Gadget Geeks Unite In Techno-Sexual Movement

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[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.

[martin_fierro]

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

[EggsAckley]

Tunkhannok.

[ccmay]

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

[Aquinasfan]

"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.

[Aquinasfan]

And they make very good husbands, according to every woman I know who's married one.

8-)

[alkaloid2]

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

[martin_fierro]

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

[EggsAckley]

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

[Dionysius]

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.

[Old Professer]

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

[dennisw]

bttt

[ItsOurTimeNow]

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!

[Hank Rearden]

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

[Centurion2000]

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.

[JenB]

But nerds make the world go around...

[BlueNgold]

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 ...

[Little Ray]

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!

[ItsOurTimeNow]

[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]

[KangarooJacqui]

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!

[KangarooJacqui]

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.