Last person to post wins.

[Heroine of Winds]

Purr purr purr.

 

[Rodafina]

 

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[Rodafina]

 

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[Rodafina]

 

[Cutesie]

Tigris River

 

[Rodafina]

 

[Cherubino]

 

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[Rodafina]

 

[Cutesie]

My medication list at discharge yesterday from the psych ward. It's misleading. I was taking nothing upon entry; the Lexapro is on there from my last visit to a sister hospital thirteen years ago.

 

[Rodafina]

 

[Cutesie]

I still can’t figure out what this thread is.

My statement wasn’t a joke. I’m confused about what happens within this thread.

Without trying to be a downer on what's supposed to be a fun thread, I have a complaint. It would be expected that in a support community, a question such as my own would've resulted in someone being kind enough to explain. The only responses were jokes, further isolating the outsider trying to understand.

I think that I get it now, though. Each commenter shares something related to the previous one. I, for example, posted a list of medications, so the next person posted a list of street names. Is that it?

 

[Rodafina]

@Cutesie
The game can be whatever you want it to be. It is a place to post absolutely anything (within the rules of the forum) and whoever is the last person to post is the winner until someone else posts.

In my mind, it is a playful way to engage with others while recognizing the frivolity of actually winning. You’re winning here in this thread is always temporary and so there is purpose in playing (having fun and interacting with others), but no real purpose in trying to be legitimately competitive. As you can see it’s been going on for over a decade now.

You can make the game as simple or as complicated as you like it to be – in one way it is a perfectly simple thing where people just post something that is interesting to them. (There are no rules or expectations that any post is related to another – that tends to be something I like to do, but it is not required.)

You can take a philosophical approach and consider what does winning really mean? What are the unique ways in which autistic people can enjoy engaging with others? What does it mean to play a game that is cooperative, despite using the term “winner?”

You can see in the tags (by the thread title) that the only real rules are that it’s meant to be lighthearted fun and no double posting is allowed. Otherwise, have at it and post anything you want if you are so inclined.

 

[Cutesie]

Thanks to you, @Rodafina; you've helped me out since I arrived.