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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 6607405" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya.&nbsp;I've always been completely open about my RPG hobby. I have had some coworkers see me reading an RPG book during lunch and then comment about &quot;Oh! You play that game? Isn't that for nerds and kids? *giggle/laugh/chuckle* Really?&quot;...to which I just look at them and say &quot;Yup, sure do. I've been playing RPGs for a good 34 years or so. Love it. Lots of fun! You've never played?&quot;.It's usually that last question that stops them from the whole &quot;you're a nerd!...na-na-na-na-naaa-naaah!&quot; thing. Suddenly, they have to think about formulating an actual thought and response...in stead of an ignorant, emotion-based, retort. Rarely do I get someone who just continues with the moronic &quot;you're a nerd!&quot; word vomit. But when I do, I usually follow it up with a simple comment about &quot;Yeah, well, at least I'm not wasting my money on cigarettes, booze or drugs, right?&quot;...and wait for them to reply with the only &quot;correct&quot; reply of &quot;Yeah, I guess so&quot;. Because if they reply with &quot;No...I'd rather buy cigarettes, alcohol and crack!&quot;...well, they just lost the whole &quot;If society knew both of our preferred method of entertainment....who would The Masses approve of more?&quot; thing. <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=";)" /> Basically, if I don't make a big deal out of it...they don't make a big deal out of it. I don't care either way. I enjoy it, and if they try and harass me for enjoying something that hurts nobody, screw 'em. Their loss.^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pming, post: 6607405, member: 45197"] Hiya. I've always been completely open about my RPG hobby. I have had some coworkers see me reading an RPG book during lunch and then comment about "Oh! You play [I]that[/I] game? Isn't that for nerds and kids? *giggle/laugh/chuckle* Really?"...to which I just look at them and say "Yup, sure do. I've been playing RPGs for a good 34 years or so. Love it. Lots of fun! You've never played?". It's usually that last question that stops them from the whole "you're a nerd!...na-na-na-na-naaa-naaah!" thing. Suddenly, they have to think about formulating an actual thought and response...in stead of an ignorant, emotion-based, retort. Rarely do I get someone who just continues with the moronic "you're a nerd!" word vomit. But when I do, I usually follow it up with a simple comment about "Yeah, well, at least I'm not wasting my money on cigarettes, booze or drugs, right?"...and wait for them to reply with the [I]only[/I] "correct" reply of "Yeah, I guess so". Because if they reply with "No...I'd rather buy cigarettes, alcohol and crack!"...well, they just lost the whole "If society knew both of our preferred method of entertainment....who would The Masses approve of more?" thing. ;) Basically, if I don't make a big deal out of it...they don't make a big deal out of it. I don't care either way. I enjoy it, and if they try and harass me for enjoying something that hurts nobody, screw 'em. Their loss. ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]

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