In the genes?

Okay, a curious thought just appeared in my brain.

Obviously, sites/forums like these attract people who share at least one common interest - in this case, computers/technology. However, taking a look around a few of the other threads, it appears a lot of us have more in common that that.

So I got to thinking and was wondering if people with similar qualities/characteristics, as well one interest, therefore are attracted to other similiar interests. ???

So, if you're game, how about we all supply some info on ourselves, and then see where we 'overlap'.

Not too sure how to do this, so here goes:

Age: 23
Gender: Male

Pets:Two dogs - Sheltie and Akita Mix

Hobbies: Tropical fish, sharks, travel, singing, tinwhistle, dancing, gaming - video and board.

Sports: Running, Basketball, Diving/Snorkelling, Footie, Climbing, Working out, Rugby.

Occupation: Radio Announcer, Operator and Producer.

Religious/Faith? - Yes, follower of Christ.

EDIT

Political Stance - Generally just right of centre. RW for moral, societal issues, and center, perhaps left, on economic issues. But it varies.


Okay, well I included past and present, but those most significant (for example, haven't had fish in ages, but was big into them, and will get some when circumstances allow).
Add any other categories as you go. If this takes off, I'll keep tabs and record the stats.

G.

Age - 18

Gender - Male

Pets - 1 leopard gecko aka "thin lizzy"

hobbies - gaming, playing guitar, other general teenage stuff

Sports - is pool a sport? ;)

Occupation - un-employed atm

Religious - No, religion has caused faaar to many problems to be worth it, people should get over they're fear of un-certanty which is imo the root of most religions and the world would be a far better place.

















note, my views on religion are my own and not meant to offend anyone who takes religion seriously

Age - 18

Gender - Male

Pets - brother

hobbies - mountain bikes, skating, pub, wacky-tobaccy in abundance, cars

Sports - occasional knock-about of footy with mates, used to play rugby for school, hockey and cricket for teams, and those two mentioned above.

Occupation - fish n chip shop

Religious - Not at all. mom put me off religion by making me go to church when i was little, even though it was and still is all meaningless to me, even back then. i spose if i was forced to chose a religion one at gunpoint, i'd probably take up Budhism.

*EDIT*
Political Stance = v. left wing. anarchistic and socialist ideals and views.


peace

Age: 23.

Gender: Male.

Pets: 1 Doberman of the utmost breeding and pedigree, by the name of Sarge. :D

Hobbies: Gaming (PC \ Console), Football (The watching of, big Everton fan), Doberman breeding, writing, spending amazing amounts of cash on ever more powerful gaming rigs.

Sports: The beautiful game.

Occupation: Currently (briefly) unemployed.

Religious: No. I loathe all organised religion. It is something that very much belongs in the past. (In my opinion, of course)

Good thread by the way, but may I add a single further question?

Political Stand-Point: Right Wing. Conservative.

I think that's worth knowing. I tend to find myself very much the opposite of the stereotype for some of the things I am interested in, or that I mix supposedly different styles of geek \ yob stuff, without being either.

I like football, curries and girls, for instance, but also PC gaming, Chess, and science \ History books. I manage to do this without being a Burberry cap wearing yob, or a PC 'glasses and unfashionable trousers' geek.

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Pets:One dog - Holly (pedigree Cavalier King Charles Spaniel)

Hobbies: Computer-games, Miniature Painting (Games Workshop), Motorbiking, Reading, 3D stuff, Drawing.

Sports: American Football (although haven't played since Uni), Motorbiking.

Occupation: Unemployed.

Religious/Faith? - No, could probably do with a little faith.

Political Stand-Point: Been called a Liberal a few times, but in all honesty I've completly lost all hope when it comes to politics and politicians.

