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¿Question #5262?
[Deleted user]: [deleted question]

gradman2k3: More hope for a society that does than a society that doesn't
Gmaal: Yes
Narlgoth: nope
dove: yes
pwilz: I would have to say yes.
puffinge: slight
Hendal: yes, and where could I find this society where they value boardgames?
Septic: Yes. Ours is the hope of a leisure class.
Felimid: Absolutely. Boardgames encourage people to get together, think, feel, and talk openly (ergo, be themselves), and have fun. And usually with little or no prejudice between members of the group. As Yoda would say, trivial this most certainly is not.
jessitron: Society doesn't value them. We do.
daveroswell: Yes.
rseater: yes
Deleted042515: Of course there is
Luthrin: I'd rather have a society that places value on boardgames than one that places value on commiting crimes or something. So yes.
The Unbeliever: 42
gberry: More so than on a society that places value on such trivial pastimes as Golf or Tennis.
gmcash: it is one of the things that gives me hope
ManOfSorrows: Good question! Who knows? I believe that playing boardgames make us better people.
Squigherder: Yes
eastern_dragon: Who are you kidding? I gave up around the time that we started worshipping actors and ridiculing people of faith.
joni: yes
RobotFan: There is no hope for one that does not.
kingmaker fan: Certainly.
DHEK: Of course! Leisure and entertainment is also part of developing a healthy society.
jcarvin: As the definition of society is "fellowship", "an association", and "a club" I'd say that games are an integral part of any successful society.
White Stone: Yes. It is a society that realises the value of having fun. Thus, it is a very viable society indeed.
Tegre: yes
aleo09: yes, much.
2amp: yup. it means that we have the time to bond with family & friends instead of dodging mortar rounds & digging in refuse for food.
mpw182: if we were all busy playing games, there would be no time to do bad things to each other
Reloaded: yes, you could be doing a lot worse things then boardgaming.
KentuckyKid: Yes, of course.
Lisbet: any hope for one that doesn't?
greglios: No. We should all abandon boardgames and start going out drinking, doing drugs, raping and pillaging instead.
dietevil: There are worse things to value... like boxing
bigbadsteve: may be our only hope
cad614: Yes; there's always hope.
vampywife: perhaps if more people become involved with board games to just have fun, we can get along better.
Avatar_69: Yes. There is no hope for a society that glorifies violence against one's own species though
Csteb: Trivial? Thanks to board games we're less likely to get brain rot in our old age! Seems like a benefit to society to me
jeeky: YES
Nap16: It is the only hope.
Laudwic: yep
WatchmanX2000: as opposed to taunting least liked schoolchildren by throwing rocks at them? perhaps you should spend a few months, no... years in a truly abo society without boardgames.
brainrob: Yes
dwarf: Yes. Helps to be open to different possiblities.
Critical Mass: yes. so long as they aren't taking so much of peoples time that they fail to make a positive difference on the world.
Whirlinghurly: no, we're going to breed ourselves out of existence
davidgpeterson: the hope would end if we didnt
Famous Mortimer: Yes, the Bob Hope collection is available on Amazon for only $12.13.
Loquutus: Absolutely not.
POvidiusNaso: There's more hope in such a society than a society that places value on suicide pacts.
erli: Probably not. The real question is is there any hope for a society that re-elects a president that didn't get elected in the first place?
ssmooth: You mean, like this one? It's a question whether any civilized society can endure. Maybe we're just on a bubble and in a few years or generations or centuries this will all return to rubble. Hard to speculate.
xlorp: You shouldn't be so serious about life - no one gets out alive.
djlg: Absolutely. It'd be a grim world if we didn't care for the frivolous stuff.
CortexBomb: I would say so...and I wouldn't call board games trivial...though you wouldn't either you pernicious rabblerousing sophist...
Lord_Prussian: Yes
vetinari7878: No way
jttm: Hey, we have people running around with names like MisterCranky. We're doomed as a species.
skelebone: No hope, none.
CDRodeffer: There's great hope for such a society if they can resolve their differences by games instead of war.
chaddyboy_2000: Sure.
Spielfreak: Certainly