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You mistake me, it was a most softhearted plea for these poor men to receive some consideration. They are probably suffering from all manner of untreated depression, social anxiety, etc.
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John Lee posted:If it helps, as an ugly man I can say that I also get weird looks from nerds in nerd stores and feel quite uncomfortable.
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McPantserton posted:-The greasy, gangly acne guy in super faded black jeans who, on my last day, mournfully told me he would take me on a date to Burger King if only he had the money That one just kind of makes me sad, but I'm assuming in reality he was actually creepy and awful and not just poor and miserable
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mind the walrus posted:Late to the party, but this happens if you're a breathtakingly handsome man too. Really anything that signals "I am not a living embodiment the Weezer song 'In the Garage' but still like nerd stuff" freaks some stripes of nerds out. They're like fat wildcats raised in a lovely tiny zoo cage, too institutionalized to leave, and you're a regular ol' forest animal wandering through the enclosure. They just don't know what to do. Can confirm. I wouldn't say I was breathtakingly handsome, but back when I was lifting on the reg I used to get looks of resentment and fear whenever I walked into the local nerdstore.
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Aesop Poprock posted:That one just kind of makes me sad, but I'm assuming in reality he was actually creepy and awful and not just poor and miserable same, it sounds like an awkward self-deprecating joke rather than a genuine promise
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Aesop Poprock posted:That one just kind of makes me sad, but I'm assuming in reality he was actually creepy and awful and not just poor and miserable The offer itself was way past where I was comfortable with. I know he meant well but he was probably 10+ years older than me, a pain in the rear end and rude about card trade-ins (switched from magic to YGO like every 2 weeks), and just generally kind of clueless. Oh we had an incident we called the Underpants Bandit too. For a few weeks in a row after FNM, we found a pair of skidmarked tightie whities stuffed under the toilet.  My coworker unraveled a wire hanger so nobody had to touch them. The Bandit is still at large years later.
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mind the walrus posted:Late to the party, but this happens if you're a breathtakingly handsome man too. Really anything that signals "I am not a living embodiment the Weezer song 'In the Garage' but still like nerd stuff" freaks some stripes of nerds out. They're like fat wildcats raised in a lovely tiny zoo cage, too institutionalized to leave, and you're a regular ol' forest animal wandering through the enclosure. They just don't know what to do. I know how you feel. Often when walking about, I feel the eyes of the shorter, smaller, humans on me. I don't mean to frighten them, but can't really help it either, it's just a natural reaction.
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doverhog posted:I know how you feel. Often when walking about, I feel the eyes of the shorter, smaller, humans on me. I don't mean to frighten them, but can't really help it either, it's just a natural reaction.  if your legs don't reach half a city block per stride 
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McPantserton posted:Oh we had an incident we called the Underpants Bandit too. For a few weeks in a row after FNM, we found a pair of skidmarked tightie whities stuffed under the toilet. We used to have this same thing happen at my elementary school. We'd go out for recess and like every few months there would be poo poo in a pair of tightie whities out there on the playground somewhere. At the time we just thought it was gross and were confused but you saying this made me snap back memory wise and now I realize it was probably a sex thing. brrrrr I'm wondering if teachers usually found them first and it happened more often than we thought it did
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McPantserton posted:Oh we had an incident we called the Underpants Bandit too. For a few weeks in a row after FNM, we found a pair of skidmarked tightie whities stuffed under the toilet. I worked at Walmart for a couple of years, this kind of thing happened a few times. Except it was always filthy underwear stuffed in a dressing room or rack of underwear. We always figured it was someone stealing underwear by wearing it and leaving the pair to be replaced with us.
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The Sexual Shiite posted:Is there any other kind? You’ll never find one in a box. ??????? 
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John Lee posted:??????? Getting some Robert Berdella vibes from whatever this is
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PYF humblebrags
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Aesop Poprock posted:Getting some Robert Berdella vibes from whatever this is Hugboxes are literal things. Apparently the pressure from all sides is very effective at calming hypersensitive people without setting them off.
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Yeah Temple Grandin figured that out about autistic people and made a version for livestock. It can be good.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:PYF humblebrags Me on the way to the Yu Gi Oh tournament: 
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7c Nickel posted:Hugboxes are literal things. Apparently the pressure from all sides is very effective at calming hypersensitive people without setting them off. mind the walrus posted:Yeah Temple Grandin figured that out about autistic people and made a version for livestock. It can be good. Kinda cool then, I just didn't know what I was looking at. Feel comfortable everyone even if it looks dumb as all hell
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Yeah, it was just a gag conflating nerds and autists -> hugboxes. I am autistic and pressure/restriction is indeed quite calming. I usually sleep in a sweaty blanket coffin.
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You can get a weighted "gravity blanket" that offers the same effect without you having to cram yourself in to a box.
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Dragonstoned posted:You can get a weighted "gravity blanket" that offers the same effect without you having to cram yourself in to a box. Cramming himself into a box isn't something he really has to worry about.
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La Brea Carpet posted:Cramming himself into a box isn't something he really has to worry about. 
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So GameStop just hosed me. I hardly ever go in there but I had my 6 year old and he wanted to try The Forza Hot Wheels game so I figure "cool. $20 bux I get a neat little racing game". I asked the store for the disc but he sad t was a "bundle only" so I could get a download code. I asked specifically if I needed the game itself to play the "bundle" and he assured me I did not. Guess what? And now the store won't take the game back because they "can't refund redeemed codes". Fucker lied to me again and said it was a stand alone. Microsoft won't do anything either. poo poo, dudes, at least give me a store credit or a discount on Forza 3. I have some good creepy nerd stories to share that I'll post when I'm not at work. EDIT: I stumbled upon this thread a few years back. Some good poo poo in there. https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?369229-Necro-Creepiest-Person-You-ve-Ever-Gamed-With-Part-Deux
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Who trusts a Gamestop employee instead of doing five minutes of research online.
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Maybe someone who doesn't play games often? The appeal of those stores is supposed to be that there will be a person there who is knowledgeable enough about the products they're selling to make sure you're not getting ripped off. The only people who know that's not true are people who deal with them more than once.
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John Murdoch posted:Who trusts a Gamestop employee instead of doing five minutes of research online. SpacePig posted:Maybe someone who doesn't play games often? The appeal of those stores is supposed to be that there will be a person there who is knowledgeable enough about the products they're selling to make sure you're not getting ripped off. The only people who know that's not true are people who deal with them more than once. It was this, and really isn't in the spirit of the thread, but, yeah. Not that I consider those dudes "knowledgable" but if I straight up ask a store "do I need 'x' to do 'y', usually they tell me the truth or at least me return the poo poo. poo poo, I've been able to return razor blades when they didn't fit my razor or poo poo like vacuum bags or even batteries if I got the wrong poo poo. I was in the area with my 6 year old son and it was an impulse buy. Something he wanted to play. If I hadn't straight up asked the dude a specific question related to exactly this I wouldn't have been pissed off. It's a loving retail store not a car dealership. hawowanlawow posted:wait, so it's an add-on for Forza? Yes, but the dude said it was a stand alone.
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