Okay, you’re not all villanous scum…sorry about that.
Last call for all those burning questions you’ve been wanting to ask me and Sean about geeky dating, relationships, recipes, and secret passwords to get you into all the cool room parties at conventions.
We’ve got a good number of questions so far, but I wanted to give everyone until Tuesday, April 8th to get them to us.
Leave them in the comments, or email them to moderngeekcast@gmail.com
“I’m jealous…my earrings would be so much happier with that dress” *snif*
Paris and The Business are back! We wade through some of the things that might ruin your relationship, or things that might be holding you back from finding a relationship of your own.
We cover wide-ranging topics from the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle trailer to Puzzles and Dragons; and Attack on Titan to dishwasher meth. Paris spells out her plans to become a YouTube sensation (which gets edited out for patent reasons) and defends her obvious and blatant racism.
Tables are flipped over Facebook quizzes, Weather-wrongs, and people trying too hard to be different.
Also, Pro-Tip: Bud Lite Straw-Ber-Rita…NOT EVEN ONCE!
I bet an equal playing field never hurt the chemistry between these two!
This week, Michael and I explore sexual dimorphism and how our differences make us more attractive to one another. In doing so, I work out some of my own “Alpha Male” shit from before; we talk about the benefits and downfalls of “peer relationships” versus traditional marriages, and why the sex you’re having may not be as good or as often as you’d like.
Michael christens my new indy rock band. “Herbs Around the Edges!”
My new friend, “Julie,” might be sending me OKC messages from the lost Malaysia Airlines Flight 370! Or it’s just spam. Also, I lose a fight with a bookshelf.
We give you all the details on the now-famous Duke University Porn Star, and flip tables over the co-opting of certain words by certain minority groups, and parties with no snacks – both of these are equally important topics.
Show Links:
Come inside my little castle!
Hello Sexy Goldfish!
William gets deep about his cosplay, we discuss a new way to figure out which pictures are working for you on OKC, and I bribe friends with beer and pizza to come to my house and build stuff.
Thankfully, William followed a link called “How Understanding Goldfish Can Get You Laid,” and discovered one of the absolute worst examples of how marketing and assholery can take advantage of those of us marooned on Lonely Geek Island. They’re lying to you when they tell you there’s something wrong with you – I promise.
This sort of marketing preys on guys with low self-esteem, and reinforces the resentment against women that is prevalent in our society (see Cracked.com link below). It’s not going to get you what you ultimately want, which is love and acceptance.
We flip tables over the misunderstood high-fashion magazine and the photoshop found therein, and the tragedy of Irrational Games closing shop – also, WTF, Sochi?
Propinquity!
Show Note Links:
Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer
Check out more Legen- wait for it – dary art from Habibson at http://habibson.deviantart.com/
Gobble Gobble, Y’all! It’s Thanksgiving!
Sean shares his famous cranberry sauce recipe that he may or may not have come from Adam Corolla, and it’s raining monkeys when I play Assassin’s Creed IV.
I give you the first installment of Dating Horror Story: Online Dating where I share some scary online dating stories that have been happening to me recently, and we discuss Wingmen, and why you may want one to help you meet new people – or you may want to share your confidence and BECOME THE BEST WINGMAN EVER.
Sometimes, there’s no better safety net than a “Conversation Buddy” to help talk you up to potential love interests.
We flip the kids’ table at your family’s Thanksgiving dinner over retail establishments staying open over the holidays; Sean’s multiple doppelgangers getting him into sticky situations, and the best $1 Million-dollar idea that Sean has ever had.
Episode 28 – Meeting New People: Break the Rules and Talk to Strangers
We’re breaking all the rules in this episode of Mating Habits! Alpha Counter’s Sean Ryan and I discuss the tricks to having a good conversation with complete strangers in Lesson 2 of MHMG Learning Annex – Becoming comfortable conversing with others. We go back and forth about why talking to folks we don’t know is difficult and sometimes makes us look like creeps, and how Sean might have missed his calling as Sean Ryan: Marketing Rapist.
We recap Sean’s almost hot-n-heavy DragonCon experience with “The Lady in The Loft,” I go into WAY too much detail about my recent sex life, and then we flip tables over dickwolves, Nazis, and Heroes of Cosplay – typical MHMG tableflip 😉
Here are some helpful links to check out while you’re listening:
Penny Arcade says I’m doing it wrong
Find me at Dragon*Con this weekend and you can have one, too. Listen to the podcast for a special announcement next week with instructions on how to get your very own MHMG tee!
Episode 25 – The Pick-Up Artist: Learn to Annoy Women and Strike Out with Finesse
If you’re looking to improve your chances with women, listen to MHMG. If you want to annoy 90% of the women around you and end up with the drunkest woman with the lowest self-esteem left at the bar, read a Pick-Up Artist-style “Seduction Manual.”
Join Alpha Counter’s Sean Ryan and me as we discuss what’s wrong with programs that promise you sex with high numbers of beautiful women. We tell the truth about The Mystery Method, and call out all the rest on their bullshit. Tables are flipped on behalf of women everywhere when we take the infamous Kickstarter Rape-Manual to task for being the epitome of doucheness.
ALSO: I tell you how to actually hook up at a convention. One-night-stands are a rite of passage, and as long as everyone knows what they’re getting, can be fun and enjoyable for all involved.
Do you come here often? 😉
Ep.24 – Geek Pride: The LGBTQ Episode!
I have a “Gay Old Time” this week with Michael calling in to co-host the first ever MHMG LGBTQ Edition! You cried out for it, so Michael and discuss what it’s like to be a single homosexual geek in the dating scene, what online resources and phone apps you can use to meet people, and how joining and starting LGTBQ + Straight Ally groups in your area not only benefit the community, but put you one step closer to meeting new people.
Michael and I have a BioWare-gasm in ShipperWars where we discuss every relationship choice in every BioWare franchise, and how everyone can agree that Alistair from Dragon Age: Origins is the bestest boyfriend ever, no matter your gender.
We Flip an important Table over the regressive path the great State of North Carolina is taking in recent months, and we basically tell the government to stay out of our bodies! (Be forewarned, I had to edit out 45 minutes of political topics from this Flippin’ Tables, so consider yourself lucky.)
There are Mass Effect spoilers, links below to other gay podcasts, cats in drag, and the parting knowledge that the summer’s hottest hashtag is #fitness. Get into it!
Links:
Chloe Sevigny
Drag Cats
Gay Pimpin’ with Jonny McGovern
ME3 Indoctrination Theory
Mating Habits of the Modern Geek is listed as one of DatingAdvice.com’s 10 Best Geeky Dating Blogs! Here’s what they said:
“Bragging Rights: Dating within your own species
Host Kelley Hightower brings together her love of romance and the geeky world. With accompanying podcasts, she offers guidance on traversing the dating scene with little athletic ability. Posts like “The Breakup Breakdown” and “What You’re Probably Missing” offer dating how-to’s for those on a love learning curve. Every facet of modern romance is explored, including sex, first dates and shaking things up.”
Check it out here: DatingAdvice.com – 10 Best Geeky Dating Blogs
