General / Off-Topic Supposed freinds that don't get it
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It's not just you.
All the people who were apparently my 'friends' who said such things are .. well .. are no longer considered as such.
I don't need people judging my lifestyle as I don't do it to others.
All the people who were apparently my 'friends' who said such things are .. well .. are no longer considered as such.
I don't need people judging my lifestyle as I don't do it to others.
those who don't, don't those who do, do
I give the misses more flak over her soaps. also training my hearing not to hear her helped a lot!
all's good now
I give the misses more flak over her soaps. also training my hearing not to hear her helped a lot!
all's good now
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I don't get flak, I get snickers. And, not the yummy kind either.
You and I seem quite alike in this regard. I definitely see my gaming as an alternative to the boob tube. Once I explain it from that point of view, most can see the parallel. I can not work, so I have more 'free time' than most. It suits me better to have interaction with my cathode rays, rather than just chips.
I can avoid the day time drama, and the prime time drivel by exploring space, and blowing up criminals' ships. What could be better?
You and I seem quite alike in this regard. I definitely see my gaming as an alternative to the boob tube. Once I explain it from that point of view, most can see the parallel. I can not work, so I have more 'free time' than most. It suits me better to have interaction with my cathode rays, rather than just chips.
I can avoid the day time drama, and the prime time drivel by exploring space, and blowing up criminals' ships. What could be better?
THAT is spot on. Thank You.
It's not just you.
All the people who were apparently my 'friends' who said such things are .. well .. are no longer considered as such.
I don't need people judging my lifestyle as I don't do it to others.
There's people still judging other people for playing video games?
What is this, the 1980's?
I'm 57 years old, and genuinely indifferent to what others think of my gaming habits, I know who my friends are.
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Surprised me too. I am also 53 and none of my friends at home (as opposed to the friends I make in game), play video games. None of them seem to judge me though, (except when I start harping on about the latest ED update. Pretty sure that can get a bit boring for the non gamers
). It's a hobby. Most people have one and most hobbies seem a bit odd to those who don't share it.
Ohh this is turning into a congregation of 'ol farts, I will join, being 59, then. Playing games or watching stupidity inducing TV soaps about other people's failings... Suit yourselves!
I dont much anymore what people think (If by chance they can think), i dont need to prove what or who I am. And that is quite pleasing.
Cheers Cmdr's
I dont much anymore what people think (If by chance they can think), i dont need to prove what or who I am. And that is quite pleasing.
Cheers Cmdr's
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Seriously, You really do need to get out more, you're sad. GET A LIFE!
No, not you OP, that's what I get told. I could go out, but where I live It would be harassment to buy the local Chav's beer, spirits and ciggies. Failure to do so means sometimes a kicking could ensue. Then they would go get their daddies. I was waiting for the bus one day and a load of bhumholes decided it would be fun to hog the bus stop, I glanced at one that was rock hard and drinking a can of Stella, his comment: "If my dad was here now he would batter him".
Seriously, You really do need to get out more, you're sad. GET A LIFE!
No, not you OP, that's what I get told. I could go out, but where I live It would be harassment to buy the local Chav's beer, spirits and ciggies. Failure to do so means sometimes a kicking could ensue. Then they would go get their daddies. I was waiting for the bus one day and a load of bhumholes decided it would be fun to hog the bus stop, I glanced at one that was rock hard and drinking a can of Stella, his comment: "If my dad was here now he would batter him".
screw you guys, I'm going home. Silver spacemen FTW!
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Minonian
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It's not just you.
All the people who were apparently my 'friends' who said such things are .. well .. are no longer considered as such.
I don't need people judging my lifestyle as I don't do it to others.
Don't judge lest to be judged...
And about our lifestyle? If someone have such problem with me, that's raises a question. How much we fit? Without anything in common, how much we can be together? And even more importantly, if his disapproval toward my lifestyle gone this far? Well? Too much friction is too much friction, and makes any kind of communion impossible.
I'm 37, and I grew up with parents and elders seeing video games as fancy toys. As much as it was fine in my teenage years, it was incompatible with becoming an adult in their eyes, a bit like if they had still be playing with their toy cars in their 20's.
The older I got and the more strangely shameful it became. I did give up gaming in the end and took up music, bit more respectful they say.
Now I look around me and as gaming has gradually morphed from toy to media status (some would even go as far as art) I see a lot of my co workers of all ages discussing the latest Call Of Duty and so on.
Times have changed.
Although none of my friends (beside those online) are gamers, none of them judge my hobby either. But at the same time, I don't brag about my gaming, still carrying this funny shame.
I can accept the argument that gaming is relatively unhealthy, as opposed to running, cycling or even gardening and spending time outside, but I tend to notice that those criticising video games the most tend to spend their evenings drinking two bottles of wine in front of yet another TV series.
Bit hypocritical if you ask me.
The older I got and the more strangely shameful it became. I did give up gaming in the end and took up music, bit more respectful they say.
Now I look around me and as gaming has gradually morphed from toy to media status (some would even go as far as art) I see a lot of my co workers of all ages discussing the latest Call Of Duty and so on.
Times have changed.
Although none of my friends (beside those online) are gamers, none of them judge my hobby either. But at the same time, I don't brag about my gaming, still carrying this funny shame.
I can accept the argument that gaming is relatively unhealthy, as opposed to running, cycling or even gardening and spending time outside, but I tend to notice that those criticising video games the most tend to spend their evenings drinking two bottles of wine in front of yet another TV series.
Bit hypocritical if you ask me.
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What is happening on the devils box in the corner is all most people in the street can talk about and relate too. You can meet a stranger and have an informed chat about EastEnders or the street, with ease. However: To chat about Elite, you need to find a selected few. So basically, according to those around you; you are being unsociable. You would get the same response if you spent your free time, restoring old clocks.
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I hate commercials, so I don't watch TV. I watch netflix and buy shows or movies on Amazon sometime - mostly just to watch while I play video games.
Its amazing how much more enjoyable my old shows are now that i don;t have to sit through all the commercials.
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Agreed. It's not just the time I have to spend watching them, either. It's the pandering. I get that people want to make their products known, but it's the whole "buying tide with bleach helps to save homeless wombats, or eating Ritz crackers can mend your dysfunctional family" thing that I can't stand.
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Here's I'll give you a better example - there's this Bounty commercial where a kid is running around the house covered in things like mud and spaghetti sauce, and his mom is like, following close behind with a wad of paper towels and a big, adoring smile on her face... and it's just ridiculous.
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I'm getting this, too.
"You did what? Played a video game for last eight hours? What are you, ten?"
"So what, you spent your evening staring into a beer."
*shruggs* Screw people.
"You did what? Played a video game for last eight hours? What are you, ten?"
"So what, you spent your evening staring into a beer."
*shruggs* Screw people.