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Gadget Geeks Unite In Techno-Sexual Movement
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Posted on 07/07/2004 10:28:06 PM PDT by esryle

Is it that important for a guy to have a stylish vacuum cleaner? It is apparently if you are a techno-sexual.

Ricky Montalvo is a techno-sexual who will help you get chic from your coffeepot to your stereo system.

Montalvo leads a team of Silicon Valley Tech workers who started the techno-sexual movement.

They say it is about style, culture and, of course, a lot of technology.

"You know, back in the day a woman wanted a guy who can change the oil, rake the leaves, and clean the rain gutters. We're saying the new ideal male is a guy who can set up her wireless DSL configuration at her home," Montalvo said.

But can a cell phone or a television set really impress that special someone in our lives?

And what about cost? An iPod, a moving TV, all those speakers. It sounds expensive to be a techno-sexual.

"You know, guys don't have accessories like purses and jewelry, and don't spend money on makeup, so why not spend it on cell phones and cool messenger bags and watches," Montalvo says.

Montalvo started the movement just five months ago. He says since then, techno-sexuals from all over the world are now contacting him. They ask about shopping advice and find a brotherhood of gadget geeks.


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To: EggsAckley

Hey, where are you travelling to in Pee-Yay?


21 posted on 07/08/2004 7:22:58 AM PDT by martin_fierro (P a t r v v s M a x i m v s)
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To: martin_fierro

Tunkhannok.


22 posted on 07/08/2004 7:24:04 AM PDT by EggsAckley ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Evita Rodham Clinton)
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To: JenB
And they make very good husbands, according to every woman I know who's married one.

No wonder! We're pathetically grateful to any woman who'd agree to go out with us, much less share our bed and our life.

-ccm

23 posted on 07/08/2004 7:28:14 AM PDT by ccmay
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To: esryle
"You know, back in the day a woman wanted a guy who can change the oil, rake the leaves, and clean the rain gutters. We're saying the new ideal male is a guy who can set up her wireless DSL configuration at her home,"

Give me a Sawzall and a sledgehammer any day.

24 posted on 07/08/2004 7:29:46 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: JenB
And they make very good husbands, according to every woman I know who's married one.

8-)

25 posted on 07/08/2004 7:32:24 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: esryle
Is it that important for a guy to have a stylish vacuum cleaner? It is apparently if you are a techno-sexual.

Boy, I totally read something else into the way this article opened...

I can already see it - a +5 volt powered suction device attached to a computer. What will they think of next, and will ThinkGeek sell it? :o

tSG http://www.thesupergenius.com
26 posted on 07/08/2004 7:35:04 AM PDT by alkaloid2 (Hey! Check out http://www.thesupergenius.com!)
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To: EggsAckley

Great googlymoogly. I'm from PA, and have no idea where that is.


27 posted on 07/08/2004 7:36:48 AM PDT by martin_fierro (P a t r v v s M a x i m v s)
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To: martin_fierro

Twenty five miles from Scranton. County seat of Wyoming County. Boondocks. Heheheh.


28 posted on 07/08/2004 7:38:25 AM PDT by EggsAckley ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Evita Rodham Clinton)
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To: esryle

For such a pathetic creature (whom couldn't make out in a women's prison with a fistful of pardons), technosexy is a porno website and a free right hand.


29 posted on 07/08/2004 7:58:01 AM PDT by Dionysius
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To: esryle

Was there some kind of neutron-type estrogen explosion while I was out cleaning my gutters, or what?


30 posted on 07/08/2004 8:28:29 AM PDT by Old Professer (Interests in common are commonly abused.)
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To: esryle

bttt


31 posted on 07/08/2004 8:30:39 AM PDT by dennisw (Once is Happenstance. Twice is Coincidence. The third time is Enemy action. - Ian Fleming)
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To: ccmay; JenB

Amen!

And I think the women know this, so there's a level of comfort there for them.

I'm not a full-fledged geek, so I can't say this with complete authority though. I'm half-geek-half-redneck. D&D and Lawn Care...it's an odd combo...but I'm a blast at parties!


32 posted on 07/08/2004 8:32:36 AM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow ("Forth now! And fear no Darkness!!")
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To: esryle

The only males I know who really care what their damn cellphones look like are fags.


33 posted on 07/08/2004 8:36:12 AM PDT by Hank Rearden (Refuse to let anyone who could only get a government job tell you how to run your life.)
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To: JenB
Geeks are sexy!

Well, some of them are. And they make very good husbands, according to every woman I know who's married one.

I read this and recall the immortal lines from Revenge of the Nerds.

All jocks think about is sports, all nerds think about is sex.

So long as everyone's happy I guess.

34 posted on 07/08/2004 8:36:35 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.)
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To: Centurion2000

But nerds make the world go around...


35 posted on 07/08/2004 8:37:27 AM PDT by JenB (Colorado or Bust: 21 Days)
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To: esryle

If I were in the 3rd grade I might rename them:
Gadget Gays
Techno Transvestites
Hacker Homos
Digital D___

but, alas, I am not ... sigh ...


36 posted on 07/08/2004 8:38:35 AM PDT by BlueNgold (Feed the Tree .....)
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To: esryle

My girlfriend set up her DSL to work from home and does sales support for various applications. Everything works when the sales weasels are smart enough to do things her way. She's my beautiful geek goddess!


37 posted on 07/08/2004 8:40:27 AM PDT by Little Ray (John Ffing sKerry: Just a gigolo!)
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To: Aquinasfan

[breakfast_club]
Brian: "Yeah, well, Bender...did you know that without engineering there'd be no bridges?"

Bender: "Without lamps, there'd be no light!"
[/breakfast_club]


38 posted on 07/08/2004 8:47:50 AM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow ("Forth now! And fear no Darkness!!")
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To: MadIvan

ping.

Except I don't want a man to do this stuff for me. That's why I'm going back to tech school - so that if the network breaks down and the man of the house is off down the pub or something, I CAN FIX IT MYSELF!


39 posted on 07/08/2004 8:48:22 AM PDT by KangarooJacqui (Remember kiddies, it's all fun and games until the ABC gets involved. Then it's just farce.)
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To: JenB
Geeks are sexy!

I second that. Extremely so. Triply so if they happen also to be FReepers... (a wink and a nod in someone's general direction, he knows who he is.)

Well, some of them are. And they make very good husbands, according to every woman I know who's married one.

Unless their first wife drove them around the bend, and they end up killing themselves just weeks after your first wedding anniversary.

No, TrappedInLiberalHell (RIP), I'm not bitter at you. But if I ever track down that first wife of yours, last heard of somewhere in Massachussetts, she's gonna be sorry I ever laid eyes on her. I hate very few people, fewer still that I've never met, but I'm willing to make an exception for that b!tch.
40 posted on 07/08/2004 9:10:34 AM PDT by KangarooJacqui (Remember kiddies, it's all fun and games until the ABC gets involved. Then it's just farce.)
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