When I was in the military, my platoon and I started to play the Silver Lining Game. The way to play was simple: when something bad or unpleasant came up, you present a consequence in the best possible light. Sometimes this was useful in helping to focus on the positives, but mostly it was things like “Oh man, I was having a hard time deciding whether to play video games or watch a movie after work. Now that I am patrolling the drop zone all night, I don’t have to decide—silver lining!” In this way we used our own bad luck to get laughs.
When I was in the military, my platoon and I started to play the Silver Lining Game. The way to play was simple: when something bad or unpleasant came up, you present a consequence in the best possible light. Sometimes this was useful in helping to focus on the positives, but mostly it was things like “Oh man, I was having a hard time deciding whether to play video games or watch a movie after work. Now that I am patrolling the drop zone all night, I don’t have to decide—silver lining!” In this way we used our own bad luck to get laughs.