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Blast Fantasto posted:My wife is a mean old hag - we can attend card game tournaments hassle-free My wife is a body pillow with a nubile waifu printed on it, as is the custom at my nerd store.
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The Moon Monster posted:My wife is a body pillow with a nubile waifu printed on it, as is the custom at my nerd store. How is the ol' bag?
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Jan 12, 2018 12:19
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My almost-wife is probably the one who would be dragging me into the nerd store. I will report back whether I get eye-molested as the sexy trophy husband or not.
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Jan 12, 2018 12:34
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ubermarcus posted:My almost-wife
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Jan 12, 2018 12:42
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coolusername posted:I once walked into one of the stores because I wanted the cool dragon statue in the window, and the entire store of sweaty neckbeards paused in their card games and turned their head to stare at me. I was also underage and in a school uniform. Man I never agree with the "Watch how you dress in certain areas when female" critique but if there was one time where it applies this is probably it, that sounds like a horror show
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Jan 12, 2018 12:54
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Pretty sure there's a point where it literally doesn't matter what you wear. If anything a fursuit or HAZMAT suit (or HAZMAT suit with ears and a tail) would draw less attention. Creepers gonna creep.
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Jan 12, 2018 13:34
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Aesop Poprock posted:Man I never agree with the "Watch how you dress in certain areas when female" critique but if there was one time where it applies this is probably it, that sounds like a horror show I'm gonna hazard a guess that if coolusername was a kid at the time, the school uniform was an actual school-required uniform, not a cosplay thing. It's kind of cruddy to judge girls/women for wearing educational/professional dress just because straight men fetishize said dress.
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Jan 12, 2018 16:34
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That said, I'm picturing an audible gasp when she walked in, followed by several dozen thought bubbles of "It's just like in one of my Japanese animes!" coming from the wall of old fat with hair in only the wrong places, and the assumption that all visible disgust on her behalf is just "tsundere". *involuntarily shudders at the mental image*
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Jan 12, 2018 16:43
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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. You may be an ugly man, but you make a beautiful woman. To nerds in nerd stores.
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Jan 12, 2018 17:04
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:I walked into the local fetid nerd dungeon with my VERY ATTRACTIVE wife and BOTH of her huge boobs on one of the rare occasions when she has an off-day from lingerie modeling. As the disgusting hamdemon rang up my Funko Pops while leering at her DD cups he casually asked me if I was going to have sex with my "very attractive wife" (his words not mine!). Is your wife also very pregnant? 'Cause if so, congrats, now you've got a 50 Foot Ant story.
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Jan 12, 2018 17:26
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Blast Fantasto posted:My wife is a mean old hag - we can attend card game tournaments hassle-free Real talk: when women who are not-so-attractive walk into game stores, they still get hassled - just instead of inept flirting, it's being called a "bitch" a lot. And also some inept flirting. If anything, it's worse.
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Jan 12, 2018 17:27
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DontMockMySmock posted:Real talk: when women who are not-so-attractive walk into game stores, they still get hassled - just instead of inept flirting, it's being called a "bitch" a lot. And also some inept flirting. If anything, it's worse. This is very true. Almost all women run the risk of getting harassed in these type of stores. We recently hired another woman and she's been the center of attention because she is a serious MTG player. She got married a week ago and the disappointed reactions from some of the customers have been very frequent.
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Jan 12, 2018 17:44
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The woman who used to work at the comic & game store I frequent was married from the time she started there, and even some regulars who knew she was married would still try to make passes at her. There's at least one guy in the group who has creeped on basically every woman who's tried to join the weekly boardgame meetup, but he usually stops after being told "no" once. The few creeps that don't stop usually stop coming within a few sessions because our group is pretty good about letting those types know that that's unacceptable. I've never been to any of the store's MTG nights or anything, though, so maybe those groups are worse.
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Jan 12, 2018 17:54
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For my coworker it's pretty much a daily thing. She's really cute and takes it in stride but yeah, it happens every time she works. A few weeks back this dude came in and left then came back an hour later and says to her "I forgot something earlier, your phone number" and I audibly groaned. I have no room to talk though, a long time ago a girl came in looking for Green Lantern stuff and she clarified "Alan Scott, the REAL Green Lantern" and I asked her to marry me before I could stop myself.
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Jan 12, 2018 17:58
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Rhyno posted:For my coworker it's pretty much a daily thing. She's really cute and takes it in stride but yeah, it happens every time she works. A few weeks back this dude came in and left then came back an hour later and says to her "I forgot something earlier, your phone number" and I audibly groaned. This is women working in retail and food service in general. You smile and be polite because it's your job, but a certain strain of guy interprets that as being really into them because it's better than the normal reaction they get from women.
