Class Teaches Nerds Social Skills

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Class Teaches Nerds Social Skills

Posted by samzenpus on Monday January 12, 2009 @04:00AM from the geeks-need-love-too dept.

PeterAitch writes "According to Reuters, Potsdam University in Germany is now teaching social skills as part of their IT courses. This is intended to 'ease entry into the world of work'. The 440 students enrolled in the master's degree course will learn how to write flirtatious text messages and emails, impress people at parties and cope with rejection(s)." The class is taught by a superficial model, who will fall in love with the nerdiest student at the end of the semester after realizing that he is beautiful on the inside.

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This can be improved by removing some text by Chrisq · 2009-01-12 04:02 · Score: 5, Funny

"According to Reuters, Potsdam University in Germany is now teaching social skills as part of their IT courses. This is intended to 'ease entry into ..... a superficial model, who will fall in love with the nerdiest student at the end of the semester after realizing that he is beautiful on the inside.
1. Re:This can be improved by removing some text by Drakkenmensch · 2009-01-12 04:44 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  "According to Reuters, Potsdam University in Germany is now teaching social skills as part of their IT courses. This is intended to 'ease entry into ..... a superficial model, who will fall in love with the nerdiest student at the end of the semester after realizing that he is beautiful on the inside.
  By that point of course, he will have become a handsome and rugged jock on the outside while keeping the smarts and sensibilities of a computer geek, thus bridging the gap and making the world a better place where nerds and football jocks can live together in peace while 80's pop-rock plays over a sunset.
2. Re:This can be improved by removing some text by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-12 04:48 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  By that point of course, he will have become a handsome and rugged jock on the outside while keeping the smarts and sensibilities of a computer geek, thus bridging the gap and making the world a better place where nerds and football jocks can live together in peace while 80's pop-rock plays over a sunset.
  This will be the start of the new master race. Germany will be the envy of the world with these intelligent, athletic blue-eyed blonde geniuses. And anyone who disagrees....
3. Re:This can be improved by removing some text by elrous0 · 2009-01-12 04:59 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Will their be a montage sequence where the nerd(s) pulls it together in the build-up to a showdown? You've gotta have a montage sequence!
  
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4. Re:This can be improved by removing some text by dr_dank · 2009-01-12 05:28 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Mod this up. Even Rocky had a montage.
  MONTAGE!
  
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5. Re:This can be improved by removing some text by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-12 05:44 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  True that.. that's why I dress in whatever I pull off the floor that passes the smell test, have stubble most of the time, and usually need a haircut weeks ago. Someone someday is going to look at me and go "My God, that man is free. I want him."
  Hasn't happened yet but it will!!
  Right??
6. Re:This can be improved by removing some text by MaskedSlacker · 2009-01-12 06:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  It's me. I'm sick of her shit. She and her girlfriend ruined all of my god damned cups.
Hey! by XPeter · 2009-01-12 04:03 · Score: 5, Funny

I flirt with that hot female blood elf on WoW, you insensitive clod!

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1. Re:Hey! by DeadPixels · 2009-01-12 04:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I *am* that hot female blood elf, you insensitive clod!
2. Re:Hey! by Blindman · 2009-01-12 04:29 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I flirt with that hot female blood elf on WoW, you insensitive clod!
  
  I *am* that hot female blood elf, you insensitive clod!
  Yep. Nothing wrong here. Geeks and nerds everywhere are going to be just fine.
  
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For the first lesson: by Mhtsos · 2009-01-12 04:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't start conversations by shouting "first post" after someone mentions a subject.
Fixed by RockMFR · 2009-01-12 04:05 · Score: 5, Funny

According to Reuters, Potsdam University in Germany is now teaching social skills as part of their IT courses. This is intended to 'ease entry into ... a superficial model, who will ... love ... the end ... after realizing that he is ... inside.
1. Re:Fixed by sumdumass · 2009-01-12 08:30 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I was thinking something more like a robe and wizard's hat.
You can't teach people to be jerks. by John+Hasler · 2009-01-12 04:12 · Score: 3, Funny

> ...how to write flirtatious text messages and emails...
And get arrested for sexual harrassment.
> ...impress people at parties...
"Impressive! I bet he took courses in being a boor!"
> ...and cope with rejection(s)...
Sulking works fine. Go away and leave me alone.

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1. Re:You can't teach people to be jerks. by elrous0 · 2009-01-12 05:10 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Reminds me of that old Saturday Night Live skit where the geeky guy got accused of sexual harassment when he tried to even talk to a woman but the handsome jock was just "flirting" when he showed up in just his underwear.
  
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  SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Re:Nerds don't need this.... by Chrisq · 2009-01-12 04:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Though on the other hand I've never got myself a carrier since I've been looking for love & friendship instead but never found any...
It sounds like a modem problem to me.
Re:Nerds don't need this.... by truthsearch · 2009-01-12 04:28 · Score: 5, Funny

I also wonder if this should really be teached in class...
Like English? ;)

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Re:Alternativeley by AkiraRoberts · 2009-01-12 07:45 · Score: 5, Funny

The more interesting question would be if she feels there is any relation between playing a poorly drawn character in a poorly plotted Star Trek series and her eventualy speaking out about said Republican politician's more questionable activities, effectively putting the nail in said Republican's Senate campaign, leading to the election of his Democratic opponent, who would then use said Senate seat as a launching pad to a successful presidential run.

In other words, would she agree with the statement that Star Trek was, through a long an complicated chain of events, the ultimate cause of Obama's presidency?

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