Tonite on Northern Gear: James reads 50 shades of grey to Exile, Hammond tries his hand at finding the perfect gamer girl so he can sell their bathwater and I wonder if these jokes will ever get old.

Oh I have a hobby nightmare story for you, Guy is playing at an event in Western Australia. He has a lovely Poryphon Knight from Forge World which he slaved away to pay for, build and paint. The venue is a public one, so has regular people pop in for a look along the way, and a guy walks up to the giant knight. "Wow, that looks great!" he exclaims, before picking it up. He turns it over in his hands, fumbles and drops the knight to the deck, smashing it entirely. He turns to the mortified owner and says "uh, sorry, I can pay for a new one." The owner, in stunned disbelief just says "that's not the point" and proceeds to pack up all of his remaining models and leaves the event.

As a fellow historian, good on you for calling out those who fail to consider context and time.

Mr. North sir. Just like you I immediately saw the end of that horror story with the woman leaving her husband/boyfriend and child for the toxic player coming. No faithful person is that into another person (that is not their partner) and not having some type of affair whether it is emotional or physical. If your partner insists on bringing another person along constantly, laughs at everything they do, pines away for them when they are not present, constantly texts of talks on the phone with that person they will or are cheating. Nip it in the bud immediately if it has not gotten physical or break up immediately if you know they cheated. Furthermore, the “we are just friends” defense is total BS. They are never just fiends. They are having or are working up to cheating. Don’t be a Simp. Stand up for yourself. You are worth it.

I love listening to your content while at work, it keeps me from wanting to jump out of my window... I work from home and the window is ground level so it would take quite a while to get the job done I imagine, but anyways, thank you for the content.

Lovecraft did not live during the 1500's. He lived during the late 19th century into the early 20th. What people who like to wail "Lovecraft wacist!" fail to give a care about was that the man was overwhelmed with fear about nearly everything around him. His writing, and the correspondence with other authors of early Sci-fi and Fantasy helped him deal with that, and he did get better towards the end of his life.

A momma's boy is typically a good sort. The 20yr old who went running back to mommy, wasn't a momma's boy, but rather a momma's burden.

Love hearing these stories about relationships in the hobby. It makes me grateful for my wife as she’s the one who pushed me to start making and painting models. On a roadtrip we stopped into a mom and pop hobby store and I went back and forth on buying a recruitment box they had on sale for $40. She pushed me into buying it and motivated me to finish it. Now, $100’s of dollars later, we’re sitting around the kitchen table painting and building minis together, playing underworlds for her and trying to teach her 40K/Kill Team for myself!

What's Brawndo? It's what plants crave. What do plants Crave? Brawndo

How could you diss Corax like that? Je shreds traitors like a shadow meatgrinder 😂

On the last person, I have to agree with you Mr Exile, I think dating someone who likes all the same things as yourself you are dating yourself. It’s nice to have things in common but having something unique keeps things interesting, this goes for anything from films, TV programs, books, games ect... for example tonight I am working on a Necromunda campaign but she is upstairs watching her K drama's, there is stuff she would say want to try and if I like cool but if I don't nothing lost and vice versa, I have managed to get her into Blood Bowl and MTG ect.. and she wants to do some D&D or some RPG and she has got me into the Dog Training thing some K Dramas, she was the one who got me into Game of Thrones.

On the drinking age issue, as far as I know drinking has negative impacts on brain development until early 20s. I think that is mainly why the drinking age is and should be around 21 though I would imagine going to war also has some adverse effects on brain development.

Hello there Mr. Exile, I just wanted to type out a brief message of appreciation to you. I've been diving into the 40k lore rabbit hole and thanks to the mysterious workings of The Algorithm, cane across one of your Hobby Nightmares videos, and after binging through the backlog for three days straight, I'm way past the point of no return. Thanks to you and some other content creators of The Hobby, I may just go to a game store and start building my first army after I take a look at what the local game scene is like. I never thought I might fall into this particular rabbit hole that some of my friends were in some 20 years ago, and now that they've pretty much left the scene, here I am running after that train I should've already been on for all these years. Anyway, thank you for being such a great ambassador to The Hobby, you may have just given me the last push to get into playing 40K.

Lol sitting here playing 40k risk binge listening to these. Thanks for the content and laughs! 😂

As a history teacher i can´t agree more with the thing about Lovecraft. the same goes for differnt cultures and backrounds.

This is quickly becoming hobby Loveline

My experience with women and the hobby, is its best to find someone who is Hobby adjacent i.e. enjoys reading, knitting, etc. As a whole, they tend to be more open and accepting of quirky Hobbies.

Ok I gotta step in to defend Corax. He doesn't 'suck at making space marines.' He was entrusted with gene tech by big E himself but unfortunately was sabotaged by Alpha Legion. But the mutant Marines were badass and destroyed many a foe. And he wasn't just whinging all the time, he was devastated after he personally had to kill thousands of his mutant sons. Last seen flying into the eye of terror to spend his days fighting Chaos and hunting traitor Primarchs. Where was Lion last seen? Taking a nap. In all seriousness, I love your content, cheers mate.

