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<blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 2067612" data-attributes="member: 22882">The modern conception of &quot;friendship&quot; (which has turned up at various times in history, often as a reaction to urbanization) as this hugely powerful bond seems to me to be an artificial and unnatural attempt to substitute for strong familial ties.&nbsp; Having no need to thus sub, I enjoy aquaintances at the gaming table and elsewhere while they're good company, and tell 'em to sod off if they're dragging me down.When I have problems, I sure won't dump them on my poor gaming mates!&nbsp; They're out to have a good time, not to have some weak-willed git pour his heart and soul into making them as miserable as he is.&nbsp; Any person who thinks its OK to let troubles with his life screw up other people's fun, especially people he supposedly likes, is no friend of mine.&nbsp; If he wants to pop over some other time and tell me his troubles, I'll listen and perhaps impart nugget of wisdom (often, &quot;Grow up.&quot;).&nbsp; If he wants to come rain on my parade on game day, he can feel the iron-shod boot of booting upon his behind. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" /> Crappy games can actually be fun.&nbsp; But life is too short to play with crappy gamers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoogleEmpMog, post: 2067612, member: 22882"] The modern conception of "friendship" (which has turned up at various times in history, often as a reaction to urbanization) as this hugely powerful bond seems to me to be an artificial and unnatural attempt to substitute for strong familial ties. Having no need to thus sub, I enjoy aquaintances at the gaming table and elsewhere while they're good company, and tell 'em to sod off if they're dragging me down. When I have problems, I sure won't dump them on my poor gaming mates! They're out to have a good time, not to have some weak-willed git pour his heart and soul into making them as miserable as he is. Any person who thinks its OK to let troubles with his life screw up other people's fun, especially people he supposedly likes, is no friend of mine. If he wants to pop over some other time and tell me his troubles, I'll listen and perhaps impart nugget of wisdom (often, "Grow up."). If he wants to come rain on my parade on game day, he can feel the iron-shod boot of booting upon his behind. :] Crappy games can actually be fun. But life is too short to play with crappy [U]gamers[/U]. [/QUOTE]

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