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When conversations with friends turn into little more than the repetition of old jokes
Not much more I need to say. It just becomes really boring to talk to them, if not downright irritating.
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Try and bring in new subjects and activities?
^bullshit
^^ Lord knows I've tried, but we're an incredibly lazy bunch. Even my attempts at starting a D&D game fall by the wayside.
>D&D
The good news is that I've identified the source of the issue.
Have you tried a simpler RPG? A whitewolf game or something utterly simple like Don't Rest Your Head or Over The Edge?
Well, D&D is pretty much the only RPG we know about. Still, even something as simple as going to a new place and hanging out there tends to be difficult to get done, and even then I have a sneaking suspicion we'll be back to the same old jokes.
It's BARRELS of fun!
hmm... A good sentiment, but what would be the best tool for the job?
Your D&D sourcebooks.
I actually don't have sourcebooks... at least as far as the player is concerned. A lot of the tools are online and on the printouts of character sheets (I had heard 4th edition was good for beginners)
hmm... there's a thought
Make some other friends who actually have other hobbies. Limiting yourself to one small circle does not a good social life make.
Exactly. Try and introduce them to those other circles as well. If they're not responsive at all to this new social circle, hermit crab dat shit.
Geek Social Fallacy~
The fuck you talking about (seriously though, what?)
http://www.plausiblydeniable.com/opinion/gsf.html <-- Just look at number 4.
Engh...
Um. Well, that says quite a bit, but It doesn't really seem to give any whys.
At least its not a cracked article :V
Alright, Juan, what do you suggest?
The whys are pretty clear, dude. Just because you're friends with A and B it doesn't mean that A and B should get along together.
Let's say that A represent someone who loves RPing and doesn't enjoy going out much and B represents someone who enjoys partying a lot and always wants to go out. You like both of them and hanging with them according to your mood. However, the opposing personalities and social needs/wishes wouldn't exactly mesh together, would they?
Well, what Addict said. Meet new friends, hang out with them and all that. You don't have to mix in the circles for the sake of doing so, though. Unless you think they'd get along well. And by that, I mean, like...if you have good reasons to think so, and not just because you're friends with them.
Ah, okay.
Alright: Here's a tangent since I'd like to continue this with a real life problem I'm having XD
Friend group A: Bunch of artists (and borderline hipsters). Their big loves in life are cartoons like the regular show/ adventure time, cartooning/ drawing, good films, weed and electronic musak. a good half of their nerdy tastes sort of scratch the surface (Casual platformer/ retro video games, Adult Swim animes etc)
Friend Group B: Bunch of geeks (and overall awkward, if loveable bunch). Their thing is regular show/ adventure time as well, D&D, SNK fighting games, alt rock/ heavy metal, and having Bad Movie Nights (last time, we had 90's ninja movie night). Two out of 6 of these people are web comic artists, and about another third of them gets high.
Ideally, i want some of these friends (the artists of each group, ideally) to meet together for a movie night. Whether it's a bad movie night or just a regular movie night remains to be seen.
Should these people meet?
I don't see why not. They seem to have just about enough in common to have conversations with each other, even if they might disagree about some things.
A movie night is something that everybody can ease into, provided the movies are not too niche.
Go for it and let hilarity ensue