Your duty as a fan of sci-fi

[Bug-Eyed Earl]

MY post count is not great; I am not well-established here. But I feel it is my duty to share the guidlines by which we fans should live our lives for the betterment of us all.

1. Shower regularly.

2. Brush your teeth twice daily AT LEAST.

3. Trim neatly whatever facial hair you might have.

4. Comb your hair and if you insist on growing it long, make at least a minuscule attempt to style it into something socially passable.

5. Lose weight; keep in shape. If you are happy being fat, wear a shirt that covers your grotesquely swollen gut.

6. Don't talk about your fandom stuff to people who don't move within your fanboy circle. There's plenty of other things to talk about to those who aren't interested.

7. Wear something a little nicer than sweats. And if you wear sweats in public all of the time, wear clean ones.

8. For fuck's sake, go out and try to get laid. The experience alone of trying will do you good. And if you suck at it, there's always some player out there who will be happy to give you advice.



Sorry about this, but this was a little rant to express my frustration about being embarassed with the freaks and weirdos who make me angry, as others tend to lump us all in one group.

[Sea Skimmer]

People will continue to stereotype regardless. I follow everything on this list in any case.

[Brother-Captain Gaius]

1. Shower regularly.

Sorry, no can do.

2. Brush your teeth twice daily AT LEAST.

Ha!

3. Trim neatly whatever facial hair you might have.

Don't have any. . . yet.

4. Comb your hair and if you insist on growing it long, make at least a minuscule attempt to style it into something socially passable.

Unlikely... my Hellometer is still reading at a steady 248 degrees Fahrenheit.

5. Lose weight; keep in shape. If you are happy being fat, wear a shirt that covers your grotesquely swollen gut.

First part is no problem, but the second? Not a chance. For a brief time I did a few pushups on occassion, but the "habit" slacked off.

6. Don't talk about your fandom stuff to people who don't move within your fanboy circle. There's plenty of other things to talk about to those who aren't interested.

Might be a problem, if I ever talked to anyone.

7. Wear something a little nicer than sweats. And if you wear sweats in public all of the time, wear clean ones.

This one won't be too hard, I don't even have sweats, and, truth be told, I wear clean clothes.

8. For fuck's sake, go out and try to get laid. The experience alone of trying will do you good. And if you suck at it, there's always some player out there who will be happy to give you advice.

Well as soon as gen-engineering picks up, we'll be able to cross pigs with falcons.[/quote]

[Sokar]

Its so sad , every year when I go to GenCon in Milwaukee, I feel like the most suave and well groomed dude in the room, which is saying a lot.... One can almost feel the utter lack of social and or hygeine skills as you enter the Hall.....

Altough the transvestite Sailor Moon guys make even the smelliest, fattest gamer geek feel cool by comparison.........
(I shit you not guys , year before last there was a 250 lbs dude in the full Sailor Moon regalia,.......Its the only time I have ever openly and howlingly laughed at another human being, and I didn't really care how much it hurt him eiether , you look like that and ware that outfit......you're just beggin for all the abuse you can handle)

[Enlightenment]

MY post count is not great; I am not well-established here. But I feel it is my duty to share the guidlines by which we fans should live our lives for the betterment of us all.

Fuck you very much for assuming that the SD.net membership is in need of your precious 'advice.'

[Keevan_Colton]

I wonder where I'd fit in with that advice....I've been given pointers in the past specifically tailored to me.....

1. Dont discuss swords/sword combat when other people are eating....especially axe techniques
2. Do not flash your fangs at people.....it only makes them cry/wet themselves
3. Necrophilia jokes have a VERY limited appreciative audience.....no lines about "relaxing, going home and cracking open a cold one."
4. Never Ever EVER challenge people to go drink for drink with you.....it will result in murder charges eventually....
5. Mixing cocktails purely by smell is not a skill its proof of alcoholisim......


Needless to say, I've made it a goal to ignore all the above points....

Keevan.

[Shinova]

This thread isn't what I expected, but here's something I'd like to say:


As a sci-fi fan, you should at least contribute something significant to the realm of sci-fi. It can be a novel, a TV series, movie, a work of art, a website, webcomic series, or even just a fanfic.

[RedImperator]

MY post count is not great; I am not well-established here. But I feel it is my duty to share the guidlines by which we fans should live our lives for the betterment of us all.

1. Shower regularly.

2. Brush your teeth twice daily AT LEAST.

3. Trim neatly whatever facial hair you might have.

4. Comb your hair and if you insist on growing it long, make at least a minuscule attempt to style it into something socially passable.

5. Lose weight; keep in shape. If you are happy being fat, wear a shirt that covers your grotesquely swollen gut.

6. Don't talk about your fandom stuff to people who don't move within your fanboy circle. There's plenty of other things to talk about to those who aren't interested.

