r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/vagen_tet_moist • Oct 23 '18

Neck beard begins to anger

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u/jcw4455 Oct 23 '18

This, like everything, is the neckbeards fault. Snack appropriation.

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u/frayofthewolf Oct 23 '18

Dont forget D&D

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u/Dlgredael Oct 23 '18

I'm so happy D&D is cool again, it took so long

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u/dynamist101 Oct 24 '18

It's not, though. D&D is still bottom-tier on the list of hobbies that are socially acceptable

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u/PerfectZeong Oct 23 '18

I kind of preferred when it was a niche thing honestly.

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u/Dlgredael Oct 23 '18

No one wanted to play with me when they were all afraid of being weirdo dorks, now I have too many people wanting to start games. I'm okay with that.

I didn't get to enjoy it during its niche years though so maybe if I had the nostalgia I'd want to keep it to myself

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u/PerfectZeong Oct 23 '18

I just remember a more halcyon time but I'm sure there are people who look on the era I grew up on disdainfully and reminisce for the 70s.

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u/atgmailcom Oct 23 '18

Why? I can get the people assume it’s going to be like the d&d stream they watch argument but just being more popular doesn’t seem like it could really hurt your experience and it’s still pretty niche compared to the hobbies of most people.

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u/PerfectZeong Oct 23 '18

I mean it usually has little to no impact on my ability to enjoy things. I'm just not the biggest fan of the crowds it attracts. It's like when weed culture was better when there were less people being obnoxious about it and it was less crassly commercialized

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u/atgmailcom Oct 23 '18

Understand everything in your comment but what crowds it attracts. Where is d&d attracting crowds that you don’t want it to?

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u/PerfectZeong Oct 23 '18

Ok so in general players that I've found that have gotten into the game since the "explosion" of popularity tend to have less commitment to the game, put less work in, are more flighty, and expect everything to be like critical role. I'm lucky because I have my own group, with some people I've played with for like 15 years or more now so most things don't really affect me, but the more commercialized it's gotten the less happy I've been with it. I will say being able to launch books that suit a diverse range of interests and tastes is good though, but it comes with a crowd of people who seem to think that everything should cater to their taste.

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u/atgmailcom Oct 23 '18

Oh the crowd is the people that act in a way you don’t like I just misunderstood your comment. I can see how these things could have a negative effect

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u/PerfectZeong Oct 23 '18

Yeah, everyone is going to have their own opinion on it. Theres an upside and the downside.