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posted by [identity profile] funwithrage.livejournal.com at 04:46am on 13/03/2008
Yeah, but I don't talk about *any* of my hobbies that much at work. "Hey, I see this movie," or "Yeah, I play these video games," is about as far as it gets, unless I'm talking to [livejournal.com profile] siriel and O'Reilly's a pretty fucking geeky place. I'm not so much worried about being perceived as a geek as...I have my interests, my co-workers have theirs, we're friendly but we don't mingle so much.

Likewise with family. It's less a geek/nongeek thing and more a matter of "you don't share this interest, and thus probably don't want to hear about it in detail," which I wish more people would realize re: the goddamn Red Sox, but whatever.
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posted by [identity profile] relevance.livejournal.com at 11:34am on 13/03/2008
Whereas I generally do talk with my coworkers about what I've been up to, at least in general terms; just not about gaming. Movies I've seen - even fantasy movies - are great conversation fodder in these situations, so it's not a question of the subject matter. Harry Potter is socially acceptable and even maybe cool; GURPS? Not ever.
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posted by [identity profile] funwithrage.livejournal.com at 01:11pm on 13/03/2008
You do have a point there. I mean, *I* consider GURPS geeky and arcane; wild horses couldn't drag me into a game of it, and if someone said it was their preferred game system, I might not want to game with them, because, well, I don't *like* gaming with obsessive detail freaks who like to prove their cock size through their math skills.

But, while I will talk about fantasy movies and so forth at work or with family, and I'll mention things like martial arts in general terms, I try not to bring up gaming at all. Any sort. I think it's because the average person isn't likely to be that familiar with gaming, except in terms of "D&D, yeah," and I don't care enough, or think they care enough, to try and explain it. It's not something where you can go "Yeah, I do martial arts," and leave it there.

And it's waaaay the hell easier to whip out the theatre/camping/board game dodge, if someone asks why I need this costume or am in New Hampshire than it is to go through the whole "it's like an interactive story blah blah" song and dance for the sake of someone, at the end, going "Huh."
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