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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 2624244" data-attributes="member: 10397">Why tho? The term "fantastic" seems to encompass it rather nicely. And why does their have to be an encompassing term? Now first let me say, I know what you are saying and understand what you mean, but in reference to your specific statement:You then have to define what a "normal" member of society is. Is a person who has a job and pays their bills and breaks no laws, but whose only hobby or interest is D&D "abnormal"? Are they "unhealthy" in any broad sense of the word? And perhaps most importantly, are they "bad"? Is the fact that they only have a single interest hurting or inconviencing anyone, besides perhaps themselves? This has not been my experience. I myself have experienced being looked down upon for my interests, and complained about it, and I'm not monomaniacally obssessed; I can carry on conversations about a wide range of (to most eyes) totally non-game non-fantasy related topics.This is the case for most of the gamer/fantasy fan/"nerd" friends and aquaintances I have had. They were perfectly "normal" and yet had and have still experienced condecision and disdain from people not because they were obssessed with D&D or with fantasy, but because they played at all, and were interested at all in those things. But what defines that? What are its parameters? As I said above, is a person who supports themselves and breaks no laws and does no harm but has no interests outside of D&D unhealthy? How, and why? I will agree that people who intentionally "go against the grain" purely for its own sake, to draw attention, and then get mad and complain when people react badly are quite silly and selfish.But if its how you are naturally...if you just only have interest in a single thing, but can support yourself etc, are you really unhealthy in any way that can be proven or quantified?</blockquote>

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