Re: Nerd Boy merchandise

"Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> writes:

> "Faux_Pseudo" <Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL> skrev i meddelandet
>  news:slrnam38pc.in9.Faux_Pseudo@fugozi.cx1209071-a
> 8<
> > > It's not so much fear as it is skepticism. For example, I doubt that
> > > the nice plan you've outlined would get me in touch with any people
> > > I'd actually enjoy talking to.
> >
> > Location location location.  Who do you want to talk to?  Where do
> > they go when they acutaly go out.  Remember that only 3.6% of the
> > population has an IQ above 125.  So there is a numbers game aspect to
> > the process.  Ren Fairs, Goth Clubs, Mensa meetings (which are often
> > held in public places so you can attend without paying the
> > membership), Conventions of all kinds, &c.  You will find people out
> > there that where draged allong to keep a friend company.  Seek those
> > people out.  You may have more in commen with them then you know.
> 
> OK, let me add some more restrictions. What do I do when all of the
> below apply?
> 
> 1) This town has a population of barely 25,000.

That leaves 900 people with IQ>125, of which there should be about 150
women "of age". Given mariage and  divorce rates you should be able to
choose between 20  and 30.  Well, if you  insist for 18<=age<=24, that
would reduce to 2 to 10...

> 2) Nothing ever happens here.
> 3) If it does, it attracts the wrong sort of crowd.
> 
> And wait, there's more. How do I talk to someone who's keeping a friend
> company? They're talking to each other, not me. Also, how the heck can
> I do anything if I've given up before I start? I'd first have to feel the
> need to do something.

Yep.  That's where you start wondering if all this sex business really
is  an evolutive  advantage.  Seems  quite costly  to me.   Perhaps we
should revert to mitosis, or move on to cloning.
 
> 8<
> > Mark Twain: "Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything
> > about it"
> 
> In my case, I guess it'd be something along the lines of "hardly ever
> talks about the weather and doesn't feel like doing anything about it".
> Or maybe "hardly ever talks about the weather and thinks that it just
> doesn't seem worth it at all to do anything about it, because sure, he
> might be able to produce a few sun beams, but it'll always start raining
> sooner or later".
> 

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