>Tfw coworkers start talking about videogames
>It's either the most normalfag safe chow ridden with mtx or blatant fotm friendslop

>>717359018 (OP)
god you're such a faggot and you don't even know it

>>717359018 (OP)
I look like that

>>717359018 (OP)
I assure you if they started saying the shit you post on /v/ out loud it would be a million times more embarrassing

>>717359018 (OP)
Never anything older than last year either.

>It's either the most normalfag safe chow ridden with mtx or blatant fotm friendslop

friendslop has to be the saddest fotm word I've ever heard.

>oh yeah bro 2v2 blood gulch in halo ce was friendslop because no one played with me

>>717359018 (OP)
Name a single time you heard someone speak about that's not normie shit then at work.

>coworkers start talking about anime and videogames
>Everyone is a megaweeb
>Claim to not like or watch anime despite also being a megaweeb
Why am I like this?

>>717359347
Imagine knowing what this word salad means

>what games do you play, anon?
>Modded Morrowind and New Vegas and WoW private servers and OSRS and Wuthering Waves

>>717359395
Don't shit where you eat.

>>717359365
NTA but I occasionally get some cool recs/conversations with my coworkers. Like, one random black lady was telling me how scary she found The Strangers (the original one from 2008). I watched Gummo based on my boss's recommendation. My other boss was talking about how he had mixed feelings on Resident Evil 7

I remember when I was living with a roommates and I bought ps4, he was so excited that we are going to play Fifa and GTA 5, when I told him that I am going to buy Bloodborne he looked at me like at a weirdo and said
>what is that i never heard about this game

I could understand if Atelier or other weebahit scared him off but even Bloodborne was too much for this jock

>coworker expects a shocked reaction from saying he played vidya for a whole weekend

>>717359018 (OP)
I miss the days before the 7th gen when if you engaged with at least one of the Big 3 Genres (Platformers, RPGs, FPS) on any frequent basis you could connect with most other people who played videogames.
>>717359347
A core aspect of Friendslop is that the game being played has jackshit to offer without your friends to bolster the experience.
You can still play Halo CE's campaign and have a fun time.

>>717359731
>A core aspect of Friendslop is that the game being played has jackshit to offer without your friends to bolster the experience.
>You can still play Halo CE's campaign and have a fun time.
You're talking to an actual, honest to god normalfag, Anon. It's incapable of consuming media alone, by itself, based on its merits, due to its limited mental capacity. That's why it clings to these online games.

>>717359018 (OP)
>tfw you co-workers are normalfags with friends

>>717359018 (OP)
>Tfw /v/ start talking about videogames
>It's either the most normalfag safe chow ridden with mtx or gacha

>>717359174
Can I choke you and fuck your face?

>coworkers keep talking about their FOTM friendslop
>they don't invite me to play with them and I'm glad they don't because I don't play FOTM friendslop
>I can't wait to get home and tell /v/ about what losers my coworkers are

>>717359347
>halo tard pretends he is not a slop consumer

is this a time traveler from 2011? who cares about "normies" anymore?

>>717360169
Please understand anons fear that anything besides those two groups that can endure board speed is thought to be shills.

>>717359018 (OP)
So?
You can't handle simple conversations?

what is safe chow

>>717359085
I think he knows it. It's why he projects a misdirected sense of loathing on others for mundane shit. Only insecure fags act condescending over childrens video games

>>717359395
Knowledge that allowing other people to trick you into ever admitting that you like something is their long con humiliation gambit and as a disciplined person you must never take the bait no matter how many others collude to deceive you by making it look like people are open and accepting of your opinions. They are all setting up the situation just waiting for you to join in so that they can all do the 180 whiplash pretend to be shocked or disgusted and make you the social whipping bitch. The only correct move is never play into their hand.

>>717361387
meds NOW

>>717361193
E33

>talk with coworkers about bf6 and reminisce about the old ones because I can still enjoy goychow
must be hard being a faggot

>>717361714
what does safe chow mean though

>>717359018 (OP)
>>It's either the most normalfag safe chow ridden with mtx or blatant fotm friendslop
That's hilarious, have you seen \v\'s catalogue?

>coworker ask what games do I play
>I show her my playtime hours
>she doesn't understand why would I invest this much time in this game instead of valorant
women are stupid

>>717360180
yes, please

>>717361573
You must be unemployed or homeschooled if you are this naive about other people.

>>717359018 (OP)
You could have crammed more brainrot buzzwords in your incredibly stupid post

>>717359018 (OP)
>tfw you talk with me
>i always say super mario sunshine is the best game

>>717362203
Neither you're just a schizo retard

>>717359731
>A core aspect of Friendslop is that the game being played has jackshit to offer without your friends to bolster the experience.
Its still a shit buzzword

>pretty boy coworker only plays csgo, cod and fifa
>boomer 1 only plays wow
>boomer 2 only plays racing games
>boomer 3 has played tons of different games
>but he thinks tlou2 > 1 so i lost all respect for him

Hahaha, that's crazy, op, fucking normies, m i rite.
Now let us go to discussing such high brow video games such as battlefeel 6, gta VI 6 and fromslosh.

>>717362517
No, no, he's right. Kind of. If you tried to approach a normie with actual nerd games they'd instantly mark you as an autist weirdo and thus banish you to the absolute abyss of the social hierarchy.

When normies talk about games they mean exclusively AAA garbage or the eventual 'Indie Breakout'. Like Stardew Valley for women.

>>717362825
They don't give a fuck if you're into that shit. They care if you're too socially retarted to read the room and know when to not sperg out about it because they aren't interesting in conversing on that topic right now.

>>717360197
kek

>>717362674
"gameplay above all else, i can ignore the story" - your based boomer 3 coworker

>>717362674
>tlou player pretends to have standards, thinks he's not normie

>>717362917
In a way, you are half right. What you are describing is the social conceit that they have access to, at any time they can instantly nuke you. It's true that "you talked to me about something I am not interested in therefore I am now allowed to socially murder you if I choose" is the concept, but it's not necessarily logically valid or meaningful by itself. However, the trick is that they can only ever get away with this attack if you had an any point previously interacted with them, thereby activating their ability. The ability to socially purge you remains deactivated as long as you never talk to them or look at them. That's the take-away.

>asked female coworker if she has any single girl friends
>nope sorry, she's single tho
>tell her i have a good friend i could hook her up with
>nope sorry, she's not looking for anything atm

>>717363380
No that's some insane schizo shit. You're not "socially doomed" for having a niche gaming interest. This isn't the 80s. They come off as just as autistic if they aren't shutting up about some normie AAA shlop when you're obviously not interested. If some coworker actually bullies you (lmao) about having a niche gaming interest then just man the fuck up and tell them to fuck off. But I guarantee anyone with this issue is just autistic and not self aware

BEHOLD

The greatest game of all time. Banjo-Tooie. In it you shall find a mode titled "Targitzan's Temple". A FPS that will provide literal hours of fun for you and your coworkers.

>coworkers start talking about games
>they ask if i played one of the more recent titles like expedition 33
>"yeah, already finished that, plat in 60hrs"
>the game just came out that week
>happens multiple times with different games, like 140hrs on elden ring in 10 days
>their faces when
>my faces when im a neet and have no coworkers and was actually talking to extended family at a bbq instead

>>717363697
>just man the fuck up and tell them to fuck off
I'm not suicidal, it's one thing to avoid talking but I don't want to allow them to physically kill me too.

>company held an annual smash tournament
>organizer got metoo'd during covid
predictable

>>717359018 (OP)
If anyone has the drawing of the hairy fat nerd taking a picture of a kid playing while saying "Fucking casuals" that's you.

