X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,ee76a2e0fcf75bde X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-24 06:07:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy merchandise Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 15:07:40 +0200 Lines: 88 Message-ID: References: <20020807004021.12801332.info@infocore.net> <30b94cab.0208190049.40eb1cf2@posting.google.com> <3D6770A9.451A8406@hotbrev.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1030194467 50514528 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:19130 "Veronica Karlsson" skrev i meddelandet news:3D6770A9.451A8406@hotbrev.com > Joaquim G�ndara wrote: 8< > > [...] and I really can't see myself talking > > to anyone who'd find a person stinking of beer & smoke charming. > > Then don't look for girlfriends in a place where most people drink > and/or smoke. Think of what kind of girl you want to find, try to > imagine where such a girl might enjoy being, then go to that place. Heh. She'd be at home, in front of her computer, probably. > Joaquim G�ndara wrote: > > I'd first have to feel the need to do something. > > You wouldn't get involved in this discussion again and again and again > if you didn't feel that need... I keep getting involved in this discussion because I mentioned something once and now David keeps bringing it up. > > In my case, I guess it'd be something along the lines of "hardly ever > > talks about the weather and doesn't feel like doing anything about it". > > It doesn't matter what you Really Think about the weather. The reason > it's such a popular subject is because it's a neutral subject that > everybody can comment on and which renews itself all the time. It's a > polite way to start a conversation (it works with older relatives on > Christmas dinner too). What? I wasn't actually talking about the weather, just as much as Faux_Pseudo was when he said > Mark Twain: "Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything > about it" > Joaquim G�ndara wrote: > > Hmm. Do I feel like spending money on getting a driver's license, moving > > my stuff in a car I don't have, spend more money on renting an apartment > > and getting some crappy job to pay for it all? Not really, I don't even > > feel the need to get out of my room. > > Getting a driver's license and a car might help. So? > > > Do you need to get laid? > > > > I wouldn't know. > > Dumb answer. Of course you do. Maybe I'm being too subtle. To ask me that question is the same as asking me if I'd like to be the captain of an starship. Sure, it kind of looks like it might be fun in the movies, but is it? > > Not really... Did I mention I live with my parents? > > Then you should be able to afford that car... Not really. The family needs my income. > > Do I feel the need to talk to every human being in the world on the > > off-chance of finding someone with something interesting to say? No. > > Ask people who have girlfriends/boyfriends how they met. You can be > fairly sure that their answers will involve some amount of talking to > each other. How does that help me? obascii: So how do you like being I dunno.. I guess my expectations the captain of the Enterprise? were way too high. Plus it's messy. `,,, , '.. OO .||. .|^. || db -- OO Joaquim G�ndara .||. http://www.Nerd-Boy.net bb jg