>sitting in public space, Uni for instance >laptop open -- just lurking Jow Forums or doing something else equally unproductive >girl comes over and sits in my peripheral region >instantly open atom and start hammering at keyboard with intermittent pauses during which I study my screen contemplatively while rubbing my chin
Honestly do this all the time to impress girls with my programming finesse, and it works practically every time.
How about you guys, though? Anyone else do it? Post your success stories.
>at uni library for some quiet time to study for my biochem exam. >looking for good spot out of the way of foot traffic >nothing available, except for right next to this dirty looking CS major >oh god he hasn't showered in three days, even at a couple meters distance I can faintly smell him >looks like he's been here a while, so he'll be leaving soon, right? I'll bear with it until he leaves >He notices me, goes from just scrolling a browser to furiously mashing on this ancient black laptop (why isn't he using a macbook?) >put on my headphones and ignore him, praying for it to end. >dejected, he goes back to scrolling like he was before I got here. >think I'll report him for harassment.
