{"id":174,"date":"2007-02-20T19:52:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/why-nerds\/"},"modified":"2022-09-11T00:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T00:40:44","slug":"why-nerds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/why-nerds\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Nerds"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t often go for Craigslist, but Scott sent me this link: Why Geeks and Nerds are Worth It”<\/a>, and it is awesome<\/em>, so I’m copying it here, with props to the original poster (note that the original poster was female).<\/p>\n

I really like numbers 1, 3, 11, 12, and especially 15. Props to all my fellow nerds, as well!<\/p>\n

Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It…<\/h2>\n
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Date: 2005-04-03, 9:30PM PDT<\/p>\n

In the wide world of dating, there are many options. Do you go for the flashy guy with the smooth smile, or the dude in the corner typing away on his laptop? The following are reasons why I think my fellow females should pay more attention to the quiet geeks and nerds, and less attention to the flashy boys.<\/p>\n

1.) While geeks and nerds may be awkward, they\u2019re well-meaning 9 out of 10 times. That smooth dude with the sly grin and the spider hands? Wonder what HIS intentions are… plus, I\u2019ve never had a geek guy not call me when he said he would. Score major points THERE.<\/p>\n

2.) They\u2019re useful. In this tech-savvy world, it\u2019s great to have a b\/f who can make your laptop, desktop, and just about anything else that plugs into a wall behave itself.<\/p>\n

3.) They\u2019re more romantic than they\u2019re given credit for. Ok true, their idea of romance might be to make up a spiffy web-page with all the reasons why they love you, with links to pics of you and sonnets and such… but hey. It lasts longer than flowers, plus you can show your friends.<\/p>\n

4.) Due to their neglected status, there are plenty to choose from. You like \u2018em tall and slender? There are plenty of geeks\/nerds who are. You like \u2018em smaller with more meat on their bones? Got that too.<\/p>\n

5.) They\u2019ve got brains. Come on now, how can intelligence be a bad thing?<\/p>\n

6.) Most are quite good at remembering dates. Like birthdates and such, especially if they know it\u2019ll make you happy. Due again to their neglected status, they\u2019re more attentive than guys who \u201chave more options\u201d. Plus, with all that down time without a steady girlfriend, they\u2019ll likely have mental lists of all the things they\u2019d love to do once they GOT a girlfriend.<\/p>\n

7.) Sex. Yep. Sex. I\u2019m not really familiar with this myself, but I\u2019ve friends who\u2019ve been intimate with geek guys and it\u2019s raves all around. They say a virgin wrote the Kama Sutra… all that time thinking about sex, imagining sex, dreaming about sex, (they are male after all) coupled with a desire to make you happy? Use your imagination.<\/p>\n

8.) They\u2019re relatively low-maintenance. Most can be fueled on pizza, Twinkies and Mt Dew. No complicated dinners needed here, so if you\u2019re not the best cook, eh. Can you order a pizza?<\/p>\n

9.) Most frequent bars as often as slugs frequent salt mines. You won\u2019t have to worry much about your geek guy getting his \u201cgroove\u201d on with club hotties because, frankly, he\u2019ll be too busy rooting around under his computer wondering where that spare cable went. You won\u2019t have to worry about him flirting with other women because, 9 out of 10 times, he\u2019ll zip right by them in a perfect b-line towards the nearest electronics store. I\u2019ve seen this happen.<\/p>\n

Me: \u201cEww. Victoria Secret\u2019s Models… They\u2019re so skinny. How is that feminine? You can see her ribs!\u201d<\/p>\n

Geek Guy: \u201cooooooo…\u201d<\/p>\n

Me: \u201cHey!\u201d *notices he is staring lustfully towards the computer store*<\/p>\n

Geek Guy: \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n

Me: \u201cNever mind…\u201d<\/p>\n

10.) Although he may not want to go to every outing with you, you can arrange swaps, as in, you\u2019ll go to his Gamer Con dressed as an elf princess if he\u2019ll take you to the ballet. Plus, if he doesn\u2019t want to go someplace with you, you won\u2019t have to worry much about what he\u2019s up to. You\u2019ll probably come home to find him asleep on his keyboard in a sea of Mt. Dew cans with code blinking from the screen. It\u2019s ok. He\u2019s used to this. Just toss a blanket over him and turn out the light.<\/p>\n

11.) His friends aren\u2019t jerks. I can\u2019t stress this enough. You\u2019ll more likely get \u201cOmg! A GIRL!! Can I see?!\u201d than \u201cHey hot stuff back that ass up here and let me get some grub on…\u201d They\u2019re awkward geeks too and will, 9 times out of 10, treat you with the utmost respect and, more than likely, a note of awe. A cute girl picked one of their clan to date? It could happen to them! Hope! Drag some of your single girlfriends over, open up a pack of Mt. Dew, crack open the DnD set and get working. Nothing impresses geek guys more than a girl who can hack-n-slash (well ok maybe if she can code… a geek can dream).<\/p>\n

12.) They\u2019re rarely if ever possessive. They trust you, so you can be yourself around them. You like to walk around the house in a ratty t-shirt for comfort? He won\u2019t care. He does too! They won\u2019t get pissy if you don\u2019t wear make-up or don\u2019t want to bother primping your hair. If you gain a few pounds, they won\u2019t try their best to make you feel like crap.<\/p>\n

13.) They\u2019re usually very well educated. Physics majors and the like. See #5. You won\u2019t have to listen to him blathering on about his car (ok maybe a little), he\u2019ll have loads of other interesting things to talk about. Politics, world events, how much the chicken burgers down at the local place rock, so long as you douse them in hot sauce…<\/p>\n

14.) You\u2019ll almost never have to hear, \u201cYaw dawg whazzap!!\u201d plop out of their mouths. Unless it\u2019s in jest. They spell properly, use correct punctuation, and are able to tell the difference between the toilet and the floor. They almost never get \u201cwasted\u201d, so you won\u2019t have to worry about coming home to find him and his friends passed out on the floor amidst a pile of beer bottles. Mt. Dew cans, perhaps…<\/p>\n

15.) And the final reason why geeks and nerds make great boyfriends: They actually give a damn about you. Not how you look (though that\u2019s a plus), not how skinny you are, not how much make-up you primp yourself up with, but they like you for you. That kind of thing lasts longer than \u201cDaMN baby you got a fine ass!!!\u201d Believe me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t often go for Craigslist, but Scott sent me this link: Why Geeks and Nerds are Worth It”, and it is awesome, so I’m copying it here, with props to the original poster (note that the original poster was female). I really like numbers 1, 3, 11, 12, and especially 15. Props to all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1721,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions\/1721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}