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Those are all also signs of mild Asperger's syndrome or ADHD or such... Now, do Asperger's and ADHD -enhanced people choose geeky ways of life, a lot? Sure. I the old days they'd flock to other things, writing, composing, engineering (the steam-based kind)... if they had the means. Back then, one's lot in life meant more to the choices at hand, so I guess those activities didn't get as strong a branding as more voluntary choices of today. But you can definitely tell the geeks among the Classical Composers... Notice how Mozart has the horror vacui? Not a one for using sparcity or silence, much... and then his letters... Similarly H.C. Andersen, one can tell the certain abberations of conceptualization common to our kind, it's obvious once one makes the connection.


Of course when I read the words "fiber festival", I'm thinking are you talking multi-mode or single-mode. ;)


I had something very similar happen when I used to work in a factory. There was this guy everyone made fun of and called Ope because he was real quiet and awkward in conversations. I spoke to him the first time was myself and asked what was up and soon as he started talking I thought this dude is a gamer. So then I tossed out a "Yeah can't wait to get home and play some Rainbow Six Vegas!" and his eyes lit up and he went on and on about how much he loved that game. People watching me and him talk were flabbergasted that I got him to talk so much than his normal "Yeah" or "I guess" lol.


It's multi-mode... but in a slightly different way. It takes many fibers to make a strand, many strands to make a string (yarn). Therefore, it MUST be multi-mode. Geeks do indeed have a language all their own. I could give you all the real-world reasons WHY this is, but it would simply detract from the humor. It is, after all, the Geekend.

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