I bought a refurbed one from Newegg for $50 and it LITERALLY arrived at the office this afternoon. Glad it was a good use of money, but sad the new one is on sale today. v.v

Sorry, it was on Jez, not Gawker. The article did an excellent job of touching on all sides of the story (despite the fact that Jez can sometimes be a little extreme) http://jezebel.com/the-myth-of-th…

Thank you so much for this. I kind of ignored Ledah when I read "crazy bitches everywhere" and his statement that gay Asian men are the "bottom rung of social equality".

Sophistre, did you read the article on Gawker the other week about misogyny in the gay community? It sounds a lot like this might be what Ledah is drawing his claims from.

Quite the opposite actually, I've turned people down for dates if it turns out they were less nerdy than they claimed to be. I'm a huge comic/sci-fi/board gaming nerd, and if someone can't share that interest with me, I have no intention of misleading them with a relationship. :)

Plus, like I said earlier, I haven't…

Thank you for this. My brother is also a "unicorn bisexual" and used to have the same issues until I called him out on being creepy. Now he has entered a happy relationship as a result of respecting it when a woman says no. :)

Nope. Because honestly, if someone is calling me names and verbally attacking me, my first thought is to get the hell out of there, not to engage them in a "fight" that might "justify" physical violence.

Good thing the author of the article and myself were referring to a SPECIFIC KIND of people. And not ALL people.

So as a gay man, you can totally speak for the experiences of countless women... Riiiiiight...

I actually jumped to the conclusion that you didn't communicate with them or aren't as close as you might imply.
But fear was the secondary implication.
You might want to give them a call and actually ask them in a neutral/caring manner. (As in: "I was reading an article on harassment of females and wondered if you…

Your writing style confuses me. I want to say you're a woman, but your first and last sentences imply otherwise.

If you are a woman, I guess you're lucky then. I've encountered (emotional and verbal) violence like this in nerdy settings and even when taking public transportation in Chicago.

How involved were you in their lives? I'd imagine there was either a huge age gap, or they never said anything about their harassment because they were afraid of getting more restrictions on their freedom.
I have many friends who have gotten a stricter "curfew" (while in their late teens/early twenties) because they…

I was wondering how long it would take before the "nice guys" started whining about the article.
For those arguing that she should tell them she's not interested outright: when presented with this statement (without making an "official" move toward romance) the "nice guy" will say something like: "I didn't want to…

Congrats! I too used Myfitnesspal and lost 15 lbs.

Mine too. But in my dreams I'm always put in charge of gathering family/friends/food. Very weird.

Yes! Unibrows unite!

Thanks for the tip!
I had checked all of the reviews of the person I ended up going with. Nothing but positive reviews verifying that the place was where I wanted it to be.

Good to know! I've never worked with Raspberry Pi, so I was hoping someone knowledgeable would know the answer. :)

Do you think it would be doable with a tablet with busted guts?

This is kind of where I think LW was coming from. He probably saw her behavior as genuine and selfless, which to a victim of abuse can seem odd. His question was probably along the lines of "well if she doesn't want a relationship, what's her motives for being friends with (someone like) me?"