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Where Does a Geek Find a Social Life?
JustShootMe writes "I have a question for my fellow Slashdotters, and yes, I realize I am entering the lion's den covered in tasty meat-flavored sauce. I have never been a very social person, preferring to throw myself into technology; therefore, I've been spectacularly unsuccessful in developing any meaningful interpersonal relationships. Lately I have begun to feel that this situation is not tenable, and I would like to fix it. But I really don't know how and haven't the faintest idea where to start. I know that I am in the minority and that there are many different kinds of Slashdot readers, most of whom have more experience in this realm than I do. So please tell me: how, and more importantly, where do you meet fellow geeks — preferably including some of the opposite gender — in meatspace?"
You could start by not ASKING SLASHDOT...
Craigslist....choose, but choose wisely.
Not using terms like meatspace. Really. Where are we, the fridge?
International singles clubs, also.
Here in Silicon Valley, I met a lot of interesting women. Foreigners don't know you are a geek, they appreciate guys with a good salary, career prospects.
You learn all sorts of things, e.g. I met Dr. Wang, learned that she was a dentist. Observed that she had perfect teeth. Realized ALL dentists I had ever met had perfect teeth, form, fit and function. Decided my next girl-friend had to be a gynecologist.
Finally married a Russian. We fight about things I could never have conceived of previously, so life is not boring.
Finally married a Russian. We fought about things I could never have conceived of previously, so life was not boring.
Past tense, Hans, past tense amigo.
Perhaps it has been so long that it just seems like Slashdot use to be an actual site you could turn to every day and read a nice cross section of laypeople and industry experts discussing interesting technology topics.
Can't all these inane 'Ask Slashdot' - aka Please Give Me Attention!!! articles be done away with?
Just. Fucking. Google. It.
Fucking kids. We had BBS's back them (among other things). You think the Internet (it's capitalized moron) is the end-all-be-all? Go back to your texting.
Of course, I wouldn't tell them that you're just there to meet chicks. Organizations tend to frown on that. Especially the ones involving kids.
Get a dog. - Gordon Gecko
Sig this!
You really have to read this and have Google Images open elsewhere wtih pictures of ESR to appreciate the humour fully.
He already tried sitting in the basement eating Cheetos and playing WoW all day...no luck so far.
nah, i meet your wife online regularly
1. Buy some high-top tennis shoes, an ill-fitting suit, and a bow-tie.
2. Find a biker bar. A tough biker bar.
3. Enter, leap upon a countertop, and dance your nerdy heart out.
4. Once you wake up in Intensive Care Unit, try to pick up a sympathetic nurse.
I find rum gives me the same ability :)
He said ~women~, not senior citizens ; )
No, no sig. Really.
ThePromenader