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Dating Explained by Circuits
bitquabit.com — Why smart guys date in parallel, not serial.
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- scottschiller, on 10/12/2007, -21/+6I know just enough to understand the jokes here, and I'd like to keep it that way. Hilarious article, with some good advice!
- carleethian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+46What... you don't think being an EE is cool?
- texpundit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+90The problem is that if one of the parallel elements detect the others, that one will usually overload the entire circuit causing burnout and loss of all circuits.
Then you're really fsck'd. - NetJoe, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6@texpundit
Just keep pouring in the juice it'll blow open, you might even get some fireworks. - triscuitbiscuit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26Good advice except for one problem...
If you date people in parallel, the greatness of all three will always be less than the greatness of the least great one... Therefore dating one is better. - SundayTrain, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1"How do you synthesize a methylated alkaloid?"
- haggie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31If dating is like circuits, most EE majors I know couldn't figure out how to get a plug in a socket...
- scrotch21, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Did anyone else notice his power calculation is in the wrong units? He uses "jewels" when it should be Watts.
/smart-ass EE comment - therealduckie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It does leave one question unanswered: Does she get a charge if she uses her tongue?
- ezran, on 10/12/2007, -0/+35He should be dating an op-amp!
- maninblac1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+32Why???, "infinite" input impedance and often providing negative gain, and always pointing out the differences between you and the other input, seems kinda backwards to me. (i wouldn't want to date an op-amp) :-D
- klept, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1What makes you think a guy wrote this?
Sounds like a girl. Implication to me was that he / she was basically saying if all three girls independently dating, with different social sources, then if one cancels a relationship then the other two can go on dating, whereas being serial they are all dependent on the same social situation and if something goes wrong for one girl, it is likely to go wrong for the other girl.
Does that explanation make sense? No it doesnt. But then lol neither does the article either. - StephenCIreland, on 10/12/2007, -2/+37id take her tran-sisters out any day
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Transsexual?
- praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -6/+1Transsexual?
- thehag, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"He should be dating an op-amp!"
Wouldn't you rather date 3 or more Pots? It's all about control...
- N3wtR0ckn13, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22"So, in summary, dating serially is for chumps." loved this article, solid advice too. dads are great.
- dougmc, on 10/12/2007, -5/+44Really, the guy's problem is that he's only a 9v battery (probably one of those prismatic ones, about 100-200 mAh of capacity, the ones you put in your transistor radio.)
They can't put out much in the way of current, er, jewels. If he did try to date all three girls simultaneously, the internal resistance of his internal battery would mean that all the power is being disappated inside the battery. And it doesn't last long.
Now, if he were a 36v battery, a big one (either 12s LiPo, or 18 cell lead-acid one, like in the new cars), he could force all three girls to do whatever he wanted, even in series! (And in parallel, he'd melt them all down! Take that!)
But if he's dating 3 girls in parallel, what happens when one girl shorts out? Answer? His battery goes dead almost immediately, and he probably damages his wiring and battery in the process. Not good!
Ok, this analogy sucks. His problem with women is probably more that he seems to get his advice from his dad, who seems to think women are like resistors (Are they color coded too?) and guys are like batteries!
(On the other hand, his dad obviously got laid at least once, so something must have worked for him.)- RobotGigante, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Hey, maybe he's adopted
- danieltyack, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Dad's are the best!
- smitting, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22um. hopefully you didn't mean the apostrophe? Or maybe your father brings home exceptional women or something.
- dezmo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1lol @ smitting
- dougmc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My dad brought home at least one exceptional woman! Hi mom!
(Oh dear, my Oedipus is showing!)
- Tmacman, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6I knew that physics had to be good for something....
- Alisic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26He'd probably find dating easier if he wasn't the sort of person who is amazed by analogies of said dating and electronic circuits.
- robbiemuffin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6lol!
He didn't put in anything for net-gain resistance. :( - Kestral, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20It's not exactly rocket science. That's how women date. Ask any woman and most of them have a few guys they're stringing along that they call their "boyfriend". Women always have a backup plan, which is why when a good looking woman breaks up with a guy, she's got a new "boyfriend" seemingly "instantly".
- texpundit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15That is the dating pattern for every single woman in DC. Just check the blogs. They *brag* about stringing guys along like retarded puppy dogs.
- mcduckov, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is true until the woman falls in love. Once that happens she may let the "standby network" whither a bit. If you're in an "exclusive" relationship and you're not sure if the girl is in love with you then, yes, it is safe to assume she has one or more standbys waiting. My sister called it "ex to the next". It doesn't necessarily mean she is dating on the side but it might. In that case she'll call it "hanging out with a friend". But she might just keep those options open with phone calls, emails, chatting, etc. It is so common that when I find a woman who is, actually, single (like, for real) I wonder what the hell is wrong with her.
