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 kronk wrote:
The worst I had is very tame compared to these. When picking up my minis to clear the table for the RPG group coming in, one of the RPGers decided to help by grabbing several of my minis in one hand, popping one off the base. Fortunately, no lasting damage was incurred, and the other gamers in the group yelled at him for me. He apologized, and I went on my way.

Always put a finish on your minis, boys and girls. Protect your painted minis!

Reminds me of a couple weeks ago, was playing a new kid (and he really was a kid, not a "kid" because he was a bit younger than me), my old metal Terminator Chaplain that was deepstriking in with the terminators scatters onto the mishap table, so we roll, and the kid gets to place him wherever... So he kinda does the excited kid thing and somewhat slams it down into the table in the corner he wanted it to be, popping said terminator off the base. He starts flipping out, apologizing. I told him repeatedly its OK, told him that it's a heavy model, and that the contact points between the base (it's got gravel stuff) and his feet isn't the best, and anyhow, I have a spare terminator chaplain, so I just swapped the model out

Always put a finish on your minis, boys and girls. Protect your painted minis!

I'm such a slow painter that very few of my minis are ever truly painted. Everything is always a WIP, and so they never reach the varnishing stage.

 tomjoad wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
Re. The Stank, I found it was quite often neatly dressed guys dropping in after work on the way home for a quick game that brought the funk. I felt for them, as there's not a quick answer there.
IIRC The Grid in Doncaster has a shower room for this very reason, and it's maintained very well.

I imagine that the problem is no different than what a restaurant or bar could have. Smallish rooms, not usually very well ventilated, body heat builds up over an evening...with the main difference being that people in bars are too drunk to care much, and people in restaurants have a delightful curry to smell instead. If gamers want to defeat the funk, since most of us already shower every day, the next step is probably just better ventilation in shops.

This seems like a good explanation as to why it's not a big problem at my FLGS. In the gaming hall, they have a huge barn style double door at the rear, and large double doors at the front. When the place is busy, they open both fully which usually gets a breeze through.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
Re. The Stank, I found it was quite often neatly dressed guys dropping in after work on the way home for a quick game that brought the funk. I felt for them, as there's not a quick answer there.
IIRC The Grid in Doncaster has a shower room for this very reason, and it's maintained very well.

I can forgive this. This is different than someone just not showering ect.

Someone who got off work BO is much better than the Gamer who wears the same clothing that never bathes BO. First example is uncomfortable, yet more understandable, second example is unbearable and disgusting.

 conker249 wrote:
Someone who got off work BO is much better than the Gamer who wears the same clothing that never bathes BO. First example is uncomfortable, yet more understandable, second example is unbearable and disgusting.

Fresh sweat and BO never smells as bad as a smell thats been building up for days.

Yup. Never understood why bathing yourself and washing your clothes are foreign to some people

 cuda1179 wrote:

 NorseSig wrote:

 cuda1179 wrote:
I was playing in an Apoc. game once. The guys on my side had a ton of titans, and we had agreed to group our Eldar revenants together as one large group. A guy from the other side needed to come to our side to move his models, leaning WAY over the side of the board. As he did his shirt caught a couple of the Revenants, causing a domino effect. Two Armorcast Revenants tipped back, tipping over a friend's Forgeworld Revenant and my scratch built Revenant, both of which slid off the side of the table. I had enough time to save one, and I chose my friend's Forgeworld piece do to the cost. My scratchbuilt one broke into 4 or 5 pieces. The only response from the guy that did it was "looks like you'll need some glue".

That lack of empathy from the player who caused the mishap, is what makes another player want to vault over the table, punch the guy in the face with car keys using them like spiked knuckles, and choke him til he turns blue and soils himself.

Totally. Any time there are tall, tipsy models near a board edge EXTREME caution is called for, which he didn't show. Even then I would have been relatively okay with it, as all he did was damage a scratch-build that cost me all of $20 and 10 hours of my time. That's easily fixed. The non-caring attitude is what made me pissed. If he had helped me gather the pieces, offered me some glue, and stated how sorry he was I'd have forgotten about it in seconds.

