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depeachmood wrote:

I think people are missing the point.  I'm not upset because people like me.  I'm upset because people see female, see interest in computers, and then develop obsessions.  This is beyond the picture thing, and quite frankly, has very little to do with the particular cases that are on my mind.

Because many men are obsessive by nature?

I don't like it either - and I've never been the target. It's just disgusting to watch.

I suspect that what is going on - they think that because there is a common interest, that they can make you like them if they try hard enough.

Sorry to break it to you, but that doesn't just happen in the geek world to girl geeks - it happens everywhere.

In college - my roomates brother had an obsession with my sister - they had some common interests, and that combined with the fact that he was the brother of her brothers roomate just added up to disaster in his head.

It's even worse if you aren't mean to them.
I'm not suggesting that you do be mean to them - that has other side affects.
Mean girls don't have the problem as much, but nice girls who become mean to these dweebs end up having it spill into other areas and are not as nice as a result.

But trust me - it's not because you are a geek and female, it's probably because you are pretty and are a nice person.

depeachmood wrote:

You know what I'm smurfing tired of? Guys latching on to me because I'm a girl and I like computers. Get the smurf over it. Leave me the smurf alone.

God smurfing dammit.

good job

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macnuke wrote:

it wasn't me.
I'm still running from iBubba

Sorry, work and such yesterday...

C'mere, ya big lug!

:::brandishes "gimp mask"::

::chases macnuke::

rhiamom wrote:

You should never have to try to explain why you need $400 for a 40-meg hard card.

O M G

A 40mb hard Card. havent thought about those in YEARS.

(I have one in the basement, tucked inside an ancient 286)

I think I love you!

rhiamom wrote:

I DO have some good life advice, though. Marry a fellow geek. You should never have to try to explain why you need $400 for a 40-meg hard card. You should never have to explain why you need him to fetch you pizza while you continue coding. Unequal relationships just don't work. Geeks are frequently also good at fixing things, once you forcefully redirect their attention to, say, the nonfunctioning vacuum cleaner.

You, ma'am, speak the gospel here.  My husband and I became infatuated with each other back in high school.  We took a trip to DC and on the plane I pulled out my PowerBook Duo 280c.  He was a huge Mac fan but admits he was afraid to talk to me! I noticed him staring at my computer and my heart went all a flutter.  I was reasonably unattractive back then which means he was interested in ME.  When I showed up at a friend's party after graduation having dropped sixty pounds and wearing much skimpier clothes, his level of interest remained the same as before.  We sold computers together at Sears and people told us even back then we'd end up married.

iBubba wrote:

macnuke wrote:

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nannyandnutro wrote:

rhiamom wrote:

I DO have some good life advice, though. Marry a fellow geek. You should never have to try to explain why you need $400 for a 40-meg hard card. You should never have to explain why you need him to fetch you pizza while you continue coding. Unequal relationships just don't work. Geeks are frequently also good at fixing things, once you forcefully redirect their attention to, say, the nonfunctioning vacuum cleaner.

You, ma'am, speak the gospel here.  My husband and I became infatuated with each other back in high school.  We took a trip to DC and on the plane

My schools never did anything with planes
Well, OK - in Junior High one of our students went to the national spelling bee - and she came in third in the nation, too. But other than her, I'm not aware of any of my classes - public school or private school - flying anywhere.

macnuke wrote:

iBubba wrote:

macnuke wrote:

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pucker up iBaby

Hit me, hawt stuff

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ya ho

Help!  Help!
A mad Delvian exhibitionist is forcing herself on me! ...VISUALLY!!

macnuke wrote:

decker
yer jes jealous

I am decker, Dominar to over 600 billion subjects. 
I don't have to talk to you. 

justine wrote:

resedit wrote:

Well, OK - in Junior High one of our students went to the national spelling bee - and she came in third in the nation, too. But other than her, I'm not aware of any of my classes - public school or private school - flying anywhere.

There's several middle and high schools in this area that do a DC trip every year.

Not where I went when I went (Albany Middle school for 6/7, then Pinole Junior High School for 8)