Completely agree with NE on "if you suspect foul behaviour, investigate it" in regards to a partner. I was with this girl once, she was, I thought, perfect. Looked incredible, beautiful curly blonde hair, smart etc etc. Fit as fuck. About 2 months into dating, I bad a feeling something was going on. She'd just recently got a smart phone, so I sneakily watched her put her unlock pattern in during a drinking session. That night when she fell asleep, I unlocked her phone and had a snoop, something I'm 100% against. However, what I saw justified my moral breach. Shed slept with 3 different guys in the past 10 days alone. She had only had the phone 10 days, so she had probably slept with 10s of people in out time together. I woke her up and told her to get the fuck out. Bad times.

I really related to your comment on VTM. I too have experienced awesome moments in it's amazing setting but also encountered some of the worst power gamers and "ugh, am such a veteran to play along with you noobs" kinds of people.

44:30 The best Primarch is of course the one that I like, not the one you like. Very simple :P

I'm fortunate enough to have a partner that likes for me to do hobby stuff without having any actual interest in it herself, happy for me to sit next to her and work on some models while she watches some TV

You’re off by over 300 years. Howard Phillips Lovecraft August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937

22:07 ooof yeah, I've been there. I was running a game for a group of friends and after doing a full description, I look up from my notes and everyone has their nose in their phones. Luckily, I kept my cool and handled the situation, but I was so, SO very close to packing up my books and going home, I was so insulted.

It’s funny, the Mayans had a better understanding of astronomy than many people nowadays. All these flat earthers running around 🤣

I don’t personally think most girls are bi on some level, so much as they’re secure enough to admit someone of the same gender is attractive, something men struggle with. But it would probably be a mistake to assume someone else’s sexuality for sure; but I suppose In general I don’t think men and women are hugely different in that respect, but women tend to be less secretive about such desires because pop culture tells them its ok and its sexy, whereas men still can often feel as though it is deviant and something to be ashamed of. As a result, less men will admit to bisexual urges. I’ve got a pre op trans female friend who is always bemoaning the amount of straight men who want to ‘experiment’ with her secretly for example. She calls such people chasers, and they're quite common. I feel like it’s roughly equal on the amount of people who are bi either gender; women are just more likely to admit it and not feel weird about it, with the majority of both genders probably straight. That said, it’s unquantifiable and pointless speculation. I don't think most people would be OK with us trying to say they're not one way if they say they are that way.

5:45 The cat was adopted by the way. It already had that name. He didn't give the name to it. Considering the household he grew up in, it's a wonder Lovecraft turned out as good as he did. And considering all those edgy internet-racists today, Lovecraft in his time also had a surprisingly diverse circle of friends he kept in contact with. How do all these oh so horribly racist people throughout time always have so many diverse friends, and those that accuse them of said racism all turn out to come from rather homogenous groups?

Listening to this as I finish painting my salamanders stormraven , never fails to entertain

Some people seem to feel the need to ritually denounce Lovecraft as a racist any time his name is mentioned. I think it's a kind of virtue signal. They are letting everyone know how progressive and enlightened they are. They usually don't even know or care about Lovecraft's works. They read that he was racist on social media and that's all they need. If you ask them what he did that was racist, they won't have an answer for you or they will all refer to the same story. It is one of his minor works and different from almost anything else he ever wrote. It's not even a Cthulhu Mythos story. He was racist by modern standards but not particularly racist by the standards of his day and he became less and less so as he got older. Technically, the drinking age in the US is decided on a state-by-state basis by state legislatures. In practice, the federal government has used its control of highway funds to dictate a drinking age of 21 to all states. Change your legal drinking age or we will withhold the money. The money is pulled out of the states with federal taxes and then dribbled back with various strings attached. It's one of the federal government's main tools for exercising power in areas where they have no legal ability to do so. This is all driven by a variety of activist groups putting pressure on the government at the federal level. Finding another lesbian in the hobby who is looking to date is going to be a tough one. Only a small number of people are in the hobby at all. Only a minority of them are women. Only about 2-3% of women are lesbians. Not all of those women will be interested in dating. Finding one of those is going to be tough.

i would say its probably easier for her to find a nerdy girl to date to then introduce to the hobby vs finding a bi/les girl already in the hobby. broaden your pool a bit to nerdy people as if they are nerdy and like other nerdy things they'll be more open to the hobby vs someone who isnt nerdy at all

When I think of Northern Exile, I always picture Stephen Merchant. Is this accurate?

@29:30 gaslighting is classic toxic bully approach

I highly recommend Meditations too!

for me , criminal who harm others is far worst then racist person who never commit crime

One has to remember that when "turning the other cheek" you only have 2 cheeks.

Bro bri'ish ppl are so much more chilled than amurican ppl 12:00 if that happened here, teeth would be down someone's throat the police and ambulance would be called lol.

