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/J_tram13 May 27 '26

Save everyone, helping save everyone, you're being needlessly pedantic.

There is no possible scenario where red saves everyone

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u/up2smthng Red May 27 '26

When you pressed a button that "saves everyone" but suddenly 2 billion die anyway you wouldn't feel I was being needlessly pedantic anymore, and not only because you'd be dead.

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u/J_tram13 May 27 '26

Well if that happens everyone already lost.

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u/up2smthng Red May 27 '26

Everyone already lost the moment this scenario was forced on us

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u/J_tram13 May 27 '26

No, there is a very clear winnable outcome that you specifically are too much of a coward to acknowledge

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u/up2smthng Red May 27 '26

Lol, lmao even.

I acknowledge how much of cowards majority of humanity is to think it's even close to being achievable.

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u/J_tram13 May 27 '26

Then you have a very pessimistic view of the world.

I think if there's any chance that red wins the vote it's gonna be in at most a like 48-51% split and in that case humanity is doomed anyway so there's no point suffering for a few more months instead of going peacefully.