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<blockquote data-quote="Undrave" data-source="post: 7893125" data-attributes="member: 7015698"><p>I’ve seen this kind of toxic attitudes in other situations.</p><p></p><p>There’s this whole segment of nerds out there who are still bitter about all the times they were mocked and ostracized (if not LITERALLY demonized in the case of D&D) by the ‘cool kids’ for the things they like… and now ‘Cool Kids’, much like the ones that tormented them, are ‘invading’ their space. D&D is cool now, and those kids get to enjoy it… but to the bitter nerds it feels like they didn’t EARN it. That those new kids are just reaping the result of their continued loyalty to the fandom without ‘paying their dues’ so to speak.</p><p></p><p>To those bitter nerds, It feels like a bunch of hipster doing the equivalent of cultural appropriation who take all the goods of a fandom without the ‘bad’ that came with them… not realizing the ‘bads’ had nothing to do with being fans in the first place. Pain and prejudice are not badges of honors or medals from service in some kind of war that make your superior…If nothing else, you should endeavour to protect the little Nerdlings from the same torment!</p><p></p><p>You see it in superheroes circles since the MCU has gotten so big. You see it when ‘Real Gamers’ make fun of people who game on mobile devices. Probably see it in anime fans who didn’t grow up with streaming platforms. You even see it in immigration debates.</p><p></p><p>It’s disappointing, but not surprising.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Undrave, post: 7893125, member: 7015698"] I’ve seen this kind of toxic attitudes in other situations. There’s this whole segment of nerds out there who are still bitter about all the times they were mocked and ostracized (if not LITERALLY demonized in the case of D&D) by the ‘cool kids’ for the things they like… and now ‘Cool Kids’, much like the ones that tormented them, are ‘invading’ their space. D&D is cool now, and those kids get to enjoy it… but to the bitter nerds it feels like they didn’t EARN it. That those new kids are just reaping the result of their continued loyalty to the fandom without ‘paying their dues’ so to speak. To those bitter nerds, It feels like a bunch of hipster doing the equivalent of cultural appropriation who take all the goods of a fandom without the ‘bad’ that came with them… not realizing the ‘bads’ had nothing to do with being fans in the first place. Pain and prejudice are not badges of honors or medals from service in some kind of war that make your superior…If nothing else, you should endeavour to protect the little Nerdlings from the same torment! You see it in superheroes circles since the MCU has gotten so big. You see it when ‘Real Gamers’ make fun of people who game on mobile devices. Probably see it in anime fans who didn’t grow up with streaming platforms. You even see it in immigration debates. It’s disappointing, but not surprising. [/QUOTE]
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