I have never understood why we care about winning things so much. I'm not saying I don't understand competition in general. When there's some sort of tangible prize involved, then yeah, that makes perfect sense. But what about when there isn't? What about when there's no prize involved, and it's simply a game? How do you BENEFIT from that?
And this is not one of those situations where I'm calling out other people for being stupid. This is something that I do all the time. And I still don't really understand it. Okay, so it sort of makes sense if it's something that requires a lot of skill. If you beat someone in a game of basketball, then that proves that you're better than them, more talented. So it's an ego-stroking thing. And hey, I can behind that. That has some grounding in reality.
But what about those people that desperately want to win at things that require no skill whatsoever? Like, have you ever played poker for paper clips or something, just because you were bored? Then there's always that one guy that HAS to have more paper clips than anyone else? No? Then that guy was you.
Ever played something really stupid with one of these guys, like Candyland? Games that are literally nothing but complete and utter luck, but they just HAVE to be the winners. Why? Why is it necessary?
And these are the cases where competition is bad.
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