32 thoughts on “It should have been Duckie

  1. raven

    thank you for posting this I felt the same way. How dare that woman tell him to burn his clothes and change. If someone doesn’t like/love you for who you are then they aren’t the right person for you in the first place. I heart geeks and loaded or not if he lived in my state I’d so go out with him. Every guy I’ve dated was a geek and they are usually the most faith guys on the planet. I really hope he finds a nice girl who will love him for who he is and not what’s in his wallet because he seems like a shy but gentle loving soul. Geeks United Rock On Daniel!

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    1. Absence Alternatives Post author

      Thank you so much for visiting and commenting. Sorry that it did not work the first time.

      What you said. Right on!!! And you don’t know, he may consider moving to where you are. Groupon could be expanding to multiple offices! 😉

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  2. raven

    thank you for posting this I felt the same way. How dare that woman tell him to burn his clothes and change. If someone doesn’t like/love you for who you are then they aren’t the right person for you in the first place. I heart geeks and loaded or not if he lived in my state I’d so go out with him. Every guy I’ve dated was a geek and they are usually the most faith guys on the planet. I really hope he finds a nice girl who will love him for who he is and not what’s in his wallet because he seems like a shy but gentle loving soul.

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  3. Naptimewriting

    I second your indignation.
    And your affection for Duckie.
    I can’t believe she chose Blaine. For more than 25 years I can.not.believe.she.chose.Blaine. That’s a major appliance; it’s not a name.
    The nice thing about geeks is that they’re not dumb. They know if someone is in it for the money. Don’t you worry about all the dorks out there. They will get the right partner.
    All the *other* Brat Pack movie let the geeks get the right partner. Actually, no, the misfits were paired but the geek was always alone.
    Dag!
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  4. pattypunker

    rock on! i’m so with you. geeks/nerds often intimidate me as soon as i realize they are way smarter, original, imaginative, and creative than i’ll ever be. i wish we’d leave them alone and stop trying to strip them of all that makes them special and mold them into something all the hyped up assholes can get their paws on.
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  5. Justine

    I haven’t been around in the blogosphere awhile and when I come to this corner, it hits me that I’ve been missing out!

    Amen to your cause. Preach it sister! I’m with a nerd myself and have always loved geeks over any other archetypal male. You’re right, they don’t need any other reason to be cool. They already are and the women who can’t see that in the first place don’t deserve them.

    Love your Clark Kent/ Lois Lane rant! Oh and your 8-year-old who called out the blatant stereotyping? Wow. I need to know your parenting secret because your kids are awesome

    You’re one of my favorite nerds too. In case you didn’t know 🙂

    p.s. BTW I picked up the Red Eye today for the first time in ages because Ryan Gosling is on it . What does that say about me?
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  6. Chickens Consigliere

    I haven’t seen this episode yet. I only watched the show for the first time yesterday and I think I saw this one previewed. I’m guessing this is the one where the matchmaker snipes, “He’s never been laid, has he” as more of a statement than a question. I’m going to tell you something that I will bet you find heartening. I work in a small city in a center that focuses on technology and science entrepreneurship (people like your Groupon guy). Maybe I am just too immersed in this world to give an objective opinion but it seems to me that in this city, the geeks rule. They are seen as the cool ones. In fact, some of them kind of think of themselves that way, too, being as smart as they are, but then it becomes a little offputting. So not all the geeks are adorably geeky and sweet. Some of them are superior and arrogant. Wait…I forget where I was going with this? Wherever it is, I’m totally in agreement about not stereotyping. In fact, once, at bandcamp, I met a jock I liked. Totally smelling my armpits right now.

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    1. Absence Alternatives Post author

      I know what you are saying: sometimes smart people do come off as a bit well off-putting. But it is the same the other way around how the “business” people make fun of the “nerds” and “geeks”. I get upset every time people make fun of D&D and then they turn around and play fantasy football. If you think about it, Fantasy Football is D&D in Pigskin!

      And OMG I cannot believe that matchmaker said that! That’s just vicious and despicable.

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  7. Jeane

    Honestly, why would he subject himself to that crap? My only guess is that after he and his buddies watch Aqua Team Hunger Force they have a huge group giggle about how easy it would be for them to take over the world as the general public is mindlessly watching such crap “reality” television.
    Nerds are beautiful!
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  8. Ameena

    I make fun of my husband for being a total nerd but honestly? I’d have it no other way. I’m so over people trying to change others so they fit into a mold…duckie all the way my friend!

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