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- DevastatorIIC, on 10/12/2007, -16/+281Shut up, nerd.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -13/+171Definition: You sleep with a communicator badge on, and nothing else.
- qcfb, on 10/12/2007, -4/+129An article about how geeks are sexy? I don't know if there is much of an audience for this on digg...
- CraigB12, on 10/12/2007, -13/+126What are you talking about?
The point he's making is that most geeks aren't nerds... case in point, the examples he presents. - Oatmeal, on 10/12/2007, -6/+110#11 - They're usually single?
- KDX200rider, on 10/12/2007, -11/+102define "an intense obsession with star trek"
- retral, on 10/12/2007, -4/+84This might also be called "Self esteem 101 for geeks"
- ophilye, on 10/12/2007, -11/+84This article is missing THE number one reason Geeks are attractive, and why it doesn't apply to all of them:
An Ego.
And I don't mean that "I'm better than you" one that some of you are hindered with. I mean the one where you realize you ARE worth talking to, you ARE interesting, and you DO have a reason that girls should love you.
Yes, she may have an unnatural obsession with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Linux, and/or Gaming too. Please believe that you can share the interest with her.
If it's not that, then bathe more. I just went to a gaming session where 20 of the 50 geeks had not bathed today. Or yesterday. Or probably the day before... - qcfb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+72I know it really turns chicks on when I talk about Linux for 3 hours on end.
- deviouskoopa, on 10/12/2007, -8/+78Haha it may just be me, but "Ever seen the body of a fitness geek?" just shouts oxymoron at you.
- TheMidnight, on 10/12/2007, -11/+79Ten Ways Being a Geek Makes You Less Attractive:
1. You're very smart, which makes you arrogant, condescending, and/or cynical.
2. It's hip to be geek--maybe in a tech company, but not in college or high school.
3. Just because you geek out on multiple subjects doesn't mean geeking out is cool.
4. Geek humor will not appeal to anything but geeks. That joke about the Linux bug and the Windows patch will not get a girl's number at the bar.
5. I don't know any geeks who listen to good music. Weezer, obscure metal bands and local bands aren't good. Local bands are local precisely because they're not good enough to be national.
6. Some do, but even those who do likely have horrible spending habits since they just HAVE to have that new quad-core processor for $1000 before Dexter gets it.
7. Doing people's homework and fixing their computers never led to sex afterwards.
8. You're interested in a billion things, but you're still sitting at home on Friday night.
9. Using words no one else understands is another big turnoff.
10. Passionate about computers != experience with passion in bed
11. If geekiness (and by association, nerdiness) were attractive, you wouldn't need this top ten list and the academic team would be having pep rallies, and the football players would be lurking at the edge of the cafeteria looking for somewhere to sit. - lithuin, on 10/12/2007, -6/+65I know you're kidding, but... Are you kidding?
mingle2.com just gave every loser on Digg the literary equivalent of a reach-around.
Thanks mingle2.com! I now love myself on more than one level.
/sarcasm? maybe... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+59My social skills are great...online.
*****. - kirtap, on 10/12/2007, -4/+60@Ophilye
Repeat after me:
I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like me. - CheezIt9109, on 10/12/2007, -2/+52You're very articulate. Compulsively reading a few hundred RSS feeds a day yields a vocabulary that could put most college English majors to shame.
I laughed out loud. Are you ***** serious? There's a big difference between pop news articles, blogs, most other things you would find on an RSS feed, and the literature you would read for an English major.
This list was absolutely terrible. - Hipple, on 10/12/2007, -5/+53#11 - They're never sarcastic
- LordSpam, on 10/12/2007, -5/+51I don't know about being a fitness geek, but I certainly have a forearm that could strangle an elephant.
- GDLaws, on 10/12/2007, -1/+47Leave your house more often. Turns out, Women like people who they meet more than complete shut-in strangers.
