Yeah, I'm a geek - but I've got company!
October 22, 2004 7:49 AM Subscribe
Don't Forget to Pack the Scimitar (NYT Link): Mainstream media covers
Live
Action
Role
Playing
in
a
way
that
makes
us
sound
only
a
little
like
freaks.
People who play golf where pastel shirts and funny shoes with spikes. And special gloves. They drive around in tiny little cars planting flags. They talk about golf, using terms that are foreign to outsiders, and read books and magazines about golf. They join special clubs where non-golfers aren't welcome. They think about golf every day, and if they do badly at golf, they get upset. People waste as much or more time, money and effort playing golf than these people do pretending to be wizards and vampires. The only reason you would portray one hobby as being normal and the other as being freakish is that you let clichés do your thinking for you.
posted by Hildago at 12:14 PM on October 22, 2004
posted by Hildago at 12:14 PM on October 22, 2004
OK, so golf and live action role playing are dumb. What else?
posted by Eekacat at 2:57 AM on October 23, 2004
posted by Eekacat at 2:57 AM on October 23, 2004
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