Binging Hell of Presidents, Matt (the largest of the chapos, who should be able to eat the smaller ones) said something that resonated with me- the idea that our connection with class is so disassociated and immaterial that the only way we can express ourselves is through consumption.

I realised he was 100% right, but sadly realised I couldn't figure out alternatives. Is there any answer apart from getting off our damn iphone? (it's community connection right? But we still have to consume food and culture to do so...- or am I taking it too literally?)

  • NomadicWarMachine [any]
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    3 years ago

    So Dungeons and Dragons is the only true form of socialization in this hellworld?

    • CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn [any]
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      3 years ago

      D&D is good, but also try:

      • cooking with people
      • writing to a pen pal in the People's Republic of China
      • sex and maybe even kissing
      • explore the trees with someone! if any are near
      • reading the Iliad to each other
      • scripting a game
    • KermitTheFraud [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      The people I play DND with are g*mers so our sessions still involve talking about vidya consumption before and after the session

      • NomadicWarMachine [any]
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        3 years ago

        I mean, I’ll go against the grain here and say that I’m not so sure things were THAT different in the past. Like what do we think medieval peasants were all having deep philosophical conversations all the time? They still probably spent a lot of time going “oi de gout a new type of cheese down at ye olden tavrn’, tasted proper musky, comes from the land of the Danes!”

        • KermitTheFraud [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah it’s just exaggerated behavior that would otherwise be normal. It’s all they talk about. I’m not expecting deep philosophical conversations, but I barely know these people who I spend several hours a week with because they never talk about their lives

          • NomadicWarMachine [any]
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            3 years ago

            Hm, that’s weird, I got to know the people in mg DND group pretty well. Hell one became my gf

            • KermitTheFraud [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              Damn that sounds nice. One of them is a friend from high school which is why they’re my crew (not to mention a party that can consistently meet each week is nothing to fuck with). I learned like a year in that one of them has a kid. And another bought a house and none of us heard anything about it until it’s be done for several months. That’s a pretty stressful process that I’d expect to hear about from a friend that I see that often. It’s real weird

              • NomadicWarMachine [any]
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                3 years ago

                Idk maybe they view the game as an escape and don’t wanna talk about stressful personal stuff?

                • KermitTheFraud [they/them]
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                  3 years ago

                  Yeah I think it’s all an escape. The other games and comics and movies and everything. Aside from me, this is their core friend group, though. Maybe they save the venting for partners or for each other in private. I will probably never know