r/pics • u/wadleo • 3d ago

"Kryptos: The CIA's Unsolved Enigma Stumping Codebreakers Since 1990"

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u/ToxicxBoombox 3d ago

IIRC, there’s 4 codes hidden in it, 3 of the 4 have been solved, the last code everyone thinks has been lost. Even the creator of it said he wasn’t quite sure what it after all these years

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u/InfernalGriffon 3d ago

I just cracked the 4th one during lunch.

It reads "The Game"...

Fuck!

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u/tequilajinx 2d ago

Incredible, I was on a streak of a few years and lost twice in one day.

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u/Bookr09 2d ago

Please explain?

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u/tequilajinx 2d ago

The goal of The Game is not to think about The Game. As soon as you you learn about The Game, you become a player. When you think about The Game, you must announce that you’ve lost The Game. Then your clock starts over uniil you remember it again.

Welcome to The Game.

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u/Zeldon567 2d ago

The only winning move is not to play, it seems.

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u/tequilajinx 2d ago

Too late, you’re already playing.

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u/Zeldon567 2d ago

If you don't announce when you've lost, then you're not playing. Right? "The Game" requires a component of active participation.

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u/tequilajinx 2d ago

Not really, you may cheat and not announce it, but in your head, you’ll know.

Then you’ll think back on this conversation and you’ll say, “that motherfucker was right”