A lil context.
I am an introverted aspie with an extroverted charmer of a friend. He does things in social settings that never ceases to amaze me.
So i ask him about it often, but he always answers with, “You just gotta learn the social game.” I’m confused.
Is such a thing actually real?
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Yes and no.
The ‘social game’ is a metaphor for a set of interpersonal codes of conduct, norms, behaviours, expectations. It’s not an explicit ‘game’ like one scheduled on TV with an explicit roster of players and discrete rules, but arises on a continuum of intensity when two people interact. The rules are present, but are contextual and may change. You always ‘play’ it, though you can ignore your own participation.
In the context of his usage, he’s probably talking about how he interacts with women and/or men in his peer group. At that age and in that setting, social interactions feel more like a ‘game’ than they otherwise might.
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