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Megatron, keeping it 100 as always.
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Hey I got an MD too, but I ended up not practicing. Does that still count?
............Oh god, it doesn't /ohgodwhy
Back on topic though, as a guy in his 30's, I personally don't have a problem with wearing a Gamer-related T-shirt or using a handheld now and then. If someone has a problem with it, fuck em. I'm this old, and I'll enjoy my hobby anyway I please.
Why you are not practicing?
Because to most people, the content of video games is almost entirely 'low brow'. And honestly, that's not far from the truth. Sure, the ratio in books/movies/tv are probably just as skewed but people recognize that, whereas they don't with games. Of course, it's not as simple as that either, but that's one reason.I do find it odd that gaming has a certain stigma compared to people who read books as a hobby or movie enthusiasts. But then again gaming seems to have the most childish enthusiasts.
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Not too ashamed of my hobby but I guess I am enough so that I don't feel the need to broadcast it, at least not to people I work with or am close too. Ill play my Vita or 3DS on public transportation but there's been times where I've wanted to play it at work while on my lunch break (office setting that has a wing that's just tables) but I would feel weird if I did.
I do find it odd that gaming has a certain stigma compared to people who read books as a hobby or movie enthusiasts. But then again gaming seems to have the most childish enthusiasts.
This, fuck everyone else. It's your life, do what you want. Judgemental people are pathetic.Pfft. I'm 39! I run a gaming website, a gaming music website, put gunpla's together, goto gaming / geek culture events, listen to game music while speeding the highway and I love it. I've been married for 14 years, 2 kids and a decent salary and house.
My room is all "Geeked" out and entire family is into it. Fuck the haters, you like what you like and that's all that should matter.
GG has tarnished the term "gamer" for me.
I do have a couple of gaming ish shirts (they're not really game shirts per se just anime done in 8 bit style). I talk about games with other people who are interested in them, but I will not call myself a gamer.
Some times when my coworkers ask "what did you do this weekend?" and all I did was play warframe for 32 hours I actually just say "eat good food, watched stuff on netflix and hung out with friends"
It's not that I'm ashamed it's that I don't wanna deal with the "what's that?" type of questions.
MD GAF unite!
I don't engage with people or spontaneously offer about my hobby, but I'll engage with people who want to engage about it. At work - I honestly find talking about it causes more issues than not due to preconceived perceptions about it, so I generally avoid it.
What an awful post - let people enjoy what they want to enjoy the way they want to enjoy it.
Please let us know what developer you're with so I can never buy your games.
After gamergate, yes
Gaming as a hobby I have no problem with. Gaming as a culture - one predicated on consumption through constant consumerism - when people start to define themselves on one thing and decide it's the hill they want to die on, that's where it gets icky.Fuck that.
Don't let the terrorists win.
No, srsly, that's what they want. Gaming to stay a Basement Virgin hobby.
Its on my resume. I am 56 years old and work for a large military contractor as a senior engineer. No one has an issue with it. Actually its a positive because it shows I keep up with technology and I get along with the younger engineers coming in.
Also I think we are learning its okay to be who or what you are. No shame in not being what someone else calls normal. Screw that. Your life dude, don't let anyone be your judge. Have fun, life's way to short.
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This is actually pretty disgusting.
It is basically mocking a child over a mistake because she disagrees with an adults' conscious life choices.
And correlating the same negative image of teen pregnancy to 'nerdy' hobbies. Which, coming from a guy who made some horrendous correlations earlier in the thread, is really, really shitty.
Pregnant teen girls get infinitely more shit throw at them than gamers ever have and ever will. That's a terrible meme.
This is actually pretty disgusting.
It is basically mocking a child over a mistake because she disagrees with an adults' conscious life choices.
And correlating the same negative image of teen pregnancy to 'nerdy' hobbies. Which, coming from a guy who made some horrendous correlations earlier in the thread, is really, really shitty.
Pregnant teen girls get infinitely more shit throw at them than gamers ever have and ever will. That's a terrible meme.
i am ashamed but i dont care cuz at the end of the day i'm the dude with the cool new bionicle set
i guess you could call me a gamer but you'll never catch me calling myself that to anyone