Why is everybody exactly like me? (idea)

For any question which evaluates to "Why is everybody exactly like me?", the correct answer is, "They aren't".

• Why are all men afraid of committment?

  Some aren't.

• Why do all geeks like anime?

  Some don't.

• Why do all geeks like Robert Heinlein?

  Some don't.

• Why are all geeks libertarians?

  Many aren't.

• Why are all geeks smarter than everybody else?

  You're a dumbass.

• Why do all geeks love Perl?

  Some of them loathe it. A hell of a lot of them think it has its place, but it's not their favorite language.

And so on, and so forth. If you waste much time on Slashdot or any other "geek culture"-infested forum, you'll be subjected to an incredible amount of this gibberish. Staring at one's own navel is a lousy way to learn anything worth knowing.