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"I Don't Get It" Game

How long can you Gaslight the Halfbakery poster by pretending you don't get the idea?
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You'd get a score at the end based on how many times the frustrated poster was fooled by the player pretending to not get the idea.

Example:

Poster: "Custard Filled Speed Bumps."

"Speed bumps that are hard if you drive into them quickly, but soft if you are at the required safe speed."

Player: "But won't they taste bad after cars drive over them?"

Mark: "You don't eat them, the custard analogy is just to illustrate the firmness of the speed bump."

Player: "So it can be a speed bump that you also eat?"

Mark: "No, again, for the second time you don't eat it!”

Player: "Then why use custard at all? Why not some substance more appropriate for putting inside a speed bump that does the same thing?"

Mark: "Jesus, IT'S NOT CUSTARD! THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE FIRMNESS OF THE GOD DAMN SPEEDBUMP!"

Player: "So why NOT use custard?"

Mark: "BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE FUCKING STUPID!"

Player: "Didn't mean to upset you, just think you could have picked something a little less distracting than custard, because custard is delicious."

Mark: "Oh... wait... you got me. What's the score?"

Player: "LOL! Four, but I get bonus points for the all caps sentences and swear words, so 4/2/1.

Mark: "Well played."

doctorremulac3, Sep 17 2025

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       Only if the other player has indicated he wants to play. Otherwise it's just trolling.
Voice, Sep 17 2025
  

       I'd agree.   

       Let the record show I'm totally down with this. If I'm on the 6th angry explanation before I finally realize I've been pranked, I'm saying bravo. I'll even post the prank here.   

       And yes, don't do this to somebody who wouldn't enjoy it. Please. So far there's only one person it's okay to do this to, me.
doctorremulac3, Sep 17 2025
  

       I don't understand this idea. There doesn't seem to be an invention. It just recycles old halfbakery tropes in an unoriginal way.
pocmloc, Sep 17 2025
  

       It couldn't be simpler, the idea is for a joke played by saying you don't get the idea, now matter how many times it's explained.
doctorremulac3, Sep 17 2025
  

       It wasn't a joke
pocmloc, Sep 17 2025
  

       Aww maaaan! Oh, wait... that would actually be a smart move. If it WAS the game, I didn't catch it. That would be a score of 1.   

       Ahaaaa! Calling prank! Got me! Score: 1
doctorremulac3, Sep 17 2025
  

       Very good. Next player please.
pocmloc, Sep 17 2025
  

       UGH!!! I invent the game and get served in the first round?!?!?!   

       ARRRRGH!!!!   

       Okay, bravo Poc, well played.
doctorremulac3, Sep 17 2025
  

       I don't get it.   

       LOL! Ahhh, not gonna fall for that one again.
doctorremulac3, Sep 18 2025
  

       I still don't get it.   
      
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