>>717363868
Silly anon, nobody talks to homebodies in extended family gatherings. They are the awkward elephant in the room everyone pretends it doesn't exist

>>717364095
#Metoo is for average sexual harrassment. Smash players get Chris Hansen'd

>>717359018 (OP)
>co worker wears a shirt with the mass effect N7 logo on it
>waits for someone to bring it up

>>717364275
he'd act weird around the high school interns too but that's not what got him in the end

>>717359018 (OP)
then that's your queue to talk about what games you like you anti-social fucking clown, instead you come here for your parasocial validation instead of getting friends you fucking loser

>>717359280
>Yeah dude. I was playing this sick Mario 64 hack

>>717362517
NTA or the other anon, schizo-chan is definitely right. Admitting you like anything at work is an express ticket to people using it to make fun of you. I've had to be no nonsense serious dude at work because I'm fucking tired of people always bringing shit they know about me into the conversation to fuck with me. If I work with cool people for a while it's different, but letting your guard down around people you don't really know outside of work is a big fucking mistake. Music is the only exception, at least for me.

>>717364176
one of them called me to say that i should watch severance because dylan in the show reminded them of me

>>717359347
>acting like halo was good
where do you faggots come from

>>717364593
>Look, here comes that guy who only listen to 90's nintendo videogame sountrack lmao

OP when his co-workers don't talk about his favorite video games he talks about all day:
>trannies
>jews
>niggers

>>717359018 (OP)
Games are a totally normal, widespread, popular thing. You're basically criticizing people for using a regular toothbrush.

>>717359018 (OP)
>bro have you tried PALWORLD
>it's like POKEMON but for ADULTS like us!

>take day off to play classic on launch
>female coworker asks if it's because of wow
>apparently her brother played and used to sell accounts for real money in wotlk
>start talking randomly about server names and faction as she texts her brother
weird conversation

>>717364176
>random unknown boomer calls out from across the room, "So, Anon, What are you up to these days?"
>all conversation stops, everyone turns to look

>>717365325
they do this to exert dominance btw

>>717364550
Send his story. Ironically it would help the Smash community to have a non-child predator offender.

>>717365325
why does this shit keep happening, everyone is doing their own thing until you get put on the spot

>presentation day
>everyone goofing off during presentations
>you go up
>complete silence, all eyes on you

>>717361193
Dark Souls 3

>>717365539
i am so happy i never have to be in school another day in my life
if i ever have to present something at work i've worked 100s of hours on it and know it by heart

>>717364802
yeah

>>717363176
>me when i say mass effect 3 was the best one

>>717364593
What I've noticed about women coworkers is that the topic itself doesn't matter at all. It could be about videogames or anything else. It's more the fact that it is happening in the first place that empowers their autonomic reaction, which is more or less an exaggeration of whatever her current mood is.

>so i was having such a shitty day so I had to take a break, and then Anon walks in the break room! I was just like... wtf dude? Can't you see I'm here?

>>717360230
>quake fag pretends he is not dead inside

>>717364176
For me it's everyone pulling out their phones and laptops an wanting free tech support and getting angry if I so much as ask for any necessary login credentials or want to know what's wrong with it in the first place. I used to love my family

I don't mention I play games because I don't want them to ask for my steam account

>>717364176
I stopped going to those 3 years ago

>>717359018 (OP)
its sad that you're envious that they have common ground that you arent a part of, but if you had social skills, you could talk to them about your area of interest, and maybe even get some of them interested in it as well. as compromise (a social skill) you could also give whatever their interests are a chance, and join them, or learn how to respectfully reject it while still showing that you treated it fairly.

>>717366747
i did too exactly because of these questions
just leave me alone
>get a job 5 years ago
>start going to family gatherings again
>nobody asks me anything now
fucking nosy retards could've shut up the first time

>>717366579
I tell them I have no experience with apple products because I'm poor

>>717367043
They can smell failure so they only ask whe they know they can evidence you in front of everyone for entertainment.

>>717367043
Yep, exactly. I'm not interested in having to justify my existence to people I see maybe twice a year during the holidays

>>717362825
>Everyone talks about Elden Ring and Dark Souls and the lore and bosses.
>You talk about Bloodborne and how you like the Lovecraftian elements of it
>HAHAHA SIKE! WE WERE ALL JUST FISHING FOR YOU, YES YOU ALONE, TO COME CLEAN WITH YOUR WEEB SHIT AND NOW WE ALL ARE GOING TO LAUGH AND BULLY YOU

>>717359018 (OP)
>coworkers talking about diablo 2
>join the conversation
>they stop talking and leave

>>717367421
Soulsborne game are not weebshit.

>>717368254
They're made in France?

>>717368449
Not everything made in japan is weebshit. Are Nissan cars weebshit? Retard.

>>717368635
Huge tangent there bud light. Empathy is not only useful to feel bad about minorities.

>>717369027
holy fuck ESLfags are mutating out of control.

>>717359680
Do burgers play FIFA?

>>717359018 (OP)
>coworker admits to buying cosmetic microtransactions
what fucking cattle do I work with

>>717359395
Based. Always hide your power level

my co-workers are literal boomers so video games are still "nintendo's". at least i dont have to be around them much.

>>717367240
>I'm not interested in having to justify my existence
This but stopped reading right there

>>717369758
Anon you share this board with gachaniggers

>>717369503
I know that is weebshit in the same way I know someone can look at this as a PFP and call it "a loli avatar". You don't because you lack empathy, so your social skills are stunted.

>>717365430
This but unironically. When you live with your family, you get used to most of their bullshit. Live separately for a while and then visit them, and you might be horrified.
t. never visited my family for a decade and ignore all calls and most messages

>>717359395
i hate telling co-workers shit. you see them everyday and they'll bring it up constantly. yeah i like football but i dont want to talk about it every motherfucking time we cross paths.

>>717364559
>bring up a niche game
>uhhh anon what's that
>ahhh cool, anyway have you seen the new avengers?

>>717359018 (OP)
>coworkers start talking
>its all in foreign
Stay in school kids.

>>717361387
>actually insightful post

>>717360197
fucking lel

>>717359018 (OP)
>tfw anon starts talking about how much of a sperg he is at /v/
Faggot

>>717364580
There have been thousands of great games released in the last decade, but nobody gives a shit because they’re indie.

"Friendslop" is a really funny self own. More proof these retards don't even think about anything; just mindless vomit back words they see others use here. Like parrots but dumber.

>>717369802
What's bad about that, those guys would probably be blown away by a corporate teambuilding drinking trip to one of those joints where they have the Duck Hunt-esque hunting simulators with realistic graphics or something and in some cases it could be easier to set up a party game that would impress the entire general crowd for people like that compared to experienced gamers with high standards and established specific tastes

>>717359018 (OP)
>normalfag
But 4chan is normalfag now. Why are you confused?

>>717369941
I miss the pedophiles and furrys

>>717359018 (OP)
>at work a year (or two?) ago
>someone talks about Cowwadoody Black Cops
op's greentext checks out.

>>717370995
There is a difference between playing a good game with friends and playing a game that is only good with friends.

>>717371328
and retard OP (likely you) will never know that difference because he's not playing either of those lmao

>>717367421
>Everyone talks about Elden Ring and Dark Souls and the lore and bosses.
You know it never happens IRL outside of close circles of likeminded nerds. Normies WILL try to fish you out with surface-level knowledge like
>uhh I tried Dark Souls but I got stuck on X after a couple of tries
your conversationally-starved stupid ass might jump at the opportunity to sperg out about the tactics, infusions, buffs and whatnot, and at that moment the normies will gang up on you
>ooohh anon you know so much bet you have 50h played
>ahahhaa who am I kidding your virgin ass has nothing to do but play vidja all day so it's more like 1000h ahahahahahahhahahaha
>*a week later*
>hey anon, did you apply lighting-infused grease to your cock to fap today again? ahahhahahahhahaha what a loser ahahhahahahaha

>>717371430
Lethal company is not a good game, sorry this fact makes you unconfortable.

>>717359018 (OP)
Don't worry, everyone already hates you

>>717371606
>>hey anon, did you apply lighting-infused grease to your cock to fap today again? ahahhahahahhahaha what a loser ahahhahahahaha
I'm using that one.

>>717359018 (OP)
what games do you like?
tell us what games are good!

>>717371784
Deltarune.

