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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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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Precisely.

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

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