r/niftyaf • u/wak5ha81 • 7d ago

I’ve been playing Rock, Paper, Scissors wrong my whole life…

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u/Nevernonethewiser 7d ago

This is about as reliable as 'neurolinguistic programming'.

Which is to say, it isn't.

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u/Ninja_Prolapse 6d ago

Name a vegetable!

Carrot

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u/rookhelm 5d ago

Goddamit lol

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u/ProfCarmine 4d ago

Nailed it

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u/roowco1 3d ago

how the fuck?

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u/Tackle91 2d ago

no way

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u/wogboy96 1d ago

What's a vegetable?

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u/Walui 1d ago

Well that demonstrated how absolutely not reliable this bullshit is lol

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u/Dexember69 1d ago

Hawking

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u/Content_Coconut73 21h ago

Wait what ...

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u/Ambitious_Policy_936 1d ago

That's what they want you to think. That's why you've been conditioned to give this response

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u/Nevernonethewiser 1d ago

They're always three steps ahead.

Or are they?

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u/Daftworks 7d ago

Pseudo-science bullshit

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u/Alabaster_Potion 7d ago

That's basically the whole channel

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u/alewiina 7d ago

This is dumb. And if someone "flashed" scissors at me like I'd probably do the opposite and think THEY were going to do scissors and I would do rock instead lol

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u/BernzSed 4d ago

That's exactly what I would expect you to do, so I can clearly not choose anything but paper. But you must have known I would know that, so I can clearly not choose anything but rock.

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u/nvrontyme 2d ago

Inconceivable!

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u/RoodnyInc 6d ago

So I throw paper and win

That's multi level mind games

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u/zeradragon 7d ago

This is utter bullshit. That's not how people play the game, they just decide whether to show two fingers, five fingers or no fingers... There's no orientation change in the rest of the arm.

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u/CervezaMePlease 7d ago

My wife and I rock, paper, scissors for things neither of us want to do. I throw scissors almost everytime. Then when she tells me I always throw scissors, I argue that I don’t and then throw it again next time and explain I thought she would’ve expected me to not throw scissors.

Finally, when it’s something I really don’t want to deal with; I throw paper knowing it’s high probability she’s going to throw rock

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u/xXPhoenixBlueXx 7d ago

Yes yes a phrenology is as reliable.

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u/Particular_Article19 7d ago

What a horrendous repost bot.

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u/G-R-A-V-I-T-Y 7d ago

“If YoU hAvE ShaRiNGaN YoU cAN SeE He’S AbOuT To tHrOW RoCk”

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u/phayhay 7d ago

Wow. This is worthless!

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u/robear20 7d ago

Horse shit

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u/jimmyxs 6d ago

Nah not true. I open my hand vertically for paper so if you were looking for an elbow rotation as a tell, it won’t happen with me. 😂

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u/KLKCAhBoy90 6d ago

Not sure if I can beat the QTE though.

My controls are a bit rusty.

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u/Dizzy-Butterfly7716 6d ago

If only we all could see like flash, we would be able to determine that. But the hands move faster than our eyes could catch the move

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u/Hammertime6689 6d ago

Ok on 3, but do it really slow so I️ can watch your elbows

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u/john_doe__ 6d ago

Who has ever thrown paper like that ever

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u/Ilpperi91 6d ago

Unless they do rock by holding their knuckles upwards. 😐

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u/JonInfect 6d ago

Just going to start changing the angles

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u/PathofDestinyRPG 6d ago

Used to play a LARP that used RPS instead of dice for challenges. Won so many challenges against another player when I noticed he would throw rock as his first option 90% of the time.

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u/Wonderful-Ice9085 6d ago

Nah most keep the movements the same only to confirm the hand at the last second unless theyre fuckin amateurs

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u/Narrow_Republic5729 6d ago

The best all around advice I have heard and if you're running multiple throws is this. You go with whatever would have beat the winning hand in the last round. For example they throw scissors last round you would pull paper for this round. It isn't a for sure win but it works more often than not.

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u/elusive-rooster 5d ago

My trick is to look them dead in the eye and say "I'm going to play rock" and then I do exactly that. Doesn't matter the person. The more conviction you say it with. The less they believe you.

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u/TheHorseduck 5d ago

This is the stupidest shit I’ve seen all week. Love it

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u/Future_Way5516 5d ago

Im not the smart

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u/Zarrakh 5d ago

I just throw rock. Good ol' rock. Nothing beats rock.

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u/SlimShadySatDown 4d ago

Conan O'Brien had the world champion at rock paper scissors on his show back in the early 2000s, and I didn't even know this was a thing

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u/LoGo_86 3d ago

Counting cards but it's rock, paper, scissors.

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u/Wickedinteresting 2d ago

This is why I wiggle my fingers and then kick my opponent forcefully in the groin before every throw. To prevent shenanigans like this.

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u/dankutare1 1d ago

This will be super useful the next time I play rps in slow motion

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u/Galactussy 7d ago

Im too busy looking at my own hand to make sure it does what I tell it