Chances are pretty big that you’re 100 percent certified geek – otherwise you wouldn’t be reading a tech blog. Right? That means you might have some problems with members of the other sex. Maybe you can’t even talk to them, or wind up in the dangerous friend zone way too fast.
There’s good news for you, as the Potsdam University (south of Berlin) acknowledges that being unable to flirt is a wide-spread problem. It has started to offer “flirting courses” to IT engineers.
Reuters reports that the 440 students enrolled in the master’s degree course will learn how to write flirtatious text messages and emails, impress people at parties and cope with rejection. It’s all about “getting someone else’s heart beating fast while yours stays calm.” “We want to prepare our students with the social skills needed to succeed both in their private life and their work life,” said Hans-Joachim Allgaier, a spokesman for the Potsdam University.
Courses are starting today. Sorry to hear you’re missing out? Or are you sticking with The Game?
I’m a girl and Student Multimedia and Communication Technology – Digital design and Media and there are lots of geeks in my school.. well almost all of them are…
Some of them really need some social skills (not only with flirting, but also common social skills)! But a lot of them have social skills, and as a girl I can tell you there are geeks/nerds that flirt :-)
What concerns me though, is the “fake social skills”. It’s not because you have 200 friends on twitter/facebook/hyves/whatever.. that you can make friends irl…
Hey Sarah. Can I have your e-mail? I’d like to date you
“it’s” a geek?! Love it. Keep ‘em neutered (now, there should be a class on that.) Snark, snark, snark.
No thx, I have a boyfriend ;-) (and it’s a geek!!! )
They all should check out sweetr.net and use skype to flirt!
100% free and geeky girls as well as geeky guys :)
So, they show them flowcharts and algorithms? ;)
haha This is a GOOOOD article!
Reminds me of graduates who need cooking, parenting classes to be good chefs and parents! :D
I’m a homosexual man.
we chinese never think about such kind of class..
it must be embarassing for us..but it really attracts me..ha.
i am looking forward my futhur study in Germany after i graduate from my college in china…fabulous..hah
while (girl.hasNext()){
talk();
if(new Random().nextBoolean())
fail++;
else
win++;
iterator.next()
}
if(fail > 5){
throw new Exception(“Subject auto-esteem is too low to continue, please try again in a few months.”);
}
if(win > 0){
//never been here
}
What a load of bastard nonsense! Germans love wasting money on pointless shit like this.