- allaboutdatiki, on 10/12/2007, -6/+49I'm too sexy for my pocket protector ...
c'mon, sing along! - leftnut, on 10/12/2007, -6/+48@break99
The chances of ever reproducing go down drastically if you have ever dressed up as a Klingon or know how to speak it. Face it, chicks don't find Star Trek fans attractive. - Billiam627, on 10/12/2007, -1/+41Wow talk about an automatically dugg title.
- thorn101, on 10/12/2007, -3/+43#11: Geeks are good at reading manuals and following directions. Kama Sutra anyone?
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34"You're very articulate. Compulsively reading a few hundred RSS feeds a day yields a vocabulary that could put most college English majors to shame. "
Hahahahahahahahaha. Oh man, that one just cracks me up! Compulsively reading a few hundred RSS feeds a day will slowly erode your vocabulary down to basic grunts, lols and emoticons. - bignaz2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34@hdtvdust:
take it easy, he was quoting revenge of the nerds. - catalysis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32@theodorant
I don't know you and mean no offense, but I would seriously question your devotion to geekdom if you are 140lbs and can bench 200. Think of how many levels in WoW you could have attained or how many bags of cheetos you could eat watching firefly if you weren't working out. You may be more of a quasi-geek. - drmangrum, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32The term has become redefined over the last few years. Geek used to be synonymous with nerds, etc. Now they are just people who have expert knowledge, usually in technology.
- cardyology, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32All jocks think about is sports....but all us NERDS think about is sex.....
- likefunbutnot, on 10/12/2007, -4/+31Lies!
As a 31-year-old geek who has never been on a date nor even flirted with anyone (and yes, I bathe twice daily and I can carry on a conversation), all I can say is that none of the things in this article - even if they are true - actually make you more attractive to anyone else. - simpleid, on 10/12/2007, -8/+34Right... myself included, geeks tend to get the best -quality- girls (physical appearance included). While you 'cool' folk go after the slutty paris hilton wannabe's.
Enjoy your life. ; )
Some cheerleaders are actually smart, and won't go for some random good looking guy who can't pass alegbra in college. Sorry pal, geeks really are winners, and not all geeks are nerds, but even the nerdy geeks at least have higher potential. Time proves me correct, watch. - offwithyourtv, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25As a she-geek, I must admit these are qualities I always found attractive in a guy.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25I have always wondered this: Why is it that nerds are the least likely demographic to take daily showers? Is there a rational explanation behind this?
- CaptMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23Find a female geek. Female geeks like male geeks, but they tend to be introverted and socially awkward as well, funny how that works. And for Christsakes, flirt with a girl! They're not going to come knocking on your door, you've got to at least meet them half-way.
There's your dating advice for the day. - PiratePanties, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Actually, Kahrn, don't be so sure that it wouldn't. I, for one, would totally respect someone being okay with who they are and saying that.
Not that it matters for me. I'm a geek girl, happily married to my geek husband (who happens to be damn hot) and we have a very fun, geeky life. We spend our weekends geocaching, or going to LAN parties, or even an occasional D & D session. I can't imagine being the girl whose Saturday night consists of: Dress up like slut, find a club, get trashed, barf on the sidewalk until you pass out, maybe get laid by someone whose name or face you won't remember tommorrow - if thats someone's idea of fun, then great, but it's just not my bag. Or the girl whose idea of fun consists of how many shoes she can buy in one Saturday. Not that I don't enjoy an occasional drink or shopping trip, but my lord, there is just so much more interesting things to do and learn out there.
If you were to see us, we definantly don't fit the stupid stereotypes people hang on geeks. If someone doesn't bathe or have poor social skills, that is a problem with their common sense and priorities, not necessarily the result of being a geek.
So yes, guys, girls DO like geeks (assuming again the presence of basic common sense/hygeine). And there are geek girls out there. They are a little harder to find, since most girls are living the lifestyle that the media tells them to live because that's what cool people do, and it's what they are told attracts men. But if you look a little harder, it's totally worth to hold out because the geek girls are out there, and they are a ton of fun. The reverse is true for girls as well. Life is much more fun when you can geek out with your signifigant other!
