I can share some of your feelings there - since 1984, I've gotten to
be a Traveller player in one campaign. I've GM'd many... sigh.
And for every hour I've spent playing, there's 50 here in the list,
conversing over a place that I rarely get to be.

Insofar as the relationship between "There" and "Real Life", oddly
enough, Traveller is a useful source of support in these trying times.
Now and then, I'll get drawn into a particular discussion about
politics that I didn't really want to be in, and it's a nice out to
let people know that my primary loyalty is to the Iridium Throne.
Leads to a nice change of topic, and laughter and camaraderie where
there had been strife.
Or I'll get drawn into a racial discussion, and state my position:
Yes, I know I'm prejudiced against Solomani, but given my Vilani
heritage, who can really blame me?
A useful way to derail the normal discussion that, all too often,
devolves into people yelling at each other.

And the escapism helps.

I did take a break of about six months from the TML - my wife has been
dealing with a brain tumor and spinal injury issue. It's using up a
lot of time and energy, and often by the time I get done with work, I
just didn't have the energy to read or type. Things are finally
starting to improve here... but I'll share my TML frustration: It
often feels like I'll send an email and either it doesn't post, or the
whole of the population has decided I'm persona non grata. I don't
even get a "Jeff, you're a moron" reply. Sigh.

My suggestion would be to take a break, relax, do something completely
different... but remember there's a bunch of people out there who'd
welcome you back.

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 8:10 PM Kelly St. Clair <xxxxxx@efn.org> wrote:
>
> I find myself reading/having/making the same dumb arguments about the
> same dumb stuff as twenty, thirty years ago, and nothing changes except
> I'm turning into even more of a curmudgeon.
>
> (also, I keep hitting 'send' too soon. :p )
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