REALTALK - I Wasn't Ready for DragonCon

Trivial Warfare Trivia

Jonathan Oakes

Trivia, Jeopardy, Education, Gameshow, Pubquiz, Hobbies, Leisure

4.6 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

This is a RealTalk episode. I haven't done one of these in a while but the format of this style of episode isn't a trivia game. It's what I use when I have something on my mind and want to share it with you guys. In this case, I've written a short essay on the thoughts I had during and after DragonCon. Enjoy.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. This is Jonathan, and this is a real talk episode of Trivial Warfare. That means there is no trivia. There is no frivolity. There are no co-hosts. It's just me laying down what I consider to be some real talk. So if you don't care about my opinions or don't like me very much, then you probably don't want to listen to this.
0:22.9	If you think I might have something worth saying, then by all means, stick around.
0:27.3	This is a little essay that I've written, and I'm sharing it with you.
0:31.7	It is called I wasn't ready for DragonCon.
0:36.6	I just got back from Atlanta in DragonCon 2019 a few days ago.
0:41.7	It was an amazing experience, but sadly, I have to admit that it wasn't an experience I was
0:48.1	ready for.
0:49.8	That's a thought that kept coming back to me as I walked around what felt like miles and miles of hotel interiors, exteriors, and skyways.
0:59.8	It came back to me again and again as I saw people in cosplay and I tried to talk to people.
1:07.3	You see, I always resisted being labeled as a nerd.
1:15.6	At the same time that I was reading Margaret Wise and Tracy Hickman as a preteen,
1:21.5	I did my best to avoid traditional nerdy pursuits, like the chess club or the science club.
1:28.7	At the same time that I was spending my high school afternoons practicing and studying trivia for a contest called brain brawl.
1:29.9	I didn't want to be associated with those super nerds who did things like attended Star Trek
1:35.4	conventions or even people who talked about that show in public.
1:39.8	I did so much to stunt my own personality and my own success in my teens and 20s with a simple goal of wanting to be something other than a nerd.
1:51.8	I intentionally avoided doing homework or studying for tests so that it was harder to label me as a nerd because I didn't have good grades.
2:03.2	You see, I wasn't ready for DragonCon.
2:06.9	I've talked a little bit before about how my relationship with Chris and his constant
2:11.8	thoughtfulness was a big part of the reason that I was able to break out of this.
2:16.9	Chris used to invite me to join him
2:19.0	in small groups to play board games all the time. He knew in his heart that I would enjoy it
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