POLL: If your life depended on it...

[Ballatician]

Paper and heads

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Scissors and Tails. Most people choose paper and with common US coins tails has a very slight statistical edge over heads.

..............

I believe heads or tails is 50/50. Call me crazy.

Okay, you're crazy. Thanks to being differently etched coins are not perfectly balanced. There have been millions of tests done on this in the real world and it always comes out the same. Pennies, dimes, nickels and quarters all show a slight bias towards tails.

I just wrote a computer program to test this theory, and you're wrong.

 

[SearchMaster]

My kids ALWAYS open with rock or paper, so paper is always my opening gambit.

Heads. I always get fucked when I choose tails.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Xanis
Rock because rock can either tie or beat 2 of the 3, but so can scissors... I just like rock better so I choose that.

Heads because... yeah I don't know.

And, unless it's just too early in the morning, I'm pretty sure paper can also tie or beat 2 of the 3...

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Xanis
Rock because rock can either tie or beat 2 of the 3, but so can scissors... I just like rock better so I choose that.

Heads because... yeah I don't know.

And, unless it's just too early in the morning, I'm pretty sure paper can also tie or beat 2 of the 3...

Shhh, don't tell him.


Video

I laugh every time...

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Paper and tails. AFAIK, people often open with rock.
Wacky that as of 26 votes, heads/tails is 50/50.

what's interesting, is that I chose Scissors for the same reason you chose Paper.
See, I'm gambling that most often people will think... "hmm, a lot of people open with rock, so I'll open with paper." The death's on them, cuz they gettin cut!

And heads. No particular reason here. Unlike rock paper scissors, where there is a minimalist strategy, heads/tails is completely random. I actually most often choose tails for coin flips, but no real reason.

If most people open with rock, some people will be clever enough to open with paper thinking that and you're opening with scissors to one up them? You do know that since most people still open with rock, you're just setting yourself up for fail most of the time? :roll:

 

[BoomerD]

Rock and heads...

Why? Because head always rocks!

Dontcha know...heads is the default setting for coins. They only land on tails when someone has hacked the software...

 

[MattCo]

<Bart Simpson>Trusty rock.... nothing beats rock</Bart Simpson>

 

[Ramma2]

I picked rock because then my hand would already be in the shape of a fist so I could punch the guy making my life depend on it and run away.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: darkxshade

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Paper and tails. AFAIK, people often open with rock.
Wacky that as of 26 votes, heads/tails is 50/50.

what's interesting, is that I chose Scissors for the same reason you chose Paper.
See, I'm gambling that most often people will think... "hmm, a lot of people open with rock, so I'll open with paper." The death's on them, cuz they gettin cut!

And heads. No particular reason here. Unlike rock paper scissors, where there is a minimalist strategy, heads/tails is completely random. I actually most often choose tails for coin flips, but no real reason.

If most people open with rock, some people will be clever enough to open with paper thinking that and you're opening with scissors to one up them? You do know that since most people still open with rock, you're just setting yourself up for fail most of the time? :roll:

Quiet, you!

 

[Vehemence]

Rock and Tails. BOOYAH

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Xanis
Rock because rock can either tie or beat 2 of the 3, but so can scissors... I just like rock better so I choose that.

Heads because... yeah I don't know.

And, unless it's just too early in the morning, I'm pretty sure paper can also tie or beat 2 of the 3...

Shhh, don't tell him.


Video

I laugh every time...

listen here, after many hours of class i wasn't exactly on my game... so don't judge me.

 

[DomS]

most people choose rock (as the poll shows) so I'd choose paper.

 

[archiloco]

Originally posted by: MattCo
<Bart Simpson>Trusty rock.... nothing beats rock</Bart Simpson>

haha, that's what i was going to say!!!!

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: DomS
most people choose rock (as the poll shows) so I'd choose paper.

man, you like to live life on the edge don't you?

 

[kalrith]

I chose paper and tails. Paper, because I've found that most people choose rock, especially with the first time they play the game (this assumption is supported by this poll with 47% of people choosing rock compared to 34% and 19% choosing paper and scissors, respectively). Edit: And no I didn't look at the poll results before choosing. I assumed they would be heavily in favor of rock.

I chose tails for no reason at all. If I knew which side would be facing up when the toin were tossed, then I would choose that, because it's more likely to land with that same face up: http://www.sciencenews.org/vie...Bias_in_heads-or-tails

 

[nace186]

I pick scissors because it is the best weapon to use to defend your life. You can use the metal scissors to stab your attacker.

As for heads, every guy wants heads. Who wouldn't?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I picked rock because if my life depends on it, I'm better off with a fist that I can knock someone out with than an open hand slap or a 3 Stooges eye gouge.

I chose tails because I'm an ass man.

 

[sash1]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Xanis
Rock because rock can either tie or beat 2 of the 3, but so can scissors... I just like rock better so I choose that.

Heads because... yeah I don't know.

And, unless it's just too early in the morning, I'm pretty sure paper can also tie or beat 2 of the 3...

Shhh, don't tell him.


Video

I laugh every time...

:laugh:

 

[Lola]

I chose paper
and tails... ALWAYS tails.

 

[So]

Paper, because nobody ever picks scissors, and tails because you have a better than 50-50 chance with a US quarter, since the weight is unevenly balanced.

 

[jonks]

I always go Tails but R/P/S depends on who I'm facing. Guys statistically throw rock more often, so facing a guy I'd go Paper. Chicks dig scissors more so you go Rock against them.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
Paper and tails. I always go for the underdog.

I go with this man.