Geek Relations

[Entsuropi]

/me wonders vaguely where he fits in

[Maxwell]

um, well lets so if I dig a three foot deep hole that is six feet by four feet...I bet you could fit in that.

[JP Dogberry]

Oh, but Entropy, you're in a class all to yourself. mostly because no-one will share it with you...

[Maxwell]

thats because they might catch something...like his attention.

[Entsuropi]

/me glares at TFO

[Maxwell]

*Entropy proves TFO's point*

[Entsuropi]

Excuse me while I go and prove the point of my knife.

[Maxwell]

nice. but how bout we just bury the hatchet *cough*in your back*cough*

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

actually, my previous argument about being a cm lit major is misleading. Designed to demonstrate one point and not another. I have been paid for coding, web design, and overwhelmingly, for computer and hardware tech support. I am thoroughly in geek/techie camp. This may invalid my statement about  who has strong opinions (or at least leave it undemonstrated) but it certainly shows that 42's point is too simplistic and not proven.

[Maxwell]

but we beleive many many simplistic and un proven things.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Which is completely irrelevant. I'm not arguing that people believe simplistic and irrelevant things. I'm saying that 42's argument about behavioral explanation for this supposed geek/techie attitude is too simplistic to explain the way things really are, and also stating that Tage and HoM are wrong in saying that this thread proves 42's point.

You can believe it all you want. It doesn't make you right.

[42]

You can believe it all you want. It doesn't make you right.

My sentiment exactly.

I understand that there are some techies out there who do have social skills. However, my personal experiences have told me otherwise.

[GorgonlaVacaTremendo]

Certainly just because you know techies that have no social skills doesn't mean by a long shot that most, or even a large minority lack these skills.  

And I agree with SE wholeheartedly, after reading this thread the point that techies have no social skills does not seem to be proven at all.  It might not have been disproven, but it seems closer to that extreme than the other.

[Maxwell]

in my experience
techie/geek=hate people+angry at anyone with any physical prowess+love cartoon internet porn
again maybe this is only the california techies, but it's at least how 90% of the ones I know are.

[House of Mustard]

Back when I was a Webelos leader, my co-leader worked in an engineering firm.  His entire job was to be a liason between the mechanical engineers and the electrical engineers--simply because they can't talk to each other without yelling.