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John Murdoch posted:Is your wife also very pregnant? 'Cause if so, congrats, now you've got a 50 Foot Ant story. She's been at 8 months for the last 5 years. The doctors are baffled!
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Rhyno posted:for Green Lantern stuff and she clarified "Alan Scott, the REAL Green Lantern" and I asked her to marry me before I could stop myself. I winced visibly when I read this. I haven't been to a con or a nerd store since I went full-time. Does anyone know how they are for trans ladies? Better? Worse? Depends?
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Hate Fibration posted:I winced visibly when I read this. Probably depends on location. I don't feel I've been harassed but I may be oblivious.
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Hate Fibration posted:I winced visibly when I read this. From what I've seen, depends - if you seem straightforwardly male or female nerd store types generally won't look past surface impressions. If you're visibly non-binary or otherwise don't conform to gender stereotypes, you'll probably get a frostier reception. There absolutely are very LGBT-positive (and positive in a good way, as opposed to fetishizing) groups that go to cons and nerd stores and whatnot, but they tend to be specifically organized groups unto themselves in my experience. But, depends on your area. I'm from the Deep South, where LGBT groups in any hobby and community tend to be close-knit little subcommunities.
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Antivehicular posted:I'm gonna hazard a guess that if coolusername was a kid at the time, the school uniform was an actual school-required uniform, not a cosplay thing. It's kind of cruddy to judge girls/women for wearing educational/professional dress just because straight men fetishize said dress. Yeah, I was in a school uniform, it's required for highschools here. Which means I probably WAS straight out of those Japanese animes with the crime of being a 15 year old in a short skirt... At least I wasn't wearing pigtails. I have had other nerd experiences, but they're slightly less ultimate creepy. I was into Marvel comics for a while, and while I was shopping for the latest ones I wanted I got cornered and nerd checked by a neckbeard about why I didn't know the fifteen crossovers of this one comic and its 80 year old history, followed by learning that what I liked wasn't Real Comics, and that I needed Grimdark BloodySlaughter Assinathong issue #200. There's a reason I only read one series now as an adult, and I only buy it from actual book stores. ETA: to clarify, I mean literally cornered. I was up against a shelf and he was in my space blocking my exit so I could observe the Superior Comic Selection he was holding. coolusername has a new favorite as of 22:56 on Jan 12, 2018 |
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Jan 12, 2018 22:50
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We had an older man who came in 2 or 3 times a year and each time he would only look for "Nick Fury" comics. He made some very low key remarks about Nick Fury Jr that showed that he was looking for David Hasselhof Fury and was likely racist. He never bugged anyone would mumble about how he can't believe what they did to the character, bought some stuff and left. So one time I was showing him the stuff that had come out since he was last in and a dude hanging out said "You should get this Nick Fury stuff - he's Samuel Jackson!" the old dude yelled "they made him a loving halfbreed" and dropped the stuff he was holding and was never seen again.
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Hate Fibration posted:I haven't been to a con or a nerd store since I went full-time. Does anyone know how they are for trans ladies? Better? Worse? Depends? depends on the local scene and whether the individual managers are jerks or allow their customers to be jerks, some places will be good and have zero tolerance for harassment and others will let their regulars run amok i would guess get the only thing to be consistently wary of is a huge event that brings in a bigger crowd, like these mtg tournaments for e.g., because it's bound to bring in the creepy dregs too tho there will be plenty of regular well-mannered people and it's hard for organizers to police everyone even if they don't actually want these incidents to happen at their events hard counter has a new favorite as of 23:08 on Jan 12, 2018 |
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hard counter posted:depends on the local scene and whether the individual managers are jerks or allow their customers to be jerks, some places will be good and have zero tolerance for harassment and others will let their regulars run amok I'd also ask the manager if he knows about any specifically girl-focused or LGBT-focused groups that meet. Game store communities tend to be pretty cliquey in my experience.
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Years ago at my LNS, we had a regular gaming group that would play on Fridays. One night a new person joined the group and when I got to the table, he told me to go and make him a sandwich and then started sort of this phlegmy horking sound that I think was maybe laughter? Everyone kind of froze him out after that, and he didn't come to another group. He was incredibly fat - to the point where he needed a scooter to get around, so to this day sometimes I wonder if he was just being an rear end in a top hat or if he really was in desperate need of a sandwich, and maybe died because I didn't bring him food. 
