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Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 29 Mar 2001 17:19:16 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John J. Ladasky, Jr. writes:
> In lugnet.general, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > A geek *may* have social skills, a nerd does not.
> > Looking around at clutter on desk...at least I'm not a nerd. :-)
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> > Bruce
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> > (though I feel constrained to point out that I have seen many computer-geeks
> > that are tidy)
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> Guess I'm a geek, then -- by virtue of the fact that I'm married? In fact, if
> it weren't for the arrival of my son (turned five last week), I wouldn't have
> gotten sucked back in to the world of Lego.
Marriage is not an indicator - nerds can marry other nerds and have a flock
of little nerdlings. Hey, even though I earlier cited being an artist as a
non-geek profession, one of the world's best known nerds is Van Gogh.
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> You two seem to be split over the issue of tidiness. Isn't keeping a space
> that you can share with another person a social skill?
Depends on the reasons for being tidy. Nor are nerds necessarily tidy -
having great experience with a lot of ultra-geek game programmers, some of
them ladykillers (neat) some of them not (unwashed, messy nerds).
Bruce
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| (...) Guess I'm a geek, then -- by virtue of the fact that I'm married? In fact, if it weren't for the arrival of my son (turned five last week), I wouldn't have gotten sucked back in to the world of Lego. You two seem to be split over the issue of (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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