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This is more like the guide to a bad geek stereotype. Seriously, gems like Geeks tend towards packaged, junk foods just made me shake my head. Especially funny

This is more like the guide to a bad geek stereotype. Seriously, gems like Geeks tend towards packaged, junk foods just made me shake my head. Especially funny given how many diet and exercise articles show up on hacker news. As another example I don't expect girlfriends to understand much about computers or be genuinely interested in the apps I write. I don't need a girlfriend to talk shop with, that's not what girlfriends are for. It wouldn't be a negative, but really wouldn't be a positive much either.

endtime 16y ago
I don't know if I agree 100% with the second part of your comment. A CS degree is by no means a requirement, but in general (geek or not) I'd like to be able to share what excites me with a girlfriend. That said, I don't expect a girl to study Star Trek or anything (and, btw, was this article written 15 years ago? I don't think I know anyone who watches Star Trek.) just in order to get references to it. This is really a pretty stupid article that seems to have been written by someone whose greatest exposure to geeks is watching The Big Bang Theory.