I understand the whole, “it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game” concept. It’s been told to me ever since I was a little kid.  I remember getting a trophy when I was playing youth tee ball or baseball.  I remember being upset we lost so many games and we got this puddly [BLEEP] trophy I was was supposed to hold up and be proud of.  As a 7 yr old or whatever I was embarrassed by that trophy.  I didn’t want it.  We didn’t win.  Even then I knew the participation trophy was [BLEEP]. No one told me that.  It was my competitive spirit.  I did not at that age feel worthy of that stupid thing.  But I just don’t see the point in playing if you’re not trying to win.  You don’t play to have fun.  You play to win. You can have fun in the process.  But the goal is to win. If the goal wasn’t to win, then there would be no keeping of score.  Who doesn’t want the high score?  As much as an embarrassment it is for the losing team, it’s a huge victory and success for the winning team.  But I digress, I am also the guy that overthinks and strategizes for stupid card games like uno.  After all, I didn’t decide to play uno to lose.

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