Same as what Zaul said about stereotypes - in thorey I'm Geek (Computers), Nerd (Gameworkshop), Jock (American Football) and a Rebel/Menace (Motorbikes). :confused:

Age - 18

Gender - Male

Hobbies: Guitarist (4 years now!), programming (when i can figure stuff out), general fitness and weight lifting, learning swedish

Sports - Squash (i like fast sport)

Occupation - Student

Religious/Faith - Was a JW for 13 years, now i'm scarred for life ;)

Political stand - politics? pfft.

EXTRA

Favourite foods - Gingerbread men :D Spicy foods, grapes

Can i cook? no. Can i wash? no. Can i do anything using my hands apart from playing guitar? no.

I like to be very creative.

Lived on Guernsey my whole life too :)

Age - 25

Gender - Male

Pets - 1 Hamster (deceased) 10 years ago

Hobbies: Overclocking :D Gaming (comp & board)

Sports - Cricket (very bad at it though)

Occupation - Phone monkey about to start teacher training :mad:

Religious/Faith - nonononono - super atheist

Political stand - Left wing but not as far as Tony Benn

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Pets: 1 Dog - cross between a jack russel and springer spaniel

Hobbies: Generally hanging out with mates, drinking, cinema, computers, programming, gaming

Sports: Swimming, occasionally jogging/running and working out

Occupation: Student but work in a stockroom in the holidays

Religious/Faith? - Church of England

Political Stance - Right of centre as well. RW on economic and societal issues, and slightly left for moral.

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Pets: Rats. Bert, Eric & Norman

Hobbies: MTB & BMX, Circuit Training & Weights, Building Computers & Bicycles, Cooking. Music - Harcore/Punk mostly

Sports: Sportingly inept, loathe competition, see above.

Occupation: Mechanical design engineer in environmental/water industry (more by luck than judgement). & Father of four girls.

Religion: No thanks

Political stance: Liberal I s'pose. Never thought about it much.

Married, 2 children from 1st marriage, 2 from current. Live in Brantham village, Suffolk, overlooking the Stour estuary.

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Pets: Some goldfish, im not even sure if these count tbh

Hobbies: Hanging out with mates, going to gigs, what most 19yr old guys do really

Sports: Ice Hockey, Basketball

Occupation: Pro ink cartridge re-filler :cool:

Religious/Faith? - none

Political Stance - I like to have my fair say here and there but I dont tend to get involved too often.

Age: 29 (today!)

Gender: Male

Pets: None (previously owned hamsters, terrapins & cats, dislike dogs)

Hobbies: Computer games (PC), programming (ASP/SQL), movies, learning Swedish

Sports: Not a one, don't even watch any (did used to follow/play basketball years ago)

Occupation: IT Security Analyst

Religious/Faith?: Devout atheist. More wars are held in the name of some deity or other than anything else, I believe - biggest hypocrisy ever

Political Stance: None really, all the parties seem to be identical these days and blame all cock-ups on the previous administration

Age - 31

Gender - Male

Pets - 2 cats Molly and Chester

Hobbies - Getting P1ssed, Pubs, computer gaming, playing guitar (badly), movies

Sports - used to play squash and cycle, dont really do much now though

Occupation - Print Finisher ( basically make the mags you read, for thoes who dont know )

Religious/Faith - Dont beleive in god or religeon in any way, the one thing I do beleive in is Stella

Political Stance - Again dont bother with any of em, they all manage to do a pretty good job of f**king the country up whoever gets in

Age - 18

Gender - Male

Pets - Tropical Fish (6 at the moment) & 1 lovely Cat :)

hobbies - Playing Computer & Video Games, Computers in general, Watching DVDs, Listening to music, Tropical fish & "other" lol.

Sports - None really... enjoy snorkelling on holiday and watching Women's volleyball.

Occupation - Work in a computer games store - "Gamestation"

Religious - Christened an Anglican, but have no wish to follow a faith as none of them have morals or ways of life that appeal to me. And as previously said, religion is the root of evil in this day and age.

Political Stance - Very neutral, don't follow any party in particular although if i do vote it will be for Lib Dem or the LCA.

