Geek Overcomes Social Anxiety By Turning Life into RPG

[Psionicist]

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2003/09/rpg_life.html

Oh my.

 

[Lola]

It was cute until he called that homeless woman a "low level creature."

That level of objectification (of people, not just women) makes me hope that he never gets the chance to breed.

 

[Mordane76]

Well... considering our local environ... I wonder how many XP a 10-minute discussion with our local Djeta would be?

 

[Psionicist]

It was cute until he called that homeless woman a "low level creature."

That level of objectification (of people, not just women) makes me hope that he never gets the chance to breed.

Please note that "BBspot is a satirical news and comedy source and meant to be funny. "

 

[Lola]

Please note that "BBspot is a satirical news and comedy source and meant to be funny. "

Eeep! Didn't read the "official site" stuff. And judging by some of the for-real personal websites I've seen... this rang too true. But if it were real, I would stand by my assessment.

 

[Norfleet]

That level of objectification (of people, not just women) makes me hope that he never gets the chance to breed.

What's wrong with objectification? It's an impartial, logical view of the world, devoid of unconstructive emotional nonsense.

 

[jgbrowning]

What's wrong with objectification? It's an impartial, logical view of the world, devoid of unconstructive emotional nonsense.

It's not logical to think that emotions are unconstructive.



joe b.

 

[Lola]

What's wrong with objectification? It's an impartial, logical view of the world, devoid of unconstructive emotional nonsense.

That assumes that the observer is a) in touch with reality, and b) actually objective (objectification is NOT the same thing as being objective) . Most people are only one of those two, and almost no one is both. And I'm quite serious about that.

 

[Angcuru]

Ugh. I knew someone was going to try and turn their life into an RGP sooner or later, but to award yourself dating EXP when talking to a homeless woman in order to 'level up' so you can eventually talk to the cute co-ed girl...he's a lost cause. I talk to cute co-eds all the time, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it astronomically increases my chance of getting a date, now does it?


Well... considering our local environ... I wonder how many XP a 10-minute discussion with our local Djeta would be?


Well, this guy would gain enough experience to gain eighty levels, but he would only gain one, due to the restraints of RPG systems.

 

[Darkness]

Ugh. I knew someone was going to try and turn their life into an RGP sooner or later

It's satire - i.e., not for real.