>>717371606
too real

>>717371784
Caesar III

>>717371606
>your conversationally-starved stupid ass might jump at the opportunity to sperg out about the tactics, infusions, buffs and whatnot, and at that moment the normies will gang up on you

This is projection with MC syndrome. What can I do about your isms?

>>717363960
>>717363380
This poster is jewish. Schizo+persecution complex+constant fear due to being physically less capable.

>>717359365
I work with a turbosperg who watches AI voiced summaries of leveling manhwa on YouTube and will tell anyone who crosses his path about it, extreme outlier though I understand

>>717372193
I feel like you have never interacted with normgroids in any significant capacity or you are a normgroid yourself.
Nothing brings a group together like a common enemy.

>>717359018 (OP)
stop posting pictures of my wife

>>717371606
>tfw work with people with higher IQs than shopfloor wagies
god I'm glad I went to college.

>>717372362
What does it feel to be widowed?

>>717372358
You are setting up an inevitable outcome based on a weirdly low-self esteem yet egomaniac vision. You lack empathy.

>>717372447
The average college kid in 2025 is a total retard. They share eloquence with toothless homeless wandering the highways. I used to laugh at communication majors for being retards but now it seems like they're the only ones actually learning anything

>>717372607
I lack trust in others based on past experiences. And you are a normgroid who heard on reddit that it's fun to troll people here.
>>717372702
This

>>717372794
Maube you are just an unlikable insufferable prick?

>>717371606
>>717372794
You sound like an insufferable faggot that deserves to get bullied.

>>717371606
>frog
>knowing anything about social interactions

>samefagging
ain't getting a (You) from me anymore, bub

>>717371606
>>uhh I tried Dark Souls but I got stuck on X after a couple of tries
>your conversationally-starved stupid ass might jump at the opportunity to sperg out about the tactics, infusions, buffs and whatnot, and at that moment the normies will gang up on you

So dont sperg out and just say something like
>Yeah. It's not for everyone, but I actually really enjoy Dark Souls, although I admit you need to be in the right mindset for it. What games do you like?

>>717373057
Nope I'm a unique IP. But now I'm just glad to be done interacting with you. I bet this happens to you a lot.

>>717373057
When you get bullied at work do you accuse your coworkers of secretly being the same person?

>>717373057
I told you empathy was important. This was YOUR chance to claim your co-workers were ganging up on you. Idiot, not even good at being a victim.

>>717371606
>>717367421
You're supposed to insult them back when they do that, you tards. You get picked on because it's fucking easy. Insult them back. Don't tell me you work with perfect flawless 10/10 chads, everyone usually has some kind of glaring weakness.
>bald
>fat
>skinny
>old
>looks like a retard
>is a retard
>family member is dead/dying
You fuckers play video games right? Hit the GLOWING WEAK SPOT. If they realize you're capable of biting back they'll leave you alone, maybe respect you, and if you really do it well they'll actually be afraid to do it again.

>that co worker who is clearly a decade or more behind development socially from self imposed isolation
>bully him behind his back and get the entire crew to turn on him
I love doing this to you guys

>>717371606
I wish nerds weren't a bunch of paranoid schizos like you so I could actually talk to my co-workers about video games without their low self esteem blowing up. Every time they pretend they only have surface level knowledge but bitch I saw your bloodborne phone wallpaper and brand new gamer laptop you can't fool me

Any time a coworker or acquaintance asks me what games I play they've never heard of it. If I ask them what games they play I just can't relate because I have no interest in the normieslop they play or heard of.

>>717371041
whats bad is that im not trying to do that. i just want to talk to other losers about video games. it'd be nice if i could do it at work cause im there for most of my life.

>>717373629
>Slop this slop that
>slop slop slop
That word has lost all meaning.

>>717371041
>expexting anon to have the social skills and graces to organize a event, invite people and have a good time
Where the fuck do you think you are?

>>717359395

Because you're insecure in what you like and you're afraid that people who know stuff about your interests will judge your worth based on your opinions and you'd rather distance yourself from everyone than stand face to face and defend something you enjoy.

>>717359018 (OP)
I miss when all the women on the TV looked like this

>>717373637
>most of my life

>>717373864
>defend something you enjoy
what for

>>717359018 (OP)
>at work
>people ask me what games I like
>say most mainstream game I like
>they look disappointed
I'm not going to tell someone I like rogue-likes, arcade racing games, beat em' ups, Japanese TPS action games, rail-shooters, metroidvanias, and retro 3D platformers. I love games, but I actually like experiencing the breadth of what they can offer.

>>717373723
Except you know what is meant by normieslop in video games

>>717373864
Not him but I avoid talking about that shit because my tastes are too enlightened for anyone that goes outside to be able to discuss. I have no interest in talking about souls lore or other entry level nerd shit with people that use soap and shave

>>717374109
Just say the game they've never heard of
You're not going to be able to hold a conversation pretending to like Fortnite, WoW or CoD

>>717359018 (OP)
>at work
>Ask coworkers what games he likes
>He comes out with the most mainstream game imaginable
Disappointing. Was hoping he would like rogue-likes or Japanese TPS action games. Was hoping to get a new friend. Oh well.

>>717359018 (OP)
Degenerates aren't normal however abundant.

>>717373864
>yeah dude just tell them you replay games you liked as a kid and those moeges
>what could possibly go wrong

>>717374721
When I tease you for admitting to being a huge nerd I'm just going to bully you even more if you don't stick to your guns. Just act like you got a pair and nobody cares unless they already hate you

>25 years old
>Wanna start working
>Want to work at Super Target mainly because the one near me has people in their 20s and 30s that work there and it's always really busy
>Submit my application
>Don't think they'll accept me because I never worked before and dropped out of high school
>Next day I get an email asking for a video interview
Are my chances at getting accepted high? I've never worked before in my life. I was gonna start working in late 2019 til Covid and other shit happening.

>>717359395
>Co Workers talk about anime and manga
>It's not just the regular Shonen or FOTM series, they talk about other lesser known series too
Has this happened before?

>>717375508
>didn't think a 0 skill requirement goyslave job would accept you
you're more than likely going to be wageslaving without issue anon, they'll take anyone.

>>717375728
>you're more than likely going to be wageslaving without issue anon
Is good practice and plus I want it because:
>Money
>Tired of being a neet for almost an entire decade
>Wanna have IRL friends again
>Always like interacting with people

>coworkers start talking about golf and cricket

>>717359018 (OP)
I have a shit wagie job so I just let all the spaghetti flow. So far people still like talking to me. Even mentioned a few VN's I like. One dude called me a gooner and I just said, "Yeah" and that basically ended the conversation. Everyone else still asks what I'm playing on a regular basis.

>>717375508
We don't look for job experience, we literally give zero fucks. Even less fucks if you're just gonna be lifting boxes. But if you suck then you will get fired pretty quick.

there is a guy with autism and a bad stutter at my work but he's a good guy and everyone likes him, and he always just wants to talk about Resident Evil so I tell him what games I'm playing and he tells me about Resident Evil
It's a peaceful office these days

>>717376676
So when does the job experience meme come in?

>>717362825
>No, no, he's right.
He said "everyone is a megaweeb", which implies they're not talking about DBZ and Naruto, then he made an assumption that a dozen men at his company did research on anime and video games that aren't surface level just to trick him into revealing his power level and using that against him. If that's not schizo, I don't know what is.

>>717376883
from faggots who have never worked this shitty ass job.

>>717376283
>older management types fucking around, leaning on shit
>talking about golf for 30 min
>I'm working and trying not to listen but my autism forces me to hear everything
>hey anon do you like golf?
>nah that's a rich man's sport
>youngest boomer "well ackshully club fees have gone way down and renting equipment and blah blah blah"
SHUT THE FUCK UP I HATE YOU AND GOLF FUXKING SUCKS

>>717359018 (OP)
>elden ring hits the normie sphere
>normies who know I like those kind of games now want to talk about it and play it
>i don't even like elden ring and feel like it's a step-down from classic souls
>have to pretend to care so I have something to talk about with normies, even if I'd prefer shitting on the game instead
feels bad man

>>717377345
they were just excited they have something to relate to you about for once

>>717369823
real

>>717366579
I have an alternate universe redneck version of this where instead of tech support everyone keeps showing me pictures of random bugs or frogs they took with their phone and wanting me to ID them because I'm going to school for Biology, but then they dispute my identification anyway or just forget it and text me the same North American Dagger Moth Caterpillar three days later with "Is this a Monarch???"

