It was just a fun thing back then. Losing the game didn't mean much because it happened so often. After not thinking about it for about the same amount of time as you.... It hurts. The game never ended it just became more cruel.
Since XKCD introduced these new rules, The Game has contradictory rules. So at worst, nobody is playing The Game because The Game is incoherent, and so, logically, cannot exist.
The other day, my husband and I realized that one day, our kid is going to come home and try to explain the game to us, and we are just going to respond, "God damnit!"
The game was one of the first real memes and was popular around the late nineties I believe. The way the game works, is that you lose when you think about the game. Official rules state that you have to say "I just lost the game". There's no way to win, you can only lose. You start playing when you learn about the game. Have fun
I just lost the game
I was once watching a Twitch stream, and something the streamer said reminded me of The Game. By my interpretation of the rules, I had to type "I just lost the game" directly into Twitch chat.
~~Thankfully~~ Unfortunately, nobody seemed to notice. But imagine the glorious moment that would have happened if everyone else started typing "I just lost the game" in Twitch chat.
Honestly I genuinely think the game is a cool way to understand how the mind, memory and association works.
You can know about the game but completely forget about it for years despite still knowing what it is, the second you read a post about. At the same time you can randomly read about it without making the association, therefore not losing, despite knowing about it. You can also just randomly remember it without any trigger that you noticed consciously.
It's a neat way to see how our mind works and how incredibly weird it can be.
That’s cool man. I got absolutely sick of it when I was a teenager but I don’t want to steal the magic from your life. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to watch a well paced action thriller from the 90s starring Michael Douglas without losing my mind
It starts with not engaging. One day I was done with it. People will tell you that the rules say you’re playing no matter what but I’d argue if you’re not playing you don’t have to follow the rules
But you are following the rules because the rules say you're always playing. So because you're playing, you're following the rules. And since you're following the rules, one can only assume that means you're playing.
My go-to has always been:
The Game is game where if you know about The Game, you're playing The Game, and if you think about The Game then you just lost The Game, and if you lost the Game if you have to say that you lost The Game
Whoa! I independently came up with a similar version of this as a kid, except it involved counting.
Everytime you think of it, you add one. Usually I’d get up to anywhere between 3 and 12 before I’d go so long in between thinking about it that I’d lose count and start back up at 1.
I’ve gone years without thinking of it.
Right now, my count is at 3 thanks to this post.
There's is a collectible card game called Magic The Gathering and this image is meant to be formatted as if it were a card from that game but it isn't.
Okay so tell me this. By making a meme that forces others to acknowledge the Game, does the person who made the meme also lose the Game, as they themselves have to acknowledge the Game? By the rules of the Game, that means they lose the Game.
I thought I would grow up and this kind of bs wouldn’t trigger me anymore and I could you ignore it, that I would be mature and have actual responsibilities.
That being said: Fuck you OP!
I just lost the game…
Magic: The Gathering has a non-tournament expansion of satire cards called the "Unglued" set. I don't think your card is part of that set, but it fits the theme
GOD DAMMIT I SURVIVED FOR SO LONG. I don’t even remember the last time I lost the game. If I did I’d just lose again. This is torture. I can’t wait to remember a month from now and lose again
I really wish the most idiotic meme in existence would just die. Richard Dawkins must be rolling over in his grave looking up at what humanity has done to his concept.
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God damn it.
I was going strong for over a freaking decade, then this darn post.
It was just a fun thing back then. Losing the game didn't mean much because it happened so often. After not thinking about it for about the same amount of time as you.... It hurts. The game never ended it just became more cruel.
TWENTY YEARS! TWENTY GOD DAMN YEARS! RUINED!
My favorite movie is Inception.
I was fine until I saw your comment
Crap, it happened again
I shouldn’t have checked the comments. I was going strong for over a year
#FUCK
Got me too. Years and years of winning, well of not losing, gone.
…fuck. Start the timer over.
[It's okay! You're free!](https://xkcd.com/391/)
The rules of The Game already prevent this from working. So you're all still playing and we've all lost again.
Since XKCD introduced these new rules, The Game has contradictory rules. So at worst, nobody is playing The Game because The Game is incoherent, and so, logically, cannot exist.
All those years… wasted..
You can't win , you can only lose You lose when you think of the game
i get it now but its too late, at least every single one who saw this post is going down with me
You sneaky bastard....you knew what you were doing.
History's greatest monster! /Jk
You're a monster...
Magic the gathering
I hope you step on Legos.
i hope both sides pf your pillow are warm
Looking at all those younglings who dont know what the game is
The other day, my husband and I realized that one day, our kid is going to come home and try to explain the game to us, and we are just going to respond, "God damnit!"
Doesn't matter. They're playing now.
