My wife, “how was your game?”
Me, “it was great! My character is this half dead thing using ghost powers and he’s all into using fire as a scare tact-…”
My wife, “yeah that’s totally more than i cared to hear.”
Me, “it was great.”
My wife, “yay!”
Everything in moderation, even hype. The first two sentences make an -excellent- response, but add in “I can tell you more about it later in person,” if you want to get a full nerdout, and permission for a full nerd out.
And coffee! And, if there’s the SLIGHTEST chance of Sex* afterwards, then, technically, it’s a date. So, that’ll be the first date. Check! After that, it gets easier.
*(My autocorrect capitalized ‘Sex,’ not me. This may be the first time that autocorrect has introduced a pseudorandom change in Standard American English that should be immediately and forevermore considered to be canon.)
I think one of the greatest downfalls of texting-communication is that you have so much time to second-guess yourself before you hit send. That and a lack of body-language/intonation, but that’s not as relevant a comment here.
Well, Josie is a writer and has probably heard it all from Jeanie before. We’ll see, though. Best to ease in to the relationship anyway; even if Josie is a gamer, it doesn’t mean she likes to hear character stories, much less a 90 word/minute wall of text. 🙂
I DO agree that it’s a good idea to delete-delete…for now!! After all, if Josie isn’t familiar with what she’s talking about, the best case scenario is inducing confusion. Which isn’t bad, but potentially embarassing. And there’s no harm in being a little less full-on with information when you don’t know what the other party knows.
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If there was a villain who could communicate with feces telepathically, would he be called the Shit Caller?
The Caca Communicator?
If he focused his powers could he make someone literally shit for brains?
The Shit whisperer
The Doo-doo Dialoguer
Maybe Sewage Man?
Murderous merde man
The Fecal Fantasmagoria
The Turd Telepath? The Copromancer?
If the villain also had a Bat theme going, maybe the Guano Guru?
Fex Text
Tele-scat-ic communication?
going crazy over a dnd session to someone who doesn’t know dnd/superficially knows about what you’re playing…. i’ve been there Dallas
My wife, “how was your game?”
Me, “it was great! My character is this half dead thing using ghost powers and he’s all into using fire as a scare tact-…”
My wife, “yeah that’s totally more than i cared to hear.”
Me, “it was great.”
My wife, “yay!”
It better to chat about those details in face to face or over phonecall then texting…
Yup. Good call.
“It’s so great! Want to meet somewhere and we can talk about it?”
Exactly! Use it as an excuse to meet!
Nooooo! Nerd out Dallas nerd out!!! Fly your geek flag high!
Everything in moderation, even hype. The first two sentences make an -excellent- response, but add in “I can tell you more about it later in person,” if you want to get a full nerdout, and permission for a full nerd out.
And coffee! And, if there’s the SLIGHTEST chance of Sex* afterwards, then, technically, it’s a date. So, that’ll be the first date. Check! After that, it gets easier.
*(My autocorrect capitalized ‘Sex,’ not me. This may be the first time that autocorrect has introduced a pseudorandom change in Standard American English that should be immediately and forevermore considered to be canon.)
Aww Dallas, same.
Dallas cuteness levels OVER 9000!
I mean I would be stoked to get a text like that from a girl but yeah gotta dial back the nerd with the norms.
I think one of the greatest downfalls of texting-communication is that you have so much time to second-guess yourself before you hit send. That and a lack of body-language/intonation, but that’s not as relevant a comment here.
Paraphrased from Wayne’s World:
“I say geek out. If you babble and she stays, she’s yours. But if you ramble and she bolts, it was never meant to be.”
Well, Josie is a writer and has probably heard it all from Jeanie before. We’ll see, though. Best to ease in to the relationship anyway; even if Josie is a gamer, it doesn’t mean she likes to hear character stories, much less a 90 word/minute wall of text. 🙂
I DO agree that it’s a good idea to delete-delete…for now!! After all, if Josie isn’t familiar with what she’s talking about, the best case scenario is inducing confusion. Which isn’t bad, but potentially embarassing. And there’s no harm in being a little less full-on with information when you don’t know what the other party knows.
” It was great. You should sit in sometime and see what it’s all about.” and if she can handle that…you’re golden.
*whispers* Hail Hydra