For the record: We are both Star Trek fans - I actually introduced him to it. And, no, Star Trek has never kept me from getting laid. =D - Tyorant, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21There's something wrong with that title that I can't put my finger on.....
- cliffzdude, on 10/12/2007, -16/+36That the ***** is a fittness geek? This guy is trying to redefine a word that doesn't need to be redefined.
Geek to most people you'd survey on the street = techie...
Nerd does not equal geek, but to turn the word geek into something you can apply to anybody who loves a subject is really silly... - zephc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21This is SPARTA!!!!
- Adrianne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19@leftnut
Check number 3...
Although, I suppose that would make them freaks as well.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
geek Slang.
–noun
1. a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp. one who is perceived to be overly intellectual.
2. a computer expert or enthusiast (a term of pride as self-reference, but often considered offensive when used by outsiders.)
3. a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.
[Origin: 1915- 20; prob. var. of geck (mainly Scots) fool < D or LG gek] - offwithyourtv, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20...Except that neither myself nor my he-geek are even remotely interested in having children.
- se7en11, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20and I shake my little thumb drive on the catwalk...on the catwalk
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22You're wrong on #7. I had a buddy who once got a bj because he had the only copy of MS Office in the dorm................ It was from another guy though....... Geeks do like their software I guess.......
- wafflez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17+1 self esteem.
- offwithyourtv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16No, I think it seems pretty accurate if you don't overlook the part that says "The picture I'm about to paint is of the ideal, I'm not implying that every perl programmer or 15 year kid who plays WoW all day possesses all these qualities."
I'm a girl, I know what kinds of qualities I consider attractive, and I give the list my approval. But you certainly aren't required to agree with me. - kaiser44, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16just keep geekin on , We need more intelligent people than most of the mindless ***** who inhabit this earth. be a geek and be proud.
- LordFate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Five Ways Being a Geek Makes You Less Attractive
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1. Lack of social skills - Sadly, many a geek is often confused by the subtle nuances of human social behavior. Sadly, unlike with video games there is no second chance, no reset button and unlike with computers you cannot give X input and always expect Y response.
2. Pointless Debates - Sadly, no one ever did, nor will they ever care what your opinion is about the feasibility of the enterprise to escape the pull of a black hole utilizing a slipstream drive nor who would win in a fight between Spider-man and the Incredible Hulk.
3. Geek Ego - Your ability to GGWTFPWNT the noobs at your local LAN party, and insistence to recount the story about the last 400 headshots you got will not impress most (99.99999% of) women.
4. Seriously, take a bath - No febreeze is not a substitute for laundry day, nor should you be showering less than weekly. I know you were really busy in that 18 hour raid, but before you jump into the next time it's time to make first server discovery on a Ultra Rare Item: bar of soap.
5. "Just 5 more minutes" - Ok, women take forever to get ready to go out, but geeks take longer. "5 more minutes, just one more headshot" is not a reason to be late for dinner with her parents, nor for keeping her waiting on date night. Also along these lines, when she goes to bed the glow of your monitor and the sound of teamspeak does not lull her to sleep.
Edit: @TheMidnight - ACK You beat me to it. Ah well, just add these to the list. - Adrianne, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18What happened to the good old days when the term 'geek' was reserved for people who bit the heads off of chickens at carnivals? When men where men and women were heavily tattooed and/or bearded.
- bmson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+162. ... geeks are often fashionable, hip individuals who are very aligned with the trends of their own generation
hahahahhaahhahahah.... - ahill7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15I think one of the keys is that people are happily surprised when you defy the conventional opinions regarding geeks (i.e. "you're the computer guy?!").
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1511. You posses dashing good looks.
- chocolatespoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Thanks for that. I think that about sums it up.
- Ahnteis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Ugly men have it far easier then ugly women. Luckily for you women, most of you are way better looking then you think you are.
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