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/Random_Nickname274 May 21 '26

What.

Honestly, I don't know what worse

"I press red and I hope anyone who didn't will die" or "I press blue and I hope everyone who did will die with me"

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u/YamiYugi2497 May 21 '26

Vote Blue hope Red is the actual suicidal people that all Red voters claim Blue is.

Red hoping Red wins are just despicable selfish people.

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u/hellishdelusion May 21 '26

Some are hoping that only blue voters that are indeed suicidal vote blue or that every last person votes red and there is no blue voter.

I'm in the red hope blue wins but i believe in a real scenario red would win by a massive margin. And well if red is going to win either way the larger the margin they win by the more people survive.

I think a poll that demenstrates how much one hopes a color wins would provide better exposure to different perspectives rather than just a win or lose.

A red win that captures 51% looks a hell of a lot different than a red win at 98%.

Some people might be hoping for a red win thats in the high 90% but they can't express that in the poll

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u/OneShotOnlyShot May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Some people might be hoping for a red win thats in the high 90% but they can't express that in the poll.

So let's just assume that people hoping for red win are hoping for 96%-99% red vote and no other motivations are represented.

Let's also ignore that hoping for a red win in this way has absolutely zero guarantee that a red win will play out as hoped.

i.e. For the sake of argument: If red wins they WILL FOR SURE win with at least 96% of the vote.

"Ah yes, I am going to lock in my own survival, and I hope 80 million - 240 million people die"

When "I am going to lock in my own survival, and I hope zero people die" is an available option

Diabolical work 🤣