Bobo said:

But if you want some rope, go hang yourself. I guarantee that whatever
game you're pretending to be playing will end up on the ash heap of
Usenet history.

But George, all our games end up on the ash heap.

Not true, simple one.


Our arguments are like the little Chinese umbrella in the daquiri.
The drinker takes one look at it, twirls it in his fingers, and tosses it
aside.

You haven't been paying attention.

One doesn't have to pretend at a game.
Pretense is necessary only to pretend it's something more.

You've just annulled the existence of half the games people play --
the role-playing one. Nicely done.