>>717375983
Work is not a place you make friends at.

>coworker talks about games
>it's AAA garbage, open world survival crafting sims, or whatever the top streamers are playing at the moment
>coworkers talk about movies/TV
>it is all capeshit or the most popular show being watched at the moment
>coworkers talk about anime
>it is all the most popular shonenshit
>try to talk to coworkers about music
>it's all pop and rap
it fucking SUCKS, bro. i have one coworker who i have been able to successfully talk about media to. but he's 20 and fairly indoctrinated into certain thought patterns. still, far more enjoyable to talk to than 99% of coworkers i have ever had.

>>717378624
how old are you?? it might be a millenial thing to be a clueless normie

>>717359018 (OP)
>coworker only plays noita for 6000 hours

>>717375508
Don't work in retail or for commercial chains. Find a factory job in the nearest industrial block. You'll thank me later.

>>717379127
>You'll thank me later.
for what? broken fucking spine at the age of 35?

>>717378172
Skill issue

>>717376283
>tfw i was forced to take golf lessons at 13 so i actually know something about this "sport" that old people (like my boss) play

>>717379165
I said factory job, not landscaping construction, or trades.

>coworker finds out I like retro vidya
>constantly bugs me asking where to buy N64 games and what the rarest things I own are

feck off I've owned my copy of conker for longer than you have been alive

>>717378874
31. the people my age all suck, the people younger than me all suck, the people older than me all suck. i have gotten a few people to watch/read/listen/play things before, but it is like pulling teeth. they always have a great time with my recommendations, but it takes a lot of encouragement. the easiest way that i have found to get people to watch movies is to take them to the theatre: either new movies coming out that aren't capeshit or going to one of the multiple theatres in my city that play older films. games are easier to get people to play if they are multiplayer and i tell them i will play with them. music is the easiest one to get people into, but they will usually just listen to exactly what i show them and not expand ever beyond that. anime/tv shows are a lost cause in most cases, but there are a few people who are into it enough that my recommendations will be at least given a chance.

>>717379404
you never worked in an actual factory if u say such garbage
i quit in 2 weeks, forced to carry 10KG shit every minute or work next to 400C furnace, suck my dick, you are to be actual subhuman to deal with such work (thats why every country takes as many niggers as they can)

>>717379603
Hahaha 10kg had you sweating? How do you not collapse under the weight of your own man tits?

>>717379127
>Find a factory job in the nearest industrial block
Yeah, let me re-enact LiveLeaks, I'm sure thats a great idea.

>>717379603
What the fuck are you even mad about? It's the same remedial labor as retail chains but you get better benefits and plenty of promotion opportunities.

>>717379562
yeah I think you're actually right that most people suck. its not a generational thing. 95% will always be normies

>>717379764
Ok then work in retail until you're 40. Not my life. If I could do it all over I would have never worked for chains.

>>717379970
I'm not though, this is my first job so I'm starting out simple. Eventually I'll start looking for better jobs and trying to acquire skills for said jobs.

>>717379603
>complaining about having to carry 22 pounds
What the fuck? How skeleton are you?

>>717379603
>10KG

>>717380062
That's fine. Just don't stick around in retail too long.

>>717380395
Why blur out the dildo, thats more onions than basedlient.

>>717379757
>>717380157
>>717380395
you niggas go pick up 10kg and hold it for 8 hours

>attractive female coworker turns to me during quiet meeting
>"anon, i heard you were the switch master, i bought my boyfriend one for his birthday, can you reccommend any games ?"
>get embarassed, shrug and sit in silence
the most emasculating moment of my life

>>717380563
I did and I carried it on my shoulders for 15 miles because I'm a fucking man

>>717380668
This made me laugh harder than anything else in the thread.

>>717380563
Just take the L bro

>>717380668
wtf dude, just give her some recommendations

>Zoomer EA at work talking about how she blitzed through FFV during the weekend and plans to do the same for IV next weekend
>Massive Higurashi fan. Caught her reading it on her phone at work
>Started playing horsegirls when work lulls
High hopes for the young

>>717381409
she's a fujo. you should not have hopes for fujos.

>>717380902
no.
i cannot in good faith think of it as anything more than a social attack against me, even if it wasnt intentional.
i literally wanted to deflate into my seat.

For all you tards worried about getting shit on by coworkers, you need to just be a jerk and/or find a single individual you can shoot the shit with.
I know this by experience. I was one of you. I still am one of you. But long ago, i needed money and got a retail job. For the first year or so, I was an outcast who stayed to myself. Over time, my one coworker and me began to talk about random shit, and I was able to treat him like a proxy friend, making conversations more loose and natural. From there, I was able to be more of a shit talking jerky boy. I befriended the niggers. I befriended the milfs. Eventually when we hired some young ladies, I was naturally in my element talking shit amongst people, that I had multiple girls flirting with me, under what I can only assume was their assumption of me possessing "confidence". I was jerks to them too, and it resulted in me getting my ding dang sucked by a 19yo chick in a back stock room.

Now, I work alone doing deliveries, so my powers of socializing have declined. However those years really did show me the power of being a comical jerk. Normies love it.

>>717379970
Retail work is a good learning experience that both humbles you and teaches you to hate.

>>717380668
>she was implying you were her boyfriend she got a switch for and wanted to know what games you would like for it

>>717381735
Why are you interpreting it that way though? Isn't it possible she simply thought she could trust you to give her good recommendations?

>>717381735
You should have given her shit post tier recommendations or fake game names.

>>717382107
retail and almost every other entry level jobs would be 95% better if most coworkers didnt constantly bitch about work sucking.
you can have the comfiest most mind numbing job in the world and you'll still get soul-suckers bitching about it to you.

>>717359018 (OP)
Why are you guys so elitist lol? This is how you faggots found out about videogames in the first place.

>>717359395
>Get paired with crush on art project during school
>"So anon.....do you watch anime"
>Big insecure faggot so try to play it off like I'm not the lame weeb that I absolutely am
>She seems disappointed and bored by the answer
She was literally a nerdy artsy chick that dressed up like a cartoon character for Halloween, why was I so retarded?

>>717382305
There can be a level of unity over hating your shared occupation.

>hey anon you like games right? let me add you to the videogames channel on slack! you'll love it there
FUCJK

>>717382286
i literally never talked to her before that and the first thing you say to someone (in silence, in front of everyone else) is how good you are at playing nintendo switch ?
made me look gay as hell.
>>717382298
so i could look like even more of a freak than i already did ?

>>717382463
not when i dont hate my occupation and wish the people that did would just stfu and get on with the work

>>717382305
>coworker asks me how it is going
>tell him that it doesn't matter how it is going, i will always find something to complain about
>start listing ways today is bad, start listing ways the day would be bad if the opposite conditions of the day were true
>he agrees
>we stand in silence for minutes
sometimes being a depressive cunt is useful for just getting people to shut up for a second. i don't want to constantly hear jibber jabber, it is annoying and most often pointless. the job would be comfier if there wasn't constant NOISE from coworkers always feeling the need to fill the air with some kind of vibration despite the meaninglessness of their words. speak when it is important to speak.

>>717359018 (OP)
What’s her/his name?
I miss facefucking blue eyed broads like this. My wife is pretty but has hazel eyes. She wants to suck me off later while I watch porn and I’d like to use this as fuel

>>717382653
You're speedrunning everyone hating you

>>717382653
This is how you lose all your friends and acquaintances

None of my coworkers have played games like Ar Tonelico, or Baroque, or Dreamfall, or Mega Man Legends and that's alright.
I don't want fucking normalfags stinking up this hobby even more than it already is. It's not made for them.

