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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8445332" data-attributes="member: 7023840">Well, I would say that there's an assumption behind that statement as well!Look, two things could be going on. Not even mutually exclusive.1. People are stupid, and they don't know any better, so they just play D&amp;D because they are stupid. Which is, roughly paraphrased, what you are saying. If that's true, then that is worth examining. Just like it's worth examining why people eat McDonald's when there are better options. You can't just assert something- you have to look at the evidence and examine what it means. Or, to go back to my example, &quot;People who like hip hop and rock and pop music don't have any real preferences. They would listen to opera if they just knew better.&quot; As a general rule, the &quot;people are stupid and don't know better&quot; argument generally isn't a great one. IMO. 2. People like what they like. It's possible that there are reasons that you aren't considering (or that you are, and are discounting) for people to have different preferences. For example, it could be as simple as, &quot;People know about other games, and they might like other games, but because D&amp;D is so common, it is the default game for any mixed group of people.&quot; Again, though, this is worth examining.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8445332, member: 7023840"] Well, I would say that there's an assumption behind that statement as well! Look, two things could be going on. Not even mutually exclusive. 1. People are stupid, and they don't know any better, so they just play D&D because they are stupid. Which is, roughly paraphrased, what you are saying. If that's true, then that is [I]worth examining[/I]. Just like it's worth examining why people eat McDonald's when there are better options. You can't just assert something- you have to look at the evidence and examine what it means. Or, to go back to my example, "People who like hip hop and rock and pop music don't have any real preferences. They would listen to opera [I]if they just knew better." [/I]As a general rule, the "people are stupid and don't know better" argument generally isn't a great one. IMO. 2. People like what they like. It's possible that there are reasons that you aren't considering (or that you are, and are discounting) for people to have different preferences. For example, it could be as simple as, "People know about other games, and they might like other games, but because D&D is so common, it is the default game for any mixed group of people." Again, though, this is worth examining. [/QUOTE]

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