# The Summary Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summary-game/958635>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 29, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summary-game/958635 "2022-01-29T16:39:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summary-game/958635/1 "2022-01-29T16:39:35Z")

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This game asks people to summarize a complicated topic in twenty words or less. For example, **calculus** could be summarized by “what happens to math when things change or are broken into small parts then put back together”.

I will now choose another word. Someone else (or many other people) has to briefly summarize it and suggest another complicated topic. Subsequent posters can choose _any_ topic to summarize that was previously suggested by _any_ poster in _any_ above post, so multiple answers are fine.

So! Does anyone want to briefly summarize **“Donald Trump”**?

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summary-game/958635/2 "2022-01-29T18:27:24Z")

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i could do that in one.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summary-game/958635/3 "2022-01-29T22:15:31Z")

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**Donald Trump** - proof that you don’t have to fool all of the people all of the time, just enough of them.

How about “Economics”?

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summary-game/958635/4 "2022-01-30T03:39:10Z")

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**Economics** – The interaction of business and government and why, not matter what happens, you still can’t make ends meet.

Someone want to tackle " **environment"**?

_ **-“BB”-** _