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Originally Posted by darkwinterbeast8

I always thought that Nerds were smart and had interests that were outside the mainstream, geeks were normal people with interests that were outside the mainstream, and dorks were the super spazzy people with no social skills whatsoever that ate their own boogers.

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I think that's probably right. I think nerd is the most common of the three though, and is sometimes considered an "umbrella" term.

Dorks seem to be the most common. In high school, there was this group of kids who would sit in the library and argue about whether vampires are better than werewolves. I just really hope that wasn't inspired by twilight.

Random: I just got in my first car "accident"... in the form of hitting a deer. I maintain there was nothing I could have done, though. It's almost like he was waiting for me, because when I say he jumped right out at me, I do not exaggerate. I was fully alert, and actually managed to not kill the deer and only get a slight dent... nevertheless, I'm sure I'll never hear the end of this.

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Originally Posted by instantdeath999

Random: I just got in my first car "accident"... in the form of hitting a deer. I maintain there was nothing I could have done, though. It's almost like he was waiting for me, because when I say he jumped right out at me, I do not exaggerate. I was fully alert, and actually managed to not kill the deer and only get a slight dent... nevertheless, I'm sure I'll never hear the end of this.

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Where i come from that is ridiculously common.I've gotten in two Car-Deer accidents,and i am a great driver,if I say so myself.

I've been in a few "accidents" before, which was actually other peoples fault...I'm in constant agony as a result, huzzah!

I've never been in an accident, but I've only had a license for about 10 months, most of which were spent without a car at college.

That deer ruined my perfect record, too. He came out of the trees, man.

Needless to say, the fact that I was able to break quickly enough to not kill the deer (although he may have died later, I hope not) didn't much matter to my mom, who's car it was. It could have been worse :(

Tell her this, it was the car or your life.
Only a heartless witch would prefer the car.

Maybe, but I think it's really unlikely to die hitting a deer. But I wouldn't know. I suppose I could have swerved and hit the tree instead?

Of course, at the speed the deer jumped out, I barely had time to break, much less swerve.

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Originally Posted by clashcityrocker10

Well, what kind of show is it? Nowadays they do a lot of "family-friendly" shows, which means they only perform stuff from their children's albums. I know a few people who didn't realize that, went to one of them, and really didn't like it. I hear they're doing a show in New York that covers their whole career for free, though, so I'm thinking of checking that one out.

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It's on that same tour and in support of the new album, so I assume it's going to be a more traditional TMBG show.

Haven't been in an accident yet, been in a couple situations where I could have died if I was hit, I've had a tire blowout in front of me, an SUV flip in front of me, and I've nearly rolled my car because a jackass didn't realize how 2-way stops work and the road was wet.

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Originally Posted by instantdeath999

I think it depends on whether we're talking the "smart nerds" or the nerds who just have really bad social skills. The latter are probably the ones who go for the really bad metalcore/deathcore ;)

For the record, though, I've never even met a "smart nerd". They're just a fable to me.

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All nerds are smart nerds. You're thinking of dweebs, or maybe dorks. Unlike geeks, nerds usually specialize in practical intellectual pursuits, rather than pop culture curiousities.

Speaking of "bad social skills", did you ever notice that those types usually have little issue relating to one another on a social level? That just might mean that the issue isn't their bad social skills, it's everyone else's bad social skills towards them. Just sayin...

That's true, I'm antisocial as hell, so I'm definitely not a person to judge social skills.

And yeah, I am thinking of dorks, though that word is a bit less common, it seems. Still, I thought the ones that pursued intellectual pursuits were geeks, and nerds were the ones who excelled at academics and had "bad" social skills.

Then again, I'm pretty sure they're all pretty interchangeable anyway :)