you like The Game? let me introduce to you The Other Game, which has the same rules but you win instead of losing.

since the only value a The Game loss has is the one you decide it has, The Other Game has the same value. this means that losing The Game and winning The Other Game results in a net 0, saving you from the pit of despair dug by the game.

Zen is reading about The Game without ever forming a thought of The Game in your mind.

I have dementia 😁👍

You fucker, it’s been years, YEARS!

I lost the Game.

The oldest image of Game rules I ever saw had a rule that isn’t reported here:

If you win, you get a patch.

Since you can’t ever stop playing, and there are only rules about how to lose, it’s not clear how you would win the patch, or what it even is, but it did say you could win one and I always make sure to explain this rule when explaining the game to people who have just discovered that they’re playing.