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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 2442090" data-attributes="member: 27051">3) By &quot;another country&quot; are you trying to say &quot;outside the USA&quot;?&nbsp; It might well be the case that the fascination with perceived social status and stereotypes is predominantly a USA phenomenon, but I wouldn't wish to generalise to such a degree.&nbsp; I live in the UK currently, but my personal experiences have held true, from Central America, to Europe to the Far East.&nbsp; If this is indeed a mostly USA-based phenomenon, why might that be?4) Heh, unlikely.&nbsp; I am 36, live with my partner and our 2 kids, practice daily hygeine and have no social hangups.&nbsp; Until I gave up my regular career to raise the little 'uns, I worked for many years investigating and prosecuting war criminals at the war crimes court in the Hague.&nbsp; Nowadays I am a semi-professional musician.&nbsp; Oh, and I have nice, tight buns, too.&nbsp; No such stereotypes here, I'm afraid <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Of course, there is a 5th alternative that you seem to have overlooked.&nbsp; Just as you believe my experiences not to be representative of the general gaming populace, the same might be said for yours.&nbsp; Maybe you're just a freak-magnet or something... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark Hope, post: 2442090, member: 27051"] 3) By "another country" are you trying to say "outside the USA"? It might well be the case that the fascination with perceived social status and stereotypes is predominantly a USA phenomenon, but I wouldn't wish to generalise to such a degree. I live in the UK currently, but my personal experiences have held true, from Central America, to Europe to the Far East. If this is indeed a mostly USA-based phenomenon, why might that be? 4) Heh, unlikely. I am 36, live with my partner and our 2 kids, practice daily hygeine and have no social hangups. Until I gave up my regular career to raise the little 'uns, I worked for many years investigating and prosecuting war criminals at the war crimes court in the Hague. Nowadays I am a semi-professional musician. Oh, and I have nice, tight buns, too. No such stereotypes here, I'm afraid ;) Of course, there is a 5th alternative that you seem to have overlooked. Just as you believe my experiences not to be representative of the general gaming populace, the same might be said for yours. Maybe you're just a freak-magnet or something... :p [/QUOTE]

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