I am reminded of what happened to me one night when I was playing 40k. An old guy knocked over my army bag (to be fair I had precariously perched it on a chair) and spilled my models everywhere, breaking two of my Chaos Raptors. They only needed a little glue as it turned out (broke at the joints between pieces), but the old fart just kept walking and did not apologize or anything. I was tempted to get in his face and yell at the top of my lungs, but it would have looked bad, 300lb.+ of me yelling at an old man who was definitely shorter than me, so I let it go. Still pisses me off thinking about it, and like your story, what gets me is the guy acted like nothing happened.

 tomjoad wrote:
I imagine that the problem is no different than what a restaurant or bar could have. Smallish rooms, not usually very well ventilated, body heat builds up over an evening...with the main difference being that people in bars are too drunk to care much, and people in restaurants have a delightful curry to smell instead. If gamers want to defeat the funk, since most of us already shower every day, the next step is probably just better ventilation in shops.

Pretty much. If you pack 20-30 people into a room for a whole day at least some of them are going to need a shower by the end of the day, especially on a warmer day when the store owner is too cheap to pay for good AC. There was an X-Wing tournament a while back where temperatures got up into the 85-90* range, and anyone who thinks they're clean and smelling wonderful by the end of that is only fooling themselves.

In my experience the legendary "clueless person who hasn't bathed in a month" is just that: a legend. I'm sure there must be a few people out there who are that bad but I don't think they're anywhere near as common as the stereotypes suggest.


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 conker249 wrote:
Yup. Never understood why bathing yourself and washing your clothes are foreign to some people

There's probably some underlying issue (depression, etc) that makes taking care of themselves difficult. I think in most cases it's one of those things you can't really understand unless you've been there yourself.

We have local gem that likes to waddle in and fill our hearts with woe at my flgs....

First off, this guy is about 450 pounds, homeless, wears a greasy bandanna, and has a massive pepper colored beard. He always wears combat pants and a leather jacket with a naked werewolf lady on the back. Also has some nude furry tats on his arms that he shows off when he takes the jacket off to reveal his wife-beater. Big old Choke chains in his pockets, and smells like putrefaction as well.

He shows up all the time and marches to the back corner and sets up his laptop to read my little pony fanfiction (fallout styled i think?) and look at porn. Reason I can guess at what fanfiction he s reading is cause he will start reading it out loud to you if you're nearby....he also mouth breaths and moans. Yeah...he fething moans at stuff. Hes extremely bigoted and sexist and loves telling you how to play your army or what you're doing wrong when he hasn't played since 4th edition. Speaking of which he has a "space marine army" if you can call it that, which consists of centaur bikers, wolf infantry, and bull dreadnoughts. Some have certain...organs painted on...

Also compulsively lies. Apparently he has a girlfriend in the Yakuza, used to be a navy seal, and a green beret, owns hundreds of weapons, and worked for the CIA (and knows all of the Gov. Secrets!!!)

We never say is name cause we've come to the conclusion that he operates like beetle juice, say his name three times and he just appears. Seriously, its happened multiple times.

Recently he was picked up by a local officer who comes to the game shop for multiple warrants for (improvised explosives). What scale and how dangerous these were is unknown, but man does he have his priorities straight.

I'm astounded that the store owner allows anyone to openly look at porn on the premises.

Hello there, first post for me here, but I've been reading this topic for a good dose of amusement (or disgust, or, in a few unfortunate cases, depressing feelings) and felt like sharing a story that's not really horrible or disgusting, but rather disappointing.

I was playing a campaign at my "Not so friendly" local game store. I'm not an overly competitive player, but I was prodded into playing it by an annoyingly eager store guy.

Anyway, we do an escalating campaign: 2 weeks at 500 points per army, 2 at 750 and 2 at 1000. Won games earn 3 points, draws earn 1 point, losses, zero, plus bonus points for fully painted armies. This is rather important.

First week two of my friends challenge me. I give it a go with a basic reclamation Legion, fully painted, and win (one because of bad luck, second one because my opponent played awfully bad, but that's beside the point). So 6 points, plus 5 for my painted units, and 3 more for the painted Troop choices. 14 points in the first evening of the campaign. Not too shabby!

Second week my friends drop the game, I go anyway, play against the store guy, who played Khorne demonkin (And used a Land Raider at 500 points, but alright...)

For a couple weeks, up to playing at 750 points, I keep winning or at the least ending in a draw. Am not a competitive player, I repeat, but I do have some good tactics, and, frankly, when the opponent, between 3 tomb blades, and 3 spider-buffed Wraiths, assaults the Wraiths, it's not my fault.

Anyway, mid-campaign I was on top of the ladder, with the store guy lagging behind at second place mostly because he was working there and could do "introduction plays" with his campaign Army, or pretend he played and up his score.

