The Game You Can't Win

A short story about a group of individuals who find themselves in a game of chance of which they can't escape.

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[LUVROCK]

I was thinking this was gonna be some type of impossible riddle not induce an existential crisis

[guipinhao]

"Are ya winning son?"
No, I'm not. I can't.

[drkatel]

The person who walked away first may not have won, but she lost less than the others.

[BeanBurgh]

The game you can’t win.

“Okay, so, don’t die.”
30 years later...
“Ha, you lost.”



“Idiot.”

[LudosErgoSum]

I never knew Snakes and Ladders could be this deep.

[jaylenpence]

Woke up just in time for my next existential crisis.

[HumansOfVR]

*_Pursuit of Wonder_* is about to give thousands of people another existential crisis

[faizannehal]

This game sounds like life, people just want to win in their life not knowing what will happen to them once they die

[CyberCy]

I'm the person who immediately asks "what do we win at the end"

[mepnet]

How to win:
1. Get a lot of points.
2. Constantly yell random annoying phrases and/or noises.
3. Wait till everyone leaves because they're done with you.
4. *S T O N K S*

[SomewhatGrownUp]

Why does this feel so deep and yet pointless at the same time

[giofiore]

this should be an episode of black mirror

[Zack_Euler]

I feel like I’m getting held at gun point while playing this

[mr.sofcok]

this is like life, every decision is like a move in the game, it can set you forward or back, and you finish when you die and everything is random

[muffinszss]

he could’ve just raised their friendliness and likability so they would all become friends and want to stay there together, having fun just playing a game.

[intekhabahmed]

Sounds like a game Mr. Beast would play with his bros.

[thewizardpanda]

I feel like if I was in this game I would quit immediately and go home

[lazy]

I knew there was something off when the moderator didn’t mention what the prize would have been if someone wins.

[kirsten]

the game:
you’ve been playing it since you were born. when you think about the game, you’ve lost. you just lost.

[charmeleonevolves]

"The game you can't win"
Yes, I know. Stop making fun of me for being bad at games