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I think my new boyfriend is a computer nerd, but I can't tel
I think my new boyfriend is a computer nerd, but I can't tell for sure. What's the secret to finding the truth?
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There's nothing more shocking than finding out that a seemingly secure, happy, eligible young man is in fact nothing more than a computer geek who dressed up that night. Let me start this answer by saying that it's not bad to date a computer geek, some of them can be tolerable and even charming, but you have to be very careful so you don't get sucked in yourself. Many glamourous social butterflies have been drawn to geek culture for the usual reasons (money, men, bandwidth) and before they can say "GPL" they're reduced to skinny pale system administrators who go around saying the number 42 is the meaning of life and they'd take you out if only they had their own Wookie.
But first, your question, is your boyfriend a computer nerd? This should be very easy, I'd start by throwing out a few mundane statements and seeing how he responds, things like "So, I was reading slashdot the other day..." (do his eyes light up as he asks you what you thought of the new Linux software this week? then he's a geek.) or "I thought Unix was a pastry" (does he turn red and go into a thirty minute OS lecture? then he's a geek.) or my personal favorite, "Want to go tanning sometime?" (does he implode? then he's a geek.) In conclusion, the signs of geekdom are easy to spot, it's just dealing with the condition once you know it exists that's a problem. You can be smart and beautiful at the same time, it's just that after three weeks with one of these guys you might not care.
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