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The Geekiest Hobbies of All Time , conveniently organized according to public humiliation, damage to sex life, and distinguishing characteristics.
3. Star TrekPublic Humiliation: 86.2%
These geeks used to be called Trekkies, but now insist on the less derogatory term Trekkers, which is the image control equivalent of adding a koala bear to the Nazi flag. They tend to be unobtrusive, but for every hundred Trekkers polite enough to obsess in their own homes, there’s some bastard singing at the karaoke bar in Klingon and a computer repairman demanding that his coworkers address him by his Starfleet rank. Before you laugh, though, there’s almost assuredly a third one building something that can vaporize your non-Star Trek ass from orbit.Damage to Sex Life: 93.4%
While it’s true that ladies crave fat men with pointy ears and a strong armpit odor, those green aliens that Kirk used to bone created a standard of beauty for Trekkies that no Earth woman can live up to.Distinguishing Characteristics: If someone approaching you is more machine than man and threatening to assimilate you, it’s either a Star Trek enthusiast or an android lost in time. Either way, it’s your duty as a human to smash it.
Of my current interests, only one made the list, comic books, and that just barely, at tenth.
Blogging wasn’t mentioned at all.
I feel like I dodged a bullet on that one.
Computer games didn't make the list at all? I'm ashamed. I'll try to be geekier.
Of course, things like the Internet and most computer games would score low on "public humiliation" because they're mostly done in the privacy of the home. You could say that blogs are public, but to find most blogs, you have to be looking for them.
As far as damage to sex life goes, that reminds me of an exchange I had several years ago. I commented that my favorite computer game was "better than sex", to which a certain someone replied, "You just haven't been having sex with the right person."
Posted by Jimcat on October 17 2003 10:05