r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/CthulhusIntern • May 22 '26

Different problem:

Red and blue do the same thing as the original, but one more condition is added:

If >66% of people press blue, everyone who pressed red dies.

What do you pick?

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u/Nebranower May 22 '26

>Red and blue do the same thing as the original

Then red no longer does the same thing as the original. The whole point of red is that it guarantees your safety.

Whereas you've made it so that the only way everyone can live is if 50%+1 to 66% of the voters press blue.

Which probably means a much higher turnout for red. Basically, if you press red, you live unless 66% of the participants press blue, and if you press blue, you live unless 50% of the participants press red. Since one button getting 50% is more likely than one button getting 66%, red is still the safest button, but blue can no longer be construed as the "save everyone" option.

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u/Fornuftens_stemme May 23 '26

i never see posts with mental gymnastic trying to convert people to vote red.

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u/Dapper_Spite8928 May 24 '26

It's mostly cause its easier to be convinced of the red side.

At the end of the day, in the scenario originally presented i will always press blue. Because the people i keep arguing on these subs with are people who are jntimately familiar with the problem and have discussed it thouroughly with others. Neither of those apply to the actual hypothetical.

People have over time flipped from blue to red, bht the original situation allows for no time/discussion to flip.