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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:43:26 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
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>> You're not the only shy person in the world, you know. :-)
>
> Oh really? And you honestly believe that, do you?
I know it to be a 100% verifiable fact.
Jim
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>>> You're not the only shy person in the world, you know. :-)
>> Oh really? And you honestly believe that, do you?
>
> I know it to be a 100% verifiable fact.
I know of other people who are merely "shy". I don't know of anybody
else who is like me (i.e., paranoid/delusional).
--
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:48:34 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> You're not the only shy person in the world, you know. :-)
>>> Oh really? And you honestly believe that, do you?
>>
>> I know it to be a 100% verifiable fact.
>
> I know of other people who are merely "shy". I don't know of anybody
> else who is like me (i.e., paranoid/delusional).
There are 6 *billion* people in the world. I know at least half a dozen
of them who are like you. I've got a brother who's in his 60s who lived
in his small apartment in Chicago for 30+ years. He drove exactly 10
miles a day (5 to the school he worked at, 5 back) and that was it for
that 30 years.
His issue (and he acknowledges it) is that he has to be in control. As a
school teacher, he was in total control of his classroom. On the road
there are other drivers and he has no control over what they do. So he
avoided driving.
You go out and go to dances and you do other things. My brother avoids
the world as much as humanly possible. By comparison, you're literally a
social butterfly.
So yeah, I know people who are actually *worse* than you.
Jim
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> I know of other people who are merely "shy". I don't know of anybody
> else who is like me (i.e., paranoid/delusional).
Haven't you seen how I react when Darren makes a post about C++ which
is even slightly ambiguous or not 100% positive? If that's not paranoia,
I don't know what is... :P
Anyways, extreme shyness is very common. There's even a wikipedia article
about the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love-shyness
According to the article, in the USA alone there are about 1.7 million
males who never have a girlfriend or marry solely because of this.
And I talk from experience too. I'm 35, no GF or wife, and probably will
never have one.
--
- Warp
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Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
> Warp wrote:
>> Of course it helps if you can keep up interesting smalltalk, but
>> without
>> trying to sound too smart.
>
> Indeed. THAT might work.
with Andrew it should be Haskell, not Smalltalk... ;)
--
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Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
>>>> You're not the only shy person in the world, you know. :-)
>>> Oh really? And you honestly believe that, do you?
>>
>> I know it to be a 100% verifiable fact.
>
> I know of other people who are merely "shy". I don't know of anybody
> else who is like me (i.e., paranoid/delusional).
almost all geeks are extremely shy. I try to compensate with humor. :P
I'm sure XKCD's author is an übber geek and you can be sure pretty much
all he writes comes from very personal experience...
--
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Warp escreveu:
> And I talk from experience too. I'm 35, no GF or wife, and probably will
> never have one.
I got an ex-wife almost by accident. :D
other than that, there are always woman for rent... :P
--
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nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> other than that, there are always woman for rent... :P
Not really an option, for two reasons:
1) I don't want a woman who loves me for my money.
2) I don't have much money in the first place. I need it to *survive*.
--
- Warp
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>>> Of course it helps if you can keep up interesting smalltalk, but
>>> without
>>> trying to sound too smart.
>>
>> Indeed. THAT might work.
>
> with Andrew it should be Haskell, not Smalltalk... ;)
The daft thing is... I'm already very proficient with Smalltalk. I just
suck at smalltalk. :-/
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
>>>> Of course it helps if you can keep up interesting smalltalk, but
>>>> without
>>>> trying to sound too smart.
>>>
>>> Indeed. THAT might work.
>>
>> with Andrew it should be Haskell, not Smalltalk... ;)
>
> The daft thing is... I'm already very proficient with Smalltalk. I just
> suck at smalltalk. :-/
you could go near a chick like: "Say, how about we curry together?" XD
--
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