this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2024
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[–] blackluster117@possumpat.io 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] strawberry@kbin.run 12 points 2 months ago

hmm, not sure if that's how that works

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

You can't win the game You can just lose the least

[–] odium@programming.dev 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

The game?

Is this some early 2000s meme I'm too young to understand or am I not seeing something?

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

don't worry about it, some dead memes should stay dead

[–] mino@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 months ago
[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Apparently something like one in five people are aware of the game in some survey. Referenced in a podcast I can't remember well.

I lost the game.

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago

Great. Now I feel old.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago
[–] MrGerrit@feddit.nl 14 points 2 months ago

NOOOO!

Fuck you, well played...

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Hint, if you can’t see text your brightness is too low

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The game is cool and all, but have you ever played "Not Jackie Chan?"

Try naming 10 things that aren't Jackie Chan. I bet you can't.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Easy.

A pineapple.

A baseball cap.

Jackie Cha...

SHIT. You sly devil, you got me.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

This meme has got so much crust that I needed a chisel to chip it off.

[–] Krejall@ttrpg.network 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What game? They're not playing a game in the image?

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] villainy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I think you mean lucky bastard. It was never funny.

[–] No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I feel like I won the game, as I knew what the game was, forgot it, saw this meme, still didn't remember, googled it and than was like: oh yeah I think I heard about this

[–] mino@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cool story bro. Sadly, there are no win conditions.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's one for sure.

Not playing :)

[–] mino@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Rule 1. Everyone in the world is playing the game.

You could argue that it doesn't apply to you since you are deciding not to play the game as a free agent. However then you can also not win anymore because you are not playing the game.

Q.E.D

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

No, not playing means not wasting time and energy on it. That is a full win.

Anyone trying to pretend that participation in a thought experiment isn't voluntary would be wise to choose very carefully who they pull that with irl.

Q.E.V

God damn it

[–] mino@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Remember one must announce they have lost. I'll be lenient your downvotes will be considered announcements.

dammit i lost the game

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

#1 proud game loser

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

Nope, no bricks.

Interesting idea but an anticlimactic ending.

[–] strawberry@kbin.run 2 points 2 months ago

fuck i lost the game