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Fox News now accusing Scrabble of being too “woke”
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Man, when I play Scrabble the rules are basically just "no names." You can even play made up words as long as nobody challenges you before they take their turn. If you are challenged, you have to provide the source and we don't care if it's Webster, Miriam or Urban. I can't even think of a single board game where my family ever followed the rules 100% as written in what came in the box.
My father got a PhD in English. We literally had an unabridged OED in the house. He did not play Scrabble, but the OED got used on a regular basis by the rest of us. Although we did eventually moved to the unabridged Webster's because of debates over American vs. British spellings went on too long.
Also, my mother is an evil Scrabble player and no one will play with her anymore. One of those "if I can't have a triple word score, no one can. Oh wait, I figured out how I can get one if I completely fuck you over, so I'm going to do that" sort of evil Scrabble players.
I used to like the game, but after getting my ass kicked repeatedly by a lawyer friend years ago, and then later my spouse, I decided I was done with it. It's a neat boardgame, but I suck at it.
After I learned I could smoke her in Boggle, it became far more fun.
She must be a graduate!
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