Then the fourth week he decided all on his own (it was mostly just me and him playing anymore, actually, the other players dropped the campaign as it had no real interesting rules, I kept going because, well, I like playing smaller battles) that winning against the player with the highest campaign score (me) would earn 5 points, drawing 3 and losing 1, while if I were to win I'd have gotten a single point.

When I said it was a bit one-sided he smiled and said that those would be the rules for the rest of the campaign.

Needless to say, I barely played any game the rest of the 2 weeks, won one against Guard, earning more painting points and 1 victory point. I don't remember the weekly rules, but I kind of remember one being "Gain 4 campaign points if you challenge the top player" or something. In the end, the rules were changed mid-campaign to have me lose the advantage.

Still, I won, and for a month and half of gaming I won.... a free admittance to the tournament the week after, but without being eligible to win any prize because I partecipated for free...

Yay...

The LGS back where I lived in college turned really anti GW at one point in time. I believe it was around the time warmachine came out. They would run 40k tournaments, but then one day stopped, and it wasn't just a "we no longer will run these" it was a "we refuse to host these". 40k players (myself included) were asked to leave, to make room for MTG, Pokemon, and Hordes/Warmachine players.

Since I was asked to leave, mid game, for walk ins, I stopped going to that shop. Instead I drove 45min to the next nearest shop. There was better selection, nicer people, and the place didn't smell bad!

Looking at photos on Gmaps, I would have to bet someone new took over, as they have a decent selection now (and carry disc golf stuff?)

 gwarsh41 wrote:
The LGS back where I lived in college turned really anti GW at one point in time. I believe it was around the time warmachine came out. They would run 40k tournaments, but then one day stopped, and it wasn't just a "we no longer will run these" it was a "we refuse to host these". 40k players (myself included) were asked to leave, to make room for MTG, Pokemon, and Hordes/Warmachine players.

Since I was asked to leave, mid game, for walk ins, I stopped going to that shop. Instead I drove 45min to the next nearest shop. There was better selection, nicer people, and the place didn't smell bad!

Looking at photos on Gmaps, I would have to bet someone new took over, as they have a decent selection now (and carry disc golf stuff?)

You dont happen to live in the Putnam county area of NY do you? This EXACT same thing happened with a store in my area years ago.

You guys are in Putnam, near Carmel? Come to Norwalk CT and hit up Battlegrounds. They have a decent group for 40k and play on Sunday's. It's always full up, and I've gone in on ash days Multiple times. Never been an odor issue there, and they have a decent selection of GW stuff in stock. It'll be like a 40 minute drive for you, take 84 to exit 3 in CT and follow route 7 all the way into Norwalk.

-edit- No need for that. My bad.

Haven't had any issues myself, but then again, I haven't seen all the players and regulars at my LFGS.

 conker249 wrote:
Yup. Never understood why bathing yourself and washing your clothes are foreign to some people

It just doesn't register to some people, and you very quickly stop smelling it yourself. Most of the cases I'm aware of are nice guys who are just totally oblivious.

Herzlos wrote:

 conker249 wrote:
Yup. Never understood why bathing yourself and washing your clothes are foreign to some people

It just doesn't register to some people, and you very quickly stop smelling it yourself. Most of the cases I'm aware of are nice guys who are just totally oblivious.

I'm sorry, but this just seems like an excuse to me every time I hear it. A person with any common sense knows you get smelling when you don't bathe regularly, and sometimes you get smelling when you DO bathe regularly. If you know these things, then why do you go without bathing (you not meaning you personally). I can forgive someone who just got off work and doesn't have the option to go home and get cleaned up first. I can forgive someone for being gassy (happens to everyone now and then). I just can't forgive someone who thinks they don't need to worry about personal hygiene. It is one thing when you are homeless or don't have running water. It is quite another when you have a home with a working bathroom or access to a working bathroom.

 NorseSig wrote:

Herzlos wrote:

 conker249 wrote:
Yup. Never understood why bathing yourself and washing your clothes are foreign to some people

It just doesn't register to some people, and you very quickly stop smelling it yourself. Most of the cases I'm aware of are nice guys who are just totally oblivious.

