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noname223

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I have many neurodiverse friends. I am also on the autism spectrum. We play inter alia Yugioh. And I have a very autistic friend who just doesn't really get how to play the game. He isn't too stupid for it. I am not exactly sure why he isn't good at it. He improved a little bit. But considering how much time he played it is still disastrous. I am quite good in it.

Though, I had some dates or group meetings where people wanted to play board games. And honestly I just don't get them. When I had this date with the autistic liberal woman she liked to play board games. I think afterwards she had sex with her drug filled harem. I quit when her sociopathic friend assaulted me verbally.

Also in other self-help groups. I just don't get board games. I am not sure why. The rules don't make sense to me. And there is always the question in my mind "Why on earth are people spending time playing such nonsense shit." Rationally, I know they have fun and enjoy it. I enjoy Yugioh too. However, this has to do with my childhood. I think I can only play Yugioh because I learned it as child/teenager. My attitude to life just changed so much. I think most people would hate my life. I spend most of the time reading, listening to new infomration. Actually, if the board game was something like a politicial strategy game something like a simulation game I could see myself enjoying it. I think analysts from time to time do such simulation games to anticipate strategies in wars. As teenager I played the video game Politics Simulator. I once started it again a few years ago and now it seems like a waste of time. You learn some things about politics but the real world is so much more complex.

The thing is I sort of wish I was an intellectual. I spend my whole life reading and listening. But I lost the abiliy for some basic tasks because my brain is always somewhere else. I also really enjoy metacognition. And shitposting on here. I am pretty good at cracking jokes at such board game evenings though.
 
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I think people play them in part for the social aspect. I don't tend to enjoy anything that shows up my appalling numeracy skills/ general knowledge.

I've always wanted to be good at something cerebral- like chess- but, I just don't have the forward thinking for it.

I feel the same about jigsaw puzzles though. Why make a picture that is already on the box lid? Why would that bring a sense of achievement? But then- I suppose people find it relaxing. Each to their own I suppose.
 
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I don't think there's anything wrong with board games. They can be fun. Problem for me, is learning any new ones is way too complicated! I never understand the rules and then I feel stupid. It's embarrassing. So very few games I could even play at this point. Went back to a game from my childhood at one point a few years ago and I guess they either changed it a bit where we hadn't been playing right and it made no sense to me.

Used to like jigsaw puzzles, started a bit before Covid and did them a few years More because it was a small challenge I liked but yet not a life or death thing lol. When I got to One that I couldn't even get the edges correctly, I gave up and never went back. My philosophy then became that I have enough challenges in life and no need for anymore!
 
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I think people play them in part for the social aspect. I don't tend to enjoy anything that shows up my appalling numeracy skills/ general knowledge.

I've always wanted to be good at something cerebral- like chess- but, I just don't have the forward thinking for it.

I feel the same about jigsaw puzzles though. Why make a picture that is already on the box lid? Why would that bring a sense of achievement? But then- I suppose people find it relaxing. Each to their own I suppose.

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But same.
 
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