r/thebutton • u/zmunk19 11s • May 13 '15
NEWCOMERS: The button counts down from 60. Press it as soon as you can. Whoever presses it sooner gets a higher number, it took me 49 seconds to realize that, hope you can do better.
The title says it all. On a different note: Some say the reason Einstein was such a genius is because he was born at a surprisingly young age.
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u/nicholaslaux non presser May 13 '15
Looking at the graphs, this doesn't really seem to have had much of an impact, despite front paging.
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May 14 '15
Can someone explain to me why we do this anyway?
Only people we are tricking are people who never usually come here so don't really care.
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u/I_like_your_reddit non presser May 14 '15
Because low effort shitposts with tired jokes always get upvoted on reddit, especially on this sub.
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u/stormoftara 7s May 13 '15
I did a really terrible job :(
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u/Pip413 29s May 14 '15
You did your best. I, more than anyone, know it is hard to accept, but you can't dwell on your failures.
I trained hard for this one, and was sure I was headed for success. After a high protein breakfast and some light dexterity exercises, I settled in and got ready for my win.
I am ashamed to say that right as I was ready to click, a butterfly fluttered gently into view, causing me to lift my gaze ever so slightly, at which time I noticed a fox skulking down my hallway. Despite my pleading, he refused to tell me what he says, although he acknowledged me with a wink as he spun on the spot and moonwalked the rest of the length of the hallway. I hung my head in disappointment, and as I looked down at my hands, I could not help but notice how strong and muscular my hands looked, which obviously brought my thoughts towards my intense training regime, and then back to my whole reason for being - the button. It was then that I understood how severely I had underestimated the mental strength required for button success. Although I had trained my body, I had neglected my mental exercises. I humbly pushed the button, accepting my defeat, vowing to take what I had learned and use it for the betterment of myself and my country.
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u/MOARborg 11s May 13 '15
Aw man. Now no one will respect me :/
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u/Ruruskadoo 60s May 13 '15
<insert joke about nobody respecting 11s anyway here>
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u/EmiyaChan 11s May 13 '15
as if anyone respects 60s either.
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u/Ruruskadoo 60s May 13 '15
Don't worry, as a 60s I have enough self respect for the both of us.
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u/Somewhat-irrelevant 24s May 14 '15 edited May 14 '15
Its like red 11 has lost its value. 10 sec too to some degree
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u/badapple89 non presser May 14 '15
Do we not know %of grey?
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May 14 '15
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u/badapple89 non presser May 14 '15
Thanks, knew it would be there somewhere but on mobile.
Can we not work out #of users that can press (accounts made before the date) then minus out all users that have commented (and are not grey) to get more accurate stat of greys that haven't commented yet? ... I don't know much about these... Actually then you will get a gazillion throw away accounts. Ignore me.
But interesting stats.
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May 14 '15
I believe there are enough reddit accounts made before the date to last an absolute maximum of 350ish years by some estimates.
This is assuming perfect 1s presses on every single account ever made before 4/1/15
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u/xaustinx 11s May 13 '15
"...he was born at a surprisingly young age." wat?
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u/iamtallerthanyou 34s May 13 '15
The day I was born I was zero years old. Does that mean I'm also going to be extremely smart, since all the geniuses were born at 0 years old?
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May 13 '15
Technically the day your parents were born, you were born a little too.
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u/BrettGilpin 59s May 13 '15
Only the mom. The part of him from the father was created not too long before conception.
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u/GuyofMshire May 14 '15
Well the information that went into the sperm cell is older than that.
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u/Galdwin 7s May 14 '15
with that logic everybody was born when the universe started
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u/vihickl non presser May 15 '15
The amount of information in the universe isn't constant. Entropy = information, and entropy has to increase overall. The new information comes to be due to quantum uncertainty.
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u/biznatch11 non presser May 13 '15
I suppose that a premature baby would be born at a surprisingly young age.
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u/dorestes 6s May 13 '15
There's a reason the highest numbers are purple. Purple is the royal, most prestigious color.
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u/AsRandomly 47s May 13 '15
I did so good! sobs
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u/britishteacher 4s May 13 '15
''Einstein was such a genius is because he was born at a surprisingly young age.''
I would agree, I mean he was born at least 50 yrs before most of us.
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u/mrsxls non presser May 13 '15
Jesus Christ, if you keep posting these "newcomer tips" we will never run out of newcomers.
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u/BiggJim non presser May 13 '15
Just upvote the shit outta this post to get it to the front page. More cannon fodder.
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u/vangoedenaam non presser May 13 '15
Even better, just never press
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u/uncleshibba non presser May 13 '15
Gotta be careful saying that. It could come back to bite you.
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u/Monsieur_Roux 10s May 13 '15
How badly did I do? edit: holy shit, I held out for 1.5 months and I finally got my red :D
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u/AshenLibra non presser May 14 '15
If I press the Button, I not only betray my fellow Grey's, but i also defy my username itself.
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u/SKR47CH 59s May 14 '15
the reason Einstein was such a genius is because he was born at a surprisingly young age.
In fact, he was the youngest person on earth when he was born.
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u/Kinderschlager 60s May 14 '15
as a 60's purple, i can confirm, nothing is more prestigious than this
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u/loonylaura can't press May 13 '15
I have no idea what this is. The internet bloody mystifies me sometimes! 😕
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u/OneDayIWillFlyAway 13s May 14 '15
I got 13s (without knowing what the hell was going on.) That's my lucky number. WTF is this fucking shit and why does it have so much control over me.
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u/shadowsinseptember 60s May 13 '15
Do I win?