What It's Like For a Gamer Girl

[Pielorinho]

Re: Re: Re: What It's Like For a Gamer Girl

Of course we don't make everything into an argument. The intelligent amongst us only argue those points we think we can win.

Nuh uh!
Daniel

 

[Teflon Billy]

Re: Re: What It's Like For a Gamer Girl

...They don't want to play with someone who can't keep up with what they percieve to be 'toughness' or 'a sense of humor', they don't want to have to back down from sensitive or taboo topics just because one person is uncomfortable with them, and they don't want to change just for one person they perceive to be whiny...

I can't decide if I'm socially awkaward, a jerk, or a socially awkward jerk; becasue virtually all of these statements apply to me.

I don't want to play with overly sensitive weepy folks. Having a sense of humour should be a requisite for social interaction with me (I don't know about "toughness", but what the hell; I'll toss it in).

I don't back down from senstive or taboo subjects. Which is not to say I'm always on the same side of the argument/. People at my table get s***canned for racist commentary.

Racist jokes? Not so much.

A reasonably-intelligent, socially adept person could, I think, tell when a person's racist jokes are funny digs at stereotype and when they are an actual expression of hatred.

Same with Class, Gender, Nationality, and Competence jokes.

I consider myself one of those people and react accordingly.

I tend to think of Taboos as "buttons to push" more than anything else. Button pushing is how my friends and I interact. It's well known

And if one person is touchy and ill-at-ease, then they had better be adding something truly grand to the social environment, or else the problem is theirs and theirs alone.

You want to run with the boys? Fine, run with them.

Don't complain that they forgot to wear their skirts and thei drink tea without their pinkies out

Note: I will suffix all of this with a MEANINGLESS DISCLAIMER

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

A lot of good points in this thread. Me and my close buddies are brutal towards eachother. In my ciricle you will hear a thousand insults about your heritage, sexuality, intelligence, testicular fortitude, and other things before you hear a single compliment. We humiliate each other in public, we take shot after shot at each other. It's what we do, it's how we've bonded. No malice is involved and we laugh about it. I don't know if a thin skinned woman would last long at our gaming table.

 

[Wicht]

Re: Re: Re: Re: What It's Like For a Gamer Girl

Nuh uh!
Daniel

Says You.

 

[Teflon Billy]

....I figured I was gonna express the thought anyway, so I may as well express it in a means that contradicted the generalizations your posts made (and at the same time hopefully made Teflon Billy's flesh crawl )

You are dead to me Daniel

 

[Pielorinho]

You are dead to me Daniel

When you say that, Teflon Billy, it really hurts my feelings.

Daniel

 

[Teflon Billy]

A lot of good points in this thread. Me and my close buddies are brutal towards eachother. In my ciricle you will hear a thousand insults about your heritage, sexuality, intelligence, testicular fortitude, and other things before you hear a single compliment. We humiliate each other in public, we take shot after shot at each other. It's what we do, it's how we've bonded. No malice is involved and we laugh about it. I don't know if a thin skinned woman would last long at our gaming table.

I'm guessing you don't live in Vancouver...otherwise you would most likely already be at my table .

 

[Teflon Billy]

When you say that, Teflon Billy, it really hurts my feelings.

Sorry. But when you say things that are intended to "Make Teflon Billy's skin crawl" (by your very admission) I can only think that You are doing it to make my skin crawl. I feel that someone Making my skin crawl is a hurtful act and and feel appropriately hurt.

When I am hurt, I can only feel as if you are Dead to me.

 

[Pielorinho]

Sorry. But when you say things that are intended to "Make Teflon Billy's skin crawl" (by your very admission) I can only think that You are doing it to make my skin crawl. I feel that someone Making my skin crawl is a hurtful act and and feel appropriately hurt.

Oh, come over here, you big softie, and give me a hug!

Daniel

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Get a room, you two!