Thoughts of Something or Other

thelobster:

stevemarmel:

Usually, I will repost something with links, or credit, or whatever. But I so dislike this article I have no desire to help you help her hit count.

To be clear, it is a Gizmodo writer who wrote this - used a dating service to go out with somebody and then bashed him in her blog because he…

I’m on the fence about how I feel about this. On the one hand, I get how she’s just a little freaked out by the guy’s love of the game. It’s kind of weird. I feel like she’s perhaps too harsh in judging him based on that. But then I feel I’m judging her too harshly. I don’t know. Thoughts?

Well everyone has their things, right?

It’s just his competitive and seen as something that was part of a fad.

If I may, let’s give it another example:

At dinner I got straight down to it. Did he still play? “Yes.” Strike one. How often? “I’m preparing for a tournament this weekend.” Strike two. Who did he hang out with? “I’ve met all my best friends through Magic.” Strike three.

That’s original wording from the article, yes? So let’s say we have someone who instead of meeting a pro MtG player, met someone who is a Harry Potter fan.

At dinner I got straight down to it. Did he go to reread the books? “Yes.” Strike one. How often? “Very. In fact, I was going to have a marathon with my friends this weekend.” Strike two. Who did he hang out with? “I’ve met all my best friends through the fandom, mostly online.” Strike three.

MtG is a game, yes. It is nerdy, yes. But I don’t think it’s any less nerdy than being part of a fandom or something. If anything it’s less so, because the point of the thing is to be social. It’s very hard to argue that reading a book is meant to be a social activity- discussing it is but not the actual act of reading it.

I don’t know, maybe my point is kind of muddled, but I feel like this woman is being a complete jerk.