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How far do you currently live from the town where you grew up?
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You are dishonest, but never to the point of hurting a friend.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Monday December 22, @04:45AM (2 children)
> Even as kids, none of us had time for silly drama or politics.
Silly drama and politics are part of real life - choosing to ignore it while you're "in the soup" is missing an educational opportunity.
Maybe y'all hunter dudes were "too cool for school" and could recognize that you have no taste for drama and politics before ever learning much about them, but even if you never participate in them later in life, knowing something about drama and politics is a "window to the world" that a lot of your fellow humans live in.
IMO the most successful education in drama and politics is learning how to play in ways that don't impact you on personal emotional levels - which is very different from ignoring the games altogether.
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(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday December 22, @02:59PM (1 child)
I found it was very useful to observe the games, but not play them. That way, I could and did knew how to play but only had to bother with it when the stakes actually mattered.
"Think of how stupid the average person is. Then realize half of 'em are stupider than that." - George Carlin
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday December 22, @06:55PM
> I could and did knew how to play
It's weird when this knowledge becomes valuable - getting a building permit was a shockingly petty / catty game.
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