Geeky stuff you hate
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Surprisingly, no, nobody does want to hear about anything "cool" you did in any sporting activity. These are things to experience; why would I want to be told about them second-hand?GothmogII said:
You don't have to actually embrace the stereotype, obviously. If you are as you described, then should you really need to prove it to anyone? If someone stereotypes you because of one aspect of your life, they probably aren't worth being around in the first place.greygelgoog said:
That's kind of what I was thinking, only without the double negative.Richard Groovy Pants said:
::See what I did there? I said I hated grammar nazi's earlier in this thread and then I corrected someones grammar. I'm just a big ol' hypocritical douchebag::
Kidding aside, I don't really look at people as "Geeks" or "Not a geek". At the restaurant that I work at there's all kinds of people I would certainly not consider a geek, yet they play D&D or WoW, or some other such thing. They can also cook up a mean Sea Bass.
I hate hairy potter. It really isn't that great of a storyline. Besides, the more words you make up to write a book, the suckier the book is. "You are a wobble-dingle wizard faddle!", "Oh yeah? Well, Fakus, latinus-soundingus wordus!"
I'm probably a nerd who doesn't quite realize it. I play sports, but I do spend a good percentage of my time on video games or teh internetz. Something I hate is Anime. I like the style of drawing, but I can't stand any of the actual story lines.
Go read The Wheel of Time series, and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I don't like potter much myself, but that's not a good way of justifying yourself IMHO. If you have to why not make mention of the repetition of the same phrase five different ways before moving on, the almost-utter-lack of 'pre-story' (as in, we learn a little tidbit in the philosophers stone that doesn't make sense till the half blood prince, for example), or the fact that the stories "hero" is so stereotypical as to be nigh indistinguishable from most fiction books.TheIceface said:
I don't like the over-addicted MMORPGers who either lose all sense of reality, or later try to exult themselves saying how long they played, and how awesome they got.
Also, I really despise it when a really high level, skilled players go up to someone who just got started(a n00b, to be precise) and just start killing him because they "pWn all n00bz lolz". These people probably aren't even good enough to fight other players their level, so they take it out on newcomers.
I don't like anime that put needless moments of fanservice in them. I mean, if it seriously detracts from a serious plot, and doesn't really give good comic relief to make up for it, it feels too cliche and overused. And of course, people rave over it, and I find them sad.
I've never really liked table top RPGs, mostly because I think the setup takes WAY TOO LONG, and also because I have terrible luck rolling dice. Like, rolling three 1s on a D20 in a row, bad luck.
I may get crap for saying this, but despite its complexity, I don't like Magic the Gathering. I'm not much for card games anymore and I understand several can be amusing, but I find the unending popularity of Magic to be astounding. Maybe its because of my newfound frustration with so many American RPGs revolving solely around fantasy, Warcraft/Lord of the Rings style, but I'm really tired of seeing so many people at school with mountains of Magic cards.
And I don't like all the Space Marine stuff that populating America's sci-fi gameplay market when its not being overrun by fantastical Warcraft/Lord of the Rings style RPGs.
I guess ever since I started critiquing movies, anime, and games, I've come to be a bit more despondent at somewhat "geeky" trends such as these. Despite the fact that I consider myself to be geeky, I try to avoid things that become trends because most trends eventually boil down bland stereotypical versions of the originals that made them interesting in the first place.
Also, I really despise it when a really high level, skilled players go up to someone who just got started(a n00b, to be precise) and just start killing him because they "pWn all n00bz lolz". These people probably aren't even good enough to fight other players their level, so they take it out on newcomers.
I don't like anime that put needless moments of fanservice in them. I mean, if it seriously detracts from a serious plot, and doesn't really give good comic relief to make up for it, it feels too cliche and overused. And of course, people rave over it, and I find them sad.
I've never really liked table top RPGs, mostly because I think the setup takes WAY TOO LONG, and also because I have terrible luck rolling dice. Like, rolling three 1s on a D20 in a row, bad luck.
I may get crap for saying this, but despite its complexity, I don't like Magic the Gathering. I'm not much for card games anymore and I understand several can be amusing, but I find the unending popularity of Magic to be astounding. Maybe its because of my newfound frustration with so many American RPGs revolving solely around fantasy, Warcraft/Lord of the Rings style, but I'm really tired of seeing so many people at school with mountains of Magic cards.
And I don't like all the Space Marine stuff that populating America's sci-fi gameplay market when its not being overrun by fantastical Warcraft/Lord of the Rings style RPGs.
I guess ever since I started critiquing movies, anime, and games, I've come to be a bit more despondent at somewhat "geeky" trends such as these. Despite the fact that I consider myself to be geeky, I try to avoid things that become trends because most trends eventually boil down bland stereotypical versions of the originals that made them interesting in the first place.
One thing that just occured to me is cannon stuff. Like people who go and read the Star Wars books, or watch a cheap as hell spin off movie of a game, then call you out on. When your talking to someone about Star Wars and wonder what happens next and they say "Well, this, this and this happened." Not only does it remove all interpritation, but normally what is apparently now part of the cannon is much less cool than what you had in your head.
You know, I love tabletop RPGs, but I hate most of the people who play them. It's so hard to find people who don't see the game as a competition, or who aren't rules lawyers, or who aren't intent on derailing the experience as much as possible. It's not a competition to see who gets the coolest loot or does the coolest stunts; it's supposed to be a fun problem-solving game.
Esthetically is actually just an alternate spelling for aesthetically (which is why spell checker didn't correct you), although the latter is usually the one that's used.Richard Groovy Pants said:
card games like yu-gi-oh and stuff, and rpg games(like board ones) Oh and MMORPGs, WoW and Warhammer, I just can't get into them.
