Erica's Guide to Dating a Geek Woman

Thu, Jun 9, 2005
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I posted a tongue-in-cheek “Geek Dating Advice” post to Slashdot. I called it “But seriously, SHOWER!” I took it half-seriously. And no, please do not email me and tell me that you are the right person for me because you shower regularly. 😉

Brian says:

6/9/2005 at 9:25 am

Quite obligatory that the first comment on the /. post is an AC proclaiming to the world that you are indeed a ‘real woman’. ~_~

Max says:

6/9/2005 at 9:42 am

I never shower. Take me to bed, or lose me forever!

aj says:

6/9/2005 at 9:46 am

From what I tortured my self with in the replies section of that / . post your comments only reinforced my original thought when I saw the articles title. “WOW /. jumped the shark!”

SlashChick says:

6/9/2005 at 9:48 am

Hi Brian,

That one made me laugh out loud. 😉

Larry says:

6/9/2005 at 10:05 am

Excellent /. post, which led me to your blog, which is now the first blog to make it to my bookmarks list. Well done SlashChick! 😀

PS – what if I don’t have a shower, is a bath ok? 😉

Jeff Lindsay says:

6/9/2005 at 12:11 pm

I’m amazed at how predictable some of the comments are you received from that post.

Jeff Lindsay says:

6/9/2005 at 12:12 pm

Hey, where did that ‘are’ come from?

Jeff Lindsay says:

6/9/2005 at 12:13 pm

Oh wait, that did make sense.

SPAM

Jason Gardner says:

6/9/2005 at 4:30 pm

/. is the only thing that leads me to surfing the internet. That, and the wickopedia. Anyway… I end up here. Awesome post, blog, and business. The way you have been able to motivate yourself to what you have is amazing…

David Reid says:

6/9/2005 at 5:38 pm

Wow, something on slashdot that isn’t utter crap, bravo!

spoonix says:

6/9/2005 at 11:07 pm

Yeah, that was helpful and everything, but there’s still some stuff you didn’t cover that I need to know. All this advice is always generic and no one ever gives you useful real-world examples/answers that can be applied to real-life.

Like should I just start wearing my Star Fleet Lt. Commanders’s uniform on the first date, or what? Because when I break out my “mess dress” for the third date, the chicks always seem to freak out for some reason. Are they holding out for a Captain, or what?

And why did I get yelled at for giving my girlfriend a custom built SCSI driver for her birthday? I was under the impression handmade gifts were supposed to mean more, but I guess not. I mean, c’mon… what’s more romantic than reducing latency of large file relocations for someone else?

Also, I try and be a gentleman on the first date as well, but I never get any credit for it. I will usually let the girl grab the red armor and quad damage first… sometimes I’ll even tell them where they are. And I wait at least 5 deathmatch rounds so she can get warmed up before I start bunny hopping or running her down with the gauntlet and they saying, “pwnt nub”, and yet for some reason *I’m* the bad guy all of a sudden.

TIA

Simon says:

6/10/2005 at 2:02 am

Well, thank you for sharing, SlashChick. As a married man about to become a father (her due date is in three days), I can say that if I hadn’t paid attention to my grooming habits when I had met her, my wife would not have become my wife. Specifically:

1) Before I met my wife, my hair was all the way down to between my shoulder blades. Long and very thick. Because of my body type (I am Asian), in retrospect I really didn’t look all that great with long hair. It took a buddy of mine to convince me to cut my hair and go with the corporate/business-type look. Otherwise I might still be writing to you as a single, Asian male.

2) Keeping in mind the previous point about being Asian, I also used to hate shaving. Really, really hated shaving, despite the fact that I could never grow a full beard (or a Fu Manchu). Somehow it all seemed like a big waste of time – until I started doing it regularly and witnessed a marked transformation of attitudes of the young women in my life. I started getting calls and attention. Happily, I took that as a sign that maybe regular cleaning habits could be a Good Thing ™.

That’s all for now.

Snaller says:

6/10/2005 at 8:27 am

Show us your pic slashchick 🙂

Brian Raker says:

6/10/2005 at 5:04 pm

Snaller, if you know where to look, there is one out there somewhere.

Erica, kudos on the great write-up. Sadly many things I am lacking in, but I working forward to being the new man that I want to be.

Thanks again.