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Topic: When did I become a d0rk?
started by: Wiley

Posted by Wiley on Nov. 08 2001,22:45

It just dawned on me today that I am evolving into a social retard. WTF!!
I used to have aspects of coolness. I went clubbing nightly and out to parties every weekend, I can still remember the days like they were yesterday. People were around all the time, I never worried about tomorrow. Then about five years ago I started working at my first "real" job. I think I really took it a bit too seriously. Shortly thereafter I started a downward spiral of clueless ness that continues to this day.
Let me put it in context for you:
I have a really good job ...I mean really good. My friends refer to my business cards as "the panty droppers" kinda good.
Anyway, I got to this point in my career where I am put onto the golf course with some very predominant movers and shakers this morning and I just froze up. I was the guy at the eighth-grade dance standing against the wall. My mind was shouting "say something you dumb-ass", but my mouth wouldn't give in. I don't think I said more then two words to any of the other people there. It's like I got so used to talking to people in a work environment, that I forgot how to have a normal conversation with somebody when we are not in the office. It's like I don't know where to start. This was probably the greatest networking opportunity of my life and I blew it.
Then it dawned on me, I'm just not a social guy, I'm a d0rk! I only have a few guy friends that I do anything social with anymore. Most of them are in a related field and we talk shop a lot. How do I fix this? Is anybody else going through something similar?
For those of you in college: Don't Ever Leave!!

Posted by Vigilante on Nov. 08 2001,23:29

There's this magnificent invention that looks like a golf club but is actually a beer tap... invest and exploit.

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Posted by Vainness on Nov. 09 2001,00:08

/me feels like a d0rk. Only worse because its on a forum and people still treat me the same as they do in real life.

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For future reference i suggest calling your 4 remaining brain cells together and having them consult with each other before posting any more B.S

This message has been edited by Vainness on November 10, 2001 at 05:07 AM

Posted by hal0 on Nov. 09 2001,18:37

hmm.. i have it backwards.. last year i didnt know what a party was and fridays were on the computer. now i sit on the computer for a total of like.. 2 hours a day or less, it gets boring to me, i party every weekend, am popular, and have lots of friends. and chicks dig me. sucks to be you. heh

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Posted by RenegadeSnark on Nov. 09 2001,19:23

quote:
When did I become a d0rk?

When you started using zeros in place of "O"'s.

Posted by whiskey@throttle on Nov. 09 2001,19:30

can't breathe

Posted by syf on Nov. 09 2001,21:34

quote:
Originally posted by Wiley:
When did I become a d0rk?

When you started surfing here.

This message has been edited by syf on November 10, 2001 at 04:35 PM

Posted by Rhydant on Nov. 10 2001,01:02

we're all dorks, arent we?

Posted by askheaves on Nov. 10 2001,02:19

It was predestined. We all have this fate. Best we can do is try to be a 'cool geek', make a ton of money, and... i don't know, get laid a lot. All of this, of course, takes constant battling against our inherent fears and laziness.

Posted by Dark-Angel99 on Nov. 10 2001,03:47

I was way popular in high school...All the guys wanted me, and I mean all of them! Once I met my boyfriend it all went downhill. Now I have been with him 3 years and am out of high school. I play alot of video games and I am getting lazy. I don't view myself as a dork though...

Posted by LiNeY on Nov. 10 2001,11:53

I totally agree, heaves.

I've never been much of a social kid all my life... so some day I decided to strive for cool-geekness. The phrase "Why go clubbing or to a party on Friday night when you've got a DSL flatrate?" has almost become my signature phrase. Well, I do have a social life. Really, I do. I was out yesterday night!!!

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Posted by whiskey@throttle on Nov. 10 2001,20:45

the geek shall inherit the earth.

Posted by kornalldaway on Nov. 10 2001,21:05

looking at the number of computer illiterate people and high school dropout i doubt that will ever happen
global warming or a nuclear holacaust will kill us all befor that will happen

Posted by kornalldaway on Nov. 10 2001,21:05

double post

This message has been edited by kornalldaway on November 11, 2001 at 04:07 PM

Posted by incubus on Nov. 11 2001,01:01

Do I break the pattern? I'm a geek but I have a great social life... only trouble I have socially is with the laydeez (or lack thereof) -- then again that shit happens whether you have a social life or not.

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Posted by kuru on Nov. 11 2001,11:17

When did you become a dork?

When you got to the point that you start each day by tying a noose aorund your neck. :P

That whole 'tie and jacket' thing kills the best of 'em.

I've known a few geeks who quit really decent jobs over that. Most of them are still scarred.

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'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
-robert frost

Posted by Wiley on Nov. 11 2001,11:53

quote:
Originally posted by whiskey@throttle:
the geek shall inherit the earth.

Hehe ...I like that one.