Comments on: Erica's Guide to Dating a Geek Woman

By: Brian Raker

Brian Raker — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 01:04:20 +0000

Snaller, if you know where to look, there is one out there somewhere.

Erica, kudos on the great write-up. Sadly many things I am lacking in, but I working forward to being the new man that I want to be.

Thanks again.

By: Snaller

Snaller — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:27:36 +0000

Show us your pic slashchick

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 10:02:51 +0000

Well, thank you for sharing, SlashChick. As a married man about to become a father (her due date is in three days), I can say that if I hadn’t paid attention to my grooming habits when I had met her, my wife would not have become my wife. Specifically:

1) Before I met my wife, my hair was all the way down to between my shoulder blades. Long and very thick. Because of my body type (I am Asian), in retrospect I really didn’t look all that great with long hair. It took a buddy of mine to convince me to cut my hair and go with the corporate/business-type look. Otherwise I might still be writing to you as a single, Asian male.

2) Keeping in mind the previous point about being Asian, I also used to hate shaving. Really, really hated shaving, despite the fact that I could never grow a full beard (or a Fu Manchu). Somehow it all seemed like a big waste of time – until I started doing it regularly and witnessed a marked transformation of attitudes of the young women in my life. I started getting calls and attention. Happily, I took that as a sign that maybe regular cleaning habits could be a Good Thing ™.

That’s all for now.

By: spoonix

spoonix — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 07:07:45 +0000

Yeah, that was helpful and everything, but there’s still some stuff you didn’t cover that I need to know. All this advice is always generic and no one ever gives you useful real-world examples/answers that can be applied to real-life.

Like should I just start wearing my Star Fleet Lt. Commanders’s uniform on the first date, or what? Because when I break out my “mess dress” for the third date, the chicks always seem to freak out for some reason. Are they holding out for a Captain, or what?

And why did I get yelled at for giving my girlfriend a custom built SCSI driver for her birthday? I was under the impression handmade gifts were supposed to mean more, but I guess not. I mean, c’mon… what’s more romantic than reducing latency of large file relocations for someone else?

Also, I try and be a gentleman on the first date as well, but I never get any credit for it. I will usually let the girl grab the red armor and quad damage first… sometimes I’ll even tell them where they are. And I wait at least 5 deathmatch rounds so she can get warmed up before I start bunny hopping or running her down with the gauntlet and they saying, “pwnt nub”, and yet for some reason *I’m* the bad guy all of a sudden.

TIA

By: David Reid

David Reid — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 01:38:51 +0000

Wow, something on slashdot that isn’t utter crap, bravo!

By: Jason Gardner

Jason Gardner — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:30:48 +0000

/. is the only thing that leads me to surfing the internet. That, and the wickopedia. Anyway… I end up here. Awesome post, blog, and business. The way you have been able to motivate yourself to what you have is amazing…

By: Jeff Lindsay

Jeff Lindsay — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:13:15 +0000

Oh wait, that did make sense.

SPAM

By: Jeff Lindsay

Jeff Lindsay — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:12:26 +0000

Hey, where did that ‘are’ come from?

By: Jeff Lindsay

Jeff Lindsay — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:11:17 +0000

I’m amazed at how predictable some of the comments are you received from that post.

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:05:01 +0000

Excellent /. post, which led me to your blog, which is now the first blog to make it to my bookmarks list. Well done SlashChick!

PS – what if I don’t have a shower, is a bath ok?