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lemmy thread of three comments. "FUCK" to which another user replies "the game?" the last comment is "FUCK!" again but now with an exclamation mark

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I have a simple solution to this: I am not playing the game.

Games are necessarily voluntary, otherwise they're something else. Just because someone wrote in the rules of the game that everyone is playing doesn't make it true.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just because you say you're not playing doesn't make it true!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes it does according to the principle of voluntary participation.

If you have a different principle you want to propose that explains how a person - or all people - can be forced into playing a game just because someone said so, then we can discuss it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

counterpoint: life is a one big game and nobody was asked if they want to participate

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As long as we don't accept your loose metaphor as reality then no, life isn't a game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

true lol, not really my metaphor though, it's rather popular

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The rule of the game is that if you know of the game, you're already playing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am not playing so I don't have to follow the rules!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago