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Thigs that make Geeks more attractive

Some of you may have already seen this list, but this one is edited a little, you can find the original here.

• You’re probably very smart. (probably?)
• It’s hip to be geek. Everyone is familiar with the stereotype of thick glasses, a pocket protector, an obsession with Star Trek Wars, and social skills akin to a sack of potatoes (a sack of potatoes has more social skills than me!). Times have changed: geeks are often fashionable, hip individuals who are very aligned with the trends of their own generation. Let’s thank The Big Bang Theory, Glee, and other TV sitcoms for that
• You geek out on more than just your computer. Ever seen the movie collection of a film geek? Ever had an automotive geek work on your car? Ever seen the body of a fitness geek? The tenacity of someone like us, when applied to hobbies outside computers and the like, can yield impressive results.
• Geek humor is the best humor. This is perhaps a biased opinion, but I’ve never laughed as hard as I have while reading some of the random, funny things that came out of geek culture. (g33|<   |-||_||\/|0R    |=T\/\/!)
• You listen to good music. Geeks have access to tools that allow us to hear music that extends well beyond top 40 radio. Want the entire discography of Aphex Twin by tomorrow afternoon? Ask a geek. Not only do they listen to good music, they can find just about anything you’re looking for in a heartbeat. Geeks also listen to heavy, heavy metal!
• You make good money. If there’s one stereotype about geeks that usually rings true, it’s that they rarely have trouble earning a decent income. (C’mon, if it wasn’t for geeks and nerds, today’s world just wouldn’t exist!)
• You fix stuff. Everyone loves a handyman, especially one that can fix one of the most frustrating devices ever conceived: a personal computer. (I can fix your nuclear reactor and your superlaser if you want to, just take me to your volcano liar/Death Star)
• You’ve got your own stuff going on. You’ll never meet a geek who runs out of things to do, they’ve got lots of hobbies and interests and are more than happy to dive head first into one of those when they’ve got some spare time. In other words: they won’t rely on you to give them a life. (See?, take that motherfuckers!)
• You’re very articulate. Compulsively reading a few hundred RSS feeds a day yields a vocabulary that could put most college English majors to shame. (I’ve told that I am a ‘walking dictionary’ and that I have better orthography than the automatic corrector of MS Word)
• You’re passionate. When a geek becomes interested in something, they tend to immerse themselves in it entirely. They’ll strip a new gadget down to nuts and bolts and re-build it with an xhtml compliant grappling gun. This intense passion can extend to many areas of a geek’s life, not just computers and hobbies. (Here’s were collecting memorabilia/action figures comes from!)

Hope you liked it.

-Later, Dave

P.S.: Let’s kill al of the trekkies!

March 7, 2011 | Categories: geek, internet, technology, Uncategorized | Tags: collecting, Geek, humor, humour | Leave a comment