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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tellerian Hawke" data-source="post: 6605232" data-attributes="member: 6790669">I agree with Bayonet, worrying about whether or not something is "adult" is simply foolish. I proudly admit to the fact that I love to sit down and watch Curious George with my three-year-old, and not only that, I find it funny and highly entertaining; Curious George is a riot! <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=":)" />I'm going to the sneak-peak-preview of Age of Ultron tonight with my 8-year-old. I proudly admit that, as well. <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=":)" />Of course, I have an advantage in my particular situation; I am the boss at work (I am the library director for an academic library) and although I have a boss over me (dean of academic affairs) I rarely ever even see him, and most of our communication is through email. Thus, for most of the day, I am alone in my batcave, writing reports and assessments, with Facebook and EN World on the second and third tabs, for perusal during my coffee-swigging, caffeine-a-paloozas---err, coffee breaks. <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=":)" />I have rarely been challenged about my love for RPGs and comics; but on those rare occasions where it does happen, I go all "academic" on a person! <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=":)" /> And when I get philosophical, most people's eyes glaze over, and they shut up really quick, because they don't want to listen to a boring lecture, ha ha! <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=":)" />Like Bayonet, I too am an outdoorsy guy as well; I love to fish, and I am very passionate about airguns. And I can recite the ballistic co-efficient of a 14.2 grain pellet from memory! <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=":)" /> My favorite airgun is the German-made Feinwerkbau. As Ralphie from "A Christmas Story" puts it, it's a "blue steel beauty!" <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=":)" />And that's what gets me sometimes; human beings are capable of a WIDE RANGE of interests, so why can't most people wrap their brains around RPGs? And even allowing for those who "just don't get it," why can't they see that each person has things that he or she enjoys, and allow each person to follow his or her own passion without judgment? It boggles my mind.</blockquote>

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