# Am I a dweeb? (Flirters welcome) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003 "2001-03-22T14:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/1 "2001-03-22T14:52:54Z")
Ok, so this is just another pity thread. You don’t have to load it in! Oops, I guess you already have, haven’t you. Well, it’s in the title. Don’t blame me. Much. Lately, I’ve felt awfully one dimensional on this message board. See my post count? It was a lot lower a week or so ago. Then, all of a sudden, we had a bazillion flirting threads, and I posted to them. A lot. Over and over. But I’ve just looked back, and the majority of my posts are peurile piffle, parroting the rantings of oversexed teenagers. Oh, don’t get me wrong. I like to flirt. And I have no problem with other people flirting! Especially when I see very intelligent ladies doing it. That’s a major attraction for me - smart, flirtacious females. It doesn’t get any better than that! So what’s the purpose of this thread? Tell me what you think! Am I a dweeb? Am I a useless, one-dimensional unicellular blob? Or am I okay? Don’t hold back! I know it’s not the Pit, but I’m not dumb enough to wander in there… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/2 "2001-03-22T15:06:02Z")
you little sweetie :: pinching your cheek :: I think you’re funny and smart and you know how to show a girl a good time and perhaps raise her consciousness a little. Thanks to you, I stopped making all of those cupcakes for everyone 😉 jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/3 "2001-03-22T15:18:30Z")
dan, if you’re bad, think about ME! Up until about a month ago I was averaging 500 posts per month. I had days where my post counts were 50, 30, thereabouts. Think about that, and then get back to me:) ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/4 "2001-03-22T15:19:49Z")
Don’t feel bad. I think I got my first 200 posts in The Last Word thread shortly after I joined and then I was among the people taking over **'punha** ’s thread to **Sapphire Bullet** to continue with the jello wrestling. I seriously doubt I made too good an impression with that and I vowed to myself to calm the f\*uck down. But what happens? **Tequila Mockingbird** starts her orgy…er, I mean flirting thread and … :roll eyes:, I did it again. So if you’re a dweed on those grounds than so am I and I refuse that label! So, if I’m not, you’re not. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/5 "2001-03-22T15:23:57Z")
Dammit. We won’t even go into the number of posts where I curse the vB code and my inability to use the Preview function. Grrrr… Like this one. ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/6 "2001-03-22T15:26:25Z")
Hey, we are quite a few people of the same wavelength here. I am ready to flirt my ass off with the doperchicks here! I mean come on, they are all so cool and damn sexy!! Yeah, I support all the flirting going on here!! By the way AR…what r u doing RIGHT NOW??? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/7 "2001-03-22T15:26:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > **Thanks to you, I stopped making all of those cupcakes for everyone 😉** Crap… cupcakes? Damn. The ol’ medulla oblongata has suffered permanent damage, for it remembers not. Refresh, please? 🙂 [sub] and thanks, you darlin creature you[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/8 "2001-03-22T15:31:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*dan, if you’re bad, think about ME! Up until about a month ago I was averaging 500 posts per month. I had days where my post counts were 50, 30, thereabouts. Think about that, and then get back to me:) \*\* Ah, yes. But it’s not the quantity that has me amazed; it’s the content. I’ve seen you, you there in GD or somewhere else, pontificating on weighty issues of high import. Me? I’m obsessing over the parabolic curves in a female’s body? (Or something like that.) Anyway, thanks. Weird thing is, I felt kind of noncommittal about the SDMB for a long time; then I hit the flirting threads, and was smiling my ass off at work. And now POOF! It’s hit a bit of a lull, kind of like postpartum blues. Or so I hear. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/9 "2001-03-22T15:33:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > > Crap… cupcakes? Damn. The ol’ medulla oblongata has suffered permanent damage, for it remembers not. Refresh, please? 🙂 for the benefit of everyone…dantheman sent me a nice email a few days ago, and we discussed self esteem and hurt feelings. I’m always concerned about pleasing everyone and keeping everyone happy, like in school when you brought cupcakes on your birthday…you had to bring them for EVERYONE so no one would be left out. Dan assured me that cupcakes are not necessary on this board…and that we can all take care of ourselves. Although I still want to make sure everyone likes me…so maybe i’ll make them anyway… jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/10 "2001-03-22T15:38:02Z")
I think you’re all right. It is pretty easy to fall into the “posting a lot of flirting stuff so I will be noticed” trap, which I almost did. Signed up, posted a lot of flirty/sexualized stuff…and then realized I’d really rather be remembered for my brain than my boobs. Unfortunately the old adage is true: “Men notice boobs before brains because they can see better than they can think.” You know, in theory. Since then, I’ve been damned near forgotten, and then when I DO pop my head back out of the dirt people say, “You know, you’re not keeping a very low profile.” I’m not TRYING to. It just comes out that way sometimes. Anyhow, back to the OP, I think gracefully bowing out of TM’s thread when you were done with it was classy as all get-out. I almost did a “me too.” See? SEE? You’re so cool you’re turning me into a follower. And I hate you for it - hate you with flaming passion unspeakable. Or I could be full of shit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/11 "2001-03-22T15:40:18Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*I seriously doubt I made too good an impression with that and I vowed to myself to calm the f_uck down. But what happens? **Tequila Mockingbird** starts her orgy…er, I mean flirting thread and … :roll eyes:, I did it again.