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WCDT 4261-4265 Mon 11th to Fri 15th May 2020

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Welu:
An observation I've made is it seems Americans will use grades instead of saying "when I was 13" and I always have to look up the related age. Not something I've seen people in my neck of the woods (Ireland/UK) do, we would say the age. I'd have to think for a second to remember which school year applied.

dutchrvl:

--- Quote from: Welu on 14 May 2020, 05:02 ---An observation I've made is it seems Americans will use grades instead of saying "when I was 13" and I always have to look up the related age. Not something I've seen people in my neck of the woods (Ireland/UK) do, we would say the age. I'd have to think for a second to remember which school year applied.

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Even after having lived in the US for almost 13 years, this still trips me up, because phrases like 8th grade or 9th grade just don't automatically translate to a certain age....9th grade is 3rd year of middle school, correct? So about 14-15 years old then?

dutchrvl:

--- Quote from: Tova on 14 May 2020, 02:28 ---I'm a little disappointed he's too embarrassed (or whatever) to admit his DnD past.

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Interesting, my interpretation of the comic seems to be different from several others here.

To me he's not embarrassed about his DnD past itself, he's embarrassed because that's the thing he was peer-pressured into, in other words he let perceived 'geeks' pressure him into doing something, instead of the perceived 'cool' kids.

I don't read it at all as being embarrassed about playing DnD by itself.

TinPenguin:
I agree. I don't think he's ashamed of playing D&D; he was quite relaxed and open (even a little proud, perhaps) about it in #134. It's that he doesn't think being peer-pressured by some of the lowest in the high school social hierarchy will earn many cool points with Tai, who he knows has done far crazier things than he has. He is probably wrong about that.

For what it's worth, if playing a tabletop RPG is the worst thing you've ever been pressured into, I'd consider that a mark of respect.

Tova:
Yes, you're right. It could well be that he's embarrassed that he was peer-pressured into something that's not at all subversive.

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