“Jenga is the most depressing game. There are no winners. Just one loser who fucks everything up”

Jenga is a game where players take turns removing one block at a time from a tower of 54 blocks. If the tower collapses, that player “loses” and the other players “win.” However, many argue that Jenga is really a team sport, and that everyone loses when the tower collapses. Others argue that, according to official rules,  there is one loser (the player who caused the tower to fall down) and one winner (the player who had a turn right before this).
   
“Jenga has no winners…. Only one loser” was posted on Twitter by wastelands on March 21, 2009. “There are no winners in Jenga- just one loser” was posted on Twitter by Erik Williamson on July 18, 2009. “There are no winners in Jenga, just one loser” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on December 7, 2015. “Jenga is the most depressing game. There are no winners. Just one loser who fucks everything up” was posted on Twitter by Boosh on June 28, 2018.
   
“Most board games have one winner and multiple losers. Jenga has one loser and multiple winners” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on January 9, 2021.
 
     
Wikipedia: Jenga
Jenga is a game of physical skill created by British board game designer and author Leslie Scott, and currently marketed by Hasbro. Players take turns removing one block at a time from a tower constructed of 54 blocks. Each block removed is then placed on top of the tower, creating a progressively more unstable structure.
           
Twitter
wastelands
@wastelands
Jenga has no winners…. Only one loser.
Also, I have attuned myself to the natural vibrations of the earth goddess.  We are going camping.
10:24 PM · Mar 21, 2009·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Erik Williamson
@erik_w
There are no winners in Jenga- just one loser.
11:14 PM · Jul 18, 2009·Twitter SMS
 
Twitter
Melissa
@notsodrabmel
Jenga the game with many winners, and only one loser.
10:06 PM · Aug 13, 2009·Twitter SMS
     
Twitter
Luke Gilstrap
@lukegilstrap
in all other board games there’s only one winner. in jenga there’s only one loser.
10:12 PM · May 27, 2011·Twitter SMS
 
Twitter
Gilbert Erik Garcia
@GilbertErik
“Jenga: A game of no winners, just one loser.” -Pedro
12:49 AM · Sep 4, 2011 from Austin, TX·Twitter for Android
 
Reddit—Quotes
Posted by u/iamdevo June 23, 2012
“I love Jenga because instead of only one winner, there’s only one loser.” My friend Mike.
COMMENTS
mattXIX
The rules of Jenga say that if the tower falls, everyone loses.
iamdevo
I guess Mike didn’t know that…
   
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/bardeg December 7, 2015
There are no winners in Jenga, just one loser.
     
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Scott-the-giant-dick January 8, 2016
There are no winners in Jenga, just one loser.
COMMENTS
[deleted]
Jenga is a team sport. If you achieve jenga, you all win. If it falls, that person let everyone down.
   
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/pithster July 10, 2016
There are no winners in Jenga. The whole point of the game is to identify a single loser.
Unless you play with only two people, I guess.
COMMENTS
BigFaceBug
According to the rules, the winner is the last person who went before the next person caused it to fall down. Once I learned that, I always chose to sit next to the person most likely to cause the fall.
 
Twitter
Boosh
@whatsupboosh
Jenga is the most depressing game. There are no winners. Just one loser who fucks everything up.
2:49 AM · Jun 28, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
     
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/a_user_with_no_name December 29, 2020
If you are playing Jenga with 3 or more, there is no winner, only a loser
   
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/RealPrinceJay December 29, 2020
There are no winners in Jenga, only one loser
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/peepeeonmydoodoo January 9, 2021
Most board games have one winner and multiple losers. Jenga has one loser and multiple winners.
COMMENTS
alannick19
And Ker-plunk, Buckaroo, and Pop-up Pirate.
We really liked to single out the losers in our house growing up.
 
Twitter
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@TheReBellSystem
Most board games have one winner and multiple losers. Jenga has one loser and multiple winners.
8:57 PM · Jan 9, 2021·IFTTT