I'm Ralph from last weeks emails

[palmeiro]

So here's the deal,
I'm (http://www.myspace.com/ralphholzmann) Ralph (http://uwosh.facebook.com/profile.php?id=71203342) from the email on last weeks show (E129). I just wanted to clear a few things up. My fiance, Hannah, and I are very very happy together. Although she does give me a hard time about my geeky qualities once in awhile, she loves me for who I am. I hope this doesn't offend or upset anyone, but I wasn't being 100% serious when I wrote that email. I basically sat down and thought of a question I could ask that I knew would be entertaining for Kevin and Alex to rant about. I still can't believe they chose to talk about my email. It really made my week! I started jumping up and down when I first watched the episode, I couldn't believe it! But seriously, If I really had insecurities and issues about my relationship, I would not have proposed (http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i315/Palmeiro/Engagement/) to her. Also, if I wanted serious relationship advice, I would ask one of my good, close friends, not Kevin and Alex. I don't mean to imply that they don't bring up very valid arguments / points about a geeks relationship, because they make some great points, but I wasn't being completely serious in the email. I just wanted to defend Hannah against those who are flaming her (http://revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12911), and let everyone know that she is 100% accepting of who I am, geek and all. We have an extremely healthy relationship, I love her more than anything and I'm the happiest, luckiest man on earth. I just hope no one feels like I wasted their or diggnations time by writing an email for fun.
Thanks for listening,
Ralph

[dash2]

You seemed to be a little confused about what your fiance thinks about you...

[joedubbs]

Hope it works out man. Wish you nothing but the best of luck!

Congrats.

[darknessgp]

wait wait, you are defending her when you lied about her and gave everyone the wrong impression... that seems logical.

[palmeiro]

Hahaha wow, now I realize why Kevin and Alex don't visit these forums often. Have fun festering in your cesspool of negativity guys. It's a tech podcast, don't take it so seriously. Last time I visit this lame forum. Grow up and learn to take a joke. (minus joedubbs)

[kowgod]

Shrug, I found it entertaining.

[tokenuser]

Hahaha wow, now I realize why Kevin and Alex don't visit these forums often. Have fun festering in your cesspool of negativity guys. It's a tech podcast, don't take it so seriously. Last time I visit this lame forum. Grow up and learn to take a joke. (minus joedubbs)That festering cesspool of negativity was defending your right to be a geek and not change.

[comhcinc]

maybe we shouldn't A: be talking about our personal lives and B: commenting on others lives.

shame on all of you. I ROCK HARD LIKE A PIRATE!

[r0b0t]

So here's the deal,
I'm (http://www.myspace.com/ralphholzmann) Ralph (http://uwosh.facebook.com/profile.php?id=71203342) from the email on last weeks show (E129). I just wanted to clear a few things up. My fiance, Hannah, and I are very very happy together. Although she does give me a hard time about my geeky qualities once in awhile, she loves me for who I am. I hope this doesn't offend or upset anyone, but I wasn't being 100% serious when I wrote that email. I basically sat down and thought of a question I could ask that I knew would be entertaining for Kevin and Alex to rant about. I still can't believe they chose to talk about my email. It really made my week! I started jumping up and down when I first watched the episode, I couldn't believe it! But seriously, If I really had insecurities and issues about my relationship, I would not have proposed (http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i315/Palmeiro/Engagement/) to her. Also, if I wanted serious relationship advice, I would ask one of my good, close friends, not Kevin and Alex. I don't mean to imply that they don't bring up very valid arguments / points about a geeks relationship, because they make some great points, but I wasn't being completely serious in the email. I just wanted to defend Hannah against those who are flaming her (http://revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12911), and let everyone know that she is 100% accepting of who I am, geek and all. We have an extremely healthy relationship, I love her more than anything and I'm the happiest, luckiest man on earth. I just hope no one feels like I wasted their or diggnations time by writing an email for fun.
Thanks for listening,
Ralph


after reading this post im assuming you were just writing that email in response to something your fiance said, but if you two are in love with each other and the geeky stuff does not bother her that much then i guess theres nothing really wrong, but i bet you wrote that email thinking how nice it would be to share your feelings on this or that subject that she may not give a damn about, or how awesome it would be to come home and she just finished watching and episode of digg and wanted to talk to you. or maybe if she wanted help hacking her iphone and i do not mean the kind of help where you do it for her i mean where shes intrested in how something works.

of course thats just hypothetical. i find with most girls i have to talk about things like some series that just came out or some gossip about her friends thats bothering her, or end of sentence brb going home.

