I had the same experience of doubting mainstream news at a young age when my mother burned all my D&D materials due to a segment on the evening news. My high school civics teacher utterly decimated any lingering trust by giving our class extra credit if we went to the "Welcome Home" parade for Desert Storm Troops with Norman Schwarzkopf presented by Disney. There was hardly anyone in the Tampa Bay stadium when we arrived. Soldiers holding M16s instructed us to use the bathroom as we entered. We were herded into a tight seating on a small section of the stadium. Once seated, we were unable to leave our seats. I spotted several snipers. As the "parade" made its way across the football field, the troops, then Mickey, Minnie, and Norman riding in a pink Cadillac ignored the actual spectators and waved to the cameras. When I got home that night, it was broadcast on network TV. All the camera shots were tight to make it look like the few attendees were a huge crowd. We were just props in their bullshit narrative.
Music and books taught me that the whole world is full of shit, RPGs were never important until recently, and not all RPGs, only LotFP and some OSR things.
'D&D indirectly taught me that the whole world is full of shit.'
Amen
I had the same experience of doubting mainstream news at a young age when my mother burned all my D&D materials due to a segment on the evening news. My high school civics teacher utterly decimated any lingering trust by giving our class extra credit if we went to the "Welcome Home" parade for Desert Storm Troops with Norman Schwarzkopf presented by Disney. There was hardly anyone in the Tampa Bay stadium when we arrived. Soldiers holding M16s instructed us to use the bathroom as we entered. We were herded into a tight seating on a small section of the stadium. Once seated, we were unable to leave our seats. I spotted several snipers. As the "parade" made its way across the football field, the troops, then Mickey, Minnie, and Norman riding in a pink Cadillac ignored the actual spectators and waved to the cameras. When I got home that night, it was broadcast on network TV. All the camera shots were tight to make it look like the few attendees were a huge crowd. We were just props in their bullshit narrative.
Music and books taught me that the whole world is full of shit, RPGs were never important until recently, and not all RPGs, only LotFP and some OSR things.