On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:53:54 -0300, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:25:36 -0400, Warp wrote:
>> 
>>> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>>> I usually chalk it up to cultural/language differences
>>>   In my case I'd say it's not so much about cultural or language
>>>   differences
>>> as much as inexperience in social interaction.
>>>
>>>   When 90% of your social interaction happens through the internet, it
>>> sometimes shows.
>> 
>> That's a possibility I hadn't considered. :-)
> 
> Hey, you're dealing with geeks here, don't you know?  The most common
> close social interaction we get is from the pizza delivery guy. :)

Yeah, but as a geek myself, it's been a long time since I personally had 
trouble with social interactions with "normals" (if you know what I 
mean).  I sometimes forget that the tact filter goes on the other way 
when talking with fellow geeks. :-)

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:53:54 -0300, nemesis wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:25:36 -0400, Warp wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>>>> I usually chalk it up to cultural/language differences
>>>>   In my case I'd say it's not so much about cultural or language
>>>>   differences
>>>> as much as inexperience in social interaction.
>>>>
>>>>   When 90% of your social interaction happens through the internet, it
>>>> sometimes shows.
>>> That's a possibility I hadn't considered. :-)
>> Hey, you're dealing with geeks here, don't you know?  The most common
>> close social interaction we get is from the pizza delivery guy. :)
> 
> Yeah, but as a geek myself, it's been a long time since I personally had 
> trouble with social interactions with "normals" (if you know what I 
> mean).

Married geeks are as normal as it can get. ;)

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On 19-4-2009 7:02, nemesis wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:53:54 -0300, nemesis wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:25:36 -0400, Warp wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>>>>> I usually chalk it up to cultural/language differences
>>>>>   In my case I'd say it's not so much about cultural or language
>>>>>   differences
>>>>> as much as inexperience in social interaction.
>>>>>
>>>>>   When 90% of your social interaction happens through the internet, it
>>>>> sometimes shows.
>>>> That's a possibility I hadn't considered. :-)
>>> Hey, you're dealing with geeks here, don't you know?  The most common
>>> close social interaction we get is from the pizza delivery guy. :)
>>
>> Yeah, but as a geek myself, it's been a long time since I personally 
>> had trouble with social interactions with "normals" (if you know what 
>> I mean).
> 
> Married geeks are as normal as it can get. ;)

Are we?

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nemesis <nam### [at] nospam-gmailcom> wrote:
> Married geeks

  Isn't that an oxymoron? ;)

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On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:02:42 -0300, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:53:54 -0300, nemesis wrote:
>> 
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:25:36 -0400, Warp wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>>>>> I usually chalk it up to cultural/language differences
>>>>>   In my case I'd say it's not so much about cultural or language
>>>>>   differences
>>>>> as much as inexperience in social interaction.
>>>>>
>>>>>   When 90% of your social interaction happens through the internet,
>>>>>   it
>>>>> sometimes shows.
>>>> That's a possibility I hadn't considered. :-)
>>> Hey, you're dealing with geeks here, don't you know?  The most common
>>> close social interaction we get is from the pizza delivery guy. :)
>> 
>> Yeah, but as a geek myself, it's been a long time since I personally
>> had trouble with social interactions with "normals" (if you know what I
>> mean).
> 
> Married geeks are as normal as it can get. ;)

Even when it's two geeks who have gotten married? ;-)

Jim

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On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:10:45 -0400, Warp wrote:

> nemesis <nam### [at] nospam-gmailcom> wrote:
>> Married geeks
> 
>   Isn't that an oxymoron? ;)

I'll ask my wife. ;-)

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:02:42 -0300, nemesis wrote:
>> Married geeks are as normal as it can get. ;)
> 
> Even when it's two geeks who have gotten married? ;-)

whoa!  What happened with all that talk of attracting opposites? :P

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>> Married geeks are as normal as it can get. ;)
> 
> Even when it's two geeks who have gotten married? ;-)

Come ON people! We all know geek girls are a myth created to give false 
hope to poor souls such as myself. :-/

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On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:41:39 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> Married geeks are as normal as it can get. ;)
>> 
>> Even when it's two geeks who have gotten married? ;-)
> 
> Come ON people! We all know geek girls are a myth created to give false
> hope to poor souls such as myself. :-/

My wife is terribly offended that you think she's not a geek.... ;-)

Jim

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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> Married geeks are as normal as it can get. ;)
> >
> > Even when it's two geeks who have gotten married? ;-)
>
> Come ON people! We all know geek girls are a myth created to give false
> hope to poor souls such as myself. :-/

Now come on.  I'm not sure that's true, mathematically speaking.  Now we'd need
to make some modifications for location and geekiness, but given a large enough
population, there just might be a chance:

http://ericherboso.com/blog/2009/03/finding-a-girlfriend-drake-equation-style/

 - Ricky

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