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Computer Geeks Make the Best Lovers
An anonymous reader writes "An anonymous study of 2,000 British men and women concluded that out of all jobs, computer geeks make the best lovers. They were found to be the most selfless in bed, the most adventurous and more likely to use sex toys, wireless or otherwise."
when you only get exposed to the female form via the internet when the real thing comes along, you do your best to make sure there are repeat performances.
And yes that is from experience and I'm not afraid to admit it!
Let's not forget, they're only counting that very small percentage of geeks that actually gets laid. Using that methodology, I'd bet you'd find that hideously deformed mutants make even better lovers, because for you to be bonking a hideously deformed mutant, he/she/it must be really good in the sack.
....when it comes to configuring a chicks computer, doing her homework, adding memory and all of her favorite MP3's on your dime or time, in exchange for the privileged of breathing in the same room. But only long enough for her to get the goodies and split. Geeks, however, would make really good stalkers who think they are in love and are therefore really good lovers, in their own fantasy. In the land of avatars its still relatively harmless to think the feeling is mutual. But all of that Casanova charm sure looks like something creepy if the non-geek is unaware of the fantasy. Anyway, I suppose call girls and pimps would not necessarily be better lovers, because they gave at the office, but I just can't see how geeks are any more qualified at love than any other career with a bunch of virgin, klingon speaking, brainy types....except for the fact that their desktop is better practice than a titty bar, a porn theater, an adult bookstore and a blow up doll cougar lessons. I suppose the escort thing would be practical training as well, but the only edge geeks have is their extreme appetite and electronic simulation. I wonder if the escorts on craigslist are the ones who say they are the best paying customers...I mean lovers, of any vocation. At least they don't expect freebees like the fuzz, or tie you up like premed students...
Yeah, way to go Slashdot...
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As an EE, it boils down to this: Non-certifiable line-powered devices stay away from the squishy bits.
Not to say that you can't make battery-operated gadgets fail in ghastly ways... Modern (NiCd and newer) battery technologies can deliver lots of current and get hot enough to start fires. Lots of nasty chemicals in them batteries, too.
But at least battery-operated devices are inherently limited (by battery capacity) in the amount of energy that can be delivered, and it's usually in the form of DC current that gets turned into heat.
That thing that plugs into the wall, that you're inserting into what is essentially a vat of saline? Unless the bedroom outlet is GFCI-protected, you could be eating 120VAC at currents limited only by the 10A-25A limit in the fuse/breaker box, and you'll get it in a nasty 60Hz form that interferes with the muscle control required to remove it. Hmm...
*fap*
But seriously, I'll pass. That EEG/EKG at the hospital has maybe $100 worth of parts in it. But it also has $100,000 worth of tests, QA controls, and cumbersome forms to fill out from design to delivery to make sure it can't fail in a way that kills you. That $19.99 piece of vibrating junk from China, not so much.
Line-powered devices and mucous membranes don't mix.
What is that picture supposed to be in the article? "What New Zealand might look like?"
And why is Idle's formatting still so broken? I'm on Firefox 3 on a Mac, and the titles are invisible and the text box I'm typing in now is only about 20 characters wide.
I find the notion of a sex toy plugged in to a power outlet disturbing
Agree. I've always preferred gas-powered sex toys, preferably the ones with manual choke and pull start.
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
According to some of my female friends (who spent a few years in Italy), Italian men are amazing kissers but lousy in bed.
This is, apparently, because they live with their parents until they're 25 - they get loads of practise at the wooing etc, but all their sexual encounters are furtive back-seat-of-the-car experiences.
Cutting up the bodies with a chainsaw is NOT foreplay.
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