50 reasons not to date a graphic designer

1. They are all very weird.
2. There are billions of them in the world, like colors on the screen of your computer.
3. They analyse conversations in layers.
4. You will spend days assembling IKEA furniture.
5. They drink and eat all kinds of weird shit just because they like the packaging.
6. They hate each other.
7. You’ll come out the last out of the movies because you have to see the full list of credits.
8. They cannot change a light bulb without making a sketch.
9. They fuck up all tables with their cutters.
10. They study the paisley pattern on your outfit rather than listen to what you have to tell them.
11. They will fill your house with magazines and whatever is out there that has drawings.
12. You never know if he or she is really an original or a copy.
13. They make collages with your photos.
14. They do not know how to add and subtract, they just understand letters.
15. They idolise people nobody knows and speak of them as if they were their friends.
16. They take pictures almost daily and all are cut in weird shapes.
17. They ask your opinion about everything but they do whatever they want.
18. Everything is left justified, right or center unless they arrive late.
19. They hate Comic Sans with the same passion they love Helvetica.
20. They use iPhone for everything, because everyone has one.
21. You can not decorate the house without consulting them.
22. They steal street signs.
23. They always carry their hands painted with something.
24. They buy dolls unfinished so they can paint them.
25. Everything becomes something other than what it really is: cards as tickets, beer cans as ashtrays…
26. When arguing, you will be nicknamed like the OS X spinning wheel (not affectionately)
27. They cannot dress up without checking the Pantone book.
28. They hate Excel.
29. They read comics.
30. They want to save the world with a poster.
31. You will spend the day brainstorming.
32. On vacation they will take you to countries you do not know exist which have no beach.
33. Museums are their second home.
34. They know more positions than the Kamasutra.
35. They cannot go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.
36. They listen to music you have never heard of.
37. They cannot cook a normal dish, they always have to experiment with new ingredients.
38. They read rare books: stories of children, semiotics, etc
39. When they are going to tell you something, everyone read it before in their Facebook and Twitter.
40. They have owned iPods before you knew they existed.
41. The orgasm they remember is when they heard Adobe was buyng Macromedia.
42. They have their own shops just for them and they are the most expensive in the city.
43. They want to spend all their money at Apple Store.
44. You never understand their gifts.
45. They see ordinary objects and laugh.
46. You wake up in the middle of the night hearing them scream “when is the deadline?”
47. 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.
49. They rather pay for a font than for a special birthday gift.
50. They are always sleepy because they work 24/7.


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