Just smile politely and let them stay corralled in their NBAs, FIFAs, Minecrafts and Fartnites.

>>717382653
fucking kek you fucking autismo

this is why i bait all the time and have nothing but contempt for you jaded mopey fucks

If you cant stand coworkers, get a job as a dish washer. Its 99% solo work, but people will still pity you and give you free food. Its also easy as shit work you dont need to think about while doing it.

>>717364735
Dylan has a wife and kids and was the main hero at the end of the first season.

>>717376883
Job experience is for professional fields where they are used as a poor filter.
By that when a company asks for 2+ years experience for an intro roll in data management or something they mean "you have sent two years being an unpaid intern"

>>717382718
Liv Morgan, she's a wrestler.

>>717365430
How is asking a simple general question an exertion of dominance? I think you're projecting.

When coworkers discovered i was deep into retro gaming shit, they gave me a bunch of free old games and systems.

I got a question, how would I work if it's thunderstorming? Ever since I was 10, I've always had a massive fear of thunder and lightning that just hearing rain is enough to make me enter panic mode if I don't know if it's regular rain or a storm ahead of time. And I know jobs will likely not allow me to have my expensive noise canceling headphones on my head.

>>717382718
Your wife isn't real but I'm pretty sure that's Liv Morgan.

>>717383094
Work in a windowless warehouse. Say you have sensory autism or something. Most places with solo work dont care if you have headphones on.

>>717381843
Proxy Friend is cracking me up
You guys are so fucking autistic

>>717371606
>your conversationally-starved stupid ass might jump at the opportunity to sperg out about the tactics, infusions, buffs and whatnot
Maybe don't sperg out then

Heh.. fucking normies... they don't talk about my femboy fap game. how sad and pathetic.

>>717379757
>>717379903
>>717380395
carrying 10kg of uneven looking pile of shit from a crate into machine is fucking harder workout than any gym routine 90% of people do
you are clueless, deal with it

>>717375508
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dSAjg5BIho&t=1s

>>717379603
There's different types of factories.

>>717383319
Forklift does all the work anon

>>717381735
>a social attack
What the fuck lol? If it hasn't been too long, you can still save this. Just ask her, "Hey, still want some recommendations?" And then name 2-3 games BUT NO MORE.

>>717383210
Its the best way i could describe it. We really didn't share hobbies or interests, but bonded over talking about what female coworkers or customers we would fuck, racist jokes and daring each other to do things.

>>717383094
Move to Oregon or Washington. No storms.
But really, you're protected under some gay protection thing for protected classes (autism). You can have your headphones.

>>717383319
Then why dont you want to do it so you can mog others as a buff ubermensch?

>have sex with co-worker on desk
>she starts pushing for this whole relationship thing, turning the screws on me

>>717383594
Damn that's crazy.

>>717359018 (OP)
I actually know someone who plays similar games as me, and perhaps more importantly, can blend in with the normies just like me when needed.

But we've never hung out after work. Oh well, life goes on.

>>717383319
>carrying 20lbs is harder than weightlifting
huh

Insecure introvert general? Holy fuck no one gives a shit about your dumb coworkers.

>>717383828
I know that feel

>>717382758
>>717382786
>>717382909
it's funny, because despite being a depressive cunt i am still more enjoyable to be around than most of my coworkers. people know what they are going to get with me and it is a pleasant surprise when i show some joy. everyone else is constantly fighting with each other and there are constantly shifting cliques as people try to make quick friends and then get fucked over by their new "friends" right after. i've never fucked anyone over, i help where i can, i will actually listen to people, and i am an honest person. i am also very competent at my job in comparison to my coworkers. i don't go to work to make friends. i am not against making friends at work, i have made many over the years. but i let friendships evolve organically rather than going into every interaction with every person thinking that i will try to befriend them.

>>717383654
yeah she's the cleaning lady at this office I work in

>>717383859
How often do you spend 40+ hours a week weightlifting?

>>717378624
Maybe you're just a faggot

>>717384040
What do I say to you to get you to stop posting?

>>717380668
>the most emasculating moment of my life
>>717382505
>made me look gay as hell
What made you feel this way? That she was attractive and had a boyfriend while you were the switch guy?

>>717383094
Your brain is broken. Go to a psychologist and get it fixed, don't be one of those xitter cunts who keeps acting like the rest of the world is going to change for them.

>>717384226
you can't.

>>717380395
>reposting a censored meme from reddit

>>717382439
She was baiting you into giving more info to be used against you later bro. Pat young you on the back.

>>717373404
Is this a sociopath? How many are right now on /v/? Sometimes i wonder with what kind of person im talking to in this taiwanese fisher price website.

>>717388736
We're not all dicks, bud. Stop hyperfocusing on the bad eggs.

Can I find love at work? I honestly never had a GF before, only ever felt that butterfly feeling in the heart once 10 years ago.

>>717389180
Hitting on girls at work is dangerous business. Really depends on your exact workplace for how viable it is

>>717369758
i worked with a dude that dropped $3400 on some apehoop game
the servers went offline a couple years ago

>>717374721
yes
you can like anything and "get away with it" as long as you arent insecure about it and speak about it with enthusiasm

>>717389434
>Really depends on your exact workplace for how viable it is
Like I said earlier in the thread, I'm gonna be working in the front at Target as a Clerk/Greeter as my first job.

>>717367441
>ff14 image saved on phone
they can probably tell what you are

>>717359018 (OP)
I like to talk in depth about video games to my milf coworker who doesn't play games at all.

>>717389715
>assuming people know which posts are yours without context
If this is your typical level of social awareness then your odds aren't looking good.

>>717359018 (OP)
There is literally nothing wrong with normie games or fotm stuff
In fact I don't WANT normies to be into my games, because they always change for the worse

God, I'm a megaautist loner with no friends and even I can carry on a conversation with my coworkers about sports and stuff. How the fuck are you guys so bad?

>>717361387
Man you sound boring. The smooth chad way is to say you watch anime, but only with your sister, brother, roommate, etc. There's ways to have your cake and eat it too, dude, learn to be more charismatic.

>>717364769
You're the odd one in this equation

>>717370985
indie games are shit
>muh hecking wholesome pixel graphix!

>>717391887
2012 was 13 years ago. This is like complaining that all the teens these days are stupid for wearing jeans with holes in them

>>717361748
its in the name

>>717381409
>zoomer early access

the what?

>>717390842
Its because they are afraid more than anything. With an added amount of mental illness to exacerbate the issue. With potentially a bit of bullying as a kid if they are old enough or went to a shitty enough school.
The anons you see in these kinds of threads are fearful of social rejection leading to punishment. What differentiates them from others its that they are mentally ill and so think that everyone who notices them that isn't completely loyal to them, wants to hurt them and is waiting for an excuse.
The paranoia comes first and then they use them being autists to rationalize that fear.
So even if you tell them the truth that even if someone dislikes you they will ultimately not give a shit unless you an outright asshole.

>>717359347
but its a real thing, any game that relies on your real life friend to enliven the experience is not a great game. Its just very common to see lazy multiplayer slop.

>>717392263
*So even if you tell them the truth that even if someone dislikes you they will ultimately not give a shit unless you an outright asshole. They still won't get it.

I have no friends and I must meme.

>>717359018 (OP)
>woooooow why don't normalfags want to talk about my yummy reddit/twittercore games or random fuckass eroge shilled by retards on /v/
Grow up retard

>>717378150
>North American Dagger Moth Caterpillar
w-what, how do you learn about animals like this anon? is that what a biology course teaches you? I thought biology was amoebas and whatever ..you got any books? I want to know Animals like that, that's fascinating

>>717391773
yeah because /v/ got taken over by a horde of normalfags

>coworkers almost certainly browse /v/ and are always playing whatever's fotm
>hide my power level anyways because it feels weird talking about 4chan irl

>>717392854
As opposed to contrarians such as yourself that hate things for the simple fact they're popular

>chow
>slop
is this place actually completely fucking incapable of not thinking about food

>>717393245
It's not contrarian if the game sucks retard. When halo first came out the popular thing to do was to shit on it and that's what /v/ did. It becoming popular to you zoomer little shits hasn't changed this opinion.