7. Wear something a little nicer than sweats. And if you wear sweats in public all of the time, wear clean ones.

8. For fuck's sake, go out and try to get laid. The experience alone of trying will do you good. And if you suck at it, there's always some player out there who will be happy to give you advice.



Sorry about this, but this was a little rant to express my frustration about being embarassed with the freaks and weirdos who make me angry, as others tend to lump us all in one group.

Well golly gee willikers. Here I was bathing once a month, chewing Juicy Fruit instead of brushing my teeth, letting birds nest in my beard, growing my hair past my asshole with nothing but my own natural greases to style it, going on an all-cheese diet, explaining how the Empire could kick the Federation's butt to homeless people, living in the one same sweat suit I bought at K-Mart in 1997, and fucking chickens. Thanks to you, I have seen the errors of my ways. Why, you've made my New Year's resolutions for me. Such wonderful, caring advice from a guy who's definitely not a presumptious little dipshit hatfucker. And here I thought Ann Landers was dead.

[Enforcer Talen]

MY post count is not great; I am not well-established here. But I feel it is my duty to share the guidlines by which we fans should live our lives for the betterment of us all.

1. Shower regularly.

2. Brush your teeth twice daily AT LEAST.

3. Trim neatly whatever facial hair you might have.

4. Comb your hair and if you insist on growing it long, make at least a minuscule attempt to style it into something socially passable.

5. Lose weight; keep in shape. If you are happy being fat, wear a shirt that covers your grotesquely swollen gut.

6. Don't talk about your fandom stuff to people who don't move within your fanboy circle. There's plenty of other things to talk about to those who aren't interested.

7. Wear something a little nicer than sweats. And if you wear sweats in public all of the time, wear clean ones.

8. For fuck's sake, go out and try to get laid. The experience alone of trying will do you good. And if you suck at it, there's always some player out there who will be happy to give you advice.



Sorry about this, but this was a little rant to express my frustration about being embarassed with the freaks and weirdos who make me angry, as others tend to lump us all in one group.

of course, as I'm usually among the most fashionable of wherever I go, this list does not apply to me.

[Shinova]

Let's not all bash Earl. I think all he's speaking out against is the stereotype that all sci-fi fans are uber-geeks.

[Ghost Rider]

I believe the problem is giving advice in the sense of sounding condescending.

I mean yeah I go to comiccons, and animecons, and sci-fi shows and see people who do break these rules but to say things like:

Shower regularly, groom neatly and get laid...sounds a little too much...okay Sci-fi people are jabbering morons who don't understand a bar of soap from their ass.

I mean many people do follow these trends persay, and I believe that is where a good deal of the spite is and will come from.

Also posting it in the Other sci-fi section makes about as much sense as screwing a turtle...I mean off-topic at least.

[Darth Garden Gnome]

Well said Earl. Tt is most unfortunate that your words will never be heard by the scum and villiany of this galxys-Rabid Trekkies. Yup, those idiots at the sci-fi conventions that smell like they've bathed in motor-oil, than taken a dead possom and used its fur to get the lice out of their arm pit hair, which can readily be seen hanging out the edge of their red-shirt uniform.

It is these people that dim our reputation, and not just rabid-trekkies, all rabid-<insert sci-fiverse here> that muck things up. Then there's us rational folk, who have a passion for sci-fi, butnotat the risk of personal higene.

That being said, I think we could all do some good following earls guidelines. but I'm hoping you already do.....

[Spanky The Dolphin]

This thread isn't what I expected, but here's something I'd like to say:


As a sci-fi fan, you should at least contribute something significant to the realm of sci-fi. It can be a novel, a TV series, movie, a work of art, a website, webcomic series, or even just a fanfic.

So we can't be fans unless we actually make something? Screw you.

I'll continue to enjoy the series, books, issues, and films that I love...

[Bug-Eyed Earl]

Let's not all bash Earl. I think all he's speaking out against is the stereotype that all sci-fi fans are uber-geeks.

That's pretty much it.

Here I thought people would get the joke. I'm not very good at sarcasm. I was just thinking about all the weirdos I met, and how annoying it is that I or anyone else here could be lumped with that group.

Calm down, RI and Enlightenment. I guess you think I was saying that there are a lot of people like that here. I felt like making a joke post, that's all. I'm pissed off at the people who stereotype, not the people who propagate them.

[Bug-Eyed Earl]

And btw, just so you understand me, it was a joke, but I was still pissed off thinking about the uber-geeks and the people who lum us with them. I've got a lot of anger in me and I can't afford a shrink, so this is the next best thing.

[Howedar]

Man, talk about people freaking out over nothing. I thought it was funny.

[Darth Wong]

I can often tell that idiots who flame me and send me site hate-mail often WANT to tie me into that stereotype. It always deflates them to hear that I'm married to a pretty girl and bang her all the time, especially when I throw the ball back in their court and accuse THEM of being no-life losers.