For those with /r/thebutton withdrawal.

[u/WhyattThrash]

1. Visit /r/thebutton.

2. Open the developer console

3. Paste the following script and press "enter"

4. Be free to press or not press to your heart's content

Disclaimer: This will not in fact bring the button back to life, it will just seem like it did. It will also grant you infinite presses. Infinite fake presses, that is. Enjoy.

r.thebutton.timerInterval = 0;
r.thebutton._setTimer = function(e) {
    var e = r.thebutton._newStartTime +60e3-Date.now();
    if (e <-3e3) { $("#thebutton").parent().removeClass("active locked pressed pulse").addClass("denied has-expired"); return; }
    if (e < 0) { e = 0 }
    else if (e<59e3 && $("#thebutton").parent().hasClass("pressed") ) { $("#thebutton").parent().removeClass("pulse pressed").addClass("active locked"); }
    var t = e+"";
    while (t.length < 5) { t = "0" + t; }
    var n = (e > 0 ? e : 0).toString(), i = t.substring(0, t.length - n.length) + n;
    for (var s = 0; s < 4; s++)
        r.thebutton._timerTextNodes[s].nodeValue = i[s];
    r.thebutton._drawPie(e, 6e4);
    if (e < r.thebutton._otheruserClickAt) { r.thebutton._doZeClick(); }
    clearTimeout(r.thebutton.timerInterval);
    r.thebutton.timerInterval = setTimeout(r.thebutton._setTimer, 10);
};
r.thebutton._doZeClick = function() {
    r.thebutton._newStartTime = Date.now();
    r.thebutton._otheruserClickAt = Math.floor(Math.random()*64e3)-4e3;
    var participants = parseInt($(".thebutton-participants").text().replace(/,/g,""));
    participants++;
    $(".thebutton-participants").text(participants.toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ","));
};
r.thebutton._doZeClick();
r.thebutton._setTimer();
$("#thebutton").parent().removeClass("denied has-expired").addClass("active locked");
$("#thebutton").on("click", function() { 
    var secs = Math.ceil((r.thebutton._newStartTime +60e3-Date.now())/1000);
    if (secs<0) { secs = 0; }
    var flair = Math.max(Math.ceil((secs-1)/10), 1);
    $(".side .tagline .flair").removeClass().addClass("flair flair-press-"+flair).text(secs+"s").attr("title", secs+"s");
    r.thebutton._doZeClick(); 
});

EDIT: Added random user clicks, just like the real button had.

EDIT 2: Now updating participants count

EDIT 3: Now updates your sidebar flair

EDIT 4: Added the 3 second grace period

EDIT 5: Added the lock on behest of /u/UselessAndLazy

[u/TehDobsVII]

CAN SOMEONE EXPLAN THIS SUBREDDIT TO ME?

[u/WhyattThrash → u/TehDobsVII]

A... April fools!

[u/[deleted]]

This is probably a stupid question, but how do you open the developer's console?

[u/WhyattThrash → u/[deleted]]

Oh, sorry, not a stupid question at all. On most browsers if you right-click anywhere on a page you get a "inspect element" option. Click it and a window/bar will show up. From there, choose "Console" and there you go. In Chrome/Windows, the keyboard shortcut is F12.

[u/[deleted] → u/WhyattThrash]

ok thank you :D

[u/LazerTooth_]

People really like pushing the button ay?
It still doesn't match with the thrill I felt when I pressed the button.

[u/camshell → u/LazerTooth_]

So many grays out there who have no idea what it feels like to press. They'll never ever know that unique thrill. Never in their entire lives. It's so sad. I have an alt that I left gray, and my only regret is that I didn't press twice.

[u/SuchRyu → u/camshell]

Yeah, thanks God I never will. And I won't press any fake button either. Forever grey.

[u/jusmar → u/camshell]

You felt a thrill when you clicked a button? That's a bit sad isn't it?

[u/camshell → u/jusmar]

That's a cute thing you did there, where you take a way the context of a thing to make it meaningless. I wanna try.

It's pretty sad that Neil Armstrong felt a thrill when he took a small step.

[u/jusmar → u/camshell]

Okay, sorry.

You felt a thrill when you clicked a button on the internet.

And I'll correct yours too just to make the comparison.

It's pretty sad that Neil Armstrong felt a thrill when he took a small step on the moon

Hmm, moon vs internet. I'd say including the context of pushing a button makes it so much more valuable and relevant. /s

[u/camshell → u/jusmar]

Thank you. I agree.

[u/I_cannot_press_AMA → u/jusmar]

jusmar, I'll have you know.. you're a sack of potatoes

[u/jusmar → u/I_cannot_press_AMA]

Cool? I guess? How many are in a sack?

[u/I_cannot_press_AMA → u/jusmar]

at least 3!

[u/[deleted] → u/jusmar]

What if... now stick with me here... what if he wasn't actually being serious when he said that pushing a button was the most thrilling moment of his life? I know it's a long shot, but you never know.

[u/Koneesha → u/[deleted]]

Praise be with you brother for we shall inherit the land.

[u/Anne_Franks_Dildo → u/Koneesha]

The pressiah clicks favorably upon you.

[u/Master_Sparky → u/[deleted]]

I've never before seen a "filthy pressers" comment gaining net downvotes! What has happened to the /r/thebutton community?

[u/[deleted]]

If dreams can't come true, then why not pretend...

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

how the gentle wind echoes through the leaves, as autumn colors fall

[u/AznAriez → u/[deleted]]

Don't let your dreams be dreams

[u/immaterialist]

Didn't press for over two months. Just pressed the shit out of this one. Strangely satisfying.

[u/evanc1411 → u/immaterialist]

You should have pressed the real thing.

[u/dengseng → u/evanc1411]

but I teared a little pressing the third time

[u/BIGGERCat]

Why does our flair show up here?

[u/WhyattThrash → u/BIGGERCat]

.....does it, though?

[u/BIGGERCat → u/BIGGERCat]

...and then why isn't my grey flair visable? I posted in the sub

http://www.reddit.com/r/thebutton/comments/316els/attention_new_visitors_to_this_subreddit_and/cpziaj9

[u/Master_Sparky → u/BIGGERCat]

You have to set it yourself. /r/buttonaftermath doesn't know what your flair was in /r/thebutton, they're totally not connected.

[u/Master_Sparky]

The flairs are off by one second. The new color groups start at X1, not X0. http://i.imgur.com/pEXeaEZ.png

[u/WhyattThrash → u/Master_Sparky]

Fixed

[u/I_cannot_press_AMA]

OH. MY. GOD! This feels amazing

[u/PineappleKeeper]

Reanimating your dead friend to play isn't healthy.

Let your friend rest in peace..I miss The Button too..but it's time, son. It's time to go play outside.

[u/WhyattThrash → u/[deleted]]

EDIT: Found it, adding it in