How do you deal with people judging you for like 40k?

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NuggzTheNinja wrote:Who cares? I thought that "Nerd vs. Jock" stereotype was done after highschool.

People don't really peg me for a nerd, even though I've been playing 40k for over 3/4 of my life. The usual reaction is, "Whoa, you paint!? Cool!" The gaming aspect is secondary. I've found that people either don't care, or are really intrigued.

If people say, "So, you play with toy soldiers?", then you might want to explain it to them. "Think of it as chess, but far more complex. It's up there with Bridge in terms of complexity."

You could be doing far stranger things with your time, like cosplay, LARPing, prostitution, or "fantasy football".

I love how prostitution comes after cosplay and LARP but before fantasy football

**Commisar Von Humps**

Really, peopel who barely even know me are either not caring about it or just go "cool" and leave it at that. Other people, oddly enough my friends, mess with me for it, and then i find something they do or are that i think is sort of stupid and mock them for it and go back to what i was doing -

"Hey Ian, hows warhammer, kill any space dragons this week" *snickers and other mocker all around*

Me: " I dunno Tony, any weight loss or calls from your butch girl friend?" *goes back to reading while offender becomes angry or mildly threatens me or out of exasperation calls me gay/sad/lonely*

**davethepak**

Ignore them.

Losers will try to knock others down to inflate their own low self image.

Or say...."its a game for smart people, let me know if you think you are up to it...I would be happy to teach it to you. Its far more complex than anything on xbox or even chess..."

**Melissia**

Ignore them or point out their own eccentricities.

**SpitfireArsonist**

Brother SRM wrote:I don't because I'm an adult. Also, using gay as a pejorative. Class act, OP.

I have a few Aussie friends, and from my experience they are some of the least Politically Correct people I know.

Not that there is anything wrong with that...

**DickBandit**

Just ask them what their hobbies are.

**SagesStone**

But people don't judge me based on 40k anyway, though I get the occasional "that's pretty cool" for it. So I suppose that's a form of judgement, but positive.

SpitfireArsonist wrote:
Brother SRM wrote:I don't because I'm an adult. Also, using gay as a pejorative. Class act, OP.

I have a few Aussie friends, and from my experience they are some of the least Politically Correct people I know.

Not that there is anything wrong with that...

You'll find that holds true to pretty much any country when looking at such a small sample.

**King Pariah**

Most people hold their opinion in, I mean hell, I was the swim team captain in high school, have several legitimate battle scars (knife fights, etc.), was in the army, yadda yadda yadda yadda...

yeah, people don't judge me openly.

**crocodoom**

Mar wrote:In a galaxy far far away...

Hey its Fulgrim!!! XD
By the way I lolled at your joke

**SpitfireArsonist**

n0t_u wrote:But people don't judge me based on 40k anyway, though I get the occasional "that's pretty cool" for it. So I suppose that's a form of judgement, but positive.

SpitfireArsonist wrote:
Brother SRM wrote:I don't because I'm an adult. Also, using gay as a pejorative. Class act, OP.

I have a few Aussie friends, and from my experience they are some of the least Politically Correct people I know.

Not that there is anything wrong with that...

You'll find that holds true to pretty much any country when looking at such a small sample.

Fair enough. Although, they all used "see you next Tuesday" fairly liberally.

**ChiliPowderKeg**

No one I've introduced Warhammer to has ever hated me or the hobby for doing it. In fact, they are sorta interested in it from the concept of "paint your own armies and fight"

**razcalking**

I'm an adult in a very respected profession. I have good hygiene, dress decently and carry myself with confidence. I can't imagine that anyone would dare say anything disrespectful to my face about a hobby.

If you're a teenager and taking slack over the hobby; don't worry - people really do get less idiotic (or at least keep it to themselves more) as they get older.

**nerdfest09**

Sure it's a 'nerdy' hobby, but it's what we enjoy to do, I think people who ridicule us for our pastime have that bully attitude, but when i explain to them that it's acually like a big game of chess but we have to actually collect and build the 'chess peices' ourselves they kind of shut up, i'm guessing 'cos they think chess is too hard for them to play? and if we play it then we also must have quite the clever mind!

**Flamekebab**

I don't tend to bother to explain. Don't feed the trolls, it just gives them more ammunition if you engage with them.

**Marthike**

All I say is get over it, and move on to a different topic or invite them to the shop

**Hillbilly**

How do you end a topic

**Flamekebab**

You don't.

**Daston**

Learn to ignor it, you get it in all the way through your life, play computer games and your a nerd, build your own PC's your a geek, own a sports car and you have a small dick/rich dad etc.

Do what makes you happy

**purplefood**

Ask a mod to lock it?
If you mean real life then kicking someone in the crotch is both a surprsingly effective and surprising conversation/topic ender.

**Brother SRM**

Hillbilly wrote:How do you end a topic

You* ?*
Please work on typing and grammar and all that malarkey.

**hellrai3er**

I just tell people I'm embracing my "geeky" side, they laugh and agree.

**CoI**

I just point out some of their more idiotic behaviour. Someone (can't remember who) on the 40k forums said 'I'm 26 and play with toy soldiers. You're 28 and cry when your football team loses. Which is more wierd?'

**steeds of war**

I go to boarding school and it got alot of interest at first but then it goes to them calling it 'gay' as well. But some people give you large amounts of slack for it. However most kids and teenagers, at least over here have played it at some point. Don't worry just ignore them they'll get bored if you give them no reaction and maybe one of them will come along asking you what it's really about.

**purplefood**

steeds of war wrote:I go to boarding school and it got alot of interest at first but then it goes to them calling it 'gay' as well. But some people give you large amounts of slack for it. However most kids and teenagers, at least over here have played it at some point. Don't worry just ignore them they'll get bored if you give them no reaction and maybe one of them will come along asking you what it's really about.

People at boarding school calling things gay?
Ironic stereotype FTW!