The Big Red Button

Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">who invented this?</div> Well I've just been wondering. Why would you invent a big red button that you're not supposed to press? Isn't a button's job to be pressed? So why would you want a big red button if you can't press it? It just seems so unfair for the button, and so.. unrealistic.
No I'm not talking about emergency buttons, just the buttons you're not supposed to press period.

So who can tell me why a red button shouldn't be pressed, and if it shouldn't be pressed why it is so big and so red and always so... in the center.





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  • DreadDread Join Date: 2002-07-24 Member: 993Members
    ...because everyone has to know that "THIS IS TEH BUTTAN UR NOT SUPPOSD TOO PRES!!"

    That's why it's so big and red and in the middle. And the meaning of that button is, that it's needed once every 666 years when mars, venus and earth alligns but pressing it before that is bad.

    Glad to be of service.
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    well the button you are referring to actually has a use, every 666 years. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> ya know I'd really want to know why a normal person would bother to invent a button you're not supposed to press.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    It exists to taunt the buttongod.
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  • SkinnYSkinnY Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7500Members
    it's normally an emergency button... and it's big and red.. so you can find it when you need it... and you're not supposed to press it 'cause now isn't an emergency...
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    no I mean like say the ones you find in the middle of the desert for no good reason <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->

    no I'm not crazy!!
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  • SkinnYSkinnY Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7500Members
    Those are there because the desert would look boring without them.... and the desert it's self is a physical test.. while the red button is a mental test to see how long you can stand to not-push the button...
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  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    Unfortunately now, everything I read about big red buttons just makes me think of the Father Ted episode on the plane. The non-Brits around here probably don't have any idea what I'm on about though.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Cereal_KillR+Jun 10 2003, 09:10 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cereal_KillR @ Jun 10 2003, 09:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> no I mean like say the ones you find in the middle of the desert for no good reason <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->

    no I'm not crazy!! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You, my friend, are most certainly crazy.
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    hmmmm
    *meditates, then scratches head, then toys around with red button, BLAMO smashes the red button*
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    edited June 2003
    Let me give you a history lesson, child.

    The Big Red Button was created for a use. Only those that knew what it was would actually know to press it. It prevented you from getting other people from burning you up with flamethrowers.
    Unfortunately, no one made use of this Great Button for unknown reasons, and the 'nubs', if you will, continued to be open for flamethrowing wars. It was a horrendus age, an age of chaos for the rulers of the Big Button, as they had to prevent the flamewars from burning down their magnificent kingdom.
    ... The rulers were going insane, they could not stand to let flamewars continue. They <span style='color:red'>LOCKED</span> everyone who didn't use the Big Red Button in jailcells.
    ...
    ...
    Since then, the Big Red Button has been renamed 'search engine', the rulers, 'moderators', the kingdom 'forums'.

    Great story, eh?
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    wut I think that's huh... convincing <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    <a href='http://www.turnofftheinternet.com/' target='_blank'>...</a>
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  • RaserRaser Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16154Members
    edited June 2003
    Button's like these:

    <a href='http://www.turnofftheinternet.com/' target='_blank'>Red Button</a>

    EDIT: OMG You just beat me to it Silencer <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Cereal_KillR+Jun 10 2003, 06:57 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cereal_KillR @ Jun 10 2003, 06:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> well the button you are referring to actually has a use, every 666 years. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> ya know I'd really want to know why a normal person would bother to invent a button you're not supposed to press. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Y did we build massive amounts of nukes, no one wants to use them but the option is always there now.
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  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    edited June 2003
    People bulid nukes to win wars without fighting them (or even dropping the nukes), to stop wars, to wit: People build nukes with no intention of ever using them, as crazy as that might sound, it works.
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  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    cso ur paraniod.

