Sim Secret Wank

[orikes]

So what's up with the wank jealousy someone is posting over at Sim Secret? It's getting rather silly, but someone seems determined to keep posting proof of our masturbatory tendencies.

WTF. I mean, really. I don't suffer idiots very graciously, but I think I'm a pretty friendly, open and helpful person on Boolprop. Did I do something to offend someone, or is someone just jealous at the perception of popularity?

Anyway.. It's getting silly. :)

Comments

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

Sigh. I will have a 4 in BOTH slots come October 31st. I'm pretty blunt about my real age in real life, but I underplay it online because I don't want people to feel uncomfortable. And also the simsecret poster might very well say, "you're WHAT age and you're playing a COMPUTER GAME? Pathetic."

[wtsims.livejournal.com]

I have friends older than you, Prof, and some of them play computer games, too. And an ex-bf almost exactly your age (his birthday is October 18th) who has actually worked on them professionally.

My usual response to that sort of nonsense is "I don't remember signing an agreement to stop having fun when I turned 18." I started playing computer games pretty much when there first was such a thing, I'm part of the reason why they're so common today, so to hell with anyone who doesn't understand.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I'm a little apprhensive about turning 40 since it's definitely, undeniably middle-aged. I certainly don't feel like I should be middle-aged. But I can't deny the number any more.

Beyond that, though, I have no intentions of giving up anything that I currently enjoy, no matter what age limit people want to put on it. Video Games? Damn straight I'm going to keep playing them, and at least I'll be able to afford the screaming machine I want. Roleplaying games? Oh hell yes. And don't give me any flack for going to a gaming convention either. There's more of us middle-agers there all the time.

:)

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

One nice thing about being a professor is that in my department, they hadn't hired anyone new for about a decade. So I went from feeling "old" as a graduate student to being "the baby."

Every time I feel down about getting older, I think "consider the alternative!"