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[-] uphillbothways@kbin.social 84 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Even table games before that served much the same purpose, similar with sports and some hobbies. It's much easier to talk about something or over something while engaging in an activity. They provide a default topic, a medium, a space and a diversion from unwelcome topics when needed; an agreed upon means of social interaction.

[-] Lunachocken@iusearchlinux.fyi 27 points 2 years ago

Autistic people... Silence during small talk.

We need this, that and that from there, over there and there... starts info dumping

[-] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 2 years ago

I have three close friends who are abroad and we game once every weekend but we never really talk about what's going on in the game. We just chat

[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 11 points 2 years ago

Same. All my close friends all moved in separate directions. We use game night as an excuse to catch up on each others' lives.

[-] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It is exactly the opposite for us. We are all at very separate locations, but since we almost every evening get together on discord, mostly over a game, we don't have much new stuff that is worth talking about over the game. It usually leads to very fun game activities usually, but sometimes it becomes pure gametalk and bores.

[-] SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So?

Man, you can't have shit nowadays.

[-] tastysnacks@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago

I'm having a shit right now ... talking to other men.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

It's no different than being at a pub or sports really. A focused activity to keep the mind engaged and allow for other unrelated things to surface as the conversation evolves

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago

Not sure about whether anyone needed an excuse, but yeah. Gaming is social. It’s funny how some people don’t really know, and think about gamers “isolated in their rooms playing video games!” when it is often a very social activity.

[-] Onaltau@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Not disagreeing with anything you've said but I think the Tweet was meant to be taken with a little tongue-in-cheek attitude.

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I get that. I was just commenting on a related side issue about people who don’t get that games are also communication platforms.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 years ago

ironically the game i've enjoyed most is deep rock galactic, where the whole schtick is that you just pop into missions with random people and communicate almost solely via pointing at things and shouting about minerals.

every single time i've been in a voice call with someone online it has been absurdly uncomfortable and i've just wanted to jump out of my skin and run away, i cannot fathom how people even tolerate it.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

Rock and roll and stone, brother.

[-] Zomg@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Got to have the right kind of game to foster that kind of online friendship. Talking in game is generally the precursor to going to a discord. DRG and your example miss that step

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

DRG is the perfect game for my friends to remain connected because it's low stakes and fun. We can shoot the shit.

[-] Zomg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Right, but I'm talking in the context of meeting new people, not maintaining current ones.

[-] SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah I don't mind voice calls with people I know well or in game chat, but I've had friends that could just pop into a VC on like the apex discord to find teammates and that idea just fills me with so much dread lmao

[-] proton_lynx@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Mushroom! Mushroom! Mushroom!

[-] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

Pffft I'm a dude and I talk to my bestmate on the phone for hours every day, his wife calls me his mistresses.

[-] Franzia 12 points 2 years ago

NGL I always hoped Discord would be more... Diverse in its topics? Most discords have like all these gaming channels and one or two lonely hobby or selfies channels. Our social media is so bad at helping us.

[-] Peddlephile@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Discord's main purpose is to be a gamer focused chat program. Isn't Instagram a selfie chat app?

[-] Franzia 1 points 2 years ago

I guess but Instagram is designed to feast on our insecurities. Like I open it and its just so many edited perfect photos etc. Discord, for me, fills... Too many social media roles! It is a gaming chat app, but I need more than that.

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Selfies channels?! It's that a thing?

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Used to do this in my late teens. Now almost 40 and miss it very much.

[-] nuke@yah.lol 3 points 2 years ago
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