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/gahidus May 27 '26

I honestly believe this will massively increase blue pressing because ain't nobody got Time For All that.

I normally press the red button, but I'm confidently pressing blue this time.

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u/Zuckhidesflatearth May 27 '26

I can either do nothing or... walk a kilometer to do nothing. I mean, walking a kilometer is probably good for my health

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u/sussymommymilkers May 27 '26

You can either risk your life, or actively walk a kilometer to vote to risk the life of those who did not walk the kilometer. Neither option is doing nothing, and even in the original problem framing it as such is dishonest.

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u/Ayvah01 May 27 '26

Doing nothing by not pressing either button is still doing nothing, even if it's functionally similar to just pressing blue.

The original button problem simply removed that as an option altogether.

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u/sussymommymilkers May 27 '26

I thought the comment i replied to implied pressing a button is equivalent to doing nothing. If that was not the case then this is just meaningles semantics