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[–] 176 points 1 year ago (26 children)
  • [–] 163 points 1 year ago (20 children)

    Coins are just really unbalanced three-sided dice.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    The odds of a US nickel landing on its edge is about 1 in 6000. If there are any other country's coins thicker the odds would probably get better.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    A standard US nickel, yes.

    I prefer better odds than that…

    Thick Nickels

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    That extremely rare, almost-never chance of landing on the edge is exactly what I would program into a game if I made one, instead of exactly 50% odds.

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  • It should come with some bizarre consequence, too. If it were the Oregon Trail game, there should be a tiny chance that the player finds an ancient artifact that glows and hums when touched. An alien ship swoops in and abducts the party, forcing them to join the crew. From there on, it's a space pirate game with zero explanation why and no references in the product literature. Also, customer service pretends not to know about it, if contacted.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I brought this up in maths class once. The teacher agreed that the edge was a possibility and since he was involved in football, they used to flip the coin and let it land on the ground. More than once it stuck in the mud in the edge.

    Then told us to ignore that possibility.

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  • [+] 22 points 1 year ago* (3 children)
  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Roll a d100, if it is odd 1, 2 if even

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