• @Supervisor194
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    106 hours ago

    It’s a pretty apt metaphor. One minor quibble, gamers don’t think games are real. Sure, it’s no less important to them maybe just because it isn’t real, but they do not, in fact, think it’s real. Also if you don’t want to play their game, they won’t sack you or throw you in prison or kill you.

  • femtech
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    3810 hours ago

    Doesn’t seem like they are nerdy about it. More like watched the movie that was based on the game that was based on a book and think they are the real fans.

    • jrs100000
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      2510 hours ago

      The worst kind of nerd, the poser.

    • @WarlockLawyer
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      39 hours ago

      So like most of my friends with 40k. Too much work to read all the media. But based on a YouTube essay and a quick Wikipedia read they think they are experts and will proclaim their firmly held beliefs on it.

  • @LovableSidekick
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    910 hours ago

    …and they SUPER freak out if you say their favorite game isn’t the best one.

    • @[email protected]
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      That seems to be a human trait. Just ask anyone about their political views, which mobile phone they have, sports teams, climate change, vaccinations, dietary preferences, gender minorities, sexual minorities, parenting styles, music genres, pineapple on pizza, medieval siege engines etc.

      BTW raspberries are better than strawberries.

    • @[email protected]
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      29 hours ago

      My hobby is buying steam games and browsing the steam store or my already owned collection. Not actually playing the games though. That would be weird

      • @[email protected]
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        29 hours ago

        Have you tried browsing DLCs? It’s great. Some games even have tons of them and there’s bundles of them, and different lists and everything.

  • @zoostation
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    510 hours ago

    The religious will virtue signal whatever from religion is convenient to them at a given time but are rarely curious or nerdy about the actual substance of it. Gamers actually need to learn the rules of a game or else they face consequences.

  • @Dr_Box
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    811 hours ago

    Idk. I dont hear about people killing others who play different consoles than them

  • Hegar
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    510 hours ago

    They’re immersed in fictional worlds that give them a feeling of power and control, sure.

  • @Mango
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    07 hours ago

    No… Not even a little bit.

  • @[email protected]
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    i mean … this is backwards.

    Gamers are the new fanatical extremists ready to jihad from the announcement of a new game.