I am a self-proclaimed dork, and a proud one at that. Most would classify you as a "nerd" or "geek", I believe, and there is a difference. Dorks have all of the social awkwardness of a nerd or geek with none of the intelligence.
Most don't assume me to be a "dork", for reasons I am unsure of, but my origins are of the most dorky. An inability to understand others, crippling social anxiety, complete unawareness of "trends", and a healthy dose of teasing are what molded me into the overly-self-aware, skeptic, sarcastic b**ch I am today. Most assume me to be a "goth" because I am drawn to the morbid and dark, but to call myself "goth" would be to give the false impression that I like people enough to get into groups with them. Why, dear Midday, call yourself a dork, then? Would that not communicate the same thing?
Quiet, you!
I don't really think a persons interests classify them as "dorky", or any other label for that matter, as anyone can enjoy anything. Rather, I feel it is a shared set of character traits which would classify one as a "dork". So, perhaps you are a dork. I don't know you. This was a rather pointless rambling, wasn't it?
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