Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle

jonasj writes "A doctor and former programmer has written a good article on common geek health problems. From the article: 'If I were to go and try to run a few miles this weekend, I would not be able to easily do so. [...] However, if you take one of the these college basketball athletes, any of them would be able to run miles without even breathing heavy. However, if you made them sit down and try to learn Java for 12 hours a day, most of them would be asleep at their desk before lunch. The typical geek trains their brain to be heavily focused while multitasking day after day. Is it surprising that this same brain does not do well when forced to isolate down to one task?'"

Comments

If there's nothing to see, try moving along.

[Tackhead]

Nothing to see here, because you've already got eyestrain.

Please move along at least every hour or two before you add deep vein thrombosis to your list of troubles.

From TFA:

[eln]

The bed should only be used for two things-sex and sleep.

Or, in the case of geeks, one thing.

Re:From TFA:

[verbatim]

The bed should only be used for two things-sex and sleep.

Or, in the case of geeks, one thing.

Then where is the geek supposed to sleep?

Re:From TFA:

[__aaclcg7560]

Then where is the geek supposed to sleep?

At the keyboard. Get an ergonomic split keyboard so your nose can rest on the split between the two halfs of the keyboard so your face can avoid touching the keys. Otherwise, you will wake up with "QWERTY" stamped on your forehead from a regular keyboard.

What about the benefits??

[Rob T Firefly]

If it weren't for my intense geek lifestyle, I might never have gotten rid of that parasite I found myself host to, a terrifying creature which constantly drained my health and resources day and night.. but thanks to my intense multitasking focus and nerd powers, she eventually left me and moved back in with her folks.

Wait, so let me get this straight....

[MustardMan]

I'm fat because my brain can't focus on a single task? Here I thought it was all the taco bell and doritos I ate, combined with the fact that I sit on my big ass 24 hours a day. All along it's been because my brain just likes to multitask. Thank you, TFA, for giving me yet another excuse to skip that pesky personal responsibility thing and blame something else for my lard ass.

Re:Sounds mostly familiar

[Bimo_Dude]

I was going to RTFA, but methinks the web server is having health problems related to the geek lifestyle.

Re:No, geeks are lazy...

[gardyloo]

You're right at the cusp of realizing the difference between a geek and a dork.

    Only a nerd would draw a distinction.