[cerealkiller]

When the hell is this dude gonna realize she doesn't love him for him but for who she wants him to be.

It's like that movie Saving Silverman.

[ariastar]

If you're telling the truth now, I hope you realize you made her look like a major bitch in front of a million+ viewers. You don't need to "defend" her against us, people who are reacting to what you are essentially admitting was a lie you told about her to see f you could be mentioned. You need to issue a public apology and retraction and write a letter to Kevin and Alex and hope they read it. You are really a douche for this.

btw, people sometimes propose BECAUSE they are insecure in a relationship and hope to create security via what they perceive as permanence with a marriage.

You are such a shitty fiance for your willingness to lie about her and put her in the spotlight for ridicule and humiliation for you to get attention. I hope you know that

[eminemdrdre00]

If you're telling the truth now, I hope you realize you made her look like a major bitch in front of a million+ viewers. You don't need to "defend" her against us, people who are reacting to what you are essentially admitting was a lie you told about her to see f you could be mentioned. You need to issue a public apology and retraction and write a letter to Kevin and Alex and hope they read it. You are really a douche for this.

btw, people sometimes propose BECAUSE they are insecure in a relationship and hope to create security via what they perceive as permanence with a marriage.

You are such a shitty fiance for your willingness to lie about her and put her in the spotlight for ridicule and humiliation for you to get attention. I hope you know that
Chill out, like he said, he did it for our entertainment, and that Kevin/Alex segment was very entertaining!

[kowgod]

I don't think he's a douche, necessarily, so much as he just made a mistake. We've all done it. He thought he was doing something funny, and, well, it basically turned out to be funnier than he expected, in a way. I don't take his post in this thread to be angry or defensive, so much as a bit shocked it turned out the way it did. If anything, I see this thread AS his way of trying to set it right, and show she isn't the bitch she was kind of made out to be.

Remember, we judged his fiance based off of a short segment on a podcast. It's no different really than judging Ralph based off of a paragraph or two posted on a forum. We have no real insight whatsoever into his life or their relationship.

Hell... the alternative is he could have not posted anything at all, and we keep on thinking she's a loser. I look at this as kind of a good faith effort that maybe just didn't live up to it's intentions...

Live and let live, shrug.

[cerealkiller]

I wanna see what kevin and alex have to say about this.

[darknessgp]

I don't think he's a douche, necessarily, so much as he just made a mistake. We've all done it. He thought he was doing something funny, and, well, it basically turned out to be funnier than he expected, in a way. I don't take his post in this thread to be angry or defensive, so much as a bit shocked it turned out the way it did. If anything, I see this thread AS his way of trying to set it right, and show she isn't the bitch she was kind of made out to be.

Remember, we judged his fiance based off of a short segment on a podcast. It's no different really than judging Ralph based off of a paragraph or two posted on a forum. We have no real insight whatsoever into his life or their relationship.

Hell... the alternative is he could have not posted anything at all, and we keep on thinking she's a loser. I look at this as kind of a good faith effort that maybe just didn't live up to it's intentions...

Live and let live, shrug.

Even if you assume he is trying to say "Hey, I lied. she's really not like that". Why then would he say that he has come to defend her? That makes absolutely no sense. It'd be like someone saying "Watch out!" like you were going to get hit by something, then saying "Oh, just kidding." and then tackling you so you don't get hit...

[comhcinc]

it makes perfect sense. he is an attention whore. this either not the same guy or making up the girlfriend to begin with

http://scottwax.com/rice/ratedr/attention%20whore3.jpg

[djoutlaws]

I wanna see what kevin and alex have to say about this.

I'd wager, nothing.

[iccanui]

So here's the deal,
I'm (http://www.myspace.com/ralphholzmann) Ralph (http://uwosh.facebook.com/profile.php?id=71203342) from the email on last weeks show (E129). I just wanted to clear a few things up. My fiance, Hannah, and I are very very happy together. Although she does give me a hard time about my geeky qualities once in awhile, she loves me for who I am. I hope this doesn't offend or upset anyone, but I wasn't being 100% serious when I wrote that email. I basically sat down and thought of a question I could ask that I knew would be entertaining for Kevin and Alex to rant about. I still can't believe they chose to talk about my email. It really made my week! I started jumping up and down when I first watched the episode, I couldn't believe it!