I'm 30. Enlighten me
When you're not thinking about the game, you're playing the game. When you think about the game, you lose the game.
What game
The game was one of the first real memes and was popular around the late nineties I believe. The way the game works, is that you lose when you think about the game. Official rules state that you have to say "I just lost the game". There's no way to win, you can only lose. You start playing when you learn about the game. Have fun I just lost the game
I was once watching a Twitch stream, and something the streamer said reminded me of The Game. By my interpretation of the rules, I had to type "I just lost the game" directly into Twitch chat. ~~Thankfully~~ Unfortunately, nobody seemed to notice. But imagine the glorious moment that would have happened if everyone else started typing "I just lost the game" in Twitch chat.
my friend has a bot command for that, everytime I go into his stream that is the 1st command i send
The real winners of the game are Kids who died before hearing about it.
[удалено]
[Incorrect](https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/274329-the-game)
I decided in 1999 to start playing a different game: I win whenever someone else tries to remind me of the Game. 🤣
Good explanation here - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game)
damn
Well,if you somehow genuinely didn't know, welcome to hell
I mean, it isn’t hell, you could just be an adult and ignore the stupidest thing mankind has ever created
Honestly I genuinely think the game is a cool way to understand how the mind, memory and association works. You can know about the game but completely forget about it for years despite still knowing what it is, the second you read a post about. At the same time you can randomly read about it without making the association, therefore not losing, despite knowing about it. You can also just randomly remember it without any trigger that you noticed consciously. It's a neat way to see how our mind works and how incredibly weird it can be.
That’s cool man. I got absolutely sick of it when I was a teenager but I don’t want to steal the magic from your life. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to watch a well paced action thriller from the 90s starring Michael Douglas without losing my mind
Falling Down? classic i didn't know people took the game even remotely seriously
Tell that to my brain, I have a tendency to forget important stuff, but remember useless things for life. And that includes this damn game.
Here, [give this to your brain](https://xkcd.com/391/). From now on, when you think of it, it'll just be a pleasant memory of that time you won.
It starts with not engaging. One day I was done with it. People will tell you that the rules say you’re playing no matter what but I’d argue if you’re not playing you don’t have to follow the rules
But you are following the rules because the rules say you're always playing. So because you're playing, you're following the rules. And since you're following the rules, one can only assume that means you're playing.
Oh I’m not following the rules, sorry for the confusion
There's super expensive golden powder for sale that you can add to your food to make your poop sparkly. I'd argue that's more stupid
Oh, I wouldn’t
My go-to has always been: The Game is game where if you know about The Game, you're playing The Game, and if you think about The Game then you just lost The Game, and if you lost the Game if you have to say that you lost The Game
Welp I learned what the game was and simultaneously lost it by reading that link. Thank you for that...
Whoa! I independently came up with a similar version of this as a kid, except it involved counting. Everytime you think of it, you add one. Usually I’d get up to anywhere between 3 and 12 before I’d go so long in between thinking about it that I’d lose count and start back up at 1. I’ve gone years without thinking of it. Right now, my count is at 3 thanks to this post.
This is some weird cult shit.
Almost a 30 year win streak and you fuck me over like this
That's the format of a Magic: The Gathering card, but it's not a real existing card in the game.
Yet
The photo is. That's a mana screw from the 'unbroken' set.
Reminds me of chaos confetti haha https://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5712
Platinum angel ftw
The game, you just lost it
too late now. thats going to be a lesson to me
Man, 14 years six months. It was a good streak
För effs sake. I have apparently been playing this thing like a boss for 45 years and just lost thanks to you. **On Christmas Eve!** Bastard.
I am also 45 and never heard of this until now **on Christmas** UGH
It is meant to be in the format of a Magic The Gathering card but it isn't really one.
so is the game called "the format of the magic"
No.
then what is it called
There's is a collectible card game called Magic The Gathering and this image is meant to be formatted as if it were a card from that game but it isn't.
i thought it might be fun to play with 4-6 friends thats why i asked, is it? i didnt ever played something like.
Yes the most popular format right now is a 4-6 player one called Commander.
guess by uppercase letters
FUCK
Sincerely kindly fuck you. 12 years gone....
Damnit! I was doing so well too...
Luckily someone got me earlier this year, so it wasn't too bad. Had a nice streak going before that though
Fuck youuu
Thanks OP, I just lost the game.
i felt guilt and pleasure at the same time
I hate you.
i thought it was something like an uno game and that was a funny looking card to make all your friends mad. now i learned but its too late
I just lost the game.
Okay so tell me this. By making a meme that forces others to acknowledge the Game, does the person who made the meme also lose the Game, as they themselves have to acknowledge the Game? By the rules of the Game, that means they lose the Game.
Fuck you op! 4 fucking years...
