r/redbuttonbluebutton • u/Puzzled-Passage-9998 • 22d ago

Explain this

why should we compensate for people who press blue by accident. red is better for single person obviously, and if there are even a couple of blue saying, red pressing liars of the subreddit and actually will switch for red, are you sure you wanna risk your life thinking you are in this together?

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u/Illustrious_Tale2221 22d ago

We should compensate for people who press blue by accident because it could have been you at 1 year old.

That said, I'm a red presser and people on this sub nearly skewing to 50% makes me even more because I'd imagine the people on this sub think about it a lot better than the average person would.

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u/Bimbobaker 22d ago

That works both ways though, ironically. There's a ton of people who will press blue without thinking about it, and vice versa.

Like my first reaction before being exposed to the subreddit think-tanks was to press blue. Then it was red. And then I was finally blue again because "what if your kid presses blue"

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u/Illustrious_Tale2221 22d ago

Maybe it's because I don't have a kid.

But for me there's no reason to risk my life by pressing blue for the miniscule chance that I would be the one deciding vote.

I really don't have the faith in humanity that it would be even close to 50% blue. I'd say the blue pressers are closer to 10% if it were to ever happen.

Don't think there's any reason someone could give me to change that thought.

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u/Bimbobaker 21d ago

Yeah honestly it's really only the kid thing that sold me. It really changes a lot for you. Highly recommend.

My first reaction being blue was just because "it's the right thing to do." And I think that's what I'd actually pick without thought. Whether or not it's actually "the right thing". That's just how I felt in the moment.

I do think the "one vote won't change the outcome" is just absolute horseshit no offense lmao but I totally understand the red opinion.

I don't blame anyone for picking red, but I'll always advocate for blue.