It seems to me that one thing that tends to go hand in hand
with being somewhat nerdy and/or geeky is that we also tend to have a bit of an
awkward relationship with socialization, at least the kind that is considered 'normal'
(I'm not trying to generalize or 'speak for all nerds/geeks' when I use the
word 'we' by the way). For me, at least, it's either awkward small talk that I
trudge through because it's the nice thing to do (also I can't stand sitting in
silence with someone - I have to be
extremely comfortable with a person to do that and be okay with it) or an
exclamation of enthusiasm at finding someone who shares even one of my interest
one little bit and I proceed to talk their ears off about that one subject -
possibly even putting them off the subject for life (it's happened).
