hahaha
And some have their settings wrongly aligned, so they are picking up their own signal.
Holy fucking LOL!
That’s just completely sold “Furry-ism” to me. Do you think they’ll let me back in the “Furry Doper’s” thread to ask when their next planned knees-up will be? ?
Btw, what does being a “Furry” skunk say about a persons self-image? Are they just trying to hide a bad B.O. problem?
(Damn, I could have stuck that in the edit window. Soz for taking up valuable space, gang. )
Plushphiles.
Okay, laughing like a loon. I’ve coasted down to mere hiccuping chuckles but…plushphiles? I finally understand the longevity of those cheesy Make-A-Bear mall places.
I think there is a sub-set of “animal-shaped cushion-o-philes”, that are currently making a bid for dominance within that realm.
Sorry I didn’t reply to this earlier, j666. Yeah, hogging the fast lane seemed the closest modern analogy to scaring the horses. It sure doesn’t flow off the tongue though.
Fuck you, too.
Can’t you declare war on his kingdom, or something?
Have you ever seen “Anger Management”, you lightweight fucking sap!
I think this may be the most ironic post I have ever read.
Well, I see you’ve managed to raise douchebaggery to an artform. Let me know when you move up to fingerpainting.
SCAdian, are you?
Maybe he just doesn’t classify people as losers simply for having unusual hobbies. Why the constant presumption that a defense of X or surprise at apparently unnecessary antagonism towards X must come as a result of personal membership within X?
There’s having a hobby and then there’s dressing up in chainmail and going around saying “forsooth,” pretending to be a knight. It seems a little childish to me. Sorry.
ETA, I realize I don’t know any of these people personally. I just get an image of the Patton Oswalt character on Reno 9/11, if anyone is familiar with that reference.
The more this conversation goes on, the less I’m convinced that “childlike (in the fantasy/imaginative sense)” is a priori bad, like many others seem to think.
I’d agree that “childlike (petty and small-minded)” is to be condemned, certainly, but I don’t understand the hate for traditionally playful pursuits carried into adulthood.
I realize they’re not traditional, but at the same time I can’t really take too seriously anyone who’d suggest that I, with my manager-level job and college degree and shelves with hundreds of well-thumbed boos, am somehow less mature or less worthwhile of a person because I happen to have a collection of legos, or play video games as my primary recreation, or play airsoft/paintball with a Russian uniform with appropriate patches, or whatever it is I do. I don’t think those things define my maturity level any more than enjoying watching TV regularly makes one a drone or reading a lot makes one a boring bookworm.
Is there some list of approved adult leisure activities that I could be referencing here so I can scoff dismissively at it? Hell, my freakin’ grandmother-in-law understands video games once she saw a LAN party (True story–she was curious and dropped by when I attended one in her town. Her response was along the lines of “when you strip away the computers, it’s not so different from bingo or bridge circle, is it?”)
I think maybe the biggest issue here is that you’re seeing the stereotypes/caricatures out there. My wife’s in the SCA, and she does it as a method to learn/teach classical/archaic textile techniques–sewing her own costumes, doing pattern research from historical texts, recreating spinning/weaving methods. She only dresses up in the garb for weekend events once or twice a year, and at that point it’s effectively the Super Bowl Weekend for history dorks.
What’s the difference that makes this childish, but being a stage or film actor acceptable? If I get a kick out of dressing up like a knight and speaking archaically, why does it say something different about me if I’m improving my own lines, or reciting the St. Crispin’s Day speech?
Does anybody else find this hot?