>be me >nerd in highschool, into 40k lore>have drawing class where I sit next to another nerdy kid>he watches videos on the school tablet while we draw>we talk often, and I watch what he does>since into 40k, I recommend him to watch an episode of the TTS series>he loves it>we binge the videos within two or three days>begin to watch other 40k content with him>he draws space marines >eventually graduate and don't talk to him for a while>ff a few years, around 26 years old now>i've moved on from 40k, but still dabble in the vidya and lore once in a while>at the local library trying to renew my passport>see a familiar face in one of the library labs>I go to confirm if it's him>It is indeed my drawing buddy>we get to catching up>he works at the library as part of the lab>reveals he got deep in the painting and modeling part of 40k>specifically mentions how he was inspired because of the videos we used to watch (TTS especially)>shows me his collection of multiple armies>it is a fuck ton of models>mentions how he still lives with his parents and spends most of his money on models and paints>mfw I may have ruined someone's life because I asked him to watch one autistic fanwork about a corpse typing on a keyboard
>>98143511If it will make you feel better, I think this is personality defect and if not for 40k, he would likely fall into some other rabbit hole, like anime, MtG or crack cocaine.
>>98143511It doesn’t matter what it was 40K, mtg, comics, or gooning. He was going to waste his money. Better 40K than HRT or Only Fans when you think about it.
>>98143511Fake fan meets a real fan.
Let him move in and PLAP your bussy, anon. It is your fault and that's the only reasonable recompense.
>>98143511I got my friends started on discord because it was more convenient than a text group. Now one is trans and another is a discord mod (not the same one surprisingly)
>>98143511>ruined his life>by finding him a hobbyHow tragic. If only you'd done something socially acceptable like convincing him to cut off his dick.
>>98143511>videos on the school tabletI'm old
>>98143511>the school tabletI'm old.
>>98144976It stills trip me that people born in 2008 are consider adults. Fuckers are more tech illiterate than my grandpa
>>98143511>school tabletIves with parentsIs he even old enough to move out?
>>98143511You're crediting yourself with too much influence over the chap's deficiencies.His escapism would have manifested in some other way, you merely diverted it.Ok, maybe it could have been something less expensive, but hey, it could have been crack and gamba.
>>98143511That was pretty sad to read.You can’t help some people from where they’re going.At most you can divert their course to a less horrible fate.At least he might be able to make some money doing 40k army painting commissions maybe?
>>98144976Yeah, "school tablet" and "26 years old now" doesn't seem right to me.
>>98143605This. People with his kind of mentality will always get stuck on something in life, it's just a matter of what it is. Be glad it's 40k and not something political.
>>98153970Im 26 and i went to a wealthy school and had tablets