I'm sorry, but this just seems like an excuse to me every time I hear it. A person with any common sense knows you get smelling when you don't bathe regularly, and sometimes you get smelling when you DO bathe regularly. If you know these things, then why do you go without bathing (you not meaning you personally). I can forgive someone who just got off work and doesn't have the option to go home and get cleaned up first. I can forgive someone for being gassy (happens to everyone now and then). I just can't forgive someone who thinks they don't need to worry about personal hygiene. It is one thing when you are homeless or don't have running water. It is quite another when you have a home with a working bathroom or access to a working bathroom.

I agree its disgusting, but its not an exscuse, some people do not have a sense of smell and like Herzlos said, and some people that smell are used to the smell and therefor are pretty oblivious.
I guess not everyone counts washing and personal grooming as part of their daily routine for some reason or another.

 NorseSig wrote:

Herzlos wrote:

 conker249 wrote:
Yup. Never understood why bathing yourself and washing your clothes are foreign to some people

It just doesn't register to some people, and you very quickly stop smelling it yourself. Most of the cases I'm aware of are nice guys who are just totally oblivious.

I'm sorry, but this just seems like an excuse to me every time I hear it. A person with any common sense knows you get smelling when you don't bathe regularly, and sometimes you get smelling when you DO bathe regularly. If you know these things, then why do you go without bathing (you not meaning you personally). I can forgive someone who just got off work and doesn't have the option to go home and get cleaned up first. I can forgive someone for being gassy (happens to everyone now and then). I just can't forgive someone who thinks they don't need to worry about personal hygiene. It is one thing when you are homeless or don't have running water. It is quite another when you have a home with a working bathroom or access to a working bathroom.

They're called standards and people aren't held to them anymore - hence most of this thread and others of its kind.

I also don't buy the 'I'm depressed so I don't wash my clothes, self, or own deodorant' line either - not that depression doesn't affect people differently - but if someone is that depressed, as far as my experience has taught me, they don't go out in public BECAUSE of that depression.

I'm going to chalk most of the Greater Unclean Ones up to laziness, or douchebaggery, either one.

 Frankenberry wrote:

 NorseSig wrote:

Herzlos wrote:

 conker249 wrote:
Yup. Never understood why bathing yourself and washing your clothes are foreign to some people

It just doesn't register to some people, and you very quickly stop smelling it yourself. Most of the cases I'm aware of are nice guys who are just totally oblivious.

I'm sorry, but this just seems like an excuse to me every time I hear it. A person with any common sense knows you get smelling when you don't bathe regularly, and sometimes you get smelling when you DO bathe regularly. If you know these things, then why do you go without bathing (you not meaning you personally). I can forgive someone who just got off work and doesn't have the option to go home and get cleaned up first. I can forgive someone for being gassy (happens to everyone now and then). I just can't forgive someone who thinks they don't need to worry about personal hygiene. It is one thing when you are homeless or don't have running water. It is quite another when you have a home with a working bathroom or access to a working bathroom.

They're called standards and people aren't held to them anymore - hence most of this thread and others of its kind.

I also don't buy the 'I'm depressed so I don't wash my clothes, self, or own deodorant' line either - not that depression doesn't affect people differently - but if someone is that depressed, as far as my experience has taught me, they don't go out in public BECAUSE of that depression.

I'm going to chalk most of the Greater Unclean Ones up to laziness, or douchebaggery, either one.

Thanks, Granddad

NorseSig wrote:
I'm sorry, but this just seems like an excuse to me every time I hear it. A person with any common sense knows you get smelling when you don't bathe regularly, and sometimes you get smelling when you DO bathe regularly. If you know these things, then why do you go without bathing (you not meaning you.

Depression is a thing, sadly, and not physically looking after yourself,cor thing is often a symptom. I've known numerous people who have suffered from depression who never cleaned, eaten, washed their clothes, groomed, and so on. I've been a few steps down thst road myself, once upon s time. And sadly, I think personally that depression shows up in a higher frequency amongst us nerds, misfits and social outcasts than the general population,

Talking about 'common sense' is all fine and well when you are mentally healthy. Saying that, with respect shows you have no understanding of what it's like to go through it. A slap on the shoulder and words of encouragement just fall into the void, all thst you feel is despair. When you are depressed, and in 'that place', common sense just isn't really a thing. It doesn't really apply. It's irrelevant. Depression is a disease - it's a monster, and until you have faced that beast, you simply don't know how crippling it is to you, how tiny and insignificant you feel, and hoe impossible even the most simple tasks can be. And your ability to do things and reason, You just don't care, and even the simple acts described above are simply overwhelming in their burden.

