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<blockquote data-quote="cincinnati reds" data-source="post: 2442055" data-attributes="member: 21888">It's amusing, to me, to see the number of people who rate themselves low on this &quot;geek scale&quot; and go on to say, in the same statement, that they &quot;hide&quot; the fact that they game, or their more ... esoteric (?) hobbies from the rest of society.You know, if all of you zeroes and ones and such weren't ashamed of your hobbies, you might find yourself changing the general stereotype.Oh yeah, and I'm a zero myself, if not a negative-one. And when asked why I'm not coming out to the pub/going to the ballgame/won't go to the show when invited on a Sunday, I always say, without shame, that I run a D&amp;D game on Sundays.Those few people who think that's &quot;strange&quot; or &quot;geeky&quot; or that I'm some sort of creep because of my hobbies... well, they don't get to be my friend/companion/girl anymore. And that's their loss.I don't have time for people who don't accept me for who I am. And I don't hide.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cincinnati reds, post: 2442055, member: 21888"] It's amusing, to me, to see the number of people who rate themselves low on this "geek scale" and go on to say, in the same statement, that they "hide" the fact that they game, or their more ... esoteric (?) hobbies from the rest of society. You know, if all of you zeroes and ones and such weren't ashamed of your hobbies, you might find yourself changing the general stereotype. Oh yeah, and I'm a zero myself, if not a negative-one. And when asked why I'm not coming out to the pub/going to the ballgame/won't go to the show when invited on a Sunday, I [i]always[/i] say, without shame, that I run a D&D game on Sundays. Those few people who think that's "strange" or "geeky" or that I'm some sort of creep because of my hobbies... well, they don't get to be my friend/companion/girl anymore. And that's [i]their[/i] loss. I don't have time for people who don't accept me for who I am. And I don't hide. [/QUOTE]

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