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Do You Really Want to Meet People on the Web?
Wolfspelz writes "Do you want to meet people on Web pages? The Jabber Virtual Presence project makes people aware of each other on the Web. Just like you are aware of other people in the real world anywhere you go, the virtual presence makes you aware of others on the same virtual locations. The project uses Jabber/XMPP as the transport protocol for virtual presence. Jabber conference components serve as presence servers. The code is GPL/LGPL. The Virtual Presence Protocol extensions are open and documented. The virtual presence system including the LLuna2 client is designed to protect the privacy and prohibit any indecent use, be it commercial use, advertising, or profiling. But: do you want to meet people on the Web at all?"
Sounds like England ...
I don't want to meet people on the web. No way! If I wanted to meet people, I'd go outside. (For those who haven't been there before, that's the area located beyond the perimeter of your home.) But I don't want to meet people. I want to sit on my ass and read the web. So, no, I don't want to meet people on the web.
Whatever, geek girls are ugly. Why else do you think they spend all their time talking to losers on IRC? That geek chick you're lusting over probably ways 300 lbs, with a face like the craters of Mars.
I mean, not everyone on Slashdot is ugly (myself for example), but c'mon, any girl who hangs around somewhere just to be "the girl", and get awkwardly hit on by horny social rejects who A) have no idea how to please a woman and B) live thousands of miles away, obviously has issues. She can't get any affection for real, from people near her, so she retreats online, where the simple fact that she has a vagins makes her gold.
Geek chick != worthwhile. God, if you geek boys put half so much time into working out (or just excercising in general, look at Theo Deraadt, a hacker's hacker, for inspiration). I used to be the same way, loved only hacking, anti-social, etc. But now, I have other interests, rarely hit the keyboard outside of work, have more friends, and zero problems with women. Try it. It really works. If you think you're ugly, that's less of a problem than you might think it is. I've seen the ugliest guys get the hottest chicks (no, they aren't rich, and no, i don't know how it happened either; one of the guys has the pleasent personality of a dead, rotting skunk).
So don't obsess over "geek girls" - you can have a relationship with someone who doesn't like Star Trek and C++, you know. It might even widen your horizons.