Chrono212 said:
I don't know personally if this works as it's kind of like going:
'Hey! You like football! I know a girl/guy who likes football! You two should date!'
But hey, I'm a single, shy sociopath nerd with no hope in hell and will never, ever find love.
/cliché
This happens a lot more than you might think. Look at relationships from this point of view:
"Hey! Do you like sex?"
"Why yes, I do enjoy that!"
"Okay. How about we supply each other with sex on a regular basis?"
"hmm... turn all the way around one time? Yeah, I think I can get into this deal"
"Great! Now that we have that settled, let's spend the next 5 to 6 months trying to figure out some other things we have in common"
That is the very simplistic deconstruction of a relationship based on my experience. People form connections over the simplest of ideas and, from the outside, it can seem stupid.
OT: I've never had a long relationship with anyone I could describe as a geek. However, prolonged exposure to me and the geeky things I enjoy has prompted geekiness in certain girls. One of my ex's now worships Yu Yu Hakusho because of me. Another got addicted to Plants vs Zombies and then Fallout: New Vegas. Apparently, geekiness is infectious.
As for the second point, I do find that some geeky attributes are desirable and even a turn on at times. There's one girl whom I love to death but will probably never see again and we clicked because of how we both grew up watching Toonami from the segment's very beginning. Now that I think about it, I form quick connections with anyone whose early life was defined by Toonami. But yeah, geek qualities can be very attractive so long as they do not dominate someone's persona entirely.