By whose definition? Don't fall for what is being sold to the public right now. Who gets to make these decisions and WHY?
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absolutely necessary; extremely important.
By the dictionary definition, it is not essential. Anything else is irrelevant. You're simply being emotional over a logical decision.
That is your interpretation of the definition. Warfarin may be "essential" to a cardiac patient but it is not for heart healthy people. What is essential for one is not for others. There are degrees, it isn't black and white. All of this is relevant as well, how "emotional" to dispel my questions as if they have no validity. If a person and their families welfare relies on a job it is ESSENTIAL that they perform that job so that they may provide (income) what is truly needed for themselves and their family. Who are we to decide their job as non "essential"? Decisions have been and continue to be made on people's lives wholly without their consent. Selling Magic cards may very well be essential to a lot of people out there, just like selling liquor or pot or dog grooming services. Don't marginalize or ignore their plight in this. They are also victims, albeit to an arguable lesser degree.
There is no definition by which MtG is "essential". If it has reached that point for an individual that is indicative of a mental illness and they need to seek treatment. Further it's a minority of a minority where someone being unable to purchase Magic cards from a dedicated card shop or play it in person will result in them dying, if that even is realistically plausible.
Someone losing their job because of COVID is unfortunate, but that doesn't make it essential any more than any other jobs. The issue is that the government should be stepping in to take care of people and provide them with income to help cover that, along with waiving certain costs for things like utilities. That it isn't does not, again, mean that those jobs are essential. That one may think thousands of people dying is an acceptable loss so long as they can continue to play card games is indicative of needing to, at least, ponder the situation better. Again, no definition of MtG, specifically in the context of dedicated card shops, is essential. No one should live or die based on being able to play in shops, and again, if that is remotely possible then they need psychiatric help. Given that hospitals and such are still active they should seek that out instead of trying to push for situations that will simply result in needless, pointless death on a ridiculously excessive scale.
How utterly baffling. Card games are not essential. End of discussion. Entertainment stores in general aren't essential. While entertainment broadly I would argue is, there are other avenues.
As for the interview, honestly not like more can be expected. Just is what it is.
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There is no definition by which MtG is "essential". If it has reached that point for an individual that is indicative of a mental illness and they need to seek treatment. Further it's a minority of a minority where someone being unable to purchase Magic cards from a dedicated card shop or play it in person will result in them dying, if that even is realistically plausible.
Someone losing their job because of COVID is unfortunate, but that doesn't make it essential any more than any other jobs. The issue is that the government should be stepping in to take care of people and provide them with income to help cover that, along with waiving certain costs for things like utilities. That it isn't does not, again, mean that those jobs are essential. That one may think thousands of people dying is an acceptable loss so long as they can continue to play card games is indicative of needing to, at least, ponder the situation better. Again, no definition of MtG, specifically in the context of dedicated card shops, is essential. No one should live or die based on being able to play in shops, and again, if that is remotely possible then they need psychiatric help. Given that hospitals and such are still active they should seek that out instead of trying to push for situations that will simply result in needless, pointless death on a ridiculously excessive scale.
es·sen·tial
See definitions in:
adjective
1.
absolutely necessary; extremely important.
By the dictionary definition, it is not essential. Anything else is irrelevant. You're simply being emotional over a logical decision.
As for the interview, honestly not like more can be expected. Just is what it is.