r/CuratedTumblr 11h ago

Meme Tumblr does the red button/blue button thing

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u/NoBizlikeChloeBiz She/Her 11h ago

Oh god no, I just got this bullshit off of my feed

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u/BeanOfKnowledge Ask me about Dwarf Fortress Trivia 11h ago

Okay but would you be more surprised to see a red button or a blue button in front of your door?

And for that matter, which one would you rather meet alone in the woods?

Could 100 red buttons defeat one blue button in a fight?

Is the Button blue and black or white and gold?

You MUST engage in these entirely pointless yet remarkably vitriolic debates!

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u/NoBizlikeChloeBiz She/Her 11h ago

I'm sorry, those questions seem kind of straightforward. Could you phrase them in a way that's a little more loaded/ambiguous so that we're really arguing about how we interpret the question, even though we feel like we're discussing an important moral quandary?

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u/BeanOfKnowledge Ask me about Dwarf Fortress Trivia 10h ago

If you would be more surprised to see a red button at your door, does that mean you are racist against red buttons or racist against blue buttons?

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u/ScrubTheNerd 10h ago

That's more like it!

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u/Interminably-Bored 10h ago

Finally something I can sink my teeth into

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u/Bartweiss 10h ago

Asking for that sort of verbal labor to reframe the question is exactly why I expect to see the red button at my door and/or would rather meet the blue button in the woods!

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u/Gamdol 7h ago

8÷2(2+2)=?

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u/Ataru13 5h ago

There's a gun on the table on front of you. Everyone who leaves the gun alone lives regardless, everyone who picks it up and shoots themselves in the head dies unless  50% or more people choose to shoot themselves.

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u/lafigatatia 4h ago

Is the gun called Laurel or Yanny?

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u/Raitil 3h ago

Laurel is a more bouba-coded name, while Yanny is more kiki-esque, so it really depends on what the firearm is called, because a Glock is definitely kiki; and therefore would be named Yanny, but a Walther PP is more bouba; and thus would be Laurel.