In my experience men don't spend nearly as much time making sure they can immediately "ex to the next".
- wupike, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10now to only find 3 girls who like getting electrically shocked...
- eleventybillion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4TFA and the posts here are proof to the contrary, in that smart guys generally date in serial, if the can find a date at all. And they usually wind up taking their transistor to the dance.
- neuros, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2hahaha, brilliant.
- dcipjr, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4edit: duggmirror missed it, damn.
- nurick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I totally got a charge out of this. Digg.
- pentomino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I don't have much luck with women.
But the most luck I've had was when I had three different dates scheduled for the same weekend: one Friday, one Saturday, and one Sunday.
One wouldn't return my email. Another called me in tears five minutes before she was supposed to show up, claiming she was getting back together with her boyfriend. But the third showed up, and kept showing up for the next few months.
If this situation were spread across three different weekends, I would have become totally discouraged before I got to the one that worked out. - COMCON4US, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Is it just me, or is that logic indicative of a mental short circuit? I'm sure glad I use quantum relationship logic, by where the relationship is all states at once. It's strange though to cry during sex and smile when im alone........then again, maybe that says alot about my relationship :)
- Teratogen, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3All well and good until he catches an STD from all that sleeping around.
- crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Power Surge BZZSRRRRT
- Prysorra, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2You have a really cool name. Too bad it's better stated as Captain Obvious.
- KeepItTight, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Not a problem as long as he uses the proper "rubber" insulation to prevent leakage current... ;-))
- KingErroneous, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Unfortunately, I'm married to a NOT gate.
- SundayTrain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1hmm.
- molecool, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4"Unfortunately, I'm married to a NOT gate."
Yup, marriage is a great way to kill your sex life, bud... - Jonsey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Try hooking up with an AND :D
- bherring, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I'm a firm believer in this guys logic. As long as you insulate the circuit well by being honest about what you are doing, the energy will flow strongest in the path of least resistance. Eventually the other circuits will not be needed and can be removed from the diagram. (Being able to get drunk and walk out on an annoying person while picking up another on the way to door never hurt either. Remember, if you never promised anything more or less what can they legitimately complain about? )
- zhuk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I knew a guy in college that would get into a huge fight with his current girlfriend around december 15th and not start dating again until February 15th. Save quite a bit of change
- rasterbator, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3great idea, except when he finds out that she fsck'd his friends. He saved money but he still got screwed, and so did his friends.
- zhuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Not the same girlfriend b4 and after :)
- geeky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I prefer the use of flip-flops in my dating circuits.
- wilhoitm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Women always date in Parrallel! So if you are a guy dating in Serial and they are dating in Parrallel guess who wins?
- aforsberg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0it's series, not serial. moron.
- diggamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sorry, I'm thinking cables.
- incode, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Is it just me or does it sound like the girls he dates require batteries?
- haastyle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1damn its down and no mirror link :(
- Zeryl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Coral cache has the text, but no images.
- bdrevniok, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What about the fact that women are in no way ohmic?
- phatalbert, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Worked for me.
- ekrabs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Hilarity!
- 5hop4orce, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Or, you know, court ONE women with the intention of MARRYING her.
- satanatnmtedu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah, but I am a loser geek. Can't find ONE woman to date let alone three.
- lazyguy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2LOVE this.
its actually great advice. - anomalya, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1There are few people in my life I admire *less* than my father. My father is the one who beat me, my father is the one who threatened to kill me, my father is the on who painstakingly taught me his fears.
- Sterango, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0yeah im sorry but if u have the time in your life, it definately helps to be dating more than one person at a time, youw eed out the trash a lot faster all at once instead of one at a time.
- bolman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3His analogy is significantly flawed. The resistances should be "replaced", not added serially. Well, any dude who sees dating as a resistance should not get a date in the first place...
- poordavey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2These are some seriously hilarious comments...
trans-sisters....36v batteries... - rocktopotomus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i think the reason this guy doesn't have good luck with women is because THE ONLY WAY HE CAN THINK ABOUT HIS SITUATION IS TO RELATE IT TO CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS. ergo he cannot understand human relationships.
- julielanc, on 02/25/2008, -0/+0Very funny.... well done. I like it.
- bellacoco, on 03/10/2008, -0/+0Thought relationships are about the Chemical reactions not circuitry..lol
- smthomas2008, on 04/18/2008, -0/+0Amazing guys, I never thought like that is it possible!!
- cjpgcom, on 04/25/2008, -0/+0Check out:
http://penpalsjpg.com - sheriffs3536, on 04/28/2008, -0/+0I saw a similar story on http://www.thebadge.org. Pretty cool huh?
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