I’m a bit of a sucker for online tests, so when I came across one on The Spectacled Bean‘s blog, I had to have a go.
[And if that name seems familiar – yes, I followed their lead once before on the “where should I live” personality test that I blogged about over here.]
This time, the aim is to find out if you’re a nerd (brainy), jock (sporty), preppy (I guess neat and sophisticated?), or a goth (let’s go for anarchy-arty??).
Here’s the grid of where you can land after you complete 22 questions:
I’m so old and out of touch I have no idea what a Baller or LARP is, but I don’t need to worry, because apparently, I am all nerd… but very close to also being a Normie-normal-(neutral)-person:
Before doing the test, I would have said I was nerdy-gothic… but in this test, that would make me a LARP – which turns out to be a Live Action Role Player (the sort of person who loves getting dressed up and play-acting scenes from favorite movies or video games) and LARP I am NOT. Not because there’s anything wrong with it, just because getting dressed some days is hard enough with migraine pain. The idea of fancy-dress and play-acting is exhausting to me. [Although I guess I came close in the photo of me as a “crippled pirate mother” – here.]
And because I can’t leave any stone unturned, a “baller’ (or “balla”) is apparently slang for a super-successful person who’s famous (or may soon be) because of their relentless ambition and go-getter-attitude. Again, not me. Driven (sometimes surely), but not at all costs. I’m too chill for that these days, or at least, I’m trying to be.
So, what does it mean to be a true nerd?
According to the site: “True Nerds are highly knowledgeable and enthusiastic about particular academic or technical subjects. Nerds are sometimes seen as being more interested in academics, technology, or other ‘nerdy’ pursuits than in popular culture or mainstream social activities. Nerds often spend a lot of time and energy pursuing their interests, to the point where others can regard them as a bit obsessed with their hobbies.”
Ummm… well… that DOES sound a lot like the PhD’ing / migraine-blogging / indoors with a book or bust version of me.
OK. So I am a true nerd and I’ll own it. At least by being close to the Normie line I’m not a SUPER-nerd!
Anyway – I’ve been a bit mean and deliberately haven’t given you the link to the website (sorry) so that you can try it yourself.
Just remember that by clicking on the link, you are leaving the safety of my well-meaning site, and I can NOT guarantee that your computer won’t become hideously infected by a virtual virus OR your credit card details won’t be stolen in the night OR your soul will be crushed when you find out you’re not as gothic as you imagined… (I wrote a whole series of free Gothic stories (here) for goodness sake!) so click the button at your own risk:
If you do have a go, let me know whether the results were “true-you” or came as a surprise. But don’t stress too much – 22 questions doesn’t seem like enough to understand our multi-faceted selves… surely!?!
Take care taking care,
Linda xx
PS – if you’re wondering what this has to do with chronic pain management – the answer is – not a lot… and yet… if you can start to understand yourself better, what makes you tick, what makes you YOU, then you can start to tailor your healing to suit. Me – I treat the collection of technical details as a hobby – so that has been a big part of my healing journey: research (and writing about that research to share with you). For you – it might turn out that dressing up as a crippled pirate mother was the therapy you needed all along – enjoy!! (and send me the snaps!! xx)
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