# "Dorkstorm"- Top 10 Geekiest Hobbies with corresponding Public Humiliation index **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896 "2004-10-24T14:49:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/21 "2004-10-25T03:53:46Z")
> [@FisherQueen](#): > > I’m deeply disappointed that my own embarrasing hobby, the Society for Creative Anachronism, didn’t make the cut. We are twice the embarrassing geeks that the card-players are, darn it! Do they wear codpieces in public? I think not. I know a lot of SCA folk, and when they’re not doing their strange little reenactment thing they seem to have decent social skills as a whole. SCA people, much like engineers, also mitigate their dorkiness with their incredible party skills. I’ve been to one of their parties. Woah! I don’t think anybody could see straight by the end of the night. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/22 "2004-10-25T03:57:01Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Geez, only five out of ten… I must be slipping. 4, since I’m a recovering CCGer. Unless City of Heroes qualifies for Everquest, in which case I’m up by one. City of Heroes qualifies. I’ve seen what those games can do to people–they’re like crack! ---
**Author:** ![ForgottenLore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@ForgottenLore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForgottenLore)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/23 "2004-10-25T04:00:40Z")
At one time or another in my life I’ve been into five of those ten hobbies. Now I’m married and have two kids. Evidently I have buried my past deeply indeed. Though sometimes, when the fit takes me, I still dig out the old comic book collection. My wife has learned not to inquire too closely when I do such things. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/24 "2004-10-25T04:23:28Z")
> [@Berkut](#): > > No ham radio either? No ham no foul. As for Trekkers and sex lives, haven’t you ever heard, “It’s all green on the inside” …? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/25 "2004-10-25T05:36:41Z")
I only got one: Everquest. And it’s gotten me laid on more than one occasion. Should that be frightening? One occasion was my husband. The other was my ex-fiance. Not in that order. I should go to Vegas… ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/26 "2004-10-25T06:29:22Z")
I’m not involved with any of those things, and still I get nothing. Obviously I am doing something else horribly wrong. I’ll be at the gym staring at the cheerleaders if anyone needs me. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/27 "2004-10-25T09:04:37Z")
I play table top Mage and Star Wars. So according to that I shouldn’t get lucky a fraction as often as I do. Might have something to do with being a female geek. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/28 "2004-10-25T10:00:59Z")
I get full credit for Trek and partial credit for comics and RPGs and am trying to decide if I should include LARPing as well. While not technically the same, backyard wrestling is pretty damned close. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/29 "2004-10-25T10:04:38Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > I’m just glad I married Lady Chance before she figured out what I meant when I said ‘Klaatu Barada Nicto’. ‘Klaatu Barada Nicto’ = geek for “I do,” then? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/30 "2004-10-25T10:27:44Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > I’m not involved with any of those things, and still I get nothing. Obviously I am doing something else horribly wrong. > > I’ll be at the gym staring at the cheerleaders if anyone needs me. That irony was intentional, right? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/31 "2004-10-25T13:07:05Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Are you saying you fit in the seventh category of that list, or seven of the categories on that list? > > :dubious: Laugha while you can, monkey-boy! I’m just glad they didn’t include online Diplomacy. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/32 "2004-10-25T13:08:56Z")
Oh Lord, I have commited cardinal geekery #1. A weekend at Treasure Trap in Cheshire, 21 years ago. And I mock Trekkies, too. The hypocrisy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/33 "2004-10-25T13:34:13Z")
I collect photographs of lost gloves. Top that. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/34 "2004-10-25T14:04:24Z")
I’m disappointed, immensely. Model Railroading must be mainstream… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/35 "2004-10-25T14:27:28Z")
Wouldn’t you count SCA and RenFaire as examples of #1, LARP? Sure, I can be blase about it – because my score is ZERO ZERO ZERO! So how come I’m still a nerd? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/36 "2004-10-25T14:31:43Z")
I’ve gotten laid more than once by speaking Esperanto. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/37 "2004-10-25T14:42:42Z")
I’m a LARPer and got laid last week. I swear! Who? Oh it was this girl from Canada. You wouldn’t know her. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/38 "2004-10-25T14:51:47Z")
Ahhh, I remember the summer I spent in Shorshenblorg Borshchortle. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/39 "2004-10-25T15:20:11Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > I’m not involved with any of those things, and still I get nothing. Obviously I am doing something else horribly wrong. > > I’ll be at the gym staring at the cheerleaders if anyone needs me. Are you sure you belong here? 😉 5 out of 10, and why the hell is scrapbooking on the list? It doesn’t seem to fit. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896/40 "2004-10-25T17:48:14Z")
Just comics and Star Trek for me, and the Trek thing isn’t as strong as it was when I was 15. They did forget message boarding though. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dorkstorm-top-10-geekiest-hobbies-with-corresponding-public-humiliation-index/270896.md?page=3)