50 Reasons Not To Date A Graphic Designer
Here is a list of some pretty funny reasons why you should not date a graphic designer. Enjoy!
- They are very weird people.
- There are billions of them in the world, like colors on the screen of your computer.
- They will analyze conversations in layers.
- You will spend the day assembling furniture from IKEA.
- They drink and eat all kinds of weird stuff just because they like the packaging.
- They hate each other.
- You’ll come out the last out of the movies because you have to see the full list of credits.
- They cant change a light bulb or without making a sketch.
- They mark up all the tables with their cutters.
- They rather study the paisley pattern on your outfit than listen to what you have to say.
- They will fill your house with magazines and whatever is out there that has drawings.
- You never know if it is really an original or a copy.
- They make collages with your photos.
- They do not know how to add and subtract, they just understand letters.
- They idolize people who nobody knows and speak of them as if they were colleagues.
- They take pictures almost daily and all are cut in weird shapes.
- They ask your opinion about everything but they do whatever they want.
- Everything is left justified, right or center unless they arrive late.
- They hate Comic Sans with the same passion they love Helvetica.
- They use iPhone for everything, because everyone has one.
- You can not decorate the house without consulting them.
- They steal street signs.
- Always carry their hands painted with something.
- They buy dolls unfinished for them to paint.
- Everything becomes something other than what it really is: cards as tickets, cards as …
- When arguing, you will be nicknamed like the OSX spinning wheel (not affectionately)
- They do not know how to dress without consulting the Pantone book.
- They hate Excel.
- They read comics.
- They want to save the world only with a poster.
- You will spend the day brainstorming.
- On vacation they will take you to countries that you do not know exist and have no beach.
- Museums are their second home.
- They know more positions than the Kamasutra.
- They can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.
- They listen to music you have never heard of.
- They can´t cook a normal dish, they always have to experiment with new ingredients.
- They read rare books: stories of children, Semiotics …
- When they are going to tell you something, everyone has read it in their facebook and twitter.
- They have owned iPods before you knew they existed.
- The excitement they remember is when they heard that Adobe was acquiring Macromedia.
- They have their own shops just for them and there are the most expensive in the city.
- They want to spend all the money in the Apple Store.
- You will never understand their gifts.
- They see ordinary objects and laugh.
- You wake up in the middle of the night hearing them screaming “When is the deadline?”
- They see CMYK and RGB like Neo sees the Matrix. 48. They dream of the day nobody will make a single change to their designs.
- They rather pay for a font than for a special birthday gift.
- They are always sleepy because they work 24/7.
Article Written by a bourbon for silvia on November 10, 2010