No Will, it's THE point. It's why I don't hang out with a lot of geek crowds. It's why I'm more likely to go to party full of school teachers with my wife than a gathering of geeks (your place doesn't count, your social circle isn't geek exclusive, though it is slightly geek weighted). The problem with cons is that you don't just get the geek contingent, who normally are a bit odd, but at least have enough wits about them to function in the world and have a job, but you get the very definition of loserdom in droves. No job, no life, no social skills, still living in mom's basement, thinking they're the epitome of cool, and still obsessed with whatever bit of useless trivia makes them more 'into' it than the other loser down the hall. In between arguing over pointless trivialities, they hit on anything of the opposite sex with all the subtlety and grace of a howitzer (and yeah, they come in female too, and they're just as, if not more, creepy than their male counterpart).

They aren't the whole crowd by a long shot, but there are enough of them about in concentration that I'd much rather be somewhere else.