Frankenberry wrote:
I also don't buy the 'I'm depressed so I don't wash my clothes, self, or own deodorant' line either - not that depression doesn't affect people differently - but if someone is that depressed, as far as my experience has taught me, they don't go out in public BECAUSE of that depression.
.

Again, you'd be surprised. Regardless of you buying it or not, ( and FYI, whether you ,want it or not, it is an appalling and insensitive thing to say about the subject) Sometimes gsming might be the only thing that keeps them going (on a personal note, and I really don't want to delve into it too much, but ii was never severely depressed to thst extent, but I remember how gaming was often my 'safe place', as well as my way to get out and deal with people) and could be their only reason to go outside, because often times it is a way to not be themselves, and immerse themselves in a fantasy world where they are an important, empowered individual and the burdens of their lives disappear. Because hey, they're
Like minded needs who like the same stuff as I do, and it's safe to be around them.

And FYI, people do go out in public with depression. Oftentimes it can be one of the hardest things to do. I knew a guy who was so depressed after a breakup that work was all but overwhelming to him, and he barely turned up, who barely ate, couldn't sleep, couldn't look after himself or his flat (he moved south for a job, and couldn't even get himself together enough to either pack his gear up or tidy the flat, and it was a mess. Six month of crap lying about, expired food, no dishes washed, no clothes washed, no hoovering or cleaning etc -he spent the three days he was supposed to be packing literally staring at the floor) and while he could go out into the real world it was typically after a bottle of vodka or pills.

My opinion is that all male hygiene is based upon the possibility of sex. If there's no possibility, some guys just give up trying.

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
My opinion is that all male hygiene is based upon the possibility of sex. If there's no possibility, some guys just give up trying.

I was going to disagree and then I remember having a conversation with a friend who basically said the reason he commits to hygiene at all is on the off chance he might bump into some girl on his way to class. What a time to be alive.

 jreilly89 wrote:

 Frankenberry wrote:

 NorseSig wrote:

Herzlos wrote:

 conker249 wrote:
Yup. Never understood why bathing yourself and washing your clothes are foreign to some people

It just doesn't register to some people, and you very quickly stop smelling it yourself. Most of the cases I'm aware of are nice guys who are just totally oblivious.

I'm sorry, but this just seems like an excuse to me every time I hear it. A person with any common sense knows you get smelling when you don't bathe regularly, and sometimes you get smelling when you DO bathe regularly. If you know these things, then why do you go without bathing (you not meaning you personally). I can forgive someone who just got off work and doesn't have the option to go home and get cleaned up first. I can forgive someone for being gassy (happens to everyone now and then). I just can't forgive someone who thinks they don't need to worry about personal hygiene. It is one thing when you are homeless or don't have running water. It is quite another when you have a home with a working bathroom or access to a working bathroom.

They're called standards and people aren't held to them anymore - hence most of this thread and others of its kind.

I also don't buy the 'I'm depressed so I don't wash my clothes, self, or own deodorant' line either - not that depression doesn't affect people differently - but if someone is that depressed, as far as my experience has taught me, they don't go out in public BECAUSE of that depression.

I'm going to chalk most of the Greater Unclean Ones up to laziness, or douchebaggery, either one.

Thanks, Granddad

Back in my day...we had to walk up hill, both ways, naked, in the snow to my FLGS. They only had one army and it was Squats! AND WE WERE DAMN HAPPY WITH JUST THAT! /oldguy

Deadnight wrote:

Frankenberry wrote:
I also don't buy the 'I'm depressed so I don't wash my clothes, self, or own deodorant' line either - not that depression doesn't affect people differently - but if someone is that depressed, as far as my experience has taught me, they don't go out in public BECAUSE of that depression.
.

Again, you'd be surprised. Regardless of you buying it or not, ( and FYI, whether you ,want it or not, it is an appalling and insensitive thing to say about the subject) Sometimes gsming might be the only thing that keeps them going (on a personal note, and I really don't want to delve into it too much, but ii was never severely depressed to thst extent, but I remember how gaming was often my 'safe place', as well as my way to get out and deal with people) and could be their only reason to go outside, because often times it is a way to not be themselves, and immerse themselves in a fantasy world where they are an important, empowered individual and the burdens of their lives disappear. Because hey, they're
Like minded needs who like the same stuff as I do, and it's safe to be around them.

