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<blockquote data-quote="payn" data-source="post: 9582948" data-attributes="member: 90374">I too hung out with the jocks and socials in HS. I wasnt mean to the D&amp;D kids at all, in fact I wanted to join them. They would never let me though im assuming they thought it was some type of trap or just a social circle that shouldnt be crossed. I didnt get into RPGs regularly until later in life and also through organized play which is awesome.Unfortunately, influencers bread their butter with incendiary rhetoric and its had a very poor effect on discourse in general. I work for a corporation and we have a slack set up. There is a video games channel and one kid comes in super hot every other day. &quot;This sucks...&quot; &quot;these devs are terrible people...&quot; just the hottest negative takes imaginable and eventually they got booted (which cant be a good look at the place you work for). While yes, the e wars happened some time ago, I have seen a particular descent into negativity since the earliest days of the internet. It is rather unfortunate.All you can do is take that good will and put it to constructive use. Develop a well oiled back to allow those nuclear takes to just run off and not effect you. Be the energy you want receive in return, and it will come around. You cant change others attitudes (though it doesnt hurt to try) but you have total control over your own.Welcome to D&amp;D!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="payn, post: 9582948, member: 90374"] I too hung out with the jocks and socials in HS. I wasnt mean to the D&D kids at all, in fact I wanted to join them. They would never let me though im assuming they thought it was some type of trap or just a social circle that shouldnt be crossed. I didnt get into RPGs regularly until later in life and also through organized play which is awesome. Unfortunately, influencers bread their butter with incendiary rhetoric and its had a very poor effect on discourse in general. I work for a corporation and we have a slack set up. There is a video games channel and one kid comes in super hot every other day. "This sucks..." "these devs are terrible people..." just the hottest negative takes imaginable and eventually they got booted (which cant be a good look at the place you work for). While yes, the e wars happened some time ago, I have seen a particular descent into negativity since the earliest days of the internet. It is rather unfortunate. All you can do is take that good will and put it to constructive use. Develop a well oiled back to allow those nuclear takes to just run off and not effect you. Be the energy you want receive in return, and it will come around. You cant change others attitudes (though it doesnt hurt to try) but you have total control over your own. Welcome to D&D! [/QUOTE]

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