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		<title>Quizberts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really concerned, because the last time I took this quiz, I got &#8220;Der Kommandant!&#8221; Your result for The Would You Have Been a Nazi Test&#8230; ADOLF HITLER Achtung! You are 54% brainwashworthy, 45% antitolerant, and 48% blindly patriotic You &#8230; <a href="http://nicolysis.net/2010/06/quizberts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m really concerned, because the <a class="vt-p" href="http://www.nicolysis.net/2008/07/hasing-the-quizzes/">last time</a> I took this quiz, I got &#8220;Der Kommandant!&#8221;</p>
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<h4><em>Your result for The Would You Have Been a Nazi Test&#8230;</em><br />
ADOLF HITLER</h4>
<p>Achtung! You are 54% brainwashworthy, 45% antitolerant,  and 48% blindly patriotic</p>
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<p>You probably you lack the charisma and intelligence to be Hitler <em>himself</em>, but then again, who knows? You&#8217;ve got a few of the necessary traits, at least. You are crazy, nationalistic, and more proud of your background than you should be.</p>
<p>Right now I am breathing a big sigh of relief that you don&#8217;t live in Germany in the 1930&#8242;s, although I guess things couldn&#8217;t have gone any worse than they did, even with your help. Maybe all this energy that you feel right now could be directed to an end less evil? Are you a Police Officer? Not in my town, I hope.</p>
<p>Sadly, you <strong>exceeded expectations</strong> on <strong>all 3 indicators</strong>.</p>
<p>Deutschland: Uber Alles!</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.okcimg.com/php/load_okc_image.php/images/0x0/0x0/0/16136378888907637682.jpeg" alt="16136378888907637682.jpeg" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">- new test, it rules, take it &#8211; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><a class="vt-p" href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=18048702267320519909">The Terrorism Test</a></span></p>
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<p><a class="vt-p" href="http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-would-you-have-been-a-nazi-test">Take The Would You Have Been a Nazi Test</a> at <a class="vt-p" href="http://www.helloquizzy.com/">HelloQuizzy</a></p>
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<h4><em>Your result for The 3 Variable Funny Test&#8230;</em><br />
the Wit</h4>
<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(62% dark, 35% spontaneous, 32% vulgar)</span></p>
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<p>your humor style:<br />
<strong>CLEAN</strong> | <strong>COMPLEX</strong> | <strong>DARK</strong></p>
<p>You like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you&#8217;re probably an intellectual, but don&#8217;t take that to mean pretentious. You realize &#8216;dumb&#8217; can be witty&#8211;after all isn&#8217;t that the Simpsons&#8217; philosophy?&#8211;but  rudeness for its own sake, &#8216;gross-out&#8217; humor and most other things found in a fraternity leave you totally flat.</p>
<p>I  guess you just have a more cerebral approach than most. You have the perfect mindset for a joke writer or staff  writer.</p>
<p>Your sense of humor takes the most thought to appreciate, but it&#8217;s also the best, in my opinion.</p>
<p>You probably loved <em>the Office</em>. If you don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m<br />
talking about, check it out here: <a class="vt-p" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/</a>.</p>
<p>PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Jon Stewart &#8211; Woody Allen &#8211; Ricky Gervais<br />
<img src="http://cdn.okcimg.com/php/load_okc_image.php/images/0x0/0x0/0/1663872520735005819.gif" alt="1663872520735005819.gif" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="vt-p" href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=17565214125862764376">The 3-Variable Funny Test!</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> &#8211; it rules &#8211; </span></p>
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<h4>Which Extremity of the World Are You?</h4>
<p><a class="vt-p" href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/tests/extreme/"><img title="I am Al-Aziziyah, Libya!" src="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/tests/images/extreme/f.jpg" border="0" alt="I am Al-Aziziyah, Libya!" /></a><br />
<small><a class="vt-p" href="http://rumandmonkey.com/">From the towering colossi at Rum and Monkey.</a></small></p>
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<h4><em>Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test&#8230;</em></h4>
<p>Pure Nerd</p>
<p>74 % Nerd, 26% Geek, 39% Dork</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cdn.okcimg.com/php/load_okc_image.php/images/0x0/0x0/0/2357663313086852267.jpeg" alt="" width="333" height="397" /></p>
<div>For The Record:</p>
<p>A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.<br />
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.<br />
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.</p>
<p>You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: <strong>Pure Nerd</strong>.</p>
<p>The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the &#8220;dork.&#8221; No-longer. Being smart isn&#8217;t as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.</p>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
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		<title>Hasing the quizzes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, those stupid little quizzes that tell you something about yourself. Your result for The What Computer Are You Test&#8230; The Server Tower You scored HIGH on Power and AVERAGE on Pretension! Congratulations, you are the Server Tower. In &#8230; <a href="http://nicolysis.net/2008/07/hasing-the-quizzes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know, those stupid little quizzes that tell you something about yourself.  <span id="more-12"></span></p>
