First off, I don't believe there's anything even remotely wrong with being a nerd. Quite the opposite. I do hang around in channels focussing on a diverse range of topics, from various freenode foss-channels to torrent trackers to radical politics and also, yes, shadier communities.

I just believe that even the most benign, non-techy use of IRC poses demands that are incompatible with the vast majority of users today. But that's a strength to me. IRC is filled to the brim with some of the smartest, most creative, exciting people I could think of.

And a ton of awful shitheads, too. Freenode for example is about 25% toxic lowlifes lording over each other in popular channels.

i'd just like to mention that hookers/blow & geek/nerd/gentoo are not mutually exclusive.

that is all.

see also: DEFCON, HoHoCon, pretty much any alt-Con.

All you need to have hookers and blow is money. Don't need to be sexy, smart, interesting, or good looking.

Sounds like nerds and hookers and blow can go together just fine.

In fact, most men who enjoy hookers or blow suffer from low social standing. It takes a loser to seek fulfillment through the perverse.