My Response to Sexual Survival for Geeks

My criticism of the SxSW Sexual Survival Geek slide show by violet blue:

#1. I don't think there's any reason to know gender sexual stereotypes in geek scenes. Is the purpose of this to divine the often inscrutable geek gender? I say just use "they" as a pronoun and open everybody with "You look a little like buddy holly" and go from there.

#2. If you're a geek, don't make a self-check physicality system. You'll just spend the entire night writing a complicated nested IF loop with a couple of DO while statements while being forever alone.

#3. Don't stick to positive communication. Tend towards positive communication, but a rigid adherence to positive subjects will make you look fake.

#4. PDA is fantastic and is only unpopular in our culture because of lonely, miserable trolls, who can only avoid their curse of turning to stone every night by sharing a piece of their misery with everyone else.

#5. MAKE EVERYONE YOU HAVE SEX WITH A FOURSQUARE LOCATION.

The suggestions in all caps may have been made by Bad Decision Dinosaur.

#6. Don't brag, but fuck people's friends and coworkers. If you live in a small town, you've probably found out that this is a necessity. If you live in a large town, its best to discover limits with the other person that aren't based on some kind of personal sexual dampening field. Its possible you'll be in wuv with a person who has this demand and than you should work with it, but there's no reason to take it as a given in any relationship.

#7. ALWAYS @ REPLY ABOUT LAST NIGHT'S HOT SEX

#8. Don't expect, but be perspective of reciprocity and work opportunities.

#9. How long you should pursue is very condition dependent, not just "2 days" in every circumstance always.

#10. Confrontation isn't bad, unnecessary and noneducational conflict is bad.

What I think is awesome:

#1. The suggestion to "cementing friendly permanence."

#2. The suggestion of not taking it too personally or expecting anything.

#3. Being clear about your post-sex intentions. This is best done in deep-toned monologue "First I'm going to take off my shirt, and then I'm going to fuck you, and then we're going to have coffee, and then we're going to watch Adventure Time"