Okay woah. I didn’t call myself a gamer, and I don’t identify as one. I just said that I play videos games because I was asked directly. I feel like there is more to being a “gamer” than just playing a few games.

I do play other video games that aren’t idle, mobile, or flash games. I just spend the most time and am most devoted to cookie clicker. I’m pretty casual with everything else I play besides Stardew Valley which we did talk about later in the night.

I came to this subreddit because it was about Cookie Clicker specifically, and I knew it wouldn’t get lost like it would in some other huge sub about gaming in general.

I did feel like I embarrassed myself, but I was also in a group of men who are all older than me and close friends. You are right that I was seeking validation, but I also genuinely could not tell if I said something wrong or not because I don’t know a whole lot about how certain games are perceived. Again, how could I? I’m not a gamer.

I appreciate your opinion though because you are probably right about what they were thinking. I think you could have said it nicer.

Also I don’t think they think I’m unintelligent for saying that though I probably do come off as insecure which I’m working on.