\*\* You know, this really is a pointless thread. But server be damned! Onward… Orgies can be fun, so I’m told. Hey, I **like** flirting with people, you in particular! And it’s all in fun. Sometimes I’m a more private person, though, and flirting in a thread’s not the way for me. To each his own! I guess if you can do it, **Arden** , I can. I’ll just lay off the flirting for a bit and see how I feel. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/12 "2001-03-22T15:52:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > **Although I still want to make sure everyone likes me…so maybe i’ll make them anyway…** Oh. **Those** cupcakes! I wish you would make them, too. I love cupcakes. But no need to buy my friendship; it’s been earned tenfold plus one. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/13 "2001-03-22T16:00:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > > Oh. **Those** cupcakes! I wish you would make them, too. I love cupcakes. But no need to buy my friendship; it’s been earned tenfold plus one. You see everyone? MY Friendship goes to ELEVEN. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/14 "2001-03-22T16:01:00Z")
Hey, **I** don’t think you’re dweebish in the least. You write poetry, how can that be dweebish?!!! 🙂 As far as the flirting goes… bring it on! Like so many others here (yourself included), I **LOVE** to flirt! And this is the perfect place, with so many willing recipients! Think of it this way, IRL, on the job, we usually have to be so much more straightlaced and can’t let the wilder impulses out. Here, anything goes! So flirt with me, baby! Or do I have to get you to fall down again so I can kiss away your pain?! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/15 "2001-03-22T16:06:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > **Unfortunately the old adage is true: “Men notice boobs before brains because they can see better than they can think.” You know, in theory. > \ > Anyhow, back to the OP, I think gracefully bowing out of TM’s thread when you were done with it was classy as all get-out. I almost did a “me too.” See? SEE? You’re so cool you’re turning me into a follower. And I hate you for it - hate you with flaming passion unspeakable.** I have plenty of theories about how people perceive each other online, as opposed to in person. I will claim until I pass from here that you’re always going to be noticed first for what you say/type (act) and then for how you look. But I digress. I was bowing out of that thread not because I had any problem with people in the thread, but because it had outgrown its usefulness for me. I just felt funny reading it. Yes, I know I don’t have to go there. I have that ‘email me when a new post appears’ thing checked as a default, so I posted that just I would stop getting the emails. Didn’t work! I still get them. But it’s no big deal. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/16 "2001-03-22T16:21:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > **Hey, I don’t think you’re dweebish in the least. You write poetry, how can that be dweebish?!!! 🙂** Ah, my dear **TP**. Even an aardvark can write poetry; it is good poetry that’s the stuff of genius. And since that’s relative to the intended audience… 🙂 > [@](#): > > As far as the flirting goes… bring it on! Like so many others here (yourself included), I **LOVE** to flirt! And this is the perfect place, with so many willing recipients! Think of it this way, IRL, on the job, we usually have to be so much more straightlaced and can’t let the wilder impulses out. Here, anything goes! > > So flirt with me, baby! Or do I have to get you to fall down again so I can kiss away your pain?! 😃 \*\* Good grief! I think my [expletive] has been [deleted]! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/17 "2001-03-22T16:25:59Z")
Ye freakin’ gods. > [@](#): > > I was bowing out of that thread not because I had any problem with people in the thread, but because it had outgrown its usefulness for me. I just felt funny reading it. Yes, I know I don’t have to go there. Uhm? So? Bully for you. I don’t care WHY you left the thread, or THAT you left the thread; I was just complimenting you on doing it elegantly. Jesus, I may rain on a lot of people’s parades but that doesn’t mean I actively seek out parades to rain on. I’m losing my rep as an evil, entertaining bitch and retaining only the last. Figures. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/18 "2001-03-22T16:40:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > \*\*Uhm? So? Bully for you. I don’t care WHY you left the thread, or THAT you left the thread; I was just complimenting you on doing it elegantly.Jesus, I may rain on a lot of people’s parades but that doesn’t mean I actively seek out parades to rain on. \*\* I’m sorry. I must not have been clear, or you misunderstood. Thanks for the compliment. I find that post confusing, but it’s probably just me. Again, sorry. I don’t know what else to say. Speaking of raining on a parade… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/19 "2001-03-22T17:17:35Z")
dan, I hope you’re a dweeb. I like dweebs. I also wanted want to state for the record that I am the biggest geek I know. I have found your posts intelligent and warm, and flirting or not, I want to read what you’ve written. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003/20 "2001-03-22T17:32:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > **Ah, my dear TP. Even an aardvark can write poetry; it is good poetry that’s the stuff of genius. And since that’s relative to the intended audience… 🙂** Then let me change that sentiment to "You write poetry that I **like**. And I’d like to know where you’ve found Aardvark poetry. I need to take a look at some of that myself! 😉 > [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > As far as the flirting goes… bring it on! Like so many others here (yourself included), I **LOVE** to flirt! And this is the perfect place, with so many willing recipients! Think of it this way, IRL, on the job, we usually have to be so much more straightlaced and can’t let the wilder impulses out. Here, anything goes! > > > > So flirt with me, baby! Or do I have to get you to fall down again so I can kiss away your pain?! 😃 \*\* > > Good grief! I think my [expletive] has been [deleted]! 🙂 \*\* I don’t think I’ve ever quite had that effect on someone before! My goodness! :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-dweeb-flirters-welcome/59003.md?page=2)