Dude, I'm in Germany since 2 weeks, you have no idea how many girls I've talked and went out with !! In Lebanon I need a couple of months ( more than 6 months ) to " zabbeta lal makhlou2a " after friends intervetion and help, couple of rejections, few weeks of stories about her ex and how he dumped her and tawsheh w waja3 ras....And the girls here are very cute :-/ long story short, I have no idea why lebanese girls think they deserve the best but one thing for sure it's a pain in the ass ( usually ) to look for a new girl friend.

Just my personal experience ...

AJ_Blaz dude, I'd love to watch you, just to see how it goes with you.
I do have a gf, I had a bunch of ex-gfs, but I prefer not to give dating advice. There are different patterns of girls, some stuff might work with a girl, but wouldn't with the other. Of course, if you're rich enough to buy a Lamborghini, you can definitely go out with any girl you choose (in most cases - there are exceptions of course).

But seriously what Kareem said is so damn true! I'd say go for a few days to London, you'll get laid more often than you change your underwear, mark my words.
Kassem wroteThe 21st century is witnessing a huge shift in human societies: Geeks giving dating advice. Interesting...
haha most epic post here.
Kareem wroteDude, I'm in Germany since 2 weeks, you have no idea how many girls I've talked and went out with !! In Lebanon I need a couple of months ( more than 6 months ) to " zabbeta lal makhlou2a " after friends intervetion and help, couple of rejections, few weeks of stories about her ex and how he dumped her and tawsheh w waja3 ras....And the girls here are very cute :-/ long story short, I have no idea why lebanese girls think they deserve the best but one thing for sure it's a pain in the ass ( usually ) to look for a new girl friend.

Just my personal experience ...
I have heard this many many times. And it is true.
My friend living in the UK tells me the same stuff.

I just dont get it why Lebanese girls think they are goddesses or the most beautiful creatures on earth.
Flakk wrote
Kassem wroteThe 21st century is witnessing a huge shift in human societies: Geeks giving dating advice. Interesting...
haha most epic post here.
There is a myth that geeks are fat, ugly, lazy and unsocialized.
It's not the first time geeks have been giving dating advice. Here's a very interesting paper by Eric S. Raymond, one of the most respected UNIX hackers today as well as one of the founding fathers of Open Source.

Check it out, it's called: Sex Tips For Geeks: The Dating Game..

PS If anyone is interested, here are a couple of papers by the same author I particularly enjoyed:

* The Cathedral and the Bazaar: This one is of historical significance. Around 1998, the term 'Open Source' didn't exist. The Free Software Foundation (led by Stallman) was somewhat popular, but a lot of people in the community were struggling to define what they did. This paper is the first 'definition' to become really popular. The author went on a couple months later to define 'Open Source'.

* How To Become A Hacker : A personal favorite. It was one of the first papers I read about the UNIX hacker community. I strongly believe every aspiring 'computer guru' should read it and understand its concepts.
Kareem wroteThere is a myth that geeks are fat, ugly, lazy and unsocialized.
Wait do you know me?
xterm wrote
Kareem wroteThere is a myth that geeks are fat, ugly, lazy and unsocialized.
Wait do you know me?
I said a myth, can't include everyone.
Kareem wroteThere is a myth that geeks are fat, ugly, lazy and unsocialized.
That was actually a joke which is kinda true though lol. But it's definitely not the case of all geeks. I can give myself as an example... I am lazy yes, but I'm extremely obsessed with my body and my diet. I work my ass out in the gym just so I could see a 6-pack on-top of my stomach (those are a chick magnet by the way xD). I'm not very social, not because I do not know how to communicate with people, but it's actually because I do not have much time to waste, so I spend most of my time reading or watching screencasts or coding.

