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Let's talk about learning about institutions from board games....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Let's talk about learning about institutions from board games....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, internet people, let's be able again.

0:03.5

So today we're going to talk about board games and what we can learn from board

0:08.0

games in the right situations.

0:11.0

And we're going to talk about institutions and a tradition I guess.

0:21.0

So I received this message from a woman who is in college, she's in her 20s, she lives in the same

0:29.2

city with her parents, but she doesn't live with her parents. But they carry on a tradition that

0:38.2

started when she was a little girl every Tuesday night. I don't know which night it is, but once a week they get together, they

0:46.3

have dinner, and then they play a board game. And she says it's something she's loved her entire life. I mean that is some super wholesome stuff right there.

0:58.3

But over the last few months it's been harder and harder for her to go and recently she didn't for the first

1:06.5

time. She said the only other time she missed it was when she was in high school

1:12.1

and went somewhere as part of a class trip.

1:14.0

So what changed?

1:20.0

Her parents retired.

1:22.0

Her parents retired recently. They are at home and they spend all of their time watching Fox News.

1:29.2

So what used to be a pleasant dinner and then a game has turned into them telling her about who they

1:36.3

were told to hate that day and they're constantly angry and upset. It all came to ahead recently when her parents found out that one of her

1:47.3

friends was on a free ride, was on a full scholarship.

1:54.1

And they just didn't expect that from her because they thought she was, quote, one of the

1:58.9

good ones.

2:01.6

Her friend is black. Now it is important to note that her daughter, the daughter here, did try to explain that no that it's not a skin thing she's actually like amazing at

2:16.8

particular sport X

2:20.8

and that she also has a whole lot of academic achievements, but her parents did not believe this.

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