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The stereotypical nerd is intelligent but socially and physically awkward. In film and television depictions, nerds are disproportionately male and white. <ref>Lori Kendall. "OH NO! I'M A NERD!": Hegemonic Masculinity on an Online Forum. ''Gender Society''. '''14''':256. (2000)</ref><ref>Ron Eglash. Race, Sex, and Nerds. ''Social Text''. '''20:''' 49 (2002) </ref> However, after the introduction of the [[Steve Urkel]] character, nerds have been seen in all races and colors. They typically appear either to lack confidence or to be indifferent or oblivious to the negative perceptions held of them by others, with the result that they become frequent objects of scorn, ridicule, [[bullying]], and [[social isolation]]. They show a pronounced interest in subjects which others tend to find dull or complex and difficult to comprehend, especially topics related to [[science]], [[mathematics]] and [[technology]], but also other domains, such as [[comic books]] and [[anime]], complicated board games (such as Dungeons and Dragons) (the computer game "Minesweeper"), [[role-playing game]]s (some of which would be [[MMORPG]]s, such as [[World of Warcraft]]),or [[strategy game]]s, [[horror fiction|horror]] and [[fantasy]] literature, Star Trek and [[Debate|competitive debate]]. They generally maintain encyclopedic knowledge of their chosen subject, easily recalling obscure or archival details.

===Personality tests===