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0 pointsscott_s16y ago0 comments

I don't disagree, but I also don't see why that should make me self-conscious for having fun playing those games.

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stcredzero16y ago· 2 in thread

I don't have to make you anything. I have a right to my opinion and to express it politely. Please quote any impoliteness on my part.

I'd also suggest this gedankenexperiment: imagine buying a game controller, owning it for three years, and getting good at the game. Then imagine buying a guitar, owning it for three years, and getting good at it.

How does this suggestion make you feel? Do those feelings come from my words, or from somewhere in yourself?

Please don't blame me. I'm not making you be anything.

scott_sOP16y ago

We have a strange semantics mis-understanding. I don't feel self-conscious playing those games. Nor do I think I or anyone else should. Your comment makes it sound like we should. I tried to explain why I think that is mistaken.

Your comment about impoliteness is baffling, since I never said anything about your tone.

stcredzero16y ago

You're seriously putting words in my mouth. Why do you think I want to coerce emotions in others? Wouldn't an entirely pragmatic interpretation fit just as well?

To paraphrase William Gibson: "My songs are of time and distance. The emotion is in you."

More directly: am I trying to coerce you into feelings, or talking abstractly about people's feelings now and in the future?

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