Ben

Lets have a go at this then

Age: 30
Gender: Male

Pets: 1 Cat, 2 Goldfish.

Hobbies: PC Flight Simulations, Scale Model-making.

Sports: Golf (badly)

Occupation: Recruitment consultant

Religious/Faith? - Nope.

Political Stance - Shoot all politicians and employ monkeys instead - uh hang on we already do..

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Skeps

Religious/Faith - Dont beleive in god or religeon in any way, the one thing I do beleive in is Stella

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damn right! should start the cult of the Wife-Beater :D

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Punky

damn right! should start the cult of the Wife-Beater :D

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Hehe do you want to join mine and a mates religion the Stellaridders :D we are on a mission to rid the world of all Stella. Were not doin too bad so far, still the more people who beleive the better :cool: :p

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Skeps

we are on a mission to rid the world of all Stella.

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aaaaargghhhhh! BLASPHEMY!! i'd die of dehydration if stella was lost.

Age: 19
Gender: female

Pets:1 hamster (nameless as yet) and 2 kitties, felix and muffin

Hobbies: drining, eating, going out with mates, computers, gamec00b, music, jumping about like a looney.

Sports: swimming is the only sport i'm remotely good at

Occupation: Student studying chemsitry, also worked as a silver service waitress and bar person.

Religious/Faith?: I believe in GHD... well actually i dont, i dont have any religion, i follow my head and my heart i need no silly book to tell mw how to lead my life.

Political stance: politics... BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH! DIIIIIIIE! <-- that answer the question?

Age: 32
Gender: Male
Pets: None (Would have both cats & dogs but don't own house with garden - yet)
Hobbies: Sport (Rugby, Football, Cricket etc. etc.), Fitness, Reading, Films, Socialising
Sports: Everything but Synchornised swimming, and that includes Pig Racing ;-)
Occupation: Process Engineer (Food Industry)
Religion: Is but a crutch for those too weak to stand on their own two feet.
Politics: Right of centre (all for freedom of the individual but acceptance of responsibility that goes with it)

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Pets: Cute Cat :) Harry
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Hobbies: Playing computer games(ps2, gamecube, xbox, etc!), trying to fly in IL2 :) watching live music, films, reading, cooking, eating, taking photos and spending too long fiddling with them on my computer! ... thats when I'm not working of course :(

Sport: Playing Table Tennis, watching motorsport (and taking part where-ever poss!!)

Occupation: New Product Development (Sarnies :))

Religion: None.... don't quite understand how people get so deeply involved in something not based on scientific fact... but thats just me!

Political Stance: Don't take as much interest as I should!

Age: 23

Pets: 2 cats, Polo & Aalin

Hobbies: I live on the internet...

Sport: I shoot, only because you can lie down when competing, and drive 4x4 trials, cos you get to sit down while competing ;)

Occupation: Photocopier tech

Religion: dunno really... raised with the church...

Politics: Is one bunch of monkeys any better than the other? Jury's still out on that one I'm afraid..

Well, I'm (pleasantly) surprised with the lack of Bible thumpers. For some reason, I thought there would be a good few amongst us, but so far, it seems the learning of Scandinavian languages is almost as popular as a religious belief. :D

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Pets: Tropical Fisssssss (and the memories of my 2 Jack Russells which I had to give away when I moved!!) :(

Hobbies: Im not allowed any as Im studying to become a qualified Accountant (yawn!) - however... Drinking, Dancing, Cooking, Surfing the net, listening to music and going to live gigs, plus anything else which involves having a laugh with my mates! And watching F1.

Sports: LOL!! Ok, well I plan on starting cycling again - only because I cant afford to do my favourite thing which is Horse Riding. (Ps. Does bedroom gymnastics count?)

Occupation: Financial Accountant

Religion: No, not really. I do kinda believe in god....... and Vodka!!

Politics: Even more boring than Accounting... only interested when they are making my life more expensive!