a business doing websites Θ  
31. When my friends need some code, who do they call? I do HTML for them all Θ  
32. Even made a homepage for my dog [cat] Θ  
33. I got myself a fanny pack Θ  
34. Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap   Θ
35. I was in AV Club...[didn't have one]   Θ
36. ...and Glee Club...[didn't have one]   Θ
37. ...and even the Chess Team [didn't have one]   Θ
38. Only question I ever thought was hard, was, "do I like Kirk, or do I like Picard?" Θ  
39. Spend every weekend at the Renaissance Faire   Θ
40. Got my name on my underwear [I can explain!!] Θ  



Results
Total Yes Total No
17 23
Percent Yes Percent No
42.5% 57.5%



How many "yes" boxes did you check?

0-10 = GRC (Generally Recognized as Cool)

11-20 = still socially acceptable

21-30 = too White & Nerdy

31-40 = whiter than sour cream



It's apparent I'm still socially acceptable (even after giving a bonus yes for using capital Theta as my column marker). How 'bout you? Please ask yourself the above questions, record your score and comment below.

As promised, here are the links to the videos for "White & Nerdy" and "Ridin' Dirty".

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