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[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Tbh playing Magic the Gathering or Warhammer 40k with random dudes at a hobby store is cheaper and more fun than most traditional dates I've been on.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We need less gender separation in all sorts of social activities

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nobody's stopping women from enjoying MTG or Warhammer

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As a woman who has been trying for literal decades to exist in traditionally male nerdy spaces, there are a LOT of asshole gatekeeper guys that keep the women away. I've gotten everything from inquisitions into my "nerd cred" to outright rape threats from guys in nerdy and gaming communities.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

Actual guy at gaming table one day: "Man, why aren't there ever any CHICKS at these MTG meets? I wanna see GIRL boob, not MAN boob!"

Someone else: "It smells like 5 types of nutsack in here & every guy in here would eye rape any woman who came in here, that's why"

Original guy: classic nerd laugh "yeah, exactly!"

They don't listen, either. You get a girlfriend, wife, boyfriend, whatever, and they just keep being exactly the same and wondering why it doesn't get better

I fuckin hate em

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago

True, but we need to get women into nerdy hobbies without creepy guys scaring them off

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

And just as likely to get you laid

[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

Unless you're doing mainly proxies, MTG is anything but cheap these days. 😐