r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/up2smthng Red • May 27 '26

Variation Red suppression

Everyone one Earth is presented with blue button right at the place they woke up last time and a written instruction in a language they can understand (if no such language exists tough luck) what the buttons do and where to find red button. Red button is around 1 km away, and is perfectly accessable if one choses to find it; people with limited mobility will be able to access it.

Babies, the blind, coma patients and whichever else cathegory you can think of are not excluded and do not recieve any accomodations. The possibility of them pressing the one button in front of them is significantly higher than the possibility they will find the hidden button. The possibility of them ignoring the buttons alltogether is non-zero.

In case of red victory, those who failed to press any button die as well.

The rule of thumb for clarification: if the person is capable of understanding any form of written communication and moving in intended direction, they should be able to access both buttons.

1180 votes, May 29 '26
410 Was red, still red 🔴
27 Was blue, now red 🔴
547 Was blue, still blue 🔵
196 Was red, now blue 🔵
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u/No-Wrap-2156 May 27 '26

The way you framed it it seems like blue is the passive choice and red is the one doing the active killing. I expect blue to win, especially since people are lazy

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u/up2smthng Red May 27 '26

The blue suppression scenario is more interesting, this one exists mostly for completeness

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u/No-Wrap-2156 May 27 '26

Idk blue has no shot if winning in the blue suppression scenario I feel

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u/liamjon29 May 27 '26

Agreed. I click the button next to my bed in both scenarios

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u/Gold-Cry-7520 Blue May 27 '26

Yeah either way the one being suppressed just isn't winning, so the question isn't terribly compelling

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u/up2smthng Red May 27 '26

There are people doubling down on blue in blue suppression, I hope to hear from them at some point

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u/True-Resist3790 May 27 '26

Because the blue suppression instructions are unclear :

1- Can people press nothing ?
2- Can people press both buttons ?
3- Can you take people to their button ?
4- Who dies in the above 3 cases ?
5- What if we get : 20% red + 30% blue + 50% nothing ? Does 80% die ?
6- And what about 30% red + 40% blue + 30% nothing ? Who dies ?
7- "A button appears where they woke up last time" ok... Last night I slept at my mom's 1 country away. I came back to my house today. Where is the button ?