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Everyone (meaning all currently alive people) is kidnapped by an unknown force that everyone instinctively knows is completely unable to lie and is far more powerful than them. Everyone wakes up in a 15ft by 15ft room with 3 buttons, Red, Yellow, and Blue in the middle 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 than the Blue button, then everyone who pressed or was assigned the blue button will be killed.

Yellow: Everyone who pressed Yellow lives unless more than 35% of the total population chooses to press the Yellow button. If more than 35% of people press the Yellow, then every Yellow pusher will be killed.

Blue: If more people press the Blue button than the Red button, then everyone alive who pressed or was assigned the Blue button is spared from death. However, pressing the blue button will result in a painful electric shock that has a 0.5% chance of killing you.

Everyone is given a 10-hour time frame to make their own choice, and if they fail to vote in the time frame, they are equally distributed among the red and Blue buttons. (In the event of an odd number of non-voters, the extra person is assigned to Red.) (Also, those assigned to the Blue button will not receive the electric shock.)

The electric shock from pressing the Blue button can kill a max of 44,000 people. (This is to prevent statistical anomalies.) However, if you die to the Blue button, you still add to the total number of blue pressers.

If the Red and Blue buttons have the same number of voters, then it will be effectively the same as the Blue button getting the majority.

Once any button is pushed once, then all buttons are deactivated and can't be pushed, and it's impossible to press two buttons at the same time.

So, which button would you press in this scenario? Or do you not press any button and let others decide what happens?

(I ran this through a spelling and grammar checker. So, their shouldn't be any typos, but if any managed to slip through then I'm sorry.)

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.)

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:

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Red: If a simple majority of people press the Red button then everyone who failed to press red will die, immediately.

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Yellow: If a simple majority of people press Yellow then everyone over the age of five will have a 1% chance to be selected (and no more that 1.1% of the population can be selected) at pure random. Those who got selected will be given a mark on the back of their hand and will die 1 week after the vote.

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Blue: If a simple majority of people press Blue then everyone is spared from death. However, a database of everyone in the world is created revealing which button everyone had pressed and is made available to everyone and their is no way to prevent people from seeing the database. On top of that, Everyone will be kidnapped again next year and forced to press these exact same buttons again.

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Everyone is giving a 6 hour timer to make their own choice and if they fail to vote in the time frame they are randomly assigned buttons. (It’s worth noting that those assigned red will still die in a red victory because they didn't press the red button.)

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Lastly, it the event of a tie, Blue wins if it's a part of the tie, otherwise Yellow wins.

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So, which button are you pressing?

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(Please forgive any typos.)

Hi, I'm back with a new simple variation.

Everyone (that means Everyone) is kidnapped and places in a room with 3 buttons.

Red: Ensures your own personal survival, while increasing everyone else's risk of death.

Blue: Blue saves everyone who pushed Blue as long as it gets more votes than red... but if it gets less votes then red then every Blue voter will die.

Yellow: You get money. More exactly, a pool of 2 Trillion dollars is split evenly among everyone who presses yellow. However, if Either Red or blue get 40% of the total vote, then everyone who pressed yellow dies.

Also, anyone unwilling or unable to vote will be randomly assigned a button after some time.

(Also, if you press yellow and die, your earned money will go to your next of kin.)

So, what button are you going to press in this scenario?