Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
What’s the most socially dangerous “toy” or “game” you’ve ever played with, either as a kid or an adult? As in, able to upset social relations, not in the sense of BB guns or fireworks.
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moreReese
@morereese
Trying to play other people’s theatrical games (in the James Coarse sense of the finite games) but not knowing the rules and pissing them off https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_and_Infinite_Games
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Sachin
@sach
Moving to a new country in my mid 20s with no particular cred
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Patrick Atwater
@patwater
Somewhat silly though diplomacy has upset a lot of ppl for being a board game
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Paul Millerd
@pmillerd
Self-employment seems to upset a lot of people. I think the “scab” framing helps me make sense of why
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Ralph Old Dad
@withere
Living in a commune. A commune with one foot firmly planted in a low grade cult
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Mike Elias
@harmonylion
Porn
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JAKE
@jake
Video games. For me it was just Xbox — sports games and Halo and Cod. Super addicting. Seem to be especially so for smart kids. I think a lot of good could have probably been done by people who we’ve basically lost to crippling video game addictions, and problem is poised to continue
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Alessandro
@azeni
Uno reverse and plus cards can get to your skin
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Mike Elias
@harmonylion
Possibly the hexayurt, the homeless shelter that can be built for <$500, folded up and taken anywhere, hooked up to solar power, etc Screenshot from this blog post: https://mikeelias.substack.com/p/how-to-rugpull-america-for-500 https://i.imgur.com/8mhc0cb.jpg
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0xSkade
@0xskade
Subterfuge did legitimate damage to some of the real life relationships between our friend group, ingame betrayal got pretty real for some of the players
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