Michael Suileabhain-Wilson has written about 5 geek social fallacies that he has observed. I wouldn’t say I’m an über geek, but I can see myself having some of these tendencies and it’s interesting to have them articulated and open to analyzation.
Holy Frijoles! This article describes a couple we know in vivid detail! They can’t understand for the life of them why we don’t care for some of their other friends and why we don’t want to do everything together. I’ve got to send this link to my husband.
In my old ward there was this group I hung out with that had a bad case of GSF 1 & 4. Finally one day several people (including myself) made it a point to loose the annoying guy. He still made it a point to pry, spy and invite himself to stuff. Boy, we were jerks.
The more that I think about it, I don’t think geeks have a monopoly on this type of behavior. I would venture to say almost all types of people have at one point in their lives done some of these. Maybe it’s more common among geeks.
So in other words… I can comment on here stating everything I hate about this site and you, and although you won’t consider me your friend, you’ll make sure I can still comment?
Holy Frijoles! This article describes a couple we know in vivid detail! They can’t understand for the life of them why we don’t care for some of their other friends and why we don’t want to do everything together. I’ve got to send this link to my husband.
» Comment by Renee on December 19, 2003 @ 11:00 amIn my old ward there was this group I hung out with that had a bad case of GSF 1 & 4. Finally one day several people (including myself) made it a point to loose the annoying guy. He still made it a point to pry, spy and invite himself to stuff. Boy, we were jerks.
» Comment by Mel on December 19, 2003 @ 1:30 pmThe more that I think about it, I don’t think geeks have a monopoly on this type of behavior. I would venture to say almost all types of people have at one point in their lives done some of these. Maybe it’s more common among geeks.
» Comment by dan on December 19, 2003 @ 1:35 pmSo in other words… I can comment on here stating everything I hate about this site and you, and although you won’t consider me your friend, you’ll make sure I can still comment?
» Comment by Tyler on December 24, 2003 @ 9:50 amDo you know if this is posted anywhere else anymore? The website seems to be defunct and I can’t find it doing searches.
» Comment by Renee on September 7, 2005 @ 2:37 pmYou can still view it on archive.org.
» Comment by dan on September 7, 2005 @ 4:15 pm