• @Maggoty
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    -1218 hours ago

    Perform to standard, instead of lowering the standard.

    • @[email protected]
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      1315 hours ago

      There’s no possible rational standard where balatro could theoretically be age restricted.

      It’s dressed up solitaire.

      • @[email protected]
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        514 hours ago

        Worst case, maybe PEGI 12? And then, only because parents might be somehow offended by poker hands, and that gives them a chance to check the reasoning.

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          14 hours ago

          I would genuinely look at a parent saying their kid isn’t old enough to learn poker hands exactly the same as if they said it about cribbage or rummy.

          It’s nonsense.

          • @[email protected]
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            413 hours ago

            Yup. I personally haven’t taught my kids poker hands because it’s not a very fun game IMO, especially for kids. It’s basically a bluffing game, and there are far more interesting bluffing games out there.

            I have no problems with my kids learning poker hands, but the game needs to actually be fun, which Balatro is.

      • @Maggoty
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        14 hours ago

        If that’s dressed up solitaire then Vegas is slovenly solitaire.

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          14 hours ago

          You’re not gambling🤦‍♀️

          Gambling is what kids shouldn’t be able to do.

          • @Maggoty
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            -1013 hours ago

            Playing at gambling isn’t good either.

            • @trashgirlfriend
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              511 hours ago

              I agree with you completely!

              My modest proposal is that if a child is caught flipping a coin their hands should be cut off on the spot.

    • @[email protected]
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      218 hours ago

      Fine point, I’m all for raising all of those games to 18+. But I guess this isn’t first of many but an exception to the rule.