"Video Games? How About No... I Like Girls..."

[Thebiggestpanda]

Just break the wrist and walk away; break the wrist and walk away.

 

[Iwata]

Point them to Vin Diesel. Man loves his AD&D.

 

[TheLaofKazi]

When people do that I sarcastically agree with them, but don't make it obvious enough so they don't notice it immediately.

 

[blank0000]

Well for starters...tell em to stop living in the 1950s.


all of em: Without these things our economy would be tanking even worse. IS financial instability "manly"?

Comic books: I'm sorry, but if this dude has seen and dismissed The Dark Knight, Iron Man, V for Vendetta , Sin City, and so on he clearly has very poor taste. Double points if your smart enough to take a girl on A DATE to these movies.

Games: Is it not manly to engage in competition? Is it not MANLY to utilize cutting edge technology in new ways?
and in regards to dating, you'd be surprised just how effective an ice breaker about pokemon can be... if handled with care.

Sci-fi: TWILIGHT ZONE REVOLUTIONIZED TELEVISION! Without it we would not have the set ups for shows we have today. EXCEPT THIS FACT! THANK ROD STERLING!

Animation: Does this man use a computer? IF so, would he prefer sites like facebook and youtube look static and dull?


BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TO YOU MY FRIEND!!!


...dont be a dick back.

I'm serious man, nothing hurts the image more then an angst fan. Instead of treating these people with distain I suggest instead you...

EDUCATE THEM!


recommend vidoes and comics you think are well made and show the medium off in a good way. Anyone can say something is childish, but if you take the time to prove them wrong and show off some quality products then you have proof where this guy has emtpy words on a talk show. IF they dont go for it then oh well! at lest you tried right?

 

[Halceon]

"Well, yes, you go and do that. I'll take my hot girlfriend and go play some DnDis together.

 

[MrNickster]

"You can't play video games and have sex? Shit, I better tell my fiancée to stop asking for it."

Said that a little while ago.

Worked.

Best comeback ever.

 

[hyperhammy]

That's one of the dumbest things I have ever heard...
Good thing I live in Germany and our dumbass population is lower.
Most of my friends game, so there's no problem!

Hi five for Germany.

Seriously, my American friends, you should try living in a country where the jock/frat-boy douche bag archetype does not exist. It's liberating as hell.

I used to play some basketball, I love watching sports, I have a paid subscription to NBA League Pass, I party every week-end, I spend a lot of money on clothes, and I'm confident around women.

I'm also a huge Star Wars nerd, read books on philosophy and 14th century literature, own six gaming systems and upwards of 200 games, and have finished Mass Effect four times.

Apparently, in America, you can conform to either the former or the latter paragraph, but not both. And that's retarded.

Hell yeah!
I love to party, I feel comfortable around girls, I have a ton of friends, I'm a moviebuff and I'm very social and outgoing.
But I'm a nerd for reading, being a total comic geek, and playing video games. =P
I also want the tile: "media sponge"

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

Just be content with the fact that you know they are idiots and you are not. It's not worth your time, energy, or temper (if you have a bad one) to bother with them. And change your radio station.

 

[Mr.logic]

You wanna get rid of all the cocksuckers?

People will always be the same, no matter where you live or where you look people will always be the same stupid idiots who act exactly like they're meant to act, in line the whole of their lives, the lucky ones with a deathbed revalation of how pointless it's all been. We have not advanced at all, shit, all the technology we have at our fingertips; how many of you could recreate it from scratch? Any of it.

Shit, you wanna get rid of all the cocksuckers?

Then whose gonna suck all the cocks?

That was suprisingly knowledgable considering the metaphor.

OT Nothing will change the mind of the radio host or family members so move out/find new friends/ rule the world and kill all sports franchises, those are pretty much all your options.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

"You can't play video games and have sex? Shit, I better tell my fiancée to stop asking for it."

Said that a little while ago.

Worked.

Win!

Let's compare Gears of War and football ( soccer if you insist ).

One is a game about walking mountains of muscle who wear half a car and chainsaw 8 foot tall monsters in half with their gun.
The other is a game where sweaty men in shorts and long socks play with balls.

If anything, I'd say he's girly because he doesn't play video games.

Sorry, It's American football, the violent-ish one. At least I think it is, it's all us yanks watch anyways.

 

[child of lileth]

I usually just ignore them. Its just their way of being ignorant to compensate for something else in their lives.

 

[Pink_Pirate]

I say, who cares about being manly? I for one do not measure my worth by my ability to subdue women with my cock. I also fail to see how watching a bunch of fit, attractive, sweaty men kicking a ball around a park is in any way masculine, masculinity is surely defined by a mans ability to take action, not by sitting on a couch and sipping bear.

Further more, since im on a rant anyway. Why is masculinity considered superior to femininity anyway? Even feminists say so, why do we care so much about being masculine. Masculinity is incredibly fragile, deviate from it slightly and you have lost it forever. For example, if a man kisses a guy, hes gay for ever, if woman kisses a girl, its kinda hot and she was just going through a phase where she was confused and experimenting with life. Besides why is gay seen as detrimental to masculinity... i for one cant think of anything more masculine than fucking a guy. A guy is hard, though and big, and you fucked him... now thats manly!

/end rant

 

[Polock]

So there's this guy on some radio show I listen to who, whenever anything that involves video games(or animation, comics, sci-fi, fantasy, or whatever remotely related), is mentioned, he always answers with...

"I don't watch/play/read that stuff... I like girls... I like sports... I like ESPN..."

Basically, everything else not sports related or involves real women to this guy is not manly... its all kids stuff...

People in my daily life are starting to say similar lines and its starting to piss me off...

So, Besides ignoring them (or turning the radio off), What is a good response to people who think that everthing you like is not "Manly"?

How would you respond to these "manly" people?

The perfect response is to show them my girlfriend. Then show them me playing a game while she takes 100% interest in it makes jokes from it.

The laugh at them and walk away as their "BROish ness" gets them nothing.

 

[WOPR]

I would reply

Okay fine so you like sports, so when your life is over because you rely heavily on your muscle-headed jock'ness and you have a sports injury you get kicked out of college and your girlfriend dumps you I'm sitting here comfortably playing games enjoying life with a job that pays and a girl that loves me and doesn't use me like yours

but then again that's just me and I'm quite a dick to jocks myself
another thing is if they call you "gay" (which ticks me off for being out of context) and they play football ask them

"alright who's gay here, the guy that plays videogames, or the guy that makes a living tackling and spanking other dudes?"

 

[WOPR]

"You can't play video games and have sex? Shit, I better tell my fiancée to stop asking for it."

Said that a little while ago.

Worked.

yes because what's better then playing a videogame while enjoying some... "cake"

 

[Hawgh]

"You can't play video games and have sex? Shit, I better tell my fiancée to stop asking for it."

Said that a little while ago.

Worked.

yes because what's better then playing a videogame while enjoying some... "cake"

Playing video games while enjoying some... "pie".