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09 May 2009, 6:42 am

Think of life in terms of chess pawns and strategic moves.



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09 May 2009, 10:45 am

Who_Am_I wrote:
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Figure out the rules and start playing.


Make me. :)


You don't have to do anything. Just don't cry when you are ostracized.



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09 May 2009, 4:29 pm

It suddenly dawned on me recently that the rest of the world is playing Monopoly, while all this time, I´ve been playing Parcheesi...


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09 May 2009, 4:46 pm

Do I have to throw a six to start?

can I do it in an absurdist or surreal fashion? perhaps i can carry a little pamphlet with 'Life - The Rules' on it and point out when someone else doesn't adhere?

I can take it from the actual board game called 'The Game of Life'! !



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09 May 2009, 7:28 pm

KevinLA wrote:
Who_Am_I wrote:
KevinLA wrote:
Figure out the rules and start playing.


Make me. :)


You don't have to do anything. Just don't cry when you are ostracized.


I don't get ostracised. (Most) People don't speak to me because I don't speak to them, but it doesn't bother me.


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09 May 2009, 7:35 pm

What's the definition of game?

This reminds me of a stock phrase a friend uses, "it's a dance." What the hell do you mean by dance?

Life is a series of obfuscations told by confident but ignorant people.


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09 May 2009, 7:42 pm

If it were a game, then I could take a break. I could choose to not even enter the game. I could read up on the rules before I even pick up a piece. Other people would play by the same rules as everyone else. Alternatively, I could pick up the board, ruin the game for everyone else and then do something else instead. Life is not a game and sayings like that are inaccurate generalisations designed to make indirect points to other people. Usually to try and belittle them.



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09 May 2009, 7:55 pm

Life is a board game which the manufacturer forgot to put instructions in the box for. So it is incredibly frustrating. I have to figure out what the pieces and board mean. So in a way I have to create my own game or find my own way to succeed in the world or life that is different from anyone else's. I have to create my own rules which make me see the world in a way different than anyone else. I am a nonconformist because I have to be.

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10 May 2009, 12:23 am

Pugly wrote:
What's the definition of game?.


This is exactly why life is not a game.

See §66 in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.



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10 May 2009, 11:59 pm

Modality wrote:
Pugly wrote:
What's the definition of game?.


This is exactly why life is not a game.

See §66 in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.


Well of course it truly isn't. As I said before, I think of it in terms of a chess game, but it's only a metaphorical expression at best.