First you can't have battles, then you can't have gladiator fights, then you can't duel, and now you're here playing goalball without arms.
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Replying to @MemberOfSpecies
@MemberOfSpecies Chess is about argumentation within a strictly defined system of norms, like law. It's not a glorious combat simulator.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies Besides law, there's navigation of strictly stratified social structures, e.g. caste systems, feudalism, the Church, &c.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies Because the problems to be simulated are already abstract, further abstracting them feels less like forging a simulacrum.7 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@willdoingthings It seems hard to have a sport that uses arms that turns into anything but an extended slap fight.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies Handball. Ultimate. Tennis.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @willdoingthings
@willdoingthings Tennis is okay but it has to segregate players into different parts of the field and they can't even use their hands.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies Segregation is the most natural way to eliminate mêlée combat. Tangentially, I forgot about dodgeball and paintball.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@willdoingthings And volleyball.
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@MemberOfSpecies Thought of it but left it out, too unnatural to use hands/arms but not for catching or throwing.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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