Let em crash!

It's MALES like YOU who take all the boyfriend-free girls and leave the rest of us with NONE to Choose from!!!

j/k real nerds don't need bullshit like ComicCon speed-dating; we've already got Waifus who Love Us.

I dunno, speed dating's pretty much the only way of meeting people that I can't get behind. It's as bad as the guy who shows up at the bar 30 minutes before closing time every night hoping to seduce some drunk chick back to his house. At least with Tinder, everyone knows it's a DTF app but you're not forced into a conversation if you don't want to be. Speed dating is like hanging out at a singles club, but with the obvious intent there in what feels more like an elementary school cafeteria. Frankly, if I was to find true love, I'd rather go on a show like The Bachelor and do it that way.

Isn't Tinder basically just a stripped down Plentyoffish? Every real life Plentyoffish user I met was a fattie looking to hook up (with other fatties).

I never cared much for internet dating in general. It's supposed to be convenient, but so much time is wasted on duds that you could have weeded out in one minute of face to face conversation. The pay sites have an air of desperation to them, and the free sites have too many people who are just there for the validation.

Speed dating...in theory it's a better idea. In practice it seems to attract the terminally boring or crazy eyes.

It might be different in different places.. I'd equate Tinder more to hotornot.com. It's shallow as fuck, but you log in through your facebook so you can at least see a few things you might have in common before starting a conversation, which only begins if it's a mutual "like". It's something to do on the bus, toilet or at work but doesn't really waste time. OKC's a little more thorough and you can pay for it, which I think is bullshit. Paying for a dating service? You might as well use that money and get a cup of coffee, beer, etc. and hope for the best. Chances are you'll bump into a stranger on the way there and fall in love quicker than you will with algorithms.

I guess my problem with speed dating is the atmosphere. Basically it turns everybody into a sexual predator of sorts whether they realize it or not. Let's say I went to one and totally fell for the first person I was paired up with and then it was time to switch. By the end I see her going home with someone else. I've got the usual Joe Jackson sadness but also a bit of anger: like "if only I could've had the time to talk about food and tell her this recipe.." Those are the things you can talk about on an online site before you ever meet, and I definitely prefer that to the animistic nature of speed dating.

"Fuck this. Just like that, the title of my favorite novel has been reduced to some stupid fucking.. what the fuck is this."

The tag didn't finish, but it's supposed to say "I hate the things I love because of the other people that love them."

Geek Love the novel has nothing to do with comics or nerd culture, but rather the more traditional definition of "Geek". It's about a family of carnies who genetically alter their kids into circus freaks, and a lot of other things. That's what I was pissed about, not necessarily the premise of the show in general, provided it's a more in-depth look at how nerds hook up and isn't all about speed dating. I just resent the name.

Evil Homer probably won't see this, but for the record I appreciate the accuracy of his insane Capitalization.

IT'S TIME TO DATE!

Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!

Oh yes!

I bet he likes playing a children's card game. Just a hunch.

Agreed. I've spent maybe forty bucks, tops, on MLP merchandise, twenty on AKIRA, and that's pretty much it. I've got my Dashie and my Fluttershy plushy, and that's good enough for me!

And those are for fucking. So there's a use right there.

It's almost entirely sexual fetishism.

The leftover fraction is that the expensive robot models are bigger and way cooler looking than the cheap starters.

They also provide the proof to my thesis; a highly detailed and fully movable robot figure will still be cheaper than a female character statue (the price of which is tied inversely to how much clothing is worn)

My little brother's really into Sonic and Pokemon, so that's usually what I get him for Christmas, Birthdays, and other special occasions. So his room's fairly decked out in Sonic and Pokemon stuff, but it's all practical: Sonic slippers, Pikachu pillow, etc. I like to go to this art gallery/clothing/misc shop whenever I'm downtown at the barcade and look at all the cool toys, like the EVA Unit 3 that costs 0. I like the series and all, but even if I had 0 magic dollars that needed to be spent by the end of the day or else it would disappear or I'd die or something, I'd probably find something else to spend it on. It just sits there.

Yeah, and I totally understand that. He needs slippers, so why not have Sonic ones? It's a fun thing for kids.

My little bro's actually 28 but he's just always been into Sonic. One of the reasons I enjoy Ulillillia so much is that he does too, and in a lot of ways they're pretty much the same. But I guess it's the same with anything, like sports. I was on a blind date with this girl recently who had a pretty elaborate New England Patroits tattoo in a place most people can't see, which must've cost at least 300 bucks. She's from the pacific northwest and has never even been to the east coast (these are the questions I ask during sex, for better or worse) but became obsessed with a pro football team enough to invest as much money as anime/comic fans do.

Precisely, JBF! Utility, not frivolity, as the Good Book commands.

I just asked Rainbow Dash what she thinks of all these Comic Con dorks. She laughed and said they were losers.

That wasn't very nice of her.

Was it ACE?

Yes!

I wouldn't have thought she was your type.

Yeah, isn't she a little old? My guess would have been the Bettie Page girl for you.

Those who left the house without maternal supervision knew what they were getting themselves into.