Hey, I do have a future ahead of me, I live in Lebanon and I want to live large. I'd rather be labeled unsociable than spending the rest of my life making 800$ per month at best... Think about it!
You're not that unsocialized xterm. I could be your friend. You'd have to drop .NET though ...
rahmu wroteYou're not that unsocialized xterm. I could be your friend. You'd have to drop .NET though ...
lol nice one. But how about you get into .NET and then try not to drop Linux? :)
arithma wroteI've given this advice before and will give it again:
Get a piece of cloth. Soak it with chloroform. Ask the girl you like What does this rag smell like. The only technique that has 0% failures.
Roofies would earn you extra points.
samer wroteRoofies would earn you extra points.
They still make those ?
In my previous post i meant the Lebanese only because i never tried foreigners, dont talk about Saudi and other Arabs...... :(

Hmm how about a thread for getting a gf?! not only for geeks but for everyone..what do you think guys?
@ Kassem, Lebanese girls suck (with exceptions, including my girlfriend). I dont know wtf is wrong with them but that sums it up.

@xterm, that's the spirit.... I'm not sure it's valid outside lebanon.
Getting a girlfriend is easy, just be funny and you've opened a very big door.
<Insert 1980's movie reference here>
I haven’t been participating actively in this forum for a long time, but as I inadvertently stumbled upon this thread, I couldn’t stay silent. Come on guys, some of your comments are obscenely hypocritical!! I’m even more revolted because, somehow, for an obscure reason, I’ve always considered geeks to be a (slightly) “superior” breed of men, but I’ve just been proven wrong. And come to think about it, my assumption was completely unfounded.
Lebanese girls have been denigrated to the core in this thread, and quite frankly, I do agree that the superficiality and the “silly-cone” are getting way out of proportion. But this is not the real issue.
It’s very easy to blame one’s failures on the “other”. God knows men have been doing it since the beginning of time (metaphorically). Remember the apple?
Those of you who were admiring the openness of western women, and going on and on about London and Germany, where “you’ll get laid more often than you change your underwear” seem to forget that the hard-to-get-attitude many Lebanese girls exhibit are merely a reaction to their own attitude, which is, the least to be said, unworthy of praise. Let go of the Madonna-whore complex!! A western woman on the horny mode is sexy and knows what she wants, but a Lebanese woman with a libido is a filthy whore, and therefore, all your friends should know that you “nailed her” and maybe try their luck, considering how easy she is!
I do not wish to generalize, like many of you did, but you have to acknowledge, if you have an ounce of objectivity, that this mindset is pretty widespread, even predominant among Lebanese males.

Now on a lighter note, I would really like the people who are trying to find a scientific approach to dating to stop doing so. We (women) are not programmed to respond in a uniform fashion to your “moves”.
And confidence when approaching a girl, in my opinion, is overrated. Alpha males (or guys pretending to be alpha males) do not appeal to everyone. I, for example, prefer shyer men, and would be much more likely to respond in a positive way to a guy who tends to act goofy in certain social settings, than to the Lamborghini-driving, cigar- smoking idiot with an ego bigger than Russia! (Plus, I do believe that men with expensive cars are trying to overcompensate, and the wise Mrs. Doubtfire puts it very well)
Jennie just schooled you.
openness of western women
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and the Lebanese acting as if they have this openness but when you get it to the parents they dont allow marriage(or even befriending) between sects or religions but the poor kids act as if they are open minded and they know that if they are titled as Girlfriends/Boyfriends then they are open minded.
All we did is sucked the GF and BF ideas as usual to our Arab Black Hole from the West waiting for more yet our traditions and customs contradict with this, but ppl no matter how they try to change their accent or language or even their place where they live I can still catch from a single word who they are and from where.
@ kareem_nasser:
I can't afford the luxury of replying properly to your post right now, I'm kind of short on time, so I'm gonna make it quick:
-I don't understand how is this a reply to my post, or is it just the word "openness" that triggered your response?
-I believe that traditions and customs should evolve at some point (no, I don't mean backwards), and societal evolution does not mean "sucking ideas from the West".
And reality check: it's not always the "poor open minded kids" v/s the evil parents.
kareem_nasser wroteIn my previous post i meant the Lebanese only because i never tried foreigners, dont talk about Saudi and other Arabs...... :(

Hmm how about a thread for getting a gf?! not only for geeks but for everyone..what do you think guys?
I'm in :p...hehehe....put the thread on LEBANESE WOMAN.......but thats sexist or not ?...