Hey i know this is a old video and I'm usually enjoying you content but you comment about love craft really grinds my gears. I understand you point about not judging people by the standards of our time. But He was not considered normal for his time, in fact he was considered really racist even by the standards of his time. Also stating that everyone else had his views is a disgusting overlooking of all the civil rights activists active during that time actively fighting this bigotry.

For women looking for other women. Just drive a Camaro. Every time I drove my husband's I'd get hit on non-stop where ever I went. There. Enjoy the ultimate advice for what it is.

As a big Vampire: the masquerade fan (and old World of Darkness fan), I was like: Wtf? How dare y... yes, you are right... In my city in Canada, i cut ties with the pool of LARPer (which I renamed "the drama club") because I was sick of the weirdos and the drama. I still play a lot of the ttrpg, but with hand-picked players, which are excellent players.

I am always so baffled how you seem so friendly and well adjusted Mr. Exile, but then you`ll randomly include a threat about beating someone`s face in over some pizza XD please tell me you`re better than that :) Good content as usual, keep it up!

admittedly good ol H.P. was considered a racist even for him time, if you read his poems and interviews. Concidentally he was also right about everything

D'ye know wha' I mean? D'ye know wha' I mean? D'ye know wha' I mean?

Your theory seems to hold water. My wife is very much straight, but she does enjoy looking at cute and/or beautiful women both naked and clothed… she just enjoys the view it seems.

"Lovecraft was a racist and a bigot" Yes he was. He had some really shitty takes and (allegedly, don't quote me on this) was super racist for his time. Buuuut he also gave us cosmic horror which has had a massive influence on horror and science fiction. You're right that you can disagree and dislike someone for having crappy views while still appreciating the positives they've contributed. Know Sigmund Freud? Lots of weird, odd sexual issues that he crowbarred into his work. HOWEVER, he gave us psychoanalysis, which has been indispensable in our understanding and treatment of mental health.

If someone breaks my model then we're fighting. My hands have a slight shake. Day to day things it doesnt matter but when trying to paint the tiny eyeball on my demon prince or the tiny cracks in plague marine armor its not fun and take forever.

13:22 Mommas goodest boy 19:35 Am I the only one who'd be extremely hesitant to GM for a couple? It seems like such a landmine for problems. Like it either might devolve into basically foreplay for them or if they are in a fight fuck with the whole game. Like if it was a nation roleplay game I'd probably make a rule that their nations are not allowed to ally each other or close nearby and get on with it, but something CO-OP like D&D a hard-ban seems like the only real way. 20:54 Bringing a pre-made character before even knowing what the game is about and having 0 flexibility to them is such a massive red flag to me, because this also means they won't go with story flow. They will either refuse to change the character or only develop them on a preset path before... and don't get me started on self-inserters. 22:44 Players tend to be pretty non-appreciative. I had one dude last week legit as me why players have to keep track of their own stats and if the GM can't just do it for everyone, another player explained to him how retarded of an idea that is with 11 players. Especially hate when the cunts skip turns, that shit takes me 2-3h to update, it takes 5-30min to make a turn. Do it. 45:00 Moneys?

I agree that we must judge people as products of their time, but I will say that we should be weary of idolising such behaviours (which I see a fair bit) and saying “well they did this and they were smart/holy/powerful etc.” But I agree. Disliking Lovecraft’s work because he was a racist by modern standards is dumb af

Lmfao a drill sargent crying over a game of warhammer. 😂😂 that guy ent no drill sargent 😂😂 look at the abuse he would of got in the army during his training and yes crying like that 😂😂 I'm stiches here

Who is the background music? Very nifty.

Isn’t it selling alcohol not drinking alcohol in private that’s not allowed?

Look up the name of HP lovecrafts cat and then tell me that even for then that was normal

Wish my hobby nightmare story's had something to do with wargaming but unfortunately not. Most of mine come from adult babys in the world of airsoft. There are some bad attitude people in war gaming but at least it's usually just verbal. In airsoft you tend to have a lot of man babys who think there big manly men and get to throw there weight around

Hi northern the exile, just wondering how I submit a hobby nightmare?

Your thing about smart people not procreating: a lecture in medicine basically told all the students to have a family 🤣

Another good one!

Dear gods above and below players who insist on using their tablets annoy the piss out of me. Allowed it once, never again.

Or smoke a simple cigarette or cigar. Yes in the states we have to be 21 to smoke and drink, but... BUT we can die in wars for our governments armed forces.

I kinda understand the Lovecraft one even if it IS awkward as hell. Even for his time Lovecraft was a massive social outcast and was afraid of his own goddamn shadow. He was racist even for his time period.

Saying that "all women are bi" is very problematic. or that most women are bi or that you have never known a "true lesbian". That is a terrible thing to say, the reason being is it implies you know more about someone else than they know about them self. Could you just imagine hearing a woman you know say "Yeah my male partner never really made me happy" and you saying "Yeah but all women are a little bi" ... what the heck. It also implies that men aren't also on a scale of sexuality, that a man is either all one or the other. It also implies that when a woman show affection to someone she is in love with they're just "friends" because "all women are a little bi" so rude