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What thing do you love that you can never get anyone else to check out? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Kind of a hard question to word, but is there anything in your life you have recommended to other people but no one's ever gotten into?

I love podcasts and have friends who still thank me for getting them into this one or that one. But I've never gotten anyone to listen to My Brother, My Brother and Me. I don't know if the name is unappealing or the concept but people seem to bounce off immediately.

So what can't you get people into and why should we check it out?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (12 children)

A lot of things but from the top of my head: boardgames, Space Engineers, RimWorld, Frasier

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (9 children)

I let my wife try to get me into boardgaming. That meant I spent six months playing ten minutes of boardgames at a time before the rest of the table ganged up to eliminate me because I was the weakest player. Thirteen years later I still want nothing to do with the hobby, the culture and 90% of the people who are serious about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You need a group that plays games like Pandemic, where the whole table is working together - although some games in that genre do include saboteurs.

I got to the point with my friends where I'd refuse to play some games like you describe, very long games where you can get screwed over early on and never have a hope of recovery.

My current favorite is Terraforming Mars, where everyone is cooperatively terraforming the planet but also trying to outperform the other corporations. It's less about actively attacking each other and more taking advantage of opponents weaknesses and missteps.