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    24 days ago

    I guess it’s self-evident to everyone but me what he means.

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        23 days ago

        “How can mirrors be real,” said Joerg Wuttke, former president of the European Chamber of Commerce in China and now a partner at Washington consulting firm DGA Group. “If our eyes aren’t real”

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          If y’all don’t leave Jaden alone 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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            No shade I love that it’s become a meme lol, I get what he meant to say

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        😂

        Perhaps he’s channeling Yogi Berra. Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.

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      You have to produce in China to keep costs down, but you can’t sell effectively in China due to state-mandated hypercompetition driving everyone to zero profit.

      Turns out Communists are better at capitalism than capitalists are.

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        Competition is one of those capitalist buzzwords they use to reinforce their Darwinian beliefs, but as it transpires they don’t actually like it that much

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            In comp games (not like… Competitive ladders and elo, but just playing against a human opponent) I am trying to excise that reaction in myself. Its very important for tabletop gaming community health. I will say if my opponent is being a smug asshole joyously celebrating their good luck even when they’re obvious already winning, it makes it rather difficult. Co-op for life, apparently.

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              I frequently contemplate that about games, and the idea of ‘friendly competition’, but in truth I don’t think such a thing really exists. I imagine a group of friends, say 6 people or so, and all of them enjoy Street Fighter. One of the 6 is doubtlessly going to be the worst in the group, and will rarely ever see wins. Even if the other 5 are very kind and gracious to their friend, could it really be said that the worst in the group will feel good about playing the game? About being the well-treated punching bag? I doubt it. The process of competition itself, even when ‘friendly’, is deleterious to the loser.

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                I think friendly competition definitely exists, and it’s a cornerstone of human psychology. But in order for friendly competition to work, everyone has to “win” at least some of the time.