>>717365539
For me it was because my presentations were the only ones anyone actually enjoyed even though I hate being seen
Being good at public speaking while HATING doing it is a unique kind of hell that no one has sympathy for because it's like a humblebrag since they hate doing it too but they're also bad at it

>>717382923
Yeah but often they try to bump you up to the line for a minimal pay increase and 100% more stress. Kitchen work sucks ass. Plus it can be gross/dirty work. Getting a security license and working as a security guard pays better and is super chill 99% of the time if you avoid down town locations that homeless people frequent

>>717393602
>the popular thing to do was to shit on it
By contrarians because it was incredibly popular and remains one of the greatest FPS ever made to this day

>>717359018 (OP)
The chad friends playing together vs the whiny /v/ poster bitching anonymously about them online. Grow a pair of balls, bitch boy.

>>717361573
Uberfag

>>717361387
Had this happen at work. People would mention shit digging for information but were actually reading my conversations from behind me on the elevator.

>>717390842
There seems to be some sort of elitism dynamic happening in this thread.

Nobody here is cool or interesting because they like some slightly more obscure shit.

>>717393737
I feel ya man, I have the expressive passion aspect autism that makes it so if I give a shit about something, Apparently I can hold a crowd on sheer passion which combined with me intentionally learning how to pace my speech with proper pauses makes normies think I'm way smarter than I actually am. And in return the moment the autistic interest high wears off I feel like shit and just have a massive case of imposter syndrome over it.

>>717359395
>Coworker catches you watching some anime clips secretly on your phone.
>”oh wow anon you’re finally watching anime like we told you to do, you better thanks us for introducing you to it.”

>>717359018 (OP)
honestly lots of tryhard faggots in this thread
just come discuss vidya honestly, just be genuine
https://discord.com/invite/NgXsPnEu

>>717375508
honestly for retail they want to just see if you're socially weird or not. fake it for like 10 minutes and you're good.

Retail autist that talk about visual novels, jrpgs, and even admitting and asking if you post here are alot more common then you could think these days

>>717383094
Thunderstorm calms me down and even imrpoves my mood wtf nigga

>>717381735
Relatable, i literally cant take a joke and i get all pissed and defnsive i cant tell if they are just joking around or picking on me, having autism and having to work is literal hell.

>>717397669
As a fellow high functioning 'tism haver the best advice I can give you is to just force yourself take everything in good faith unless proven otherwise.
If they are genuine then its a proper dialogue.
If they aren't genuine but are capable of feeling guilt then it will get them to back off.
And if the aren't genuine but cannot feel any sort of guilt then they were always going to fuck with you and you can write them off in the future.
However you also have to be competent at your job and make sure your capability is known if not then your going to bee treated as the office sped where otherwise you just become the nice socially awkward guy.

>>717364319
>Coworker comes into work with a burzum shirt on and a guitar case with an antifa sticker on it
10/10 he got me good

>>717359018 (OP)
cute boy

>>717359437
cute girl (impregnable)

>>717396429
>gayjak
nah

>>717400297
ew no

>coworkers talk about some fotm shit non stop for weeks
>all of a sudden the discussion stops and its as if the game never existed

>>717391546
Chad way to do it is to casually reveal cool tidbits on nerdy topics others have started but end it off that you only know it because of osmosis from a sibling or close friend

>>717363762
based

>>717361387
This only happens if you're short and/or ugly

>>717393602
>zoomer
Dudebro games are niche buzzword spouting retard.

>>717375508
Man you're my age and I've already worked 2 separate corporate jobs and have a license despite not having my very first job until I was 20. How the fuck are you that lazy?

>>717401458
So you don't deny it's true?

>>717379603
10kg is nothing lil bro. My dick weighs 10kg

>caring about what your normgroid coworkers think of your hobbies
This is how I know for a fact this board has fallen to women and redditors

>>717381735
What's with 4channers and viewing any neutral social situation in a sabotaging lense and purposely humiliating yourself? Is it the autism?

>>717384040
You sound like a pretentious fartsniffer

>>717401763
It only happens to people who deserve it.

>>717359085
Get better taste.

>>717402038
Autism? On 4chan? Cant be, impossible.

>>717359018 (OP)
I wish my coworkers wern't fucking normies and tallked about good games like Oppai Loli Highschool Hypno Rape.

>>717359018 (OP)
the worse is when your talking about a game in depth but they dont know anything about the games depth and spouting bullshit

>>717376283
>Your coworkers.

>>717366316
The dead inside will always be superior to slop consumers. Something can always come along and reanimate you. A slop consumer is a slop consumer forever.

>>717359018 (OP)
Just. Like. /v/.

>>717364593
It's not that you have to hide what you like, you just have to not be a faggot. If you're an annoying cunt or a sperg people will make fun of you. If you don't let them know what you'll like they won't know what to even tell to you but they'll still dislike you. So you're not trying to fix the problem, just applying a workaround.

>>717365430
>>717370247
Certified autism... If you sit at a table and say nothing for hours and then someone throws you the ball sort of speak, asking you some question, everyone turns and looks at you because they want to listen to what you say and you didn't say anything the entire time. It's your problem that in that moment you shit your pants and can't say anything that would make you sound or look nice.

Spergs sperging online about normal people doing normal things that they can't understand or handle is really something.

I enjoy how much of this thread is people lamenting that their coworkers are decent people and show an interest in their interests.

>>717404605
t. normalfag

>>717404989
Beats being a miserable sperg.

>>717404989
But is he wrong?

>>717383094
Go work in a factory where there is high enough noise that hearing protecton is mandatory like a can plant.

Just say cool I like games to and then start listing off a bunch of coomer shit

I know this is the video game board but it makes no difference what media is being discussed, normal people will always be attracted to what's deemed popular

Where you guys find find other people IRL that like the weird shit you like

>>717400037
nta
would be good advice in murrika but here in straya being genuine about anything at any time is asking to be kicked in the nuts perpetually, especially in a predominantly male environment, god fucking help you there

>>717402150
you sound like someone who has no long lasting relationships in life because you are constantly being fucked over and fucking over other people, all while pretending to nice or normal.

>>717359018 (OP)
>coworkers start talking about 2B2T

back in 2005 my co-workers talked about WoW and counter strike and i played both those games as well. the job im at now i dont even talk to co-workers.

>>717359018 (OP)

>>717406217
That's fair, I mean my main exposure to Australia is The Big Lez Show and the grounded elements of that give of a very macho fuck around and take your lumps to be normal culture.

>>717359018 (OP)
Faggot

>>717372362
that's not alexa?

>>717377332
Dumbass, if you'd taken mild interest instead of being a ln antisocial retard you could be on your way to management.

>Get managers to like you
>Bullshit job they don't wanna do comes up
>That anon kid is smart, he could be going places, let's give this to him, little promotion, he'd be up for that
>You take it and realise it's not that bad, they're just incompetent
>You are now management

>>717382439
>Not really, there was this one show I liked though, [your favourite chinky cartoon name here], do you know it?

Be too cool for stuff, but don't be too cool for the people talking to you about it.
Man you retards just burn bridges everywhere you go and there's no reason for it other than impotent lashing out.

Literally just put in a moderate effort to get along with people, and doors open up all over.

You'll never be promoted for doing great work while being a jackass, you'll be promoted very easily for doing okay work and making others feel good.

>>717382653
Being annoyed by the jabbering of others is a choice. You are choosing to be incompatible with others. You are choosing to always find something to bitch about.

And you wonder why your life sucks so much that the highest ideal you can strive for is just being left alone for a little while. Get a clue mate.

