OMG OMG OMG OMG GIRLS YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS I ALMOST DATED A GAMER AND I *LIVED*
So, like, I made this OKCupid profile, OK, and sure, maybe I had one or two mindless flings from it DON'T JUDGE ME but then there was this one dude who totally played me, I mean he almost appeared to be like, this normal attractive person with a real job and stuff but then OMG he plays this GAME with CARDS and WIZARDS and MAGIC MISSILES and oh god it was so horrible. I did go out with him twice because he totally has his own wikipedia page which means he's kind of famous right? But it's in a BAD WAY and I just feel so dirty because now I probably have BASEMENT COOTIES or something.
I did get to write some crap about it for my day job and clock out early so I could load up on more Vegas bombs, though, so it's all good in the hood, yo.
OK, I'll stop. (Kiala did it far better anyway.)
So, what's wrong with this piece? Let me count the ways.
The obvious "trendy urbanite is FAR too good for our geeky basement dwelling selves WE MUST UNITE IN RAGE" reaction. While this is the first reaction for many, it's also the least valid. Because, really, guys? The first geek wave (by which I mean my generation, hi) is in our mid-40s now. WE OWN EVERYTHING. We can take the paranoid nerd fury down to Defcon 4, it's OK. Wil Wheaton has the most popular web site in the Universe, for crying out loud. WE WON. Plus a lot of us are girls, and really, this isn't the Victorian era, we can date amongst our own kind and our kids won't have hemophilia.
The author spent an entire article writing about how she didn't like dating someone. And then she named the someone. I know things on the Internet aren't really journalism and it doesn't count because even trendy urbanites can install Wordpress now, but really, at least *pretend* to have some ethics. It's OK, you'll still get hits because you're a girl and mid-40s geeks own everything now. IT'S OK TO HAVE A SHRED OF ETHICS.
This was on Gizmodo.... why? Did the guy have a stolen iPhone 5? Was the woman using some kind of new media HTML5 version of OKCupid? Was Nick Denton bored that day?
This was... just really badly written. What was the author trying to say here? That people who play Magic are funny? That dorks exist on OKCupid? That she should Google her dates? That if any date ever Googles her they're never going to call her back, ever? I'm kind of at a loss.
In closing:
