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So I was told this pretty well sums it up:
Wellgull: The New York Times runs three kinds of stories. Occasionally, there's great in-depth reporting. The other 95% of the time there's either pointless, out-of-touch stories about the petty non-problems of the upper middle class, or current-events reporting that's just behind the curve enough to make that upper-middle-class reader feel smart and informed.
Also,
So I was standing in line at a streetmeat vendor the other day hoping to score a falafel on my way somewhere when I hear these two guys, strong New York accents, one white guy early 30's, a younger guy, Latino. They get in line behind me, talking about something or another. And then I hear:
"So the great thing about being a druid is, you can heal and cast spells. You should totally try it."
"Well, maybe I will start a druid, but what I like about being a hunter is..."
...you can imagine where it went from there.
I was *this close* to turning around and saying "Yeah, but if you're a druid and you get counterspelled..."
But yeah. I was grinning even though the guy was out of falafel.
Anyway, so my boss at work is actually pretty into WoW -- on the forums, may be in the beta, etc. But he's totally embarrassed about it and doesn't want to discuss it with me. I told him this story and he was like, "Oh, so they were talking about World of Warcraft. Oh I get it. See the latest Daily Kos?" This from the guy with whom I recently had a conversation about will, morale, and cohesion as related to the conflict between pikeman and mounted warrior, and his response was "Oh, the pikemen always win. See, this is going to sound funny to you, but I know this because I play Civ 4..." and proceeded to discuss this game and its strategies with me for like ten minutes...
...ahh well. Good to know I work with geeks -- but hey, I knew that already. :)
Wellgull: The New York Times runs three kinds of stories. Occasionally, there's great in-depth reporting. The other 95% of the time there's either pointless, out-of-touch stories about the petty non-problems of the upper middle class, or current-events reporting that's just behind the curve enough to make that upper-middle-class reader feel smart and informed.
Also,
So I was standing in line at a streetmeat vendor the other day hoping to score a falafel on my way somewhere when I hear these two guys, strong New York accents, one white guy early 30's, a younger guy, Latino. They get in line behind me, talking about something or another. And then I hear:
"So the great thing about being a druid is, you can heal and cast spells. You should totally try it."
"Well, maybe I will start a druid, but what I like about being a hunter is..."
...you can imagine where it went from there.
I was *this close* to turning around and saying "Yeah, but if you're a druid and you get counterspelled..."
But yeah. I was grinning even though the guy was out of falafel.
Anyway, so my boss at work is actually pretty into WoW -- on the forums, may be in the beta, etc. But he's totally embarrassed about it and doesn't want to discuss it with me. I told him this story and he was like, "Oh, so they were talking about World of Warcraft. Oh I get it. See the latest Daily Kos?" This from the guy with whom I recently had a conversation about will, morale, and cohesion as related to the conflict between pikeman and mounted warrior, and his response was "Oh, the pikemen always win. See, this is going to sound funny to you, but I know this because I play Civ 4..." and proceeded to discuss this game and its strategies with me for like ten minutes...
...ahh well. Good to know I work with geeks -- but hey, I knew that already. :)