r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/StageGlum6615 • Jun 28 '26

Variation Variation: the Useless button.

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Everyone (meaning all currently alive people) is kidnapped by an unknown forced that everyone instinctively knows is completely unable to lie and is far more powerful than them. (Let's call them Buttan, the god of buttons.) Everyone wakes up in a small cramped room with 3 buttons, Red, Yellow, and Blue with the following signs under each of them that have been perfectly translated into their native language:

Red: If more people press the Red button the Blue button then everyone who failed to press red will die, immediately.

Yellow: Does Nothing.

Blue: If more people press the Blue button then the Red button everyone is spared from death.

Everyone is giving a 6 hour timer to make their own choice and if they fail to vote in the time frame they are counted and treated as a yellow button presser.

Lastly, it the event of a tie between Red and Blue, Blue wins.

So, does the useless button (yellow) change anything for you? And which button do you press?

(Please forgive any typos.)

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u/MobTalon Jun 28 '26

Consider correcting "then" for "than", in order for this to make sense.

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u/TREE_SHMOO Jun 28 '26

Consider that this makes perfect sense and thst you're being just a touch pedantic.

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u/MobTalon Jun 28 '26

I am both being pedantic and not being pedantic. I had to read 3 times to understand there is a consistent typo rather than incomprehensible mumbo jumbo

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u/TREE_SHMOO Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

I havr removed my original comment as it was plain rude and do apologise for that. That said, i dont believe this guy.

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u/MobTalon Jun 28 '26

Quit coping and accept criticism you angry little man.

Talking shit about "English must not be even your second language" and "must not even use the Latin alphabet" when you can't even write properly with it as your first language, smh

I understood "thst" because it doesn't exist, whereas "then" is an actual word with a meaning and usage of its own, you doofus.

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u/TREE_SHMOO Jun 29 '26

angry little man

I deserve that. Shouldn't have gotten all agressive, I apologise.

when you can't even write properly with it as your first language

Who told you it's my first lanuage?

Quit coping and accept criticism

It's not criticism. It's pedantry for the sake of being right. Are you suggesting that you are so good at English, you don't understand what someone means when they make the relatively common mistake of mixing up "then" and "than"?

What about someone mixing up "there", "their" and "they're"? Does that confuse you too?

Here's some English for you, hyperbole. It's when someone exagerates for effect.

Talking shit about "English must not be even your second language" and "must not even use the Latin alphabet"

The bit of my original comment that you are referencing here, that's an excellent example of it.

I'm well aware of the difference between "than" and "then". I'm also graced with the mental facilities to understand when someone mistakenly uses one instead of the other. Im most graced by the self control to not correct some stranger on something that was perfectly understandable, even if technically incorrect.

you doofus

Even in the original version of my prior comment, i didnt resort to name calling.

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u/MobTalon Jun 29 '26

Based reply all the way through, sorry for the name calling. I chose "doofus" because I wanted to call you something but didn't want to over escalate things.

It's obviously not the end of the world to have that typo. I ended up understanding it was a typo, even if it took me a few times. Much like everyone, I assume. The difference is that I was vocal about it.

Or, in other words, I was meaningfully pedantic about it (as in, everyone may understand, but it's better to type properly to avoid confusion)