# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2)

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**Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9573 "2025-12-18T02:49:04Z")

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It will be interesting to compare the results of the two button poll to the similar one I asked over a year ago.

> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5450):
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> Disclaimer: I am shamelessly copying a poll I saw on Reddit because I’m curious if the results will be different here. Everyone in the world must choose blue or red. If 80% or more choose blue, everyone survives. If less than 80% choose blue, everyone who chose blue dies and everyone who chose red lives. What do you choose? [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5450)

> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6429):
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> Two magical buttons appear in front of every adult capable of pressing buttons. A disembodied voice says you have to press one of them, either button 1: a button that will do nothing if greater than 50% of the people press it, or button 2: a button that will kill every person that pressed button 1 if less than 50% of all the people pressed it, i.e. if greater than 50% of people press button 2, everyone who will press button 1 dies. You are not given any opportunity to discuss this situa…

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