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Antivehicular posted:I'm gonna hazard a guess that if coolusername was a kid at the time, the school uniform was an actual school-required uniform, not a cosplay thing. It's kind of cruddy to judge girls/women for wearing educational/professional dress just because straight men fetishize said dress. I was joking but I was expecting someone to respond with this, I was thinking of an underage girl in a japanese school girl uniform entering a sweaty nerd convention and the horrifying immediate result, not actually offering cultural criticism I don't agree with edit: oh this is actually what happened lmfao Aesop Poprock has a new favorite as of 03:45 on Jan 13, 2018 |
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Jan 13, 2018 03:42
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I never even got the statue. rip.
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Hate Fibration posted:I winced visibly when I read this. Hey I said I had no room to talk and it was a very long time ago. One of my weekly regulars has transitioned over the last two years or so and I think we treat her very well, probably better than our other customers really. She made a big point of coming in and letting us know what was about to happen because the store is one of her safe spaces and didn't want to alienate us. For all that effort that she didn't need to make it made us feel pretty honored so we go above and beyond to make sure she's never uncomfortable. Pronouns took a bit but we ironed that out.
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Hate Fibration posted:I winced visibly when I read this. A friend of mine mentioned that when she played at the local store nerds would follower around and make her feel uncomfortable. So I guess they’re treating her like every woman that sets foot in the store.
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The problem you're all having is that your going to Nerd Stores. You need to go to Nerd Impound Lots, renting nerds is much cheaper and you can take them back if they get ornery.
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Jan 13, 2018 13:25
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You can get open-box or lightly damaged nerds on the cheap if you just shop at nerd warehouses or outlets.
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SpacePig posted:You can get open-box or lightly damaged nerds on the cheap if you just shop at nerd warehouses or outlets. Trust me, especially with nerds, you do not want damaged goods.
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RagnarokAngel posted:Trust me, especially with nerds, you do not want damaged goods. Is there any other kind? You’ll never find one in a box.
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The Sexual Shiite posted:Is there any other kind? You’ll never find one in a box. Maybe there’s a market to take advantage of our idiot irony culture and make a series of collectible nerd inaction figures. I’ve got a Wispy Chris in the box with three different swappable lengths of pube beard. I keep him right next to Balding at 20 Tim and my special edition Fake Gamer Girl with light up cleavage.
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The Sexual Shiite posted:Is there any other kind? You’ll never find one in a box. Actually the "Obsessive Kojima Fanboy" model sometimes comes in a box. It's usually mislabeled though; look for "THE ORANGE".
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I used to work at a game store and one of our Friday Night Magic regs started crossdressing, then eventually transitioned. I know she did get a few comments, but the other regs always shut it down. Notable crappy dudes: -A ~40 year old yu gi o player who asked me if I was 18 yet and when I said no, leered and said "Well how long do I have to wait?" -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 -Two guys came up to the counter and one was asking me my opinion on the best deckboxes. I started telling him what I thought and guy2 cut me off all "She doesn't know what she's talking about, ignore her, get this one" But the absolute best one, I was working alone one afternoon and this guy comes in looking to sell some old gaming materials. He was super obese, huge beard, crappy tattoos, and wearing a sleeveless purple jerkin with a literal leather mug on his belt. Ok. Good start. I told him only the owner decides what to buy so we could hold his stuff and give him a call later. He started arguing and, as I kept repeating that I'm not a buyer, starts talking about how he's an archangel and god will smite anyone who gets in his way. I'm just kind of staring at this point because WHAT? Finally he grumbles, gives me the materials and his info, then wanders back into the gaming area. 10 minutes later, one of the younger regs who was always a trustworthy kid comes up front and tells me that I need to go to the gaming area. Because Jerkinman is trying to convince a kid in a wheelchair that he could get up and walk if he just believed in Jesus enough so come on, let's pray together. So I kicked Jerkinman out, apologized to wheelchair kid, and we implemented a "no faith healing" policy going forward.
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Of course the Lich Queen would take issue with faith healing.
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You should've called the cops and reported the guy for having a mental illness and being incoherent, and they would've shot him. A win for the gene pool. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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doverhog posted:You should've called the cops and reported the guy for having a mental illness and being incoherent, and they would've shot him. A win for the gene pool. I suspect the man was white, so they wouldn't have.
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Ah, well maybe they would've transported him to a hospital to be observed and possibly admitted then. Still could count as a win? 
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doverhog posted:You should've called the cops and reported the guy for having a mental illness and being incoherent, and they would've shot him. A win for the gene pool. Quite edgy goonsire *tips fedora*
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