geeks vs. computer users

[fryke]

Hmm... TheRegister still sells BOFH wares... But more like T-Shirts and mugs and stuff.

Gotta love BOFH, though...

[Giaguara]

BOFH????

I was thinking to get a :^* (I) KISS MY ASCII t-shirt

[edX]

Originally posted by Giaguara
feeelings??? what are they??? :-?? are you sure you didn't mean emoticons???
wait i think i better go do some googling... :-/

ah ha !! emoticons are proof that geeks have emotions and are capable of expressing them at some level. of course tommy's lack of proper emoticon use might presnt a different perspective

(ok, tommy. now you can be offended if you want, but i'll warn you that being offended is an emotion )

[hazmat]

Originally posted by Ed Spruiell
ah ha !! emoticons are proof that geeks have emotions and are capable of expressing them at some level. of course tommy's lack of proper emoticon use might presnt a different perspective

Or you could look at it as our way of staying out of trouble when saying certain things.

[Giaguara]

emoticons are better than feelings.
if i am >:O or :-? or nothing nobody makes a problem id i don't use a smiley.
instead many women ... offline break the balls wanting at all costs to know "how you feel" .. if i feel bad i don't feel like talking. i recognise only "uncomfortable" as a bad feel and i can't recognise often if that is angry, nervous, unsecure etc.. i think i need something like iFeel .. so a logically programmed feelings. .. and if they go in tilt then just see the console log what crashed and why ....

[edX]

Originally posted by hazmat
Or you could look at it as our way of staying out of trouble when saying certain things.

ah but....this indicates an awareness of other people's feelings. a genuine sign of having some EQ.

[Giaguara]

it is? i thought it was just a sign of being partially antisocial..

[edX]

if i feel bad i don't feel like talking. i recognise only "uncomfortable" as a bad feel and i can't recognise often if that is angry, nervous, unsecure etc.. i think i need something like iFeel .. so a logically programmed feelings. .. and if they go in tilt then just see the console log what crashed and why ....

well, there are logical feelings. it makes sense to feel certain ways at certain times. the hardest times to talk about your feelings is when you are experiencing many of them at once. but this is also the most beneficial time to talk about them so that you can identify them and act to bring things back in balance. to refer to another thread in this forum - it's always nice to get an error code you understand.