Nerds!!!

Did you catch the Simpson's episode this past Sunday? Homer was sent away to India to teach them how to run the offshored nuclear power plant, and Patty and Selma kidnapped Richard Dean Anderson. RDA mistakenly popped into the biggest MacGyver fanclub (Patty and Selma's apartment) while trying to find the Stargate SG-1 conference. After finding the right conference, Patty and Selma blacked out the lights and kidnapped RDA. When the lights came back on, pandemonium ensued with the Comicbook Guy yelling for everyone to find RDA. One of the nerds in the audience yells out, "I think I saw a girl here...find her!!!" Hahahahaha...only one girl.

They pan to Groundskeeper Willy in a kilt backed into a corner in a defensive stance. "I'm not a girl," says Willy in his Scottish accent.

"But you're the closest thing we've got," replies one of the nerds.

I laughed pretty good.

Actually, there's a bit of truth in that. (I think that's what makes the Simpson's so funny sometimes...that some of the stuff they make fun of actually has a twinge of truth to it.) Nerds, geeks, trekkies, etc., in my opinion, are a bit more open to other possibilities than finding a hot chick...well, because most of them realize that a hot chick isn't going to go for them (think Beauty and the Geek). They're just polar opposites. I bet if you asked all the guys at a Nerd Convention who they would choose between a hot alien chick and a regular human woman, most of them would choose the hot alien chick. Even Captain Kirk went for the green skinned hottie, remember?

Enter the hot, geeky transsexual. Yes, there are a number of geeky transsexuals around. (I even consider myself to have a bit of a geek streak.) If you compared the number of women with the number of T's at Nerd Conventions or those that play video games, you'd see a fairly comparable number. It would be a lot better than the 1 in 5000 ratio (based on estimates) seen in the rest of society.

So, would these nerd guys be open to dating a T? Some, yes, but there would still be the stigma of dating a transsexual. Although I could be way off, I don't think it would be as bad as the rest of society.