Ariel Needs Help on a Paper for College

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1. So, has any of this actually done any good?

2. Forgive me for quoting those darn dating service spots, but communication is one of the keys of a relationship. For the most part, with the possible exception of one guy that I knew in college, we’re fairly clear communicators. (It wasn’t just his interminable case of mumble-mumble-toil-and-stumble nor his insistence that he was God’s gift to trivia–but those certainly added in!) Also we’re usually there more when needed, even if it’s for your mother’s umpteenth “But the computer just went poof! Can you unpoof it while I burn another Stouffer’s meal for us?”

   And we’re generally, though this isn’t a firm rule for the marine biology set, unlikely to bring up the size of orca genetalia during dinner and speculate that it must really hurt without realizing that female orca are, you know, proportional.

3. And now, the grand sage wisdom from she who on Friday will have been my wife for ten geeky years–

   “Oh, I have no idea.”

4. With the possible exception of myself, geeks are smarter and have higher earning potential. A friend of mine married his high school sweetheart after getting a PhD in science.

5. Okay, I know this isnt helpful, but I find the question kind of unfair. While being a scifi/comic geek DEFINITELY defines my life, I don’t think that that alone is any kind of qualifier to what kind of person I am. Most of the other “geeks” I know are very different from me, some of them are active robust guys with a lot of “normal” interests, and some are completely socially introverted people who cant talk about any but scifi/fantasy.

   I can give you reasons to date ME, that have to do with the fact that I’m a “geek” but I think to say that these apply to all “geeks” would be complete fallacy, cause at the end of the day, its who you are more than your interests, that matter in a relationship.

   So here is a list of things about myself that are probably better because I’m a geek.

   I can speak elloquently, and with a very large vocabulary, you do not need to worry about me sounding like a buffoon to your friends and relatives. How did I get a bigger than average vocabulary, claremont x-men, scifi/fantasy novels, and not put to fine a point on it Peter David X-Factor, back when I was a kid.
   Conversely I know “geeks” who completely filter out every bit of education content that scifin has to offer, gaining nothing from it.

   Because the amount of crossover in the SF fantasy genre is so large I’ve been exposed to a variety of different kinds of media and stories. SF/fantasy draws on so much of human culture to tell its stories, that you learn more about other people beliefs, you learn about other forms of art, and why you should appreciate them. Being a “geek” has led me to an appreciation of Classical music, folk tales, opera, musicals, and so many other things. It’s made me more open to the world, and to new things.

   Once again, conversely some people get none of this, feeling only comfortable in their wheelhouses of bladerunner esque imagery, and space explosions…

   Lastly, I think that SF/Fantasy, has given me a good balance of morality and practicality, an ability to see issues from both sides, to sympathize with the plight of people who are my enemies, and understand why some things have to be done, and why some things must NEVER be done. I think good SF gives you the ability to apply the kinds of complex problems in those stories to the real world, and give you an insight into why other people do the things they do, and how the world isnt a black and white place with america as its shining hero.

   On the other hand, some people latch onto the most facist, one sided aspects of these stories, and often refuse to see that some of these heroes and situations are more examples of whats to avoid, than something to be glorified.

6. .
   Uhm… So how did it go? And did any of this work insofar as helping?

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