here are three rules to The Game: 1. Everyone in the world is playing The Game. (Sometimes narrowed to: "Everybody in the world who knows about The Game is playing The Game", or alternatively, "You are always playing The Game.") 2. Whenever one thinks about The Game, one loses. 3. Losses must be announced to at least one person (either by using a statement such as "I lost The Game" or by alternative means).Some players allow a grace period of up to half an hour after someone has lost, during which a player cannot lose The Game again, or is not obliged to announce a loss. The common rules do not contain a win condition, nor do they define a point at which The Game ends. However, one reported variation states that The Game ends when the British Prime Minister "announces The Game is up" on television.
StrategiesSome players have developed strategies for making other people lose, such as writing about The Game on hidden notes, or saying "The Game" out loud, as graffiti in public places, and on banknotes.
OriginThe origins of The Game are uncertain. One theory is that when two men missed their last train and had to spend the whole night on a platform, they tried not to think about their situation and whoever did first, lost. Another is that it was invented in London in 1996 "to annoy people". The reported earliest known reference on the Internet is from 2002. The Game is an example of ironic processing, also known as the White Bear Phenomenon, in which attempts to avoid certain thoughts make those thoughts more persistent. A classic example of ironic processing is Dostoevsky's quote: “Try to pose for yourself this task: not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.”
It's kind of stupid.So no.
It's not funny anymore, oh my god. Whenever I hear someone say "the game" or "you just lost the game", I have to restrain myself from smacking them.Just let it die for the love of god.
Yes, yes, we know about the game. I just lost. Now please hobble back into the depths of the internet.
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