As I was creating a StumbleUpon account for ‘Awkward Geeks’ use I saw this, which is basically a standard question on most sites, and one I never give much thought to:
Since there were only those two options (some sites have a ‘rather not say’ option), and because I happen to be female, that’s what I clicked. I hesitated when I read the words, “This helps us find the best content for you”. I briefly wondered if I should chose ‘Male’ instead, even though I wanted to believe that they would not have a system that makes suggestions about what my interests are based on knowing nothing more than my gender. Because that would be silly.
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We’ll be attending GenCon this August and, if we can afford it, plan on dressing up as a couple of our favorite characters from Doctor Who. Ken will be the 10th Doctor, and I will be Sarah Jane Smith!
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Boomslank makes anime styled t-shirts, in their own original designs, and they recently sent us a couple to check out for ourselves.Â
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We often do individual posts for certain YouTube channels. Some channels are not as popular as others, but even those that are somewhat popular we’ve discovered a lot of our fellow geeks still don’t know who they are, so we try to highlight them on the site.
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It’s one of the best times of the year, con season! So we were very interested when we heard about the Con*Quest Adventure Journal!
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Each season there are always movies we’re hoping to get out and catch at the theaters, so what movies are we excited for this Fall?
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