I sometimes do and I did just a few minutes ago as I’m typing this. I decided 5 out of 7, whether or not I was going to go to a chinese buffet today. The coin decided 5-3, that I will. Then I wanted the coin to decide if I’m going thrifting today and with a landslide of 0-5, it didn’t want me to.
And do you stick to those choices?
Post flip clarity is real for me. If the flip doesn’t go the way I wanted I’ll just recognize that emotion and do whichever thing I actually wanted more.
“Flip a coin. When it’s in the air, you’ll know which side you’re hoping for.” - Arnold Rothstein in Boardwalk Empire
I do this too.
For things I seemingly have no opinion about, I do it. If I follow through with it, I really did not care - if I don’t, I have learned in the process I actually have an opinion.
I will sometimes do a flip but ignore the result: if you throw the coin high, then as it’s falling you probably find yourself hoping it will land on one side or the other. Whatever side it lands on, just go with the side you wanted it to land on bc that’s what you really want. Works surprisingly well.
Yes! I do the exact same thing.
In group settings I always go for the dice and we assign numbers to what we will be doing as a group. It helps when we can’t decide what to do because we all want different things, such as where to go for dinner.
Since I rarely have coins handy, I use a clock (if I don’t know the current time, obviously): “If the minutes are odd, yes. Even? No.” (Eg. 2:53 = yes, :54 = no).
Coin flip? Amateur. You should roll a D20 for initiative.
They do say if when you flip a coin, you realise that you really want one side to win, pick that choice.*
I’ll ask people “Yes or no?” With no context.
Dice rolls. I let the number rocks decide my fate. All hail the probability cubes
I do. If it’s heads I always tell the person to keep the coin. It’s thier lucky coin. But don’t put it in your pocket. It’ll get mixed in with all the other coins and become just another coin.
Which it is.
No, never.
Last time was when we were children.
Yes and yes. So far it hasn’t steered me too wrongly.
For me, I always use “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe” to make some difficult decisions
I do sometimes use it to choose what to play/watch, although I use a random number generator. It’s more random than a coin toss and cuts to the chase when there’s more than 2 options.
I use an app called chwazi to decide something between my two kids when they can’t agree on something
chwazi is the ultimate parenting tool. I’m surprised that it doesn’t have wider renown.
Coin flip? Lol, silly humans thinking it’s actually random.
I use Quantum Random Number Generator btw.
