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Re:Being the editor of a newspaper in Eve Online by Iv on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @05:26AM (#17817439)
I used to GM some pen and paper RPGs with a team of adorable and mischevious players. It taught me to be paranoid about every little flaw or loophole in rules. "Can my 'create water' spell work to flood this bad guy's heart?"

I think to prevent tax evasion, tax law should be written by people with 5+ years of GMing experience...

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Re:Being the editor of a newspaper in Eve Online by philipov on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @08:55AM (#17818341)
> tax law should be written by people with 5+ years of GMing experience...

They do, except they're employed by the people who want to put the loopholes in.

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Re:Being the editor of a newspaper in Eve Online by eru on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @09:03AM (#17818385)
The trick to avoiding loopholes is not to find and plug them one by one, but to ruthlessly simplify.
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Re:Being the editor of a newspaper in Eve Online by aquadrop on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @08:43AM (#17818271)
Then you'll need to finish 100 quests and slain a dragon to report your taxes each year? :)
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Re:Being the editor of a newspaper in Eve Online by torgoguys on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @08:50AM (#17818310)
He said pen and paper RPGs, not computer ones. :-)
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Re:Being the editor of a newspaper in Eve Online by thatjsguy on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @11:29AM (#17819384)
Who said you can’t do that with pen and paper?
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