I’m a nerd, too, and I think we need to acknowledge the fact that by having a culture that entails being extremely obsessive about types of minutiae creates a breeding ground for toxicity. We don’t have to support it, obviously, but we should acknowledge that it’s part of the culture. We can’t fight it effectively if…

I always found his over-enthusiasm weird and insincere.

I’m totally a nerd but there is this subset of nerd culture that will violently rage against anything or anyone that they think is ruining the pop culture thing they are obsessed with.

‘80s jocks were right - nerds are bad fucking news.

There’s actually a surprisingly large number of SF fans who see Star Trek as some sort of whiz bang space adventure thing, and the whole blatant progressivist future thing either went over their heads, or was just hand waved away as part of some libertarian ideal.

I’m so sorry they made you watch a black woman accomplish things. That must have been really traumatic for you.

“Anyone? Bueller?”

Wait, that’s the part that bugged you? Star Trek has been about social justice from the moment Roddenberry pitched it to the network. If that’s what bugs you, I don’t know what franchise you’ve been following for the last 5 decades.

Oh God, when my college friends come to town, it’s a psychologist’s dream as far as studying arrested adolescence goes. Coupled with the fact that half of them are still single despite pushing 50 and the ones who are married don’t seem to give a shit about their vows, it’s um... something.

The genre’s meant to serve escapism from adult responsibilities, not be a factually accurate representation of life.

Ha ha, males don’t have “friendships”!

As an almost 40 year old, while being responsible with careers, kids and other adult things, when my old high school friends and I get together things can devolve into fun-loving mayhem as well, if just for the one night or day we are together. 

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To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand contract lounges for budget carriers. The service is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical economics most of the soft product will go over a typical guest’s head. There’s also the lounge’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into the…

I like how Annie is extremely knowledgeable, passionate about the game, AND occasionally full of shit. That always struck me as such a realistic touch, because it’s natural for someone who knows a lot about a sport to act with authority about it 100% of the time even when they are dead wrong about something. She’s not…

Sierra Madre is the hardest of the add-ons with the life-choking miasma and the really fast enemeies, which is a shame since it’’s the first one that you should play since the themes that I discuss are introduced there and are built upon by the next three DLC stories. I don’t blame you for putting it down there. If…

Since their engine has barely changed even to this day, playing New Vegas shouldn’t feel too dated if you had a fine time with Fallout 4. The writing and world building elevate it and, if you’re playing on PC, it’ll be as sharp as anything brand new. Plus, all the notable bugs & such have mostly long been squashed.

Fine. You have convinced me! I will give New Vegas another playthrough, but I’m still going to mow down every last one of those Caesar’s Legion bastards on sight.

Same here. I’m hoping they announce a remaster at E3, but I’m sure their main focus is Fallout 76.

Superb writing; it made me long for the Fallout: NV sequel we never had.