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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1466773" data-attributes="member: 151">Pshaw.  And you say I'm too literal. <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    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  Seriously though, I just don't agree.  Having heard of it isn't the same as considering it normal.  The difference now is that its been relegated more to the 'mostly harmless' category, than anything else.  Mothers aren't running out to demand stores not carry it on their shelves, and throwing those kid's PHBs in the trash (or on the fire...shudder).  There are still folks out there who consider it evil (as recent threads have atested). I've still got people I've worked with, even in the last three years, who had never heard of D&D except in the most abstract of terms.  But geeks in general are a lot cooler, thanks to the rise of tech....D&D just got swept along for the ride.  Besides, D&D has nostalgia factor now, just like He-man or the Big Wheel. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> But what do I know?  Heck, I'm still trying to explain to my kids that we didn't have Tivo or even VCRs when I was growing up...my daughter thinks I'm outright lying when I tell her we didn't have a color TV until I was older than she is now. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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