Normally I agree with you. When I used to go to catering conventions I'd let let myself off the leash. Hospitality industry people appreciate my antics. By the end of those trips there would always be people coming up to me to ask, "Aren't you the guy that ______?"
This is a particularly small group (18 people including me and my director) and I've moved from hospitality to healthcare. I don't know everyone super well but I know them well enough to know that I need to behave.
I have a 3 day work conference coming up and will need to constantly remind myself that they are a bunch of normies who won't appreciate my humor or atypical value system.
Home and/or personal defense are perfectly valid reasons for gun ownership. I don't want to use my gun on a person but I absolutely purchased it because I think I may have to someday.
A very fair point, but alas… for better or worse, the bar has indeed been raised, and last month only proved that. February 2025 saw the release of a new RPG from one of the most beloved studios in the genre, Obsidian Entertainment. Avowed is modest by design, but nonetheless it's polished, accessible, and visually impressive, with a rich story from some of the best writers in the business—and the backing of Microsoft, one of the most influential and well-resourced videogame publishers of all time.
Normally I agree with you. When I used to go to catering conventions I'd let let myself off the leash. Hospitality industry people appreciate my antics. By the end of those trips there would always be people coming up to me to ask, "Aren't you the guy that ______?"
This is a particularly small group (18 people including me and my director) and I've moved from hospitality to healthcare. I don't know everyone super well but I know them well enough to know that I need to behave.