So she saw it and got pissed hmm ? ;)

But seriously, If I really had insecurities and issues about my relationship, I would not have proposed (http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i315/Palmeiro/Engagement/) to her.

Actually thats one of the leading causes of people getting married, insecurity.


I just wanted to defend Hannah against those who are flaming her (http://revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12911), and let everyone know that she is 100% accepting of who I am, geek and all. We have an extremely healthy relationship, I love her more than anything and I'm the happiest, luckiest man on earth. I just hope no one feels like I wasted their or diggnations time by writing an email for fun.
Thanks for listening,
Ralph

Yep, she saw it.




Hehe, i keed i keed bro.

[balzout]

Shrug, I found it entertaining.

Me too....Seems he was successful.

[balzout]

If you're telling the truth now, I hope you realize you made her look like a major bitch in front of a million+ viewers. You don't need to "defend" her against us, people who are reacting to what you are essentially admitting was a lie you told about her to see f you could be mentioned. You need to issue a public apology and retraction and write a letter to Kevin and Alex and hope they read it. You are really a douche for this.

btw, people sometimes propose BECAUSE they are insecure in a relationship and hope to create security via what they perceive as permanence with a marriage.

You are such a shitty fiance for your willingness to lie about her and put her in the spotlight for ridicule and humiliation for you to get attention. I hope you know that

Haha...It wont matter anyway since she hates geek stuff she will never see it. Haha :-D

[md2389]

I wanna see what kevin and alex have to say about this.

They'd say it's a complete waste of bandwith, and hard drive space...then move on.

[iccanui]

You got on digg over this guy lol.

http://digg.com/comedy/What_Girls_need_to_know_about_their_geek_Boyfriend s

Front page ! Im sorry, but you have to admit, thats kinda funny.

[ariastar]

You got on digg over this guy lol.

http://digg.com/comedy/What_Girls_need_to_know_about_their_geek_Boyfriend s

Front page ! Im sorry, but you have to admit, thats kinda funny.

Yeah, and this thread (http://digg.com/tech_news/The_guy_on_DiggNation_with_the_anti_geek_fiancee_M ADE_IT_UP) is also submitted.

[ariastar]

Haha...It wont matter anyway since she hates geek stuff she will never see it. Haha :-D

All it takes is one person she knows seeing it and you bet she'll see it too. If I weren't into geek stuff and one of my friends who is told me, "Hey, your fiancé was talking shit about you and it's online," you'd bet I'd watch. $10 says she knows about this.

[royall]

Dude, congratulations on making your fiance look like a bitch on a national podcast viewed by millions.

And forum, congratulations on being complete douches about an absolute misunderstanding and making things worse.

I hope both parties are quite content with themselves. They've not only proven their inablities to handle a simple situation that could have been avoided in the first place, but they've managed to make themselves look like assholes doing it.

On a side note, Kevin and Alex, during the show, are (this is the important part of the sentence) DRUNK. They may take things seriously that no one would ever even glance at for more than a second. The "mummy virus" for example. Keep that in mind.

[heyseuss]

He's 20. Case closed due to irrelevancy.

[ariastar]

He's 20. Case closed due to irrelevancy.

He's 20, clearly not mature enough to be married if this is his idea of fun.

[ariastar]

Dude, congratulations on making your fiance look like a bitch on a national podcast viewed by millions.

And forum, congratulations on being complete douches about an absolute misunderstanding and making things worse.

I hope both parties are quite content with themselves. They've not only proven their inablities to handle a simple situation that could have been avoided in the first place, but they've managed to make themselves look like assholes doing it.

On a side note, Kevin and Alex, during the show, are (this is the important part of the sentence) DRUNK. They may take things seriously that no one would ever even glance at for more than a second. The "mummy virus" for example. Keep that in mind.

It wasn't a misunderstanding but rather this guy's attempt at getting attention. It's not a small matter to some of us. I mean, not everyone here is a teenager now. Some of us grew up being bullied for being geeks, beaten up, jumped by groups (personal experience), and it was a long time of feeling uncomfortable being ourselves because it wasn't cool and we were outcasted, or uncomfortable trying to not be ourselves to fit in with "normal" people. So it's a sensitive topic for some. Truth be told, I still have a hard time feeling okay being myself and I live in the fucking Silicon Valley, a magnet for geeks.