>>717359395
There’s no point in connecting with your coworkers
You just end up being something they get to gossip about
Doesn’t even need to be anything big, if you tell them something then everyone else knows

>>717359018 (OP)
hioe

>>717359018 (OP)
10/10 bong land

my coworker talks about deus ex and ps2 games, which is fine by me

i don't talk about games with coworkers, it is never fun. instead i make 9/11 jokes and slowly teach people about all the weird shit that went on around that time period. then, i use that as a jumping board to dive into more esoteric conspiracy topics. but always with a joke, never getting mad at people for not believing or anything, never calling anyone stupid for thinking i might be a schizo. if you burn that bridge, they cannot cross it.

i feel like its because people are afraid to show their niche 'freaky' side they are scared of being seen as weird

>>717359365
I overheard them talking about The Witch movie. It isn't obscure or anything but I was surprised to know someone I worked with watched and liked it too. They recommended The Lighthouse as well. I need to see that one day.
Also someone talking about obscure electronics training videos which was neat to hear someone as obsessed with research on topics as I was. They said they spent a few hours looking for that video series. I was going to try to help them but I think I came off as weird being too interested and excited to help them with their hunt.

>>717412579
A24 films is arthouse for normies.

>>717361193
lotus

4chan is friendslop
anons are friends
website quality and the moderation within are sloppy
hence, friendslop

>>717404605
> everyone turns and looks at you because they want to listen to what you say
so that means that normalniggers don't want to hear each other? what a crock of shit

>coworkers only listen to rap music and other brainrot shit on full blast on a speaker
Thank god I work on the opposite side of the room where I can barely hear it and only have to go near them to put shit away

>>717414810
What ?

>>717415206
Look, I'm not here to argue. Feel free to stay in your delusion where everyone else is wrong and you're the righteous one.

>coworker asks if I play games
>say I play skyrim which is mainstream enough but not quite normie enough for normies to play it
>they drop the topic and I continue on with my tranquil time

I told my hot co worker that I beat Panzer Dragoon Orta over the weekend once and she immediately took my hand and lead me into a bathroom stall where we had extremely passionate sex

>>717375508
How didn’t you work and you’re 25? Spoiled ass neet

>>717366164
>I was just like... wtf dude? Can't you see I'm here?
Real. I hate women so much it's unreal

>>717359018 (OP)
>Coworkers start talking about video games
>Zoomers playing shit like cod
>Faggot leftist Italian sjw retard excited for the new battlefield
>Fat manager playing microtransaction slop like PoE 2 or nu doom
I fucking hate all these normalfaggots

>>717364593
>I've had to be no nonsense serious dude at work because I'm fucking tired of people always bringing shit they know about me into the conversation to fuck with me
I stopped being a neet and started wage slaving and this happened to me several times
I fucking hate normalfags and I'm tired of this shit. If these little faggots pull this shit again then I'm unironically complaining to HR

>>717392265
>A game designed to be played with other people is a bad game because I don't have friends
Ok

>>717415584
Skyrim was mainstream as fuck on release. Knew some dude who just did BMX shit, watched sports, and partied all the time. Even he played it pans i actually made a friend by talking to him about Skyrim. He was the one who told me about the underground ruins. I didn't believe him at first, found them a few days later. It's just too old now to be considered normie. Even most AAA releases are unable to be considered normie. Just F2P games and shooters are normie, GTA, and whatever streamers are playing. Schedule I is a normie game, for example.

I only discuss /v/ with my co-workers.

>>717416365
I feel like the open world and lack of guns can turn normies off. They don't know what they should do or they get bored when they progress with the story.

>co-worker is wearing a Super Mario shirt
>I think it looks stupid for an adult to wear
>say "cool shirt"

>>717359018 (OP)
>coworkers start talking about videogames
I just bail. I'm not taking part in that discussion.

>be super autist but also good at blending in
>work with normies in an office setting
>new guy joins
>super autist with no blending ability
>due to rotating shifts don't get to interact with him for months
>overhear from female coworkers that he's a super nerd and plays lots of video games
>finally have a shift overlap where we work together for a few hours
>ask him about his life
>he tells me about his gf who lives in another state
>ask him what he does in his free time
>he never leaves his apartment and either plays skyrim alone or fallout 76 online with his gf
>shows me a picture of the christmas tree they decorated in game together
>ask him why he didn't just take time off to go be with her in person for the holidays
>claims she told him not to
>then tells me he listens to the skyrim soundtrack almost every day
>says Kyne's Peace makes him tear up every time

>>717420084
i wish i was autistic enough to get a gf

>>717359018 (OP)
>tfw that one weird coworker starts talking about old, obscure games and won't shut up about the "state of the industry" and how nothing has "sovl" anymore

>if it's only fun with friends then it's not fun
The average /v/ autist cannot wrap their head around a game being designed around co-op
No shit that it will be boring if a core gameplay aspect is removed, not everything needs to have a shitty solo campaign (you will also complain about)
It's like saying Uno is shit because it's boring to play it alone

>>717420318
I fully believe he was being cucked and also she was a hambeast. Do not envy him anon, you probably deserve better

Yoooo you hopping on fort or rivals tonight?

>normalfags defending their nigger behavior
This shit is why I refuse to talk about vidya with you fags. Normalfags have no passion for anything, this is why fotm slop always thrives since cattle will eat it up. How many normalfags do you know that didn't get their lore from some youtuber? How many of them mod games or draw a character? I swear passion in general is considered a repulsive thing in modern society.

This is why I'd rather to talk to autists or even losers about hobbies since they don't pretend to be interested for social clout. They enjoy the hobby because they have an interest for it, something the normalgroid cannot comprehend.

>>717359406
He's clearly reminiscing about playing Halo on Windows CE back in the day

>So what do you like to play, Anon?
>Nothing really, I kinda lost interest in videogames

Meanwhile Im playing cringe ass weebgames for most of my freetime and am just too insecure to tell them. Tried once and it was just awkward as fuck because she obviously never heard of the games and explaining them felt stupid as fuck.

>>717392263
Nah, lots of normalfags are awful and will fuck with you if they notice you're not one of them.
Your advice or 'analysis' is like the boomer slop dating coaches give

>jobless, friendless, gfless
>playing vidya is his main hobby
>butthurt not every person who plays games takes it as seriously as him instead of just wanting to have fun

>>717422159
I don't know how they do it but they have some built in subconscious detector that activates the second somebody starts gushing about something or showing passion/earnest interest. It's like the entire strata revolves around being absolutely uninterested in everything hobbyist and the second someone crosses that line they inadvertently out themselves as a weirdo.

Doesn't happen in my cunt
All my coworkers were talking about transformers games and armored core last time vidya was brought up

Every single thread on every single board has these contrarian trannies whose lives are so pathetic and who are so terminally online they enjoy posting agent provocateur contrarian bullshit on here to fuck with anons.
They probably came here pre-troon and think they own the site and know the moderation is impotent.
Imagine being so pathetic you pick on those bullied and ostracized by normalfags?
It's because they want you to feel how awful they do before they finally rope, but not before grooming 2-3 kids into trooning out to keep the pyramid growing

>>717423052

>>717423203
When you get to hell say hi to satan for me

>coworker with the same position as me starts talking about how much money he spent on mobile games
>"and this one game, like 3000€, and I don't regret a single cent"
>couldn't help but sneer at him, like a reflex
>avoids me for the rest of the time he worked here
>later find out he has a daughter, a fully tattoo'd wife, and the wife has a horse he's paying for
may god have mercy on his poor soul

>>717423052
>It's because they want you to feel how awful they do before they finally rope
You're describing every "autist" in this thread
This site doesn't have half as many non-functional retards as you think, most are just cowards who can't get over themselves
Society has ALWAYS been out to get you, you're a byproduct of a technological generation that caused a pandemic of failed males, you're no different from trannies

>>717423270
Schizo. Meds. NOW.

