Comic Con Anyone? 6 Reasons Geeky Guys Make Better Boyfriends

We get it. There's a reason they put Fabio on the cover of romance novels and not Bill Gates. But hear us out. Despite what pop culture would have you believe, not every nerd is a walking Asperger's case study made out of pure, unalloyed frailty and whatever the opposite of machismo is. A geek is simply a person who unashamedly loves an obscure topic or hobby.

Did you know Vin Diesel is SUPER into Dungeons and Dragons? Like, has-played-it-for-20-years into it? He's exactly the kind of guy you don't think of when you conjure the mental image of a nerd. What else could you be missing out on?

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