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How do you deal with the situation where you are invited to play a game, only to find it's wildly complex and takes 4 hours to finish, and you find yourself not wanting to play it within minute 5? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This has happened to me a few times. One I remember was the game Alchemist, where I just sat there confused as hell for 4 and a half hours while three guys were all talking about strategies. Tonight it was Terraforming Mars, where I was told it would be a 3 hour game, but by hour 4 we were halfway done. This time I said "it's 11pm, I have work in the morning, this will be my last hand" and the host got very passive aggressive with me. I just don't know what to do in these situations.

^Also is there a word for this? My girlfriend said I was "held game hostage" but I don't see that used in my searches.^

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Just slap your knee and say,” welp, it’s getting late”

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Most German response ever.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I guess Germans and US Midwesterners have more in common than I thought!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you look at ethnic ancestry maps, you'll see there is a lot of German ancestry in the midwest.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Now that you mention it, that makes a lot of sense (part of my family is German ancestry). It had just never occurred to me that this particular social phenomenon was German-based because it’s such a common midwestern thing!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

There’s actually been quite a few waves of German immigration to the US throughout the years, they make up a pretty big part of US ancestry. There’s even been a myth that German almost became the national language in 1795 and only lost by a single vote in Congress, but it’s apparently just that, a myth. So it’s probably no wonder we share some cultural quirks like awkward goodbyes and a love for scheisse porn.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Can confirm, am German-American from Pennsylvania, where German is taught as an option in many public schools

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ich glaube, um sich dafür zu qualifizieren müsste die Aussage auch auf deutsch sein.

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