[harindirand]

Socialising with opinionated geeks sounds like the best way to have interesting conversations!

[mihaaly]

Opinionated may have ment the 'fight for your view till death' kind of folks perhaps. In which case it is being far from fun.

[powerhour]

I've definitely run in to those types at meetups. They're there to ruin the event for everyone (although I'm sure they themselves have a good time).

Thankfully it's possible to convince a smaller group to ignore them (don't feed the trolls etc) so you can have interesting conversations.

[chrisseaton]

Nothing interesting about arguing with someone who just defends their point to the death, never listening to anything you say.

[eafkuor]

You must be under 26-27 years of age? Because that sounds exhausting to me, but I would have enjoyed it a few years ago, probably

[lhnz]

Don't belittle people for wanting to speak to people like themselves by acting like this is a sign of immaturity or something that they will grow out of...

[nyokodo]

> sign of immaturity or something that they will grow out of...

Or perhaps they meant that it’s a sign of youthful vitality and openness that they lost via the detriment of aging?

[harindirand]

Ha! 26. I sympathise - but have to admit, I am quite excited for this! I just know there are going to be so many interesting people there, doing so many interesting things!

[boboralice]

I'm way older than that but I work from home. I actually just made an account after a long time of lurking because the lack of lunchtime tech rants is starting to feel isolating.