The Game.
Do you have any idea what I am talking about?
Either way, I just lost it.
I’ve only known that I’m playing The Game for a few months now, but it’s becoming a bit of an obsession.
All of a sudden I see hints and cues from The Game in the subtext of society at every turn.
The Game has three rules and then a series of “guidelines” that may or may not be followed.
The Rules
- Everybody, everywhere is playing The Game, whether they know it or not.
- If you think about The Game, then you lose The Game. The objective is to win The Game by not thinking about it.
- When you lose The Game, you must announce your loss.
The “guidelines” are extremely varied and may or may not be followed by players. Some examples are below:
- A player cannot lose The Game more than once in 30 minutes
- A players secondary objective is to sabotage other players
- The Game is over if the current Prime Minister of Britain goes on international television and announces that he has lost The Game
The origin of The Game is not 100% clear. Some say The Game has been around since the beginning of time. Others say it started with three scholars discussing game theory when one of them challenged the others with an unwinnable game.
In any case, I wrote this post after losing The Game and now you, too, have lost, possibly for the first time ever.
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