Drunk or not during the shows, if that guy's letter were valid, then Kevin and Alex had good points, very good points.

But this guy's letter was not real, and he made someone else look bad for it. Hell, to an extent, you can even say it made Kevin and Alex look bad, though no one knew at the time that the guy is nothing more than a jerk who should be dumped. Instead of protecting his girl's rep, he was the one who publicly, VERY publicly, slandered her for attention.

[jdgreen92086]

I agree Ariastar. I think it's weak somebody would make up a lie about somebody they "Love" just to get on a podcast. I think it's genuinely rude and offensive, especially to misrepresent somebody they claim to love so much, on a hugely popular podcast.

No you weren't being completely serious in the email, you flat out lied about your fiancee.

[royall]

Meh, we've wasted too many keystrokes on this. Nothing can be done now, except for Kevin and Alex possibly mentioning it on the next episode. In my
opinion, this topic is no longer needed.

[ariastar]

I agree Ariastar. I think it's weak somebody would make up a lie about somebody they "Love" just to get on a podcast. I think it's genuinely rude and offensive, especially to misrepresent somebody they claim to love so much, on a hugely popular podcast.

No you weren't being completely serious in the email, you flat out lied about your fiancee.

Heh, can there really be love at all? This jerk just gave non-geeks reason to hate geeks, paints geeks as a group so desperate for attention that they will fry those they claim to love.

[ariastar]

Meh, we've wasted too many keystrokes on this....

So you're just "wasting" more to up your post count? :p

[foxtrot]

I registered just so I could comment on this subject.

I have not read everybody's replies however it is obvious that there is a clear devision in our opinions on this matter. I'm sure somebody has mentioned some of the obvious things that I want to point out somewhere in this thread, but bear with me.

I'm sure most would agree that pulling a stunt just to get attention and then thwart those that disapprove, is hypocritical. It seems to me that you achieved your goal of getting attention when Alex and Kevin addressed your issue. Why not leave it at that? Why did you feel the urge to inform us that your girlfriend is indeed perfect? The issue you raised was a good one, regardless if it actually applies to you. I mean none of us know you, many of us don't even care. What could you possibly stand to gain by clarifying that your girlfriend does indeed "accept" you?

Thus it is possible that you are simply immature, in which case acting like you have does not warrant you to pass judgment on how other people react to your shenanigans. The other possibility is that you probably felt that you did not get all the attention that you deserved, after all everybody was talking about your girlfriend. Hopefully all this discussion about you has boosted your self-esteem.

For your sake I really do hope you are engaged and your girlfriend is the wonderful person that you say she is. Really I do. Just remember for the future that nobody likes attention-seekers.

[phatlip12]

If you're telling the truth now, I hope you realize you made her look like a major bitch in front of a million+ viewers. You don't need to "defend" her against us, people who are reacting to what you are essentially admitting was a lie you told about her to see f you could be mentioned. You need to issue a public apology and retraction and write a letter to Kevin and Alex and hope they read it. You are really a douche for this.

btw, people sometimes propose BECAUSE they are insecure in a relationship and hope to create security via what they perceive as permanence with a marriage.

You are such a shitty fiance for your willingness to lie about her and put her in the spotlight for ridicule and humiliation for you to get attention. I hope you know that

I'm with you on this one Aria. Maybe it was a joke for him but wasn't a nice thing for him to do to his girlfriend. The fact that he posted this makes me believe she some how found out about this so you felt the need to clarify to make HER feel better.

[ariastar]

I'm with you on this one Aria. Maybe it was a joke for him but wasn't a nice thing for him to do to his girlfriend. The fact that he posted this makes me believe she some how found out about this so you felt the need to clarify to make HER feel better.

And the kicker is that her picture was included as positive ID.

[comhcinc]

why are you still assuming that this person is even real?

[ariastar]

why are you still assuming that this person is even real?

If this isn't real at all, then some asshat still sent in a picture of a girl claimed to be anti-geek and demanding change.

[comhcinc]

i know it's a damn good prank. i bet the "asshat" is masterbating to this thread right now :D

[ariastar]

i know it's a damn good prank. i bet the "asshat" is masterbating to this thread right now :D

He'd better get used to it. He's probably not going to be getting any from his girl for a while.

[comhcinc]

why does it have to be a he? maybe it's a she.

[balzout]

He'd better get used to it. He's probably not going to be getting any from his girl for a while.

That's for sure...:-/