http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5105&msg_id=5109 Part of me wants to go try this, just to see what it's like. However, I'll be on the slope. Awkwardly forced small talk over a first date is bad enough once an evening. I wouldn't care to experience it multiple times in quick succession. conrad@idkfa.com (conrad) Mercy General Thu, 09 May 2013 20:29:06 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5105&msg_id=5109 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5105&msg_id=5108 [...] kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Thu, 09 May 2013 18:58:47 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5105&msg_id=5108 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5105&msg_id=5107 "Do you have trouble with Social interactions? Well come on down and force yourself into an even more awkward social situation with speed dating. Argue endlessly over the correct pronunciation of "wineglass" in Klingon. Don't talk to each other and instead look at Reddit on your phone all night. It'll be great. Really!!" MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) Mercy General Thu, 09 May 2013 18:50:03 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5105&msg_id=5107 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5105&msg_id=5106 Even within "nerd circles," we look sideways at people who claim they can speak Klingon... kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Mercy General Thu, 09 May 2013 18:10:13 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5105&msg_id=5106 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5105&msg_id=5105 Driving along, listening to the radio, and on comes an ad that asks "Are you a nerd? Do you know Klingon? How many digits of pi can you recite?" (and some various other stereotypical nerd markers). They're advertising a speed dating event for nerds at TGIFridays. That's interesting. I don't even know. Other than I'm getting more and more offended at nerd-centric advertising because I think being a nerd differs from person to person and we don't all have the same experience. I have seen most of the Star Trek episodes and movies from most series, but I don't speak Klingon. I can however quote 18th century English lit ad nauseum. And I know more about the different types of fibers and the animals that bring them to us than I should confess to. Nerd is a wide variety of experiences. I don't know any digits of pi, but I can name the lines of English royalty for quite a ways. Anyway, if anyone wants to go and report back, I will pay your registration fee. I have to work late that night. Plus I'm not single and that would feel dishonest. http://www.meetmeforlunch.net/index.php?content=register&eventId=125 lizinthelibrary@idkfa.com (lizinthelibrary) Mercy General Thu, 09 May 2013 18:02:36 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5105&msg_id=5105