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For some, like year-old Olivia Coleman, who is based in Denver, Colorado, MASH was important because it helped grow her love for storytelling and helped her develop female friendships at a young age. For others, MASH is a silly but permanent memory for less-fun reasons. It was a classic case of middle-school embarrassment. The idea for each category is to include an option that excites you, an option that you could take or leave, and another option that is unrealistic kids!

Left up to the fate of the magic number, each person is left with one answer for each category in the end. Schwartzman says. Schwartzman points out. If you take a closer look at the game, there is a pattern: a collection of ideals that are connected and promoted as the norm, or the baseline, for a decent life — or at least one that society deems decent.

What is required of this life is presented in the form of categories, as fact, without question, although the outcome, seemingly, is a toss-up that is somewhat in our hands. Is it serving us these values on a silver platter?

Is it a way to satirize these values? Or is it both? Horsham-Brathwaite says. She encourages us not to write off these games for children — or for adults. Nothing is created without first imagining it to be so.

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Download Article Explore this Article methods. Tips and Warnings. Things You'll Need. Related Articles. Article Summary. Author Info Last Updated: December 23, Method 1. Choose your categories. Basic M. Choose your number. You'll need to choose a number so you can go around the paper and cross off different options this will be explained in the next step.

There are many ways to choose your number -- you can close your eyes and dot the paper until someone tells you to stop and then count how many dots you have, or you can close your eyes while making a spiral and count how many times you went around.

In the example shown, there are eight dots on the paper, so eight will be the number used for this game. Start going around your paper. Starting from the 'M' in "M. In the example shown, the number chosen was eight so you will want to move eight steps to the right. Cross off the item you land on. Since eight was the number chosen for the number of steps in the example, "Liam" will be crossed off since it was on the eighth step.

Depending on your chosen number, something else might be crossed off. For example if your number was 3, the 'S' in "M. If your chosen number was 11, the number 2 at the bottom would be crossed off.

If your chosen number was 6, whose ever name you put in the "Niall" slot would be crossed off. Keep going around the paper and skip over crossed off slots. Now that "Liam" is crossed off in the example, you'll want to keep going around the paper using the same chosen number.

So now that the second eighth step has been reached in the example, it will be crossed off. Keep going around the paper as explained, but in this example the next eighth step is "Liam" and that's already been crossed out! What you do is skip over "Liam" since it's already been crossed out and cross out the next item, which in this case is the number "4. Circle your final choices in each category.

As you keep going around the paper crossing things off, your list in each category will get smaller and smaller. If you follow the example, you'll notice that the car category is the first to be left with only one choice! The remaining car is circled to denote that this is the car that you will drive in the future. Then keep counting around the paper, skipping over the cars section.

Finish off the game! Keep going around and round until you completely finish the game. Once you finish, you can interpret the results! In the example, 'M', 'Harry', '5', and 'Garbage Truck' ended up being circled. If you were using the example that would mean that you would be living in a mansion, married to Harry, with 5 kids and your car would be a Garbage Truck. Have a friend do it for you and you do it for a friend. Then present them with their future once you're done! Method 2. Draw a sign.

That's a pound sign or a hashtag, depending on your generation. It should take up most of your paper -- you'll be writing in it for the game. It's really just like a giant tic-tac-toe board. Start writing your categories. You'll be using each area of the hashtag except for the middle. That means you'll need 8 categories. They can go in any order, but the standard ideas are starting with the necessary ones : M. Choose your options.

This can depend on how many friends you're with or how you decide to play the game. There should be 4 options per category. To make it more fun, let the person whose fortune you're telling only pick one for each category.

Get creative. If you're choosing three means of transportation for your friend, think of things like "goat," "three-wheeled skateboard," or "sneakers. Don't upset your friend. If they really don't want you to write Billy Bob on the to-be-married list, choose someone else. Start counting. When your friend says, "Stop!