[dankhank]

one thing to consider is that a lot of poker players are boring people with boring lives - that's why we're attracted to poker, it injects some action into the proceedings. i honestly think a lot of times when people go on and on and on about poker hands at a poker table, it's because they're really just trying to make conversation, but they have nothing else to talk about.

even me, when i'm sitting at a table at foxwoods with a bunch of grumpy guys i have nothing in common with (other than poker), and we're all just sitting around silently, and i'm wondering why the hell i drove all this way just to be in this miserable situation, even i sometimes pipe up with a comment related to poker. just to get my neighbors talking, even though poker is actually a boring conversation subject in general and i know this.

ie maybe some of these people aren't quite as bad as you think they are. they're douchebags, but they can't help it.