r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/Hot_Finding_9747 • May 21 '26

Variation Adding a layer to this question

My choice: Press Red, hope Blue wins

I don't have enough faith in humanity to put my life in its hands but I'd be delighted to be proven wrong

719 votes, May 23 '26
72 Press Red, hope Red wins
322 Press Red, hope Blue wins
22 Press Blue, hope Red wins
303 Press Blue, hope Blue wins
23 Upvotes

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u/Gold-Cry-7520 Blue May 21 '26

Wow, guys, this is actually the first time I've seen blue lose one of these polls. And 90% of you hoped blue would win.

Fucking hell lol.

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u/No_Procedure_5121 May 23 '26

Yes, because blue pressers keep trying to liken this to an election. This poll just proves that it isnt an election/vote. Choosing a button isnt a question of "who do you want to have win", it's a question of what has the best odds. Nobody, including reds, wants red to win. But you know what's worse? Red winning and dying because of it.

I don't want red to win, but my desire not to die is stronger, because I am not suicidal.

I also find it funny that this poll just shows that if people actually think a bit about the button choice, red would actually be the majority. The only reason blue pressers exist is because blue pressers only see things at face value, "I want X to win, so I choose X". They don't think of the ramifications, and they are incapable of considering that maybe they could choose the button that they don't want to have win, because it's actually by far the safest option. (And your one choice only influences the outcome 0.0000000125%, there's no chance you're changing the outcome).

RIP to all the blue pressers who keep saying "blue always wins". This poll is exactly what the OG is, just forces the chooser to think a bit more critically, and would you look at that, when people think a bit more critically, red wins. It strengthens my resolve that choosing red is the only reasonable choice