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<h4><em>Your result for The What Computer Are You Test&#8230;</em></h4>
<h4>The Server Tower</h4>
<p>You scored HIGH on Power and AVERAGE on Pretension!</p>
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<p>Congratulations, you are the <strong>Server Tower</strong>. In truth, this simply refers to a kind of case, larger than usual, because in it fits a whole lotta power! But for the purposes of this test, it refers to a monstrosity of silicone to which we in the first world owe our continuing existence. Servers towers can be just about anything, really, but in them is stored so much information, so much network traffic, that were they do disappear, the US and most other nations would likely be flung into a new great depression. Be proud of your importance.</p>
<p>You scored <strong>high</strong> on power. Being what they are, server towers usually have an inordinate amount of storage capacity or processing power. Perhaps this means you excel at a particular field of expertise. But probably not.</p>
<p>You also scored <strong>average</strong> on pretension. Servers themselves aren&#8217;t very aesthetic, but it certainly qualifies as pretentious if you <em>are</em> one. Somehow. It&#8217;s just that when I see a server humming quietly to itself, it&#8217;s like I can hear it mocking me with its superiority.</p>
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<h4><em>Your result for The Would You Have Been a Nazi Test&#8230;</em></h4>
<h4>Der Kommandant</h4>
<p>Achtung! You are 38% brainwashworthy, 41% antitolerant,  and 57% blindly patriotic</p>
<p>Opportunistic, patriotic to a fault, and not so fond of people who aren&#8217;t just like you, you are like a <strong>Nazi General</strong>.  Back in Germany in the 1940&#8242;s, you would have been at the top of the asshole list. Not for Nazism, necessarily, but for your own sick, twisted values. Then, out of superior intelligence (relative to other Nazis, that is), you would&#8217;ve climbed to the top.</p>
<p>Conclusion: <strong>you would have been a Nazi, and most likely would have served them well.</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://is0.okcupid.com/graphics/nazi/goering.gif" alt="" /></p>
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<p>WHAT?!</p>
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<h4><em>Your result for The Brutally Honest Personality Test&#8230;</em></h4>
<h4>Borefest &#8211; ISTJ</h4>
<p>27% Extraversion, 47% Intuition, 87% Thinking, 60% Judging</p>
<p><img src="http://is3.okcupid.com/users/136/238/13623884563866545256/mt1165223067.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>One word. Boring. Sums you up to a tee. You&#8217;re responsible, trustworthy, serious and down to earth. Boring. Boring. Boring.</p>
<p>You play by the rules. You follow tradition. You encourage structure.</p>
<p>You insist that EVERYBODY do EVERYTHING by the book. Seriously, is there even an ounce of imagination in that little brain of yours? I mean, what&#8217;s the point of imagination, right? It has no practical value&#8230;</p>
<p>As far as you&#8217;re concerned, abstract theories can go screw themselves. You just want the facts, all the facts and nothing but the facts.</p>
<p>Oh. And you&#8217;re a perfectionist. About everything. You know that the previous sentence was gramattically incorrect and that &#8220;gramattically&#8221; was spelt wrong. Your financial records are correct to 25 decimal places and your bedroom is in pristine condition. In fact, you even don&#8217;t sleep on your bed anymore for fear that you might crease the sheets.</p>
<p>Thankfully, you don&#8217;t have anyone else to share the bed with, because you&#8217;re uncomfortable expressing affection and emotion to others. Too bad.</p>
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<p>Damn.</p>
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<h4><em>Your result for The Which Lolcat Are You? Test&#8230;</em></h4>
<h4>Sad Cookie Cat</h4>
<p>51%  Affectionate, 42%  Excitable, 51%  Hungry</p>
<p><img src="http://is1.okcupid.com/users/410/202/4102022445444324283/mt998786082.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>You are the classic Shakespearian tragedy of the lolcat universe. The sad story of a baking a cookie, succumbing to gluttony, and in turn consuming the very cookie that was to be offered. Bad grammar ensues.</p>
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<h4><em>Your result for The Verbal Obscenity Test&#8230;</em></h4>
<h4>Sporadic Swearer</h4>
<p>You are 46% capable of making other people&#8217;s ears hurt!</p>
<p><img src="http://is1.okcupid.com/users/872/10/8730109406026930375/mt1157626810.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>So, how&#8217;d you do?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m impressed, you&#8217;ve managed to get through life without going completely overboard on the bad language! No Courtney Love-style socialising for you. You&#8217;re not inclined to burst into fits of verbal rage, and I&#8217;m guessing this makes you less likely to get punched by others. Which is awesome, since being beaten up is such a drag anyway. You might pull out the swear words on occasion &#8211; or you might just know all the various slang well and simply choose not to use any of it. Either way, don&#8217;t be afraid to use a little rough language on occasion, just to show that you mean business.</p>
<p>What occasion, I hear you ask? Well, some people find talking dirty arousing. Sometimes swearing can be helpful in looking tough when one of those hoodlum-types approaches you. Using some language on your boss may also be effective in stirring things up, but maybe that&#8217;s just me. Either way, be careful, as getting your timing wrong can result in getting fired, or sleeping alone for the next month. Use your good judgement!</p>
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