sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhich hobby is considered a cult or has cult-like tendencies?message-squaremessage-square216linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhich hobby is considered a cult or has cult-like tendencies?sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square216linkfedilink
minus-squareTakapapatapaka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI second DnD and Warhammer, and i’ll add Magic the Gathering to this list
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYeah, anything that has you speaking in game jargon in public should qualify. One of my friends at a pizza place a few years ago: “I can’t believe I didn’t get to poison anyone last night.” Me: “Dude, context! We are in public!”
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoFirst intro to MtG was in college I walked past a room with the lights out and only candles lit, the four people were wearing robes and playing… MtG. Decided right then that nah, that’s too far for me.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoCandlelit MtG? They were either having a terrible date or daring the other to burn their decks
I second DnD and Warhammer, and i’ll add Magic the Gathering to this list
Yeah, anything that has you speaking in game jargon in public should qualify.
One of my friends at a pizza place a few years ago: “I can’t believe I didn’t get to poison anyone last night.”
Me: “Dude, context! We are in public!”
First intro to MtG was in college I walked past a room with the lights out and only candles lit, the four people were wearing robes and playing… MtG. Decided right then that nah, that’s too far for me.
Candlelit MtG? They were either having a terrible date or daring the other to burn their decks