References you will need for this post:
XKCD: Keyed
Carrie Underwood - Before he cheats
Few things exemplify the title of our blog (and our relationship) better than an interaction Kacie
and I had the other night. It was a classic contact between worlds where neither of us was quite sure what to think of the other.
I read XKCD regularly (As a side note, if you read this comic, you know that if you want to make an XKCD reference, you never ask someone if they read XKCD. If they do, they'll get the reference anyways, and if they don't there's no hope of making them understand. Just make your reference and gamble you don't wind up sounding like an idiot). I was reading the comic I have linked to above and Kacie was sitting next to me. If any of you don't know the character Beret guy does strange things just to mess with people's heads (good examples are this comic and this one too). The comic was funny to me because I know the character and how he acts.
On the other hand, the comic was mildly amusing (in a condescending way) to Kacie because she actually knows the Carrie Underwood song referenced in the pop up tooltip. (She asked me if I knew the song very well, and I said, "Who's Carrie Underwood?").
If any of you are geeks or are not geeks but spend time around them, you know how often this interaction happens. Almost daily Kacie and I will make references we think are funny, but the other person has no idea what we're talking about. Or worse, the other person thinks they catch the reference, but really they're way off (I make Bill Nye the Science Guy jokes every now and again only to have them sound silly to her. Worse, she will quote famous movies or TV shows such as Titanic or Boy Meets World and the reference will go straight over my sheltered head).
How do you deal with all that? You laugh at yourself, explain, and sometimes wind up laughing at your jokes alone.
XKCD: Keyed
Carrie Underwood - Before he cheats
Few things exemplify the title of our blog (and our relationship) better than an interaction Kacie
and I had the other night. It was a classic contact between worlds where neither of us was quite sure what to think of the other.
I read XKCD regularly (As a side note, if you read this comic, you know that if you want to make an XKCD reference, you never ask someone if they read XKCD. If they do, they'll get the reference anyways, and if they don't there's no hope of making them understand. Just make your reference and gamble you don't wind up sounding like an idiot). I was reading the comic I have linked to above and Kacie was sitting next to me. If any of you don't know the character Beret guy does strange things just to mess with people's heads (good examples are this comic and this one too). The comic was funny to me because I know the character and how he acts.
On the other hand, the comic was mildly amusing (in a condescending way) to Kacie because she actually knows the Carrie Underwood song referenced in the pop up tooltip. (She asked me if I knew the song very well, and I said, "Who's Carrie Underwood?").
If any of you are geeks or are not geeks but spend time around them, you know how often this interaction happens. Almost daily Kacie and I will make references we think are funny, but the other person has no idea what we're talking about. Or worse, the other person thinks they catch the reference, but really they're way off (I make Bill Nye the Science Guy jokes every now and again only to have them sound silly to her. Worse, she will quote famous movies or TV shows such as Titanic or Boy Meets World and the reference will go straight over my sheltered head).
How do you deal with all that? You laugh at yourself, explain, and sometimes wind up laughing at your jokes alone.
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