And FYI, people do go out in public with depression. Oftentimes it can be one of the hardest things to do. I knew a guy who was so depressed after a breakup that work was all but overwhelming to him, and he barely turned up, who barely ate, couldn't sleep, couldn't look after himself or his flat (he moved south for a job, and couldn't even get himself together enough to either pack his gear up or tidy the flat, and it was a mess. Six month of crap lying about, expired food, no dishes washed, no clothes washed, no hoovering or cleaning etc -he spent the three days he was supposed to be packing literally staring at the floor) and while he could go out into the real world it was typically after a bottle of vodka or pills.

Saying that I don't believe something isn't appalling and insensitive - it's that I don't care, and I don't have to - attacking me because I refuse to go along with every story of 'I'm depressed, let me get away with whatever I want and feel bad for me' is pretty pointless - perhaps you should stay on topic.

As far as the whole BO situation goes I'd be surprised if there were people who HADN'T experienced this before - it's almost a guarantee at the places I've haunted in the past and, sad to say, you can tell who the culprit is/will be as soon as they show up. It's a shame, because soap and water is vastly less expensive than little plastic men, you'd think people would be more conscious of their aroma and do SOMETHING about it.

I've actually been pretty lucky as far as BO goes at my FLGS. Then again, I have a horrible sense of smell, so I'm actually super self-conscious about that. I can never tell when I start to smell, so I bathe pretty often and usually slap on some deodorant before rushing to my FLGS after work. I mean, hell, I've never even experienced a bad smell at places like Dragoncon, which I frequent pretty much every year. Of all the senses, smell is the one I'm glad I'm awful at.

Depression is a thing, sadly, and not physically looking after yourself,cor thing is often a symptom. I've known numerous people who have suffered from depression who never cleaned, eaten, washed their clothes, groomed, and so on. I've been a few steps down thst road myself, once upon s time. And sadly, I think personally that depression shows up in a higher frequency amongst us nerds, misfits and social outcasts than the general population,

Talking about 'common sense' is all fine and well when you are mentally healthy. Saying that, with respect shows you have no understanding of what it's like to go through it. A slap on the shoulder and words of encouragement just fall into the void, all thst you feel is despair. When you are depressed, and in 'that place', common sense just isn't really a thing. It doesn't really apply. It's irrelevant. Depression is a disease - it's a monster, and until you have faced that beast, you simply don't know how crippling it is to you, how tiny and insignificant you feel, and hoe impossible even the most simple tasks can be. And your ability to do things and reason, You just don't care, and even the simple acts described above are simply overwhelming in their burden.

I know about depression. I have it. Have spent some time in a facility to get help for it. Even at my worst when making suicide attempts (came very close to being successful at it more than once), I never stopped with bathing myself. So don't give me that crap that having depression makes it okay to not bathe and that the disease is too crippling to do so. I know better than that from my personal experience.

I can understand if someone has untreated mental diseases that things get get out of hand and away from oneself.

 NorseSig wrote:

I know about depression. I have it. Have spent some time in a facility to get help for it. Even at my worst when making suicide attempts (came very close to being successful at it more than once), I never stopped with bathing myself. So don't give me that crap that having depression makes it okay to not bathe and that the disease is too crippling to do so. I know better than that from my personal experience.

I can understand if someone has untreated mental diseases that things get get out of hand and away from oneself.

That's just the thing with depression. Just because, even at your worst you still bathed. Not everyone has that same experience.


While it still remains socially unacceptable to be unbathed, don't sit there patronizing others because you experienced mental illness in a particular way.

I don't have any horror stories worth talking about. I do remember a funny incident that happened while I was hanging out at my FLGS though.

A young women walked into the store, went strait to the employee at the register and says "Hi, I'm looking to start streaming The Witcher 3 and I was looking at getting a computer to do that". My FLGS doesn't sell video games or computers at all. The employee simply told her that, she exclaimed "oh" and walked out the store.

It was clear she had never played video games before and was only getting into it for the attention and/or profit her looks could get her from video game streaming. I just find it amusing that she managed to stumble across across the FLGS (whose only possible relation is that it has "Game" in its name) instead of the numerous chain stores that actually sell electronics and video games.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
That's just the thing with depression. Just because, even at your worst you still bathed. Not everyone has that same experience.


While it still remains socially unacceptable to be unbathed, don't sit there patronizing others because you experienced mental illness in a particular way.

This x1000.