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Hacker News: where we discuss advanced programming and elementary social skills. I wonder if there's somewhere out there where it's the reverse.

• mhd 14y ago
  Advanced social skills and elementary programming? The "Countess Lovelace School of Young Ladies", where you learn proper ballroom etiquette and the language of the fan, plus a bit of SQL to work with your wardrobe database? (Solving the "I've got nothing to wear" problem with a few self joins)
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  • bobwaycott 14y ago
    This made me laugh aloud. Nicely done.
• 7952 14y ago
  Like a Hogwarts for hackers.
• olliesaunders 14y ago
  Isn’t the main reason we are bad at these things because we don’t really care for them. I’m not suggesting we are asexual but that we don’t hold flirting etc. in very high regard.
  • alinajaf 14y ago
    That's a shame, it's a hell of a lot of fun!
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  • danneu 14y ago
    I doubt it. I think it's safe to say that most people pine for social skills if they perceive they lack them. Perhaps controversial, but I'd wager that most of the time resentment towards a social concept like flirting is really just a consequence of defeatism.
  • VMG 14y ago
    I think most people are bad at flirting, not just hackers.