Week 2, Entry 5

[goatgodschild]

Observations Written During A Sunday Night Cards Against Humanity Game

I am playing Cards Against Humanity. I am realizing that, because we are all friends – or because humans are naturally kindly towards one another, this is a game you cannot truly win or lose.

It’s just…fun? Fun with no point in competition, no socially climbing bloodlust. It’s as though it’s a combination of reversal ritual (like 12th Night or Hallowe’en) and alternate dimension. Sometimes things lead from one to another, other times things rise and fall and get abandoned at random without repercussions.

It’s…is this what games are like, normally? Where it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, it’s truly about how you play the game. Just having fun with others saying all the cartoonish situations and naughty words.

I think you could do this with other games, although I’m not sure which exactly. Maybe Cards Against Humanity is socially distinctive in this regard?

Relaxing can be difficult, but maybe I can, during this. A dimension where nothing truly matters, only smiling.