Why Do Other Geeks Leave the House?

JG_Elliott asks: "Being a geek getting more and more frustrated with shopping trips, I've turned to the internet to buy things to save time and effort. This made me wonder, other than leaving the house for work/lectures/school, why do other geeks leave the house? What is in the big wide-world that you can't get online (other than real sex)? What do other geeks get up to in their spare time, that they recommend, as something to do out of the house?"

fresh air

[SanityInAnarchy]

The geek habitat is warm, cozy, and smells like bawls [thinkgeek.com] mixed with sweat, blood, and sorrow. Sometimes you just need to get out to breathe after drowning your memories in brute force [thinkgeek.com].

Playing with GPS

[Devar]

To go Geocaching [geocaching.com]!

Re:Raves (or Clubs if that's all you can find)

[qqtortqq]

Sigh, the ease of that depends on where you live. Where I used to live, Chicago, was a pretty happening place for industrial, my music preference, but now I am in Indianapolis, and there are a few places to go, but haven't been able to find anyone else around here interested in going. My friends prefer mainstream meatmarket clubs, which get annoying to me after some time.

After marathon keyboard banging sessions, when I absolutely HAD to leave the house, I'd go to this real small hole in the wall bar a mile from the house. If you go to a small bar once a week or so, you get to know the bartenders and owners well, and any other alcoholics who may frequent the place as often as you.

Re:THX1138

[MillionthMonkey]

Well what do you know? It appears [r2-dvd.org] that a DVD restoration of THX-1138 is due out in June. Lucas has been promising additional special effects. Hopefully this does not mean airbrushed walkie talkies.