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How do people manage to play Rock, Paper, Scissors so quickly? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Don't get me wrong, I totally understand the rules of the game, its rather simple. My question is how do people manage to play out 3 rounds in less than 5 seconds?

For me, it's a multi-step mental challenge that would take me like 15 to 20 seconds slowed down to complete.

    1. Pick a word, Rock, Paper, Scissors
    1. Remember how to shape my hand
    1. Punch Rock into my palm a couple times anyways, as apparently Rock is the default before the actual sign is thrown
    1. Remind myself how to arrange my own hand sign when the round is up
    1. Observe the opponent's sign, which is only presented for about a half of a second
  • ?. Oh fuck, I didn't have enough time to register the opponent's hand sign
    1. Feel like a fucking idiot and walk away

Seriously, how is this game played so quickly? Is it more suitable for people that know sign language or something?

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[–] 11 points 9 months ago* (5 children)

Haha, once you get used to it, it's a piece of cake. How often do you play? Mybe don't start with the folks playing super fast.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Work managers played in like 3 seconds flat to assign job duties.

    I threatened to quit if that's what they expected of me. They ended up finding other ways to assign job duties.

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  • [–] -3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah, they totally assign duties arbitrarily like that.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Umm, yeah, that's how they assigned toilet cleaning, trash, vacuum the floor duties, etc.

    It was a tech shop, we had a grand total of like 8 employees max.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Sounds like a chart could have been created.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 9 months ago

    Ultimately, because both me and another skilled tech felt uncomfortable in the same fast-paced way they'd play that game, they ended up shifting away from RPS towards something like a round-robin 2 week schedule for miscellaneous job duties.

    Hey, in such a small shop, I get it, it seemed like a fun seemingly simple way to assign job duties across ~8 to 10 employees, but me and one of the other experienced techs just couldn't process the game at the speed the managers demanded.

    So we ever so politely requested they change the method they used to assign the dirty job duties. We ultimately figured out how to balance the workload more towards which employee was better at what, like I'm better with heavy loads such as trash, another employee better at cleaning the toilet, and new employees got the vacuum duty.

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