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Ok, fair enough if you don't wanna play, so be it. (wondering though why you opened the game then, but hey, it's a free world). Oh well, here is some other fun to entertain you :)

Ludophobia
Ludophobia (from ludus, Latin for "game", and phóbos, Greek for "fear") is the fear of playing games. The fear often comes about due to complications, issues and bad luck while playing games. When playing, the players compete with each other, determining the winners and losers. Players are often disappointed when losing games, and get frustrated with their mistakes. These are common fear triggers. This fear is mostly experienced by young children and disappears by the teenage years.  

 

The anxiety is overcome by playing very simple games and working up slowly to the more complex ones.  Alternatively, coping skills come slowly but surely, by learning that losing is not necessarily bad luck, but merely the nature of the game.  


Talking about phobias here are some other weird ones; allthatsinteresting.com/weird-phobias

Talking about weird, how about Japan? No offense!!! I love Japan and I love my Japanese friends/players, but...

Some really weird inventions going on there :)

1 Banana keeper.jpg
3 Easy Butter Former.jpg
4 The Friend Zone Tent.jpg

A tent for a couple who have not reached that intimate stage yet!?

A banana keeper!?

5 Robotic octopus scalp massager.jpg

A robotic octopus scalp massager!?

6 Portable And Reusable Bubble Wrap.jpg

A Butter Former!?

2 Dictionary Desk Pillow.jpg
7 Napping At Work.jpg

A napping at work thingie!?

And last but not least: the best ones (imho) a Dictionary Desk Pillow and a

Portable And Reusable Bubble Wrap Popper :)

 

Here you will find more weird Japanese inventions:

kickvick.com/bizarre-japanese-inventions/

Talking about inventions, ever heard of "an immense telescope of an entirely new principle" used in 1835 that made it possible to see creatures on the moon?

Great Moon Hoax.jpg

Lol, this is not really about inventions, but just a very poor segue to the real subject: Fake news.

This could be a long list of all the fake news and conspiracy theories going on nowadays, but that's not really uplifting and fun in these horrible times.

Nope, this is about the fact that fake news has been around forever, but way back then it was fun and funny.

Here's the Wiki link, but do Google more about it, it's a great story :)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax

How about some art now?

Here you go; some great pictures of shadow art. Real shadows! No Photoshop!

ShadowArt.jpg

And here are the photographers who made those pictures :)

Animals.jpg

Ok, enough is enough. You didn't wanna play the riddle (it really is great fun, you know), but I hope you had some fun and laughs here too.

Maybe a few minutes of not thinking of Covid in your lockdown.

I'm hoping one day I can go back to my bar in Amsterdam again.

But the storm is a-coming cross the hills tonight
Like a vein full of rain to the hearts that should fight.
The storm is a-coming cross the hills tonight
Like a vein full of rain to the hearts---that should fight!

Stay Safe and Stay Strong!

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