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"Never play at any kind of game."??? Right... This may have been of interest and gone "viral" 150 years ago, but I fail to see how it's of much interest today.
by swombat 13y ago
"Never play at any kind of game."???
Right... This may have been of interest and gone "viral" 150 years ago, but I fail to see how it's of much interest today...
That some of the advice is still relevant is hardly surprising. After all, human nature has changed very little over the last few thousand years...
- humanrebar 13y agoI'm guessing that's either a reference to gambling or a caution against unproductive fun in general.
- nikz 13y agoAre you sure it's not more along the lines of "don't 'play' at it, do it properly?" Perhaps I'm reading too much into it. I guess that's the problem with this sort of vague generalised advice :)
- coldtea 13y ago>Right... This may have been of interest and gone "viral" 150 years ago, but I fail to see how it's of much interest today... And then you go to someplace like Vegas and see people playing in some kinds of games and losing it all. One example of how it can be of interest today. Or you see young people be X times more productive than another, because they don't waste their time playing some BS console game. Another example.
- dasil003 13y agoOn the other hand, I doubt they could have imagined the riches earned by professional athletes today. And what about professional gamers? I think they're heads might explode.
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- coldtea 13y agoTrue, but since those are 1 in a million or less, their advice still holds. (Except for people who always assume the will be the exception -- Vegas is full of them also).
- grecy 13y agoI assumed the meaning was about "playing games" in the sense of gossip, innuendo and lies. Don't be devious and underhanded, be genuine.