Quote Originally Posted by Honest Tiefling View Post
Earlier in the thread, you mentioned not just gathering people due to familiarity and friendship, but common interests. This implies you go out of your way to gather a group of people who you then judge based on your own personal preferences and treat some like jerks. That's commitment to making yourself miserable.
Well, no, but I do get how your personal bias sees that.

The best way to have a game is to, yes, game with people that have common interests.

But, that is not always possible. Sometimes you don't get to pick and choose. And sometimes...people lie and falsely represent themselves.