@etymologynerd: This is also a kind of ritual!! See my video on that here: @etymologynerd on substack #linguistics #play #culture #communication #anthropology #sociology #psychology

Alessandro :

*insert religion here*

rkt753 :

I cried during a game of Avalon to convince people I wasn't one of the baddies (I was one of the baddies)

vividatlas :

this is how people treat the internet.

Noah :

Just gonna throw out monopoly, where there is not magic circle and everything is personal

Jay ⚠️ :

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

o :

MAGIC CIRCLE MENTIONED

lemon_party6969 :

magic circle of corporate culture

zcorms :

actually the weirdest part about playing games is how i inexplicably always lose no matter what im playing

Liz Shipton | Author :

Has anyone told Trump he’s not in the magic circle yet?

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.

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

Corban :

bro you're Riley's dad from inside out 😭✌️

phonemeperfectprosody :

First!

emseen :

sublimation

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-

Runar_Tvalfager :

interresting

Bonnaventure James :

My kids are always making new and interesting magic circles to torture me with.

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

☠︎︎ Grey Horizon :

I went half the video thinking you were talking about video games 😭 guess the logic applies there too?

Oskar :

that's not how I thought this video was gonna end

Robyn Taylor :

bro should read some wittgenstein it’s very enlightening for a lot of what he talks abt

Moccus Porcus :

A culture is magic circle and therefore multiculturalism doesn't work.

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