>mad that normal people aren't porn addicted tranime retards

>>717423367
No, autists in this thread have a hobby they enjoy and don't like normalfags encroaching since they don't actually give a shit outside of fads.
>You're imagining all the organized tranny raids and constant agent provocateur posts
Okay
>>717423368
HAHAHA. I LOVE MEMES TOO!
MEMES ARE SO BASED!
THANKS FOR THE REPLY!

>>717423052
>>717423487
I think you might be a little new if you think people calling you a faggot on 4chan is some kind of off-site raid.

>>717362041
i want to replay aru dating sim but
>i cant because i will make same choices again.

>>717359174
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>>717359018 (OP)
>having coworkers

>>717401164
Yeah, pretty much what I said. Like I said, you people gotta learn charisma. It is a skill. be a chad today

>>717423585
>No, YOU'RE the crazy person making things up, I'm a beautiful woman
Learn a new song, tranny

>>717377451
yeah I know, that's why I play along. i just don't feel any enthusiasm really

>>717423487
>have a hobby they enjoy
So that's why they spend their lives complaining about new and popular stuff in the chinese cartoons website while making themselves the victim! It's their hobby! I see it now

I'd never bring it up myself unless I already knew I could get along with someone and had a decent enough feeling I wasn't going to get dragged into some inconvenient bullshit beyond my control.
For example, something like Disgaea, which I only got into in the past year or so, I wouldn't want to give a false impression that I was some powergrinding guru that's played it since it landed in the US. Not well acquainted with all the jokes and such. Hell, I've only finished the 1st game's main story, I jump between different games enough that any given game may as well move at a glacial pace, and I know some dorks exist that would get greatly perturbed by that. I don't like the idea of some pushy idiot trying to take discovery out of it for me, or an oblivious fool dropping highly inappropriate jokes near other people and making me look like something I'm not. Etcetera etcetera etcetera.

>>717423746
Where did you get the idea that 4chan was supposed to be some kind of safe space where people don't call you mean names? Seriously what the fuck, did some tiktok bring you here or something?

>>717359018 (OP)
Vidya doesn't come up that often since my coworkers are all women, but my boss used to set her background to a Minecraft-themed one during meetings.

>>717422952
They crave drama, anon. They easily get envious or angry at someone who might be living slightly better off than them. That is why garbage like facebook became a part of society. They like to go after autists and nerds since they are socially acceptable targets and they face little to no repercussion for it. This happened to artists too, some of the best ones were nobodies until their death because society appreciated them too late.

>>717364735
Dylan is a fat brownoid with a great personality, does this describe you?

>>717359018 (OP)
So instead of joining in the conversation which was targeted at you to get to know you, because they all know you're a loser gamer and wanted to let you know that you're included, you instead go the grumbling faggot antisocial route and judged all of them based on the games they play?

This is why you dont have friends you faggot.

>>717408951
>Being annoyed by the jabbering of others is a choice.
no it isn't?

>>717422952
If you start gushing about something that no one else there cares about, it just comes off as impolite and socially deaf.
If you can keep up with normie small talk, but then gush about your nerd hobbies with the nerd coworker nobody would care.
You wouldn't want to be around Stacy if she started talking about latest celeb drama while you were discussing vidiya with your bros

>>717359174
jesus how horrifying

>>717359018 (OP)
you're supposed to blend in with the normies goddamnit
just talk about champions league and ufc when they bring it up. and when they talk about video games you gotta just pretend you don't play much.

>>717359018 (OP)
There’s few things I hate more than discussing my interests IRL.
I genuinely don’t know how people can talk about the boring shit they like with the assumption that everyone around them cares.
I just can’t do it myself.

>>717424536
I'm not even referring to a stereotypical autistic info dump where you essentially use someone as an outlet when they don't even want to be involved. Even recommending a film that isn't "in" is enough to get you side eyed. It's like "weird" is a synonym for "bad" and I get put in a box for recommending something like fucking videodrome. It's not like I'm insisting all my co workers have to drop everything their doing and watch Tetsuo the Iron Man every time I'm on shift.

>Have you played Skyrim?

>Yeah I got it at launch
>What’s that?

>>717361387
Get a real job instead of working with women

>>717373404
What’s funny is people usually talk even more shit about people like you. We have someone like in our office and everybody fucking hates him. He’s the only guy I feel comfortable talking shit about because I know everyone will agree with me

>>717359724
>coworker reacts with shock when i say i play video games during work

>>717380668
Kek that reminds me of when I went to Walmart to buy Alpha Sapphire and this cunt in the vidya aisle saw me and asked me for a recommendation for either AS or OR. I think I told her OR because I figured her faggot kid would think Groudon is cooler. But then I realized she asked me because I must’ve looked like a fucking nerd to her

>>717380668
Should’ve said “He’ll LOVE Mario Wonder”

>>717382305
>walking past coworker
>give him the usual mandatory “hey, how’s it going?” so he doesn’t report you to HR
>he gives back a generic “it’s going!” or some other edgy line about how much he hates life as if everyone else is living the dream
Hate this shit so much. Just say “good”

>>717427036
no, fuck you. you feel the need to say "how's it going?" out of rote expectation, not because you actually care. i feel no need or desire to play into your meaningless drivel. you ask me how i am? i will tell you: not well, i feel like garbage and like the world is shit. didn't want to know? then why did you ask? i would listen to you if you had complaints about the world or your life. but you bottle everything up, pretend everything is peachy keen, and uphold the status quo despite knowing that pretty much everyone around you is suffering because of it. how is anyone supposed to fix anything if we bottle up our emotions all the time, put on a fake smile, and pretend that all is well in the world? how can anyone work toward a better tomorrow if we pretend like there are no problems?

>>717427906
I tip my fedora good sir, I wish I could be as logical as you. Unfortunately my simple socialized brain makes me ask people "how's it going?". Hopefully your superior IQ prepared you to cope with such situation, right ?

Oh...

>>717361387
Were you bullied growing up? This is a mindset I had because of highschool, go out, make friends.

>>717428963
Real people actually emote and don't use preprogrammed npc responses. Using preprogrammed responses shows you don't actually give a fuck about those around you, which is poor socialization.

>>717423276
>the wife has a horse he's paying for
yjk

It's hard to be not like others
*tips fedora*

>>717427036
I always reply with "I'm....here. You?"
now that I know it somehow irritates people like you, I will never stop

>>717361387
I do that to other people but it literally isn't antagonistic. Like if I offer someone a candy bar and they reach out to grab it and I pull it away and laugh in their face that's a friendly interaction. If the other person doesn't give off resentment vibes after that kind of thing, that means they're well-adjusted and can handle the banter. If they do, it reveals that they think I'm a social competitor of some kind and that's a red flag, untrustworthy.

>>717359018 (OP)
I miss her. Fuck ching chong sane for injuring her (I'm okay with the fugly zoey injury though)

>>717361387
I know that feel, extreme low self-esteem bro

>>717359085

>>717375508
good luck anon

>>717359018 (OP)
>So anon what games are you playing
Hate this because if I answer honestly and tell them some obscure jrpg from the 90s they will not know what the fuck i'm talking about, then when they ask for details i'll sound like an autist trying to explain it and they will get bored because they don't actually give a fuck about jrpgs.
Alternatively I dodge the question by telling them "nothing much" or "same ole" and they get offended thinking i'm blowing them off or being cold to them.

So now I just always tell them "i'm playing Skyrim" since it is a normie friendly game and it's not a total lie since I do play it a bit over the course of a few months. So now I just use it like a gag and i'm like:
>Yeah I just keep playing and playing, been playing for the last 10 years, won't rest until i've seen every inch of the map with all 15 of my characters, if I run out of stuff I just add more locations with mods.
They still think i'm an autist but at least aren't visibly offended.

>>717360230
>>717366316
both are dead franchises

>>717362041
That's impressive. How many playthroughs have you actually managed to finish? Managed to finish 2 runs and every run after I dropped somewhere around act 3/4

>>717359018 (OP)
they're just hiding their power level from you, isn't it obvious. they think YOU'RE the normie.

>>717359395
You probably do well, those normoids watch the eotena onslaught and demon no yaiba.