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"Why you got me watching this crackhead superhero?" Things non geek friends and family say about your geek shit
- Thread starter Slayven
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"You'll never amount to anything playing that faggot anime shit." - Random High School Bully #865 looking over my shoulder as I play Breath of Fire III on my PSP
Jokes on you, jackass. I have a solid career that pays well and have a lovely relationship.
Jokes on you, jackass. I have a solid career that pays well and have a lovely relationship.
way back like 15 years ago my dad noticed my Futurama DVD box set and said something to the effect of "Futurama? More like Suckarama."
very good dad
very good dad
"Whoow you are into video game shit? Come on dude grow up "
My high-school plastic friends when they entered my room for the first time , my fault too since we were the equivalence of the football jacket wearing, popular assholes from the movies and I really played my part, sadly.
During those days (2001- 2002) being a video game enthusiast and collector was seen as "fucking nerd weirdo " shit. Gaming was not as widespread accepted as nowadays where every douche plays FIFA.
My high-school plastic friends when they entered my room for the first time , my fault too since we were the equivalence of the football jacket wearing, popular assholes from the movies and I really played my part, sadly.
During those days (2001- 2002) being a video game enthusiast and collector was seen as "fucking nerd weirdo " shit. Gaming was not as widespread accepted as nowadays where every douche plays FIFA.
omg, this is such a grandma thing. When Kingdom Hearts 2 first came out, I was on a family trip and played the game in our hotel, with my grandma (dad's side) watching. She kept making the comment "wow, you're making that kid run everywhere, you're going to tire him out!"
Amazingly, recently while working from home I've been streaming some games on Facebook, and one of them was KH2. My family did a Zoom call with my grandma (mom's side) that night and she said she watched the stream and made a comment like "I thought you were going to tire that kid out by making him run everywhere."
Nearly a 15-year difference, two different grandmas making the exact same observation about the same video game. Love it.
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LOL my mom still buys random comics to give to me today. That is how i ended up reading the Coheed and Cambria comicbook
I paint miniatures. I knew a guy in Arkansas back in the day and he would always reference this Spaceballs scene:
"Are you playing with your dolls again?"
TBH, I always thought it was a pretty funny take!
"Are you playing with your dolls again?"
TBH, I always thought it was a pretty funny take!
"You still watch cartoons?"
Dad, The Simpsons is as old as I am. You were around when Bush was complaining about them.
Dad, The Simpsons is as old as I am. You were around when Bush was complaining about them.
When my parents brought a big flat TV back in the day, one day I wanted to see how my PC games would look on a big screen, so I connected my PC with the TV and tried some games out.. after some minutes my parents walked into the room and asked me what I was doing.. I said that I wanted to see how games on the new big TV would look like - I had Witcher 2 on the screen right then and I was waiting for them to say something like "those graphics are great.. this is how videogames look right now? etc", because the last time they saw some videogames in their lives was probably somewhere in 97-98' when we had some cheap knock-off "Nintendo" console from Poland.. but what they actually said after asking if it's a movie or a game on the TV was "That's a videogame? Then why do they talk so much? And why aren't you doing anything? Shouldn't you play it?"
My Dad used to call Spider-Man and other early 2000's superheroes a certain derogatory term pertaining to female anatomy.
Well now he watches every superhero film and eagerly looks forward to Wandavision every week lol.
Well now he watches every superhero film and eagerly looks forward to Wandavision every week lol.
My answer to that was always "So are the TV shows you watch. Does that make you not want to watch them?"
"Oh he's definitely a badass" My Dad said once when he saw me playing as Majima in Yakuza 0. He wasn't wrong.
He is insistent on pausing and rewinding films we watch every few moments when a new element or character appears before the film has a chance to explain it. It's not that he doesn't lack attention, he just wants to understand everything IMMEDIATELY otherwise he gets frustrated.
He is insistent on pausing and rewinding films we watch every few moments when a new element or character appears before the film has a chance to explain it. It's not that he doesn't lack attention, he just wants to understand everything IMMEDIATELY otherwise he gets frustrated.
*Mom comes in my room while i'm playing TLOU2*
"You're still playing the game with that deranged girl?"
"You're still playing the game with that deranged girl?"
"George! He's a nice man".
My mum whenever her favourite wrestler came on. I have no idea why she thought William Regal was called George but it stuck.
Last night I'm halfway through Lovecraft's absolutely batshit "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" and my normie wife (who thinks basic Marvel movies are too weird) asks me the hardest question possible: "What's your book about?"
I panicked and said "it's just scary stories"
Also back in the day I was playing Conker's Bad Fur Day at a friend's house (14 years old) with his grandma working at the kitchen table, silent the whole time, who I guess finally had heard enough and burst into a "WHAT are you boys doing???" when the Great Mighty Poo got going into his song.
Honestly I treasure the "bad" comics, games, etc that relatives have gotten me more than the good stuff that I got myself because of the thought behind it. Though some of the random stuff I've been given which I never would have given a second look ended up being pretty good.
I panicked and said "it's just scary stories"
Also back in the day I was playing Conker's Bad Fur Day at a friend's house (14 years old) with his grandma working at the kitchen table, silent the whole time, who I guess finally had heard enough and burst into a "WHAT are you boys doing???" when the Great Mighty Poo got going into his song.
Honestly I treasure the "bad" comics, games, etc that relatives have gotten me more than the good stuff that I got myself because of the thought behind it. Though some of the random stuff I've been given which I never would have given a second look ended up being pretty good.
I was playing FF13.
"Why are you playing a porno game?"
If only they had seen some other FFs. Lightning's attire ain't the half of it...
"Why are you playing a porno game?"
If only they had seen some other FFs. Lightning's attire ain't the half of it...
I'm confused too, but I haven't seen the ova. I'm guessing it's because of a new stand / supernatural being and the idea of a super niche power set was weird to her?
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True the random stuff is always what you remember and forms your love of stuff. Like the first comic i ever got was the M edition of the Handbook to the marvel universe my grandmother brought for me at Piggyly Wiggly. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I read that shit until it fell apart in my hands
Every single football/wrestling douche at my school had an SNES and played Street Fighter II.
There was absolutely no stigma against video games. Class of 1994.
They collected video games and had a huge collection?
Also I don't know what are you trying to do. Are you trying to say that what I'm saying is bull?
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Honestly i assume people that paint them are half mad to begin withI paint miniatures. I knew a guy in Arkansas back in the day and he would always reference this Spaceballs scene:
"Are you playing with your dolls again?"
TBH, I always thought it was a pretty funny take!
You married above your weight class
She used to call it "weird manga shit" until I explained the difference to her. She got it eventually but I don't think she cares
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I can imagine the eyerolls, cause i gotten them myself trying to explain "who gives a shit?" stuff
You mean the easiest answer ever. Its about cats on the moon.