    a button isnt a button if it is not supposed to be pressed. that is the whole purpose of a button - to be pressed. if it is not supposed to be pressed, it is not a button, it is a non-button
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    finally someone who understands my vision <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    *gives z.x. bogglestiensky a cookie*
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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Raser+Jun 10 2003, 09:54 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Raser @ Jun 10 2003, 09:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Button's like these:

    <a href='http://www.turnofftheinternet.com/' target='_blank'>Red Button</a>

    EDIT: OMG You just beat me to it Silencer <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    darnit I pressed that button and I had to do a ctl-alt-delete

    Ill save that link along with that "You are an Idiot ahahahah" one so I can send it to people I hate. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    But why would someone create a non button button? Are they completely insane?
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  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Cpl.Davis+Jun 10 2003, 10:07 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Jun 10 2003, 10:07 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Raser+Jun 10 2003, 09:54 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Raser @ Jun 10 2003, 09:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Button's like these:

    <a href='http://www.turnofftheinternet.com/' target='_blank'>Red Button</a>

    EDIT: OMG You just beat me to it Silencer <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    darnit I pressed that button and I had to do a ctl-alt-delete

    Ill save that link along with that "You are an Idiot ahahahah" one so I can send it to people I hate. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    or you could have just pressed alt+f4
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  • CoFRBambiXCGACoFRBambiXCGA Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15678Members
    clicky here =)
    <a href='http://www.turnofftheinternet.com/' target='_blank'>The Big Red Button</a>

    *note that U can use alt-f4 to close or use ctrl-alt-del*
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  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    is it my imagination or has this link been posted twice already?
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  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    <----Posted it first <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • CoFRBambiXCGACoFRBambiXCGA Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15678Members
    sory skipped a bit =)
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    edited June 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Raser+Jun 10 2003, 07:54 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Raser @ Jun 10 2003, 07:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Button's like these:

    <a href='http://www.turnofftheinternet.com/' target='_blank'>Red Button</a>

    EDIT: OMG You just beat me to it Silencer <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ROFL, thats a good one




    Know you see if I take over the world, in one of my bases I will have a button that says self-destruct, it will be big and red. It will be down a long corridor with an couple bends (you can't reach out and press it) and anyone who presses it will be instantly dropped down into a incinerator or something <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->


    (only I will know where the real button is)


    hey, can anyone give me the you are an idiot lin, I lost it...
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    kid, that's not nice you're the only one that know where the button would be I wanna go incinerate myself too D:


    btw, if you take over the world could I be you're sidekick? Something like "2K: Krispies Kill@h" or little ck or whatever D: Every evil maniac needs a sidekick <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • RedeyeRedeye Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14819Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Maus+Jun 10 2003, 08:52 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Maus @ Jun 10 2003, 08:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Unfortunately now, everything I read about big red buttons just makes me think of the Father Ted episode on the plane. The non-Brits around here probably don't have any idea what I'm on about though. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    YAY!! A fellow Irish person! WOOT!!
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  • dr_ddr_d Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14979Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--SiLeNcEr-7+Jun 10 2003, 10:08 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SiLeNcEr-7 @ Jun 10 2003, 10:08 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> But why would someone create a non button button? Are they completely insane? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That's quite easy to answer silencer. When the first buttons were invented people went around merrily clicking them without a second thought, but as time went on people started having doubts, they wondered if the actions that happened when they pushed the button were mearly coencidence. That when they push the button the thing that happened, happened regardless of them pushing it, this was such a blow to the ideas of buttons that people thought discarding them forever. Fortunatly a solution was soon developed where great minds in the button community made a button that would *never* be pressed therefore *never* cause anything to happen and if no one ever pressed the button and nothing ever happened people could rest assured that button pressing actually caused things to happen.

    There you have it folks, the mystery of the red button.
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  • GreyPawsGreyPaws Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8659Members
    holy crap I think my brain just broke... thnx dr.d u bastierdo.
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  • BeastBeast Armonkyi Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15731Members, Constellation
    Red buttons are rad signifying some form of importance.
    That's about it imo <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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