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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 9271569" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>People in the hobby don't bat an eye about dropping $150 on a book or two for an RPG they might never play. It's not expensive <em>to you</em> because you regularly spend that kind of money on books you'll likely never use because you can afford to spend that money. It's a shifting baseline / Overton window thing. To people outside the hobby or those who aren't as well off...it looks nuts. I've worked in comic & game stores and had more than a few people flip the books over and literally laugh at the price tag before dropping them back on the shelf and walking away. I've also brought a lot of people into the hobby over the years, people are more reluctant to drop all the necessary money on the books and peripherals than they are to playing pretend and looking silly. Honestly the proper response to "it's not that expensive" should be "your privilege is showing."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 9271569, member: 86653"] People in the hobby don't bat an eye about dropping $150 on a book or two for an RPG they might never play. It's not expensive [I]to you[/I] because you regularly spend that kind of money on books you'll likely never use because you can afford to spend that money. It's a shifting baseline / Overton window thing. To people outside the hobby or those who aren't as well off...it looks nuts. I've worked in comic & game stores and had more than a few people flip the books over and literally laugh at the price tag before dropping them back on the shelf and walking away. I've also brought a lot of people into the hobby over the years, people are more reluctant to drop all the necessary money on the books and peripherals than they are to playing pretend and looking silly. Honestly the proper response to "it's not that expensive" should be "your privilege is showing." [/QUOTE]
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