It's true, you cannot become a nerd you are or you are not.
but let's try a little list:
The aforementioned^ SW Star Trek and Anime
but what of LOTR?
If you know what "Frodo Lives" means and the story behind it.
esp. if you have written it on a wall.
you have read the Sillmarillian more than once.(maybe)
You play NES games as much as (or more) than X-Box 360.
^insert Atari or Pong for massive nerd points.
you accualy look like Spock. (yes I know someone who does[not me])
you held the highscore in an arcade ever. (massive nerd points if it was durring the early 80's)
Math is your fav. class
^(insert programming or most any engineering class also)
You know what: "Somebody set up us the bomb!" means
you love: "The Last Starfighter", "War Games", ect.
I'll stop for now. my mind is fading fast.
“Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.” -G.K. Chesterton