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[–] strawberry@artemis.camp 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

fuck you. eat shit and fucking die cunt.

I lost the game

[–] strawberry@artemis.camp 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

that sounded very mean I apologize

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm laughing harder at this than I was your initial comment.

I love you Strawberry.

[–] strawberry@artemis.camp 5 points 2 years ago

I love you too <3

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

For those confused:

"The Game" is a mind virus. The trick is that when you think of The Game you lose. When you lose The Game you must announce to the nearest people "I lost The Game," thus ensuring it spreads. There is no quiting and no winning. Your only hope is everyone in existence forgets about it.

It blew up in popularity back in the 2008~2010 era of the internet when everything was cringe humor and lol random

I lost the game

[–] a1mlezz@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] GamesRevolution@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, this exploit was patched on version 1.123.7 of "The Game" and doesn't work anymore

[–] magmaus3@szmer.info 2 points 2 years ago

it works, that's just an older method

[–] Sylver@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

According to the rules of The Game, it goes on until whomever is current Pope declares The Game to be ended. No one may win until then, and yes I’m serious!

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I thought it was when the current queen of England admits she has lost the game? ...

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

I'll take any active head of state at this point.

[–] ItzzMe@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Wasn't it the the price minister of the uk saying "the game is up"?

[–] ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Stamets@startrek.website 19 points 2 years ago

I've tried but I keep falling off the bed

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Manga readers versus Western comic readers.

[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

👌”he he got’em, made you look”

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 6 points 2 years ago

Dammit, 3 month streak broken...

I lost the game.

[–] snaptastic@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Could someone explain this for me please?

[–] Jamie@jamie.moe 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Rule 1: You are playing The Game.

You, along with everyone else in the world, always is, always has been, and always will be playing The Game. Neither awareness nor consent is required to play.

Rule 2: Every time you think about The Game, you lose.

Loss is temporary; as soon as you forget about The Game you stop losing. The objective of The Game is to forget that it exists. Good luck.

Rule 3: Loss of The Game must be announced.

Every time you think about The Game, and hence lose, you must say so. This is the only rule that can be broken, but do you really need to cheat..?

Congratulations, you are now playing The Game, and you just lost.

[–] u202307011927@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

I lost The Game

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Slightly longer FAQ I dug up. Short answer: the game is the game.

The sole objective is to go for as long as possible without consciously thinking or talking about the game in any way. Once you realize you have, you've temporarily lost the game and have to start over. You must also announce your loss to others, forcing them to lose the game with much swearing.

Once you know about it, you're automatically playing it. In all versions, there is either no way to stop playing or the game isn't over til some event happens that is 100% never going to happen.

OP has lost and dragged everyone in the comments down with them

[–] SkyeCat@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

The way I learned it, the event was the Pope having his hat knocked off, which happened within a few years of me hearing about The Game (and seemingly a few more times since).
Since then I have simply stayed winning according to my arbitrary ruleset.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The Game is over. The queen is dead.

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago

But she never admitted to losing the game first... So we're just stuck playing it. Forever. Or at least until we have a new queen to satisfy The Condition.

[–] u202307011927@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Do a backflip

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago
[–] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

You can't be prompted this way into losing the game. If anything, OP has forever forfeited any possibility of ever winning the game and may lose any chance he may have had of Olympic competition.

[–] lucaswebdev@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

guess i lost it

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago
[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago

The game as in that awful book?

[–] axont@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] travysh@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Great movie

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I always thought "the game" was stupid.

"harhar, you just lost the game!"

OK? 🤨

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

That is the proper response to chanfoolery

[–] Sauvandu59@lemmy.my.id -1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it's stupid. I would just roll my eyes whenever i see this "the game" thing.

[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I lost the game like a years ago already, I'm immune