More good stuff.

[sobrique]

zoethe follows on from the guide to overcoming nerd-dom

It basically covers the fact that you can make whatever excuse you like for your inability to interact. Or even claim to have Asbergers, Autism, or ... well whatever personality disorder.

But that doesn't change the fact that you're relying on a crutch.

Making excuses for 'failure' will work ok on people who have a reason to accept them. Friends, work, whatever might let 'bad behaviour' slip, with a good excuse. But for the other 99% of the people in the world, they're faced with the fact that you're not someone they want to interact with. So at best they don't and at worst they develop a prejudice against you in other situations.

It may sound harsh, but no one really cares about excuses, ever. Those that would forgive you anyway, will forgive you. Those that wouldn't are only interested in the fact you failed, and what you're going to do to prevent it in future, not why it happened in the first place.