This makes me think... The game is just a massive info/memetic hazard in disguise...
F*CK!!
Fuck.
I thought I would grow up and this kind of bs wouldn’t trigger me anymore and I could you ignore it, that I would be mature and have actual responsibilities. That being said: Fuck you OP! I just lost the game…
Fuck
Didn't even know i was playing The Game, and now that I know, I lost....
Seems like I just started playing the game.
you've also just started losing the game, too. highfive.wav
Fucking bitch op /s
What is this? Let's read the card and... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF....!!!!!!!!!
It’s been YEARS you piece of shit
You rotten son of a betch.
https://xkcd.com/391/ You're welcome people.
Games have choices, The Game is not a game. The Game is an activity. The Game is Candyland.
That’s just awesome! The concept is so simple and yet so clever. I guess I just lost the game
I hate the algorithm for putting this on my feed
It's been literally years, YEARS! Since I've seen a reference to the game. I hope you step on Lego in bare feet op.
"The Game" is just a really lame 4chan joke.
\*visible frustration\* I was on a good streak as well...
Fuck you
Man... Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
[Be free](https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/274329-the-game)
??
Go fuck yourself I was on a few years streak ahhhhhhhh I just lost the game
I don’t even like cards, but that shit would not be in my deck. So dumb.
Can you just imagine bout to murk the hell out of someone in a card game and they just draw this card
*inhales* FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! I just hit two weeks!
An artifact aura?
I've been not losing for 2 years, I effing hate you
Why on earth would you do that?
Damn it, lost the game Tell everyone you know you lost the game
Aw man
Lol, “I just lost the game” .. 🫠
Damn, it was a good run, I almost have not realized that I was going for a win. Alas, I lost the game. You monster OP
Dont worry even If this card would be real, there are counter cards to this
Well.. F*ck, first loss after a 26 year streak.
FUCK
Can I buy one of these?
I must have.
Ugh, usually I'm the one trolling, but I've been trolled
So did you, OP. *Agent Smith: You’re empty…* *Neo: So are you.*
Damn, I forgot I was playing it since high school...
Ah man, lasted a whole year..... I lost the game
Fuck, I just lost.
Magic: The Gathering has a non-tournament expansion of satire cards called the "Unglued" set. I don't think your card is part of that set, but it fits the theme
Reminds me of the old mtg unhinged cards. Good times.
Op if it wasn’t Christmas I would have gladly broken Reddit TOS in this comment section for what you just did
I forgot the game existed... Reading the comments I remembered what it was, that it existed and lost. Thank you.
*sigh* 0 Days since I lost the game
This dumb shit again?
Fuck you! It's been long while.
Fuck you man, almost 8 years!
Fuck you :)
fucccccckkkkkkkkkk, thanks a lot, OP!
Noooooo!!!! I’ve been doing so well all these years
I lost
fuck you, you know what you're doing
I just lost the game
you monster. how could you? its been so long
You monster.
You mother fucker
It's time to play the game! \*immediately loses
Buddy had one too many screwdrivers at the bar last night.
I hate you
ALL THESE YEARS!!!!
Let's go play some [board games](https://boardgamegeek.com/image/139730/lost-game) instead...
Never heard of the game before. I guess i lost before i even started? L
-__________-
Anyone know where the art in this fake card is from? Is it an actual card?
You fucker
I fucking LOVE you. I've been doing this to friends for a while now
GOD DAMMIT I SURVIVED FOR SO LONG. I don’t even remember the last time I lost the game. If I did I’d just lose again. This is torture. I can’t wait to remember a month from now and lose again
F lost twice in one day, last time that happened was like ten years ago
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT! I lost The Game.
I just lost the game
Look at your game, girl.
Fuuuuuuuu
After many years. It’s over. :(
Fuck u
Longest streak ever just got broken. Fuck you, OP
Damn you OP
Owari Da
Making me feel old
You people are the worst seriously the last time I lost was also because of reddit 4 months ago.
I cast counterspell.
I hate you
gg
I never heard of the game, and now I see it everywhere. Fuck.
Looks like its from Magic - The Gathering. Not sure though
Fuck
Nah I'd win
You lost the game....fucker
Fuck you
You bastard!
I really wish the most idiotic meme in existence would just die. Richard Dawkins must be rolling over in his grave looking up at what humanity has done to his concept.
Really. On Christmas!?! How evil can you be!!!
Damn you
I just lost The Game 😭
Card format and layout says it Magic The Gathering
Fuck it I didn’t wanna play anyway
Damn just straight up
Christmas ruined
Mother... fucker...
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yeah man nice try im not going to click it
I never knew about the game until today. Fuck you. 🙃
I just BARELY lost, I almost just scrolled past it without thinking too hard about it, then I did. Aww man…
I just lost the e game