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Jon Udell

Over the years I’ve known a great many others in the geek/nerd tribe who self-identify as gamers. It always puzzles me. I’m perfectly happy to spend long hours in front of a screen reading or writing or coding. But games? I simply lack that gene.

My belated introduction to Super Mario Brothers: blog.jonudell.net/2022/12/26/m

@kin Good to know! I wonder if it is actually a gene?

@judell @kin I played games back in the 80s and 90s but I can't spend time on games any more. I have way too many more interesting challenges to occupy me now.

@darrel_miller @judell @kin Yeah, not judging gamers but I played lots of video games from fifth grade through college, and then just kind of lost interest. It's not a gene.

@judell I see data and APIs as games or puzzles that fill this void for me. Might be different if I didn’t have this.

@kin Yes! It recently occurred to me that working through data+API challenges is my version of doing crossword puzzles or word games. Which I also avoid. Wordle was a rare exception for me, but only for a while, then I got bored. I never get bored with data+APIs.

@judell Also: "Amanita is the name, they cover over everything."

From what I can tell, the reason this is full of statements that are not true of Amanita (they're not a flower and they don't bloom) is because the "flowers" are really extrajudicial killings.

youtube.com/watch?v=r_O6TN4ZfI