@etymologynerd: This is also a kind of ritual!! See my video on that here: @etymologynerd on substack #linguistics #play #culture #communication #anthropology #sociology #psychology
that’s kinda why i find it weird when people say “how people act in a game is indicative of how they’d act in real life” like unless its exceptionally egregious i really don’t think that’s true
2025-04-29 14:51:25
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rkt753 :
I cried during a game of Avalon to convince people I wasn't one of the baddies (I was one of the baddies)
2025-04-29 13:50:19
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vividatlas :
this is how people treat the internet.
2025-04-30 03:54:41
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Noah :
Just gonna throw out monopoly, where there is not magic circle and everything is personal
2025-04-29 18:17:04
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NoUsername :
Good way to explain, why its accepted to insult or joke about friends. also a magic circle with totally different rules from the social norm
2025-04-29 13:51:38
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Corban :
bro you're Riley's dad from inside out 😭✌️
2025-05-01 06:28:23
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lemon_party6969 :
magic circle of corporate culture
2025-04-29 14:07:57
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Liz Shipton | Author :
Has anyone told Trump he’s not in the magic circle yet?
2025-04-29 21:53:51
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Bonnaventure James :
My kids are always making new and interesting magic circles to torture me with.
2025-04-29 14:03:06
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rosvrio :
Sociologist here 👋🏾 this is a great concept! I always say human interaction are just bits with made up rules - people clash when someone behaves in a way that ruins the bit
2025-04-29 19:27:18
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Batman of Shimano :
I went half the video thinking you were talking about video games 😭 guess the logic applies there too?
2025-04-29 13:47:42
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zcorms :
actually the weirdest part about playing games is how i inexplicably always lose no matter what im playing
2025-04-29 15:44:00
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sparklymicrowave :
UNDERTALE is the perfect example of this!! Andrew Cunningham made an incredible video about how that game makes use of the magic circle as an actual gameplay mechanic.
2025-05-02 00:10:02
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Glory to Arstotzka! :
dog signify this by sneezing
2025-04-29 15:51:20
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Moccus Porcus :
A culture is magic circle and therefore multiculturalism doesn't work.
2025-05-01 23:08:30
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rin 🇵🇸 :
im not religious anymore but when i was little my religious family insisted i dont eat porkchop in minecraft and that was the start of my deconstruction journey LMAOOOOO like girl
2025-04-30 15:09:26
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˗ˏˋ Milo 📼👁️ ´ˎ˗ :
A German writer thought of something similar! it's called the "Funktionalitätsvertrag" and it's basically the agreement between reader and writer that everything in the story is reality for the duration of the reading session?
2025-05-21 12:14:46
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GabeGrimes :
One thing that this video made me think of is the No Mercy game everyone is talking about. Of course I think it’s wrong and messed up along with everyone else, to be clear. But when I think about-
2025-04-30 22:39:09
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Aaron :
this is all you need to understand the show survivor
2025-04-29 16:00:42
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Øst René Kragh Pedersen :
Wait. Linguistics AND game theory AND rituals? — where have you been all my life? 🧡
2025-06-03 21:31:34
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someDutchguy :
to a lot of people (right wingers) politics is a game too, where it is okay to lie just to win the game
2025-05-01 08:33:41
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uneekdude :
Reminds me of how there are "facts" in fiction. Like if you say "Dr. Doom is from Latveria" that's considered a fact even though Dr. Doom isn't real.
2025-04-30 00:58:35
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Unicorn rancher :
so things like the satanic panic and the idea that video games cause violence are because people aren't aware of the magic circle? also, I like that everyone agrees that swearing is ok
2025-04-29 15:52:10
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