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Only joking

Only joking

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Only joking

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- Game number 10 is a game called Only Joking. And this is a particular game that I feel strongly about because it happened to me a while ago. I still remember it really vividly actually, what happens is that the game's player takes up a controversial position. Like for example, engineers have no idea of art or culture. And this happened to me, I'm an engineer originally and I was in a conversation with some people and we were talking about modern art I think it was. And I said something and he went," Oh," he said, "that's typical of an engineer," he said, "typical." So what do I say? Because either he wins and I just say nothing, or I have to somehow prove him wrong. And if I could somehow prove him wrong and I do know about art or culture, you didn't think I really believed that, did you? I was only kidding around. Where's your sense of humor? So, you're a bit sensitive on that area, right? Your crest, or what do I do?…

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