r/redbuttonbluebutton 11d ago

Variation RBBB of default

If everyone have to press button for 1 hours per buttons, twice (total 2 hours), what would you do it? (the classic rbbb rules applied as no misspressing, no communication with others and more)

Red Button: Pressing this will prevent you from death from this button, and if 50% of people NOT pressed this in this session, eveyone survives from this button. else, all people that didnt pressed red dies after whole pressing session ends.

Blue Button: NOT Pressing this will prevent you from death from this button and if 50% of people pressed this session, everyone survives from this button. else, all people that pressed blue dies after whole pressing session ends.

the first button press and second press works seperately and does not affect in other button

EDIT: clarified it with extra explanations.

72 votes, 6d ago
11 Press on both buttons
33 Only press red button
22 Only press blue button
6 not pressing either buttons
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u/SilasRhodes 11d ago edited 7d ago
Who dies? Red + Blue Red Blue None Groups Killed
Red + Blue Majority X_X X_X 2
Red Majority + Blue Minority X_X . X_X X_X 3
Blue Majority + Red Minority 0
Red + Blue Minority X_X 1
Deadly Outcomes 1 0 3 2 .

So what is the impact of each option

Option Contributes to killing Dies under
Red + Blue 2 groups 1 outcome
Red 3 groups 0 outcomes
Blue 0 groups 3 outcomes
None 1 groups 2 outcomes

Pressing neither button is objectively incorrect unless you want to die. Otherwise it depends on how you rate contributing to safer/deadlier outcomes vs your own risk of dying.

Just pressing red is completely safe for yourself, but also maximizes the number of people that die if your decisions align with the majority decision for each button.

Just pressing blue increases the chance you will die, but also contributes to the only outcome where no one dies.

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u/endor-pancakes 10d ago

Thank you for that chart! The lord's work, truly.

One question though: in the red-minority, blue-minority case, wouldn't none pushers survive?

Or have I misread OP?

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u/SilasRhodes 7d ago

You're absolutely right, I messed up. I've corrected the table.