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¿Question #1487?
Blackwind: Have you ever turned off a girl/guy because they asked you about your hobby?

ocdspectrum: I think your wires are crossed.
Wolven: No
Sandy Petersen: Not yet.
ricardofo: nope
Straight To Hell: Yes, and I answered "collecting memorabilia featuring the Duke of Edinburgh". Damn, I loved that girl/guy too.
Wabete: yes
pwilz: Not really.
Leo-T: yes
BUDDA: yes i have, they seem to have a real problem with me being an axe murderer.
ExitDose: I tend to keep it to myself. No one likes a mouthy obsessive.
bactrian5: yes, more that I'd care to remember
BuddhaPhi: Every day my wife looks at my boardgame and CCG collections and just shakes her head. So I guess that would be a Yes.
themagni: No, I married a geek.
DHEK: Nope
clandaith: Yes.
Spart02: No
POvidiusNaso: It turns off my wife every time she asks, but she rarely does any more.
Ebon Wendigo: Does my wife count?
aleo09: no
onky: Yup.
CMOT Dibbler: Yes.
MightyMike: hmmm, no, but it's still a topic to avoid...
SybotCB: Nope, got into the hobby long after I was already married.
JimPAX: No. I do my research better than that.
purvisa: nope
dmomo: Yeah, but I did it on purpose.
Big BabOOn: Yes
Cromaa: Nope
vampywife: nope. as a gal in the gaming hobby, most guys are thrilled because of it. (i wouldn't go so far as to suggest they were turned on, but it wouldn't be a turn-off)
Nekura: No
jasta6: Don't know, no one talks to me.......................................................
zoopiglet: Not that I know of...
Helenoftroy: yeah but we were discussing going to a poetry readings with Li Young Leigh, or to see Midsummer Night's Dream, or a play about Picaso's life. Yeah, he wasn't a keeper.
BeeCeeJay: Yes, once or twice... but they probably weren't worth being with in the first place.
Wouwter: lol, no
Lemur: I'm sure I have; but most are too polite to say so...
Bahamut-X: Dunno
Unitbuster: My very presence causes women to run for the hills.
janiera: no
bigbadsteve: are you assuming my hobby had something to do with boardgames?
skrutsch: no
Werebear: I only rarely meet girl/guys, and my hobbies aren't what comes up. So to speak.
ping9x: No
SgtTodd: No, I have cool hobbies
locusshifter: Haven't we all?
angrykane: Never, only by their reaction to it.
nexttothemoon: No....a chick has never asked me about my boardgame hobby...but of course if they did ask they would be awestruck at the cerebral nature of the hobby and instantly become aroused...proceed to run to find several other beautiful women and all would throw their naked, money covered bodies at me in fits of ravenous, lusty, thrusty desire...really.
Belash: yes
Agrajag: Many times.
fastfingers: No
jellospike: no
Evilnames: no
xlorp: Grasshopper, you are asking geeks if they've ever turned anyone on in the first place.
ststrat: no
consolewa: Not yet, amazingly. Really, boardgaming isn't as geeky as we (would like to?) think. We've got to come out of the boardgame closet. People are looking for new forms of interaction and entertainment.
GrandpaDave: All the time. Gay men are so superficial.
mrbeankc: no
yossarians: nope
Mike A: No. Not even PETA members when I tell them I like to fish, even though I expected to. Guess I'm just too likeable or something.
sourwyrm: oh yes
sbszine: Nah. They never like my taste in music, though.
Socal Tim: Does my wife count?
pedrolisboa: Yes
davidme: Probably
AWildEep: yes, but I still think my cooking skills are cool
shotokanguy: No, I impress chicks by talking about game mechanics and quoting errata.
2amp: no
B_J_S: no
BaSL: huh?
Musti: Now that would be weird
scriptorum: I assure you they were turned off far earlier than the hobby question.
ValJor: No. But I haven't been by that many girls either...
Lord_Prussian: I'm sure
thoia: married so I don't try
djlg: No.
Basilius: Nope.
Ivan: Yes. One Friday night I met a girl in a bar and said I'd an early start the next day. "Oh do you work on Saturdays?", she asked. "No I go boardgaming.", I replied. Long pause, uncomfortable silence then she left.
berserkley: I turn people off just by opening my mouth
MisterCranky: Yes, and believe me, it took almost no time at all to find her switch.
shumyum: The fact that I'm a pasty 5'4" mouth-breather usually does the trick before I actually say anything.
Karlsen: No
batman: no
darthcliff: Nope
stephensj23: Yes, but she had issues.
puffinge: Well not for that particular reason, no.
BobDodgerBlue: No
snoozefest: no
Komodo: Nope
viogression: No, I manage to do that just by being in the same room as them.
AlorielLelyn: I'm sure I have, though I can't recall specifically
gnomehome: I wouldn't know
Salt-Man Z: I don't think so.
chaddyboy_2000: No.
jens_hoppe: No
sumo: No
tragicpoet: Yes, but the particular hobby was Videogaming, not boardgaming
PghArch: Probably, but I'm too oblivious (and married) to care.
CortexBomb: Not that I know of, but I run in fairly geeky circles
louiseh: I expect so but I probably didn't notice.
jttm: Dunno
skelebone: No, but then again I'm not picking up on women now that I'm married.
Flyspeck23: No (as far as I know).
CDRodeffer: Yes
Spielfreak: No, but it is fun groping for the on/off switch.
Blackwind: yes