This is truly on the money.Did you ever play The Picnic Game as a kid? You go around the circle, and say "I went to a picnic and I bought....", and then as you go along, you have to remember all the stuff people have mentioned so far.
Jack's entire life story is The Poverty Game. Each time she retells it, another detail has to be added. "I was in poverty and I was a sex worker, unplugged my fridge, spent two years at a food bank, went to a food bank once..."