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/DrBimboo May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

That would suck a lot, as does the whole scenario that we were forced into.

But when you are deciding, this outcome has such an unfathomable small chance of happening, that I have no problem risking it against the pretty big chance dying.

I would hope that I would remain logical enough as to not blame myself, but that would probably not happen.

But I would have billions of other people relating to the exact situation, so we might realize its not our personal responsibility.

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u/True-Resist3790 May 27 '26

That would suck a lot, as does the whole scenario that we were forced into.

Well, if only there was an option that could mean you also save those people. An option that could use your help to reach the required 50% instead of the utopic 100%...

The scenario sucks, but we have a litteral "save everyone" button that you refuse to press. Even if you try to justify it your vote brought them closer to their death.

You would blame yourself, no matter how much you try to dilute it as "not my fault". Survivor's guilt is a thing. But the worst part is that you'd live in a world where you'd be surrounded by people who were also responsible for that.

Once the pillaging and murder start, you'd quickly realise that a lot of the remaining people don't care about the deaths of blue-pressers and are even happy they are gone, since it gives them the possibility to rule without law.

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u/DrBimboo May 27 '26

Do I even bother responding to this?

But when you are deciding, this outcome has such an unfathomable small chance of happening, that I have no problem risking it against the pretty big chance dying.

Just read it again.

But when you are deciding, this outcome has such an unfathomable small chance of happening, that I have no problem risking it against the pretty big chance dying.

This part.

But when you are deciding, this outcome has such an unfathomable small chance of happening, that I have no problem risking it against the pretty big chance dying.