The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Jfdlsjfd]

In response to previous posts in this format. . .

I've often said that playing people from a fantasy race is hard, because it's difficult to even imagine how would an immortal race of half-birds would think. Reading this board, I am starting to think that real-life people from a continent away are as removed as me than immortal half-birds, given the remarks you've heard. The same goes the other way round, of course.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

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IIRC, the campaign was a railroad as well.

 

[dragoner]

Some people act like an an adventure premise is the same as a railroad.

Holy sandboxers, Batman!

 

[payn]

I always thought that gaming was inclusive. So many of us are/were outcasts and outsiders. We should know what it's like. I've gamed with people of color and different sexual orientations. All were welcome at my table or any table I sat at. The only exception was anyone that was an a$$hole. So, hearing that some are so closed minded and bigoted saddens me.

I decided a long time ago if I wanted people to accept me for who I am, I have to be able to accept them for who they are. I try not to judge, but I fall short sometimes. I learn and try to do better.

Depends. I remember high school being very clique-ish. I was a bit of a chameleon in that I liked to try and run with a lot of crowds. The one crowd that never let me in was the gamers. I think they viewed everyone else as outsiders and didnt trust them or were bitter about some of the crap folks gave them.

 

[Ryujin]

Depends. I remember high school being very clique-ish. I was a bit of a chameleon in that I liked to try and run with a lot of crowds. The one crowd that never let me in was the gamers. I think they viewed everyone else as outsiders and didnt trust them or were bitter about some of the crap folks gave them.

In my high school days it was always a worry that someone from another clique being friendly to you, as a nerdy gamer, was just a setup for some cruel joke. And, far more often than not, it was.

 

[billd91]

Depends. I remember high school being very clique-ish. I was a bit of a chameleon in that I liked to try and run with a lot of crowds. The one crowd that never let me in was the gamers. I think they viewed everyone else as outsiders and didnt trust them or were bitter about some of the crap folks gave them.

We had cliques at my relatively small high school (320-ish students) but there were overlaps. Some of us gamers overlapped the track clique, some art, many band, and one of us overlapped with the kids who lived by Lake Wisconsin and partied a lot. So I think we benefited from not being thought of as being just one identity. From my observation of my kids’ experience in a high school 6x the size of mine, it seems harder to break out of the one clique identity in a big school. Maybe because a smaller proportion of their peers know them via more than one grouping?

 

[Guest 7034872]

Depends. I remember high school being very clique-ish. I was a bit of a chameleon in that I liked to try and run with a lot of crowds. The one crowd that never let me in was the gamers. I think they viewed everyone else as outsiders and didnt trust them or were bitter about some of the crap folks gave them.

I certainly remember school being cliquish, but in my case the nerds were the least cliquish simply because we knew well the pain caused by social exclusion, so we tended not to do it. The social dominance hierarchy crap still went on, but even that was nowhere near so fierce as in the cliques.

Now, distrust of popular kids who occasionally wanted to join us--I did see that. That wasn't ostracism, though; it was straight up fear.

 

[dragoner]

I was a total outcast, poor, nerdy, and living in Texas.

 

[payn]

I certainly remember school being cliquish, but in my case the nerds were the least cliquish simply because we knew well the pain caused by social exclusion, so we tended not to do it. The social dominance hierarchy crap still went on, but even that was nowhere near so fierce as in the cliques.

Now, distrust of popular kids who occasionally wanted to join us--I did see that. That wasn't ostracism, though; it was straight up fear.

It's gotten better as an adult, but yeah teens definitely formed camps and did not like crossing the lines.

 

[CleverNickName]

I'm in this comic. That's me, right there in Panel 2.

For me, high school was a hellscape of cliques, bullies, and social anxiety. The stereotype says that "the Jocks" were supposed to be the bad actors in high school, but in my experience, the absolute worst were "the Nerds." And sadly, I noticed at our 30-year reunion that most of my friends haven't really changed.