[alt text: a screenshot of a tweet by @no_goblins. The tweet says: "Ladies if you go to a man's house and the only games he has are COD and 2k DON'T SLEEP WITH HIM! You deserve someone who plays open world RPGs".]
I killed several really well going conversations in the past by mentioning that one of my hobbies is to play racing games with my plastic toywheel.
Like dont get wrong i'm fully aware that its not a sexy hobby. But if thats enough to tank an otherwise well going conversation for you then i'm not interested either way.
Calling it a plastic toywheel probably doesn't help lol
racing sims are a sexy hobby, that shit ain't cheap up front and also it's legitimately a good experience
oh I'm sorry I have a hobby that doesn't require ongoing expenses, takes up little space, and feeds me adrenaline. you're right that if that is enough to tank a convo then byeee
of all the things to be a dealbreaker, playing video games is.. lol. not the kind of person you want to be around. odds are they watch brainrot tiktok and reality TV, right?
laughs in plane simulator setup
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IF I HAD ONE!!!
racing sims
oh I’m sorry I have a hobby that doesn’t require ongoing expenses
Sim racing is one of the most expensive video game related hobbies out there.
Ask me how I know.🤣 Jokes aside though, if you're not competing in iRacing and you're happy with a decent but entry-level/intermediate wheel its not so bad. It's not hard to blow 10k real fast if you want to though!
Sure, but even so: that hardware isn't going to be obsolete or wear out for a long time.
Compared with going to a concert that can be $10K for 2 people to attend a single show.
I have to wonder if they'd be more interested if you'd said you fly a space ship with a HOTAS (as in Elite Dangerous).
„I like playing with my stick“
yeah yeah we all do, pancake, but you need more things to talk about on a date!
does it have pedals and stuff like an arcade
Talk to them about vr and theyll want to come over and try it usually
If he has Disco Elysium ask him who his favorite character is to gauge whether he is marriage material.
(Hint: The right answer is Kim.)
"Measurehead. Also, hold on while I get my calipers."
Hardcore!
Who's your BG3 baddie
What if I answer The Noid?
Multiplayer competitive games are a huge red flag for everyone.
Cue some LoL tryhard bragging about being diamond for 5 consecutive seasons or something
Man... I know SO MANY GUYS who would get butthurt by this post. Hahahahahahaha
Bunch of basic bros.
COD is a roleplaying game! I roleplay as a stormtrooper that can’t hit shit! I’m pretty good at it
Ewww open world. That's as basic as it gets.
At this point I’d rather play CoD than ubislop assassins creed 43 here we go assassinating again
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 1 & 2: 👌🏻
That’s why I still leave up the OG RuneScape login page on my monitor.
(also don't date guys that seem to play certain games performatively like they saw this post and went out to match it) (a friend dated a guy that brought a modded gameboy to social functions and played it sometimes but he never really talked about gaming and i'm pretty sure the gameboy was more about the aesthetic for him than actually playing games)
This isn't always the case obviously, but this can be a neurodivergent coping mechanism. As someone with high social anxiety, having something I can focus on outside the social aspect for a small period can do wonders
You know why she's not sleeping with Silksong players right
Because they're too busy playing it? 😅
While I get the stereotype you're talking about, I feel like this is a bit mean. Idk. Maybe I'm a bit biased because my stepbrother is basically a halo only type of gamer, but he's also a decent human being.
Similarly I'm not gonna shit on my old roommate, who basically only played the sims.
I hate the Sims cause my sims always end up living a better life than me.
Getting paid after every work day, never having to work overtime, having random friends is a must-have for promotions, which also come easy, house and furniture are always clean.
Promotions are easy to come by, can swap jobs without any difficulty, and the only thing you have to worry about is the pool ladder mysteriously disappearing while you are swimming.
Your stepbrother's judgement depends on which Halo he plays, he still has a chance
What is 2k, other than a game publisher?
I figured it meant like all the sports games with 2K in the title like NBA 2K6 or NHL 2K6 and their modern iterarions (e.g. NBA 2K25)
Ah, so FIFA but for Americans?
My most played games are Civilization 1 - 7 and XCom games and they are published by 2K. I didn't know that I am somehow inferior to someone playing RPGs.
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