Now it is ok?

[Goodieluver]

Ive been pondering this for a while. Yes i am a youngin here compared to the majority of you but i went thru some of the same perils as some of you did.

I was mocked and laughed at cuz i played D&D or Magic the gathering(gee if i spent the money i used on magic elsewhere, i could have a car by now) and i used to be a Trekker\trekkie to which the insults NEVER STOPPED.

But now i notice a diff trend, its now "Cool" to like star wars and fantasy type stuff like Lord of the Rings and Harry potter which deal similarly close to the D&D genre. Hell even comic book readin is seen as a cool thing now with the spiderman movie and X-men and with the upcoming daredevil and other comic genre influenced movies.

Not really a question posted but am i the only one to notice this? Plus what other "geeky" or things u were ridiculed for when you were a youngin is now "pop culture"?

 

[amk714]

Yes, being a geek/nerd has become way cooler. The increasing importance of computers and technology, as well as the success of dot-com companies (before the recession), are probably why, and it's spilled over into pop culture. Nice times to be living in, I'd say. Revenge of the Nerds! 😀

 

[ShiningIce]

And what a sweet revenge it shall be. 😀

 

[Goodieluver]

Heh, next all we need is a tickler in the whitehouse and then Tickling\feet will also become a new "fad"...ahh...my utopia

 

[SadAngelTicklee]

I have always been more attracted to the geek-like guys....the jocks would ask me out...(I despise jocks)...the geeks were afraid of me...(why?!?!?!?)...so I was a lonely girl🙁
Oh well....It is never too late! Bring on the geeks!🙂
(btw, I was not a geek but I was admonished socially for liking and collecting garbage pail kids trading cards, are they making a come-back???🙂
~angel

 

[asutickler]

Nothing's changed, really. It's just that once folks get out of high school, they tend not to care so much about all of the petty, cliq-ish stuff that seemed so important back in high school. At least, I think... I was always a strange amalgamation of jock and geek, so I got along with pretty much everyone, anyway... 😀

 

[Deleted member 2452]

i never let it bother me.

i liked what i wanted to like, if anyone didn't think that was cool enough, then to hell with them!
really, i couldn't be bothered worring about what "the cool people" thought back in high school, or jr.collage.
a very wise expression that i wish i made up "f**k 'em if they can't take a joke!"
steve

 

[qjakal]

Combo deal...

Gotta go with ASU on this one. I too was a geek who became a "reluctant" jock once puberty kicked in. Because of that, and of course our little fascination, I never liked the guys that had been lifelong jocks, and the brainy clique never really trusted me since I was on varsity teams. Didn't care much for high school anyway...boooooring and repetitive. Took AP classes and dropped off the teams in my senior year to get a job....novel idea, eh? 🙄 Q

 

[Flatfoot]

By the way, before I start ranting, welcome to the forum, from a fellow "geek", Goodieluver.

Geez, I've been into fantasy a good portion of my life. I never had problems with people ragging on me for playing D&D. Even if they did, I wouldn't have cared, because the "geeky" reputation of D&D players didn't piss me off nearly as much as the "Satanic" reputation behind the game. I was so furious when I found a booklet for parents who think their teenagers might be into Satanism. I was reading through the nonsense when I came along the chapter that addressed the "evil" of Dungeons & Dragons, and the many deaths of children that were brought about where D&D was to blame (instead of unattentive parents.). The propaganda just made me speechless with anger.

I'm straying off topic, though. I don't know if I'd mind D&D becoming "popular". I've always been welcome to more players, but at the same time, I've ran into some lousy players before who either can't roleplay worth crap, they don't have the attention span, or they come up with the stupidest character concepts that take away from the drama behind the game. For example, one guy I played with had a Lawful Good Drow-Elf Paladin named "Death" that liked masturbating with the remains of a gelatinous cube after he killed it. I've got no problem with jokes and the occasional Monty Python crack that's unavoidable, but meandering around performing stupid acts takes away from the story, the quest, and the other players who are trying to accomplish something. I've got a feeling that the popularization of fantasy as it correlates to D&D would churn out a lot more players like this. Granted, this is perhaps an unfair generalization, and a lot of good players could come of it, but it's just what I hypothesize.

 

[4Pawz]

Oh to describe myself in the yrs of high school...and even now. I pay no attention to "roles." I am who I want to be and I do what I want (within reason of course). I payed no attention to gender roles, I played sports with everyone. Technically, I guess I could be called a "geek," but I prefer intellectually advanced, LOL. I talked to whomever I wanted to talk to and basically, made my own social rules. In my mind and heart,you have to do what feels right.🙂 Just my 2 cents

Pawz

 

[TickleCrazy]

Yup, I was a Trekkie and a Tolkien reader. As a kid I easily hooked up my stereo and programmed my VCR. That was nerdy then but is now cool. Surprise, I married a geek. We're techie, and we're proud. When our attached neighbors started harassing us because our "noisy" kids keep them awake (they work nights and sleep days -- not our problem) we launched Revenge of the Nerds. Online I got the local code of law on residential noise, and got my neighbors' last name using their address and a public-records website. I even know what they paid for their house. My husband bought a Radio Shack decibel meter. We found that our noise level is well within the law. We put a microcassette recorder at the front door for evidence of confrontations that will occur, and are considering using a mini-cam too. These people (an ex-jock and a beauty queen) just don't know what they're dealing with. Oh my, I feel a non-consensual tickle fantasy coming on.

 

[Goodieluver]

LOL TickleCrazy, maybe You and your Wife should do a lil covert ops into their house, plant some cameras Ala Revenge of the nerds and see if they're doin any illigal activities::does the skolnick laugh:::

 

[TickleCrazy]

Nah, only in my dreams. His brother's a NYC cop.