The Fake Geek Girl

[MaltonNecromancer]

But...shes.... Gorgeous....brain... Imploding

Really? You've never seen a pretty girl play games well before? I suggest that any man who reacts that way reveals more about his own small reference pools than he does about the true nature of the world. Which I suggest is where the Fake Geek Girl really comes from.

The true core assumption is that "real" geek girls are ugly. They'd certainly never pull dopey faces, because they're all joyless too. And because a thousand other men with similarly limited experiences all chime in "Yeah!", somehow we get the whole stupid idea of "Fake Geek Girl".

Honestly, the whole thing is based so obviously on blatant aesthetic prejudice derived from very limited personal experience, I have no idea how anyone can defend it.

[Nabterayl]

Really? You've never seen a pretty girl play games well before? I suggest that any man who reacts that way reveals more about his own small reference pools than he does about the true nature of the world. Which I suggest is where the Fake Geek Girl really comes from.

The true core assumption is that "real" geek girls are ugly. They'd certainly never pull dopey faces, because they're all joyless too.

Honestly, the whole thing is based so obviously on blatant aesthetic prejudice derived from very limited personal experience, I have no idea how anyone can defend it.

I can't tell if White Tiger was being ironic or not, but either way, +1 this post. Also don't forget that "real" geek girls don't even like, want, or know how to be attractive.

[DarkLink]

Next time I see at the flgs, I'm gonna tell Liz that she's either not attractive, or not a nerd. Pick one.

[Denzark]

Didn't think she was that hot. And the ability to do lots of actions in a minute doth not a genius make either.

[Nabterayl]

No, but it's certainly a better indication of geekiness (as are the contents of her walls) than her looks.

[scadugenga]

Sweet bloody Jesus, is this "debate" still going on?

Though at least it's not the effing frothing-at-the-mouth morons on either side of the gun control issue screaming at each other across the Internet post-tragedy.

[eldargal]

It is going to keep going until people stop treating geek girls terribly just because of their own feelings of inadequacy.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Fair... But I don't discriminate against female gamers... You're a gamer, and some of my closest female friends are gamers.