Proposed: Adopt a "normal" person

[Kaodi]

Organizer and leader of the biggest Twilight fanclub and fanfiction group in the world.

Nascar superfan who goes to every race and has been featured on the news.

Is a furry.

Not that these hobbies are objectively bad, just picked three examples that 90% of geeky people will be perfectly willing to judge.

Apparently there is a v2.0 of the Geek Hierarchy Chart: http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2008/08/the-geek-hierarchy-chart-2.0-abridged.gif

 

[Jack7]

If Spock were the furry star of his own story then he'd be a Vibble. Then his story would be called, "The Vulcan with Vibbles."

thundercats...Thundercats!... THUNDERCATS!! HO!!!

 

[Al'Kelhar]

<snip>... you just make them watch us do what we do so that they can see that we are normal people... <snip>

Cos', you know, forcing people to watch you "do what we do" isn't weird or anything.

Cheers, Al-"selectively quotes like a political ad"=Kelhar

 

[amerigoV]

"Making people" do anything is a great way to alienate them.

Instead, how about acknowledging that some people are jerks and choosing wisely who you hang around with?

Ah, but you are forgetting the Stockholm Syndrome. So long as he does not abuse them, he has a 1 in 4 chance of converting them. Heck, that is a fantastic take up rate. I think the OP is onto something.

 

[Umbran]

So long as he does not abuse them, he has a 1 in 4 chance of converting them.

I'm pretty sure forcing someone to listen to the in-jokes, incessant media references, and puns that come up at the typical gaming table for a few hours counts as abuse.

 

[amerigoV]

I'm pretty sure forcing someone to listen to the in-jokes, incessant media references, and puns that come up at the typical gaming table for a few hours counts as abuse.

Yeah, your right. My wife claimed as much.

 

[haakon1]

I'm pretty sure forcing someone to listen to the in-jokes, incessant media references, and puns that come up at the typical gaming table for a few hours counts as abuse.

You mean like the Spanish Inquisition? No one expects that at a gaming table -- in a comfy chair, perhaps, but not at a gaming table.

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