It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans.

The remark concedes a common criticism of games—that they are frivolous or “silly”—but immediately turns the judgment back on the judge. By pairing games with humanity, Lynd suggests that play is not an embarrassing exception to serious life but one of its characteristic expressions. The line implies a tolerant, humane skepticism: if human beings are themselves prone to irrationality, vanity, and delight in make-believe, then condemning games for those traits misses the point. Games become a miniature of human nature—rule-bound, purposeless in a utilitarian sense, yet deeply meaningful as a social and imaginative activity.