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> But it sounds like one big "no girls allowed" kind of treehouse There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. It's actually completely fine, and good, for peo

> But it sounds like one big "no girls allowed" kind of treehouse There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. It's actually completely fine, and good, for people to voluntarily form social groups based on a shared interests and traits. The movement to oppose this sort of thing has been a large factor in the deterioration of social life for many people. You are not entitled to membership in a community of close-knit friends.

CursedSilicon 1y ago
Where did I say any of that? I was just bemused at the webpage bragging about hosting a "24/7 LAN party" but then not even mentioning what games they like playing
- bongodongobob 1y ago
  Idk, probably this part? > it sounds like one big "no girls allowed" kind of treehouse
  - CursedSilicon 1y ago
    "We're going to write paragraphs about how cool this project is but also it's all on the LAN and it's invite-only so don't ask"
    - bongodongobob 1y ago
      I don't see how this is any different from someone sharing a homelab setup or something.
      - jasonm23 1y ago
        That'll be because essentially it's no different.
    - thoroughburro 1y ago
      “A friend group with an idea to share”
    - omnicognate 1y ago
      Read the manifesto, linked there and in the comments here. Its entire membership is 19 close friends and they won't let anyone new join who hasn't already been friends with one of them for at least 10 years. They're just sharing the idea because they like what they've built and think other people could have fun building something similar. It's like a treehouse enthusiast putting some pictures of the cool treehouse they've made on their website. It's not an invitation to come and hang out in it. I'm tempted to make one of these, TBH.
      - fc417fc802 1y ago
        > It's like a treehouse enthusiast putting some pictures of the cool treehouse they've made on their website. At which point you might (reasonably IMO) complain that you're rather curious what use they find for said treehouse in practice.
        omnicognate 1y ago
        I suppose, if you're the sort of person whose response to finding pictures of someone's treehouse on the web is to complain there are no pictures of people playing games in it.
        fc417fc802 1y ago
        Context is important. If the pictures are captioned "check out this awesome treehouse I built" then yeah I don't expect anything further. Whereas if they are captioned "this treehouse is my absolute favorite place to hang out" or "everyone should build one of these for themselves" or "building this treehouse saved my relationship" or whatever then I am going to find myself wondering why that might be. Like if I tell you that Python is just the best language ever and you ought to be using it for approximately everything you do because it will improve your life or society or perhaps even the universe as a whole, might you not wonder _why_ I think that?
        omnicognate 1y ago
- frollogaston 1y ago
  Yeah I was just wondering what they play

CursedSilicon 1y ago

Where did I say any of that? I was just bemused at the webpage bragging about hosting a "24/7 LAN party" but then not even mentioning what games they like playing

bongodongobob 1y ago
Idk, probably this part? > it sounds like one big "no girls allowed" kind of treehouse
- CursedSilicon 1y ago
  "We're going to write paragraphs about how cool this project is but also it's all on the LAN and it's invite-only so don't ask"
  - bongodongobob 1y ago
    I don't see how this is any different from someone sharing a homelab setup or something.
    - jasonm23 1y ago
      That'll be because essentially it's no different.
  - thoroughburro 1y ago
    “A friend group with an idea to share”
  - omnicognate 1y ago
    Read the manifesto, linked there and in the comments here. Its entire membership is 19 close friends and they won't let anyone new join who hasn't already been friends with one of them for at least 10 years. They're just sharing the idea because they like what they've built and think other people could have fun building something similar. It's like a treehouse enthusiast putting some pictures of the cool treehouse they've made on their website. It's not an invitation to come and hang out in it. I'm tempted to make one of these, TBH.
    - fc417fc802 1y ago
      > It's like a treehouse enthusiast putting some pictures of the cool treehouse they've made on their website. At which point you might (reasonably IMO) complain that you're rather curious what use they find for said treehouse in practice.
      - omnicognate 1y ago
        I suppose, if you're the sort of person whose response to finding pictures of someone's treehouse on the web is to complain there are no pictures of people playing games in it.
        fc417fc802 1y ago
        Context is important. If the pictures are captioned "check out this awesome treehouse I built" then yeah I don't expect anything further. Whereas if they are captioned "this treehouse is my absolute favorite place to hang out" or "everyone should build one of these for themselves" or "building this treehouse saved my relationship" or whatever then I am going to find myself wondering why that might be. Like if I tell you that Python is just the best language ever and you ought to be using it for approximately everything you do because it will improve your life or society or perhaps even the universe as a whole, might you not wonder _why_ I think that?
        omnicognate 1y ago
frollogaston 1y ago
Yeah I was just wondering what they play