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<blockquote data-quote="Nyaricus" data-source="post: 2902986" data-attributes="member: 35678">Words: Nerd, Geek, Dork, etc.Image: A guy playing video games. Alone.[note: I've only, since coming to EN World, associated the word 'gamer' with a RPGer. Before that, it was mostly video games so that's why my response is thus]Gamers, in my mind, get grouped in with nerds, geeks and dorks. So we are socially inept, bookish techies with no lives, glasses, computer-screen tans and a certain air about us that screams &quot;I WILL DIE A VIRGIN!!&quot;my ex-DM was gangly with long greasy hair and literally did have what we others identified as a 'computer screen tan.&quot; Indeed, that's how I know that phrase.Nope. 5'6&quot;, ~190 pounds, muscular (not ripped but workin' on it <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=";)" />), goatee and generally dressed as a metalhead. Rarely get accosted by panhandlers because of it <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />If asked, yes. Generally, this answer will follow a question like &quot;what are your hobbies?&quot; or &quot;So, what are you doing this weekend?&quot;Plenty of strange looks <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" /> but many say &quot;oh hey, I knew a couple of my buddies played that back in the 80s, in highschool&quot; etc.Hope that helps <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nyaricus, post: 2902986, member: 35678"] Words: Nerd, Geek, Dork, etc. Image: A guy playing video games. Alone. [note: I've only, since coming to EN World, associated the word 'gamer' with a RPGer. Before that, it was mostly video games so that's why my response is thus] Gamers, in my mind, get grouped in with nerds, geeks and dorks. So we are socially inept, bookish techies with no lives, glasses, computer-screen tans and a certain air about us that screams "I WILL DIE A VIRGIN!!" my ex-DM was gangly with long greasy hair and literally did have what we others identified as a 'computer screen tan." Indeed, that's how I know that phrase. Nope. 5'6", ~190 pounds, muscular (not ripped but workin' on it ;)), goatee and generally dressed as a metalhead. Rarely get accosted by panhandlers because of it :) If asked, yes. Generally, this answer will follow a question like "what are your hobbies?" or "So, what are you doing this weekend?" Plenty of strange looks :p but many say "oh hey, I knew a couple of my buddies played that back in the 80s, in highschool" etc. Hope that helps :) [/QUOTE]

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