"nearly every geek social group of significant size has at least one member that 80% of the members hate, and the remaining 20% merely tolerate."
Or, more likely, nearly every geek social group has at least one member which the author hates, and therefore incorrectly assumes that everyone else either also hates that person, or else is lying when they say they like them, their friendly behaviour being accounted for by the theory that the person is merely "tolerated".
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Date: 2008-01-03 01:19 pm (UTC)Or, more likely, nearly every geek social group has at least one member which the author hates, and therefore incorrectly assumes that everyone else either also hates that person, or else is lying when they say they like them, their friendly behaviour being accounted for by the theory that the person is merely "tolerated".