I would actually disagree with this -- or, rather, I'd say that it's largely true when one falls into the trap of thinking of the world as divided into mundanes and geeks. Which a lot of people do, but a lot of people straddle those lines quite happily. We're all people, after all.
I'd say go ahead and compliment her shoes, if you'd compliment somebody's xkcd shirt in the same situation. Why not?
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on 2010-04-07 08:55 pm (UTC)I would actually disagree with this -- or, rather, I'd say that it's largely true when one falls into the trap of thinking of the world as divided into mundanes and geeks. Which a lot of people do, but a lot of people straddle those lines quite happily. We're all people, after all.
I'd say go ahead and compliment her shoes, if you'd compliment somebody's xkcd shirt in the same situation. Why not?