Funny how the people playing just for fun are always the last to go

[TheodoreSlots]

@CarterSlots that's actually the more revealing version of the observation, remove the social element and the comfortable timeless environment and the pattern still holds, which suggests the just for fun framing is more about the player's relationship with the activity than anything external

 

[spinningLegend]

the just for fun line does a lot of work in these conversations, it closes down questions, it sounds responsible, and it's technically true for most people at least at the start of the evening, the problem is nobody ever announces when the fun part ended