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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 2170350" data-attributes="member: 9037">But this is kind of a myth. No bank would hire a person with a mohawk. Just like if you have an eye brow piercing blockbuster video expects you to either take it out or cover it with a band aid when you work. The sterotypical gamer is someone who is fat does not bathe wears tacky clothes and lives in his parents basement. Female gamers are all fat don't care how they look or are they are fluff heads who play elven princess with unicorns.The guys I game with don't fit this at all some have been over weight but some are really in great shape. Most of the guys are married, some have kids, they have good jobs . I know feamle gamers who are thin and slobs. Overweight and slobs. And I know gamergirls who are fat and take care of themselves and girls who are thin and beautiful.Yet everyone of these guys I play with can be dorky and geeky and most were when they were younger. They grew up and learned how to fit into society without giving up what they love. When I see gamers who are in the mid 20s who fit the sterotype I have to wonder why. Is it a  psychological problem that stops them from being able to fit into mainstream society or is that they don't want to. Is it a badge of honor they wear. Society didn't let them fit in when they were teen agers so why should they bother to try and fit in now, It is the principle that counts.I used to have arguments with my son when he was younger over getting piercings and tattos how they could hurt him in the future getting good jobs and his answer was well that is not fair it should not matter if he can do the job better than anyone else. But it does matter. I guess what I have been trying to say is that how you present yourself is how people are going to take you.</blockquote>

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