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What's your favorite Enigma / Riddle / Sentence Puzzle? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 year ago by Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Tomorrow is a big event at my university. I'd like to make a fun thing where the people of the Board Game society I am in can try to find me for a riddle, kind of a Where is Waldo in a place where there is a crap tone of people to find the NPC that'll give them a Riddle (Maybe something to win? No idea how I could do that detail)

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[–] gezepi@lemmyunchained.net 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It doesn't lead to a destination, and maybe isn't even a riddle, but a sentence I like is:

Is your answer to this question the same as if I had asked you to give me a dollar?

[–] Jordan_U@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For me, unless I'm missing something, that's an easy "Yes".

If someone randomly asks me for a single dollar they probably need it more urgently than I do. And if it's some kind of weird scam? I'm still only out $1.

(No, I will not be sending $1 to people that reply to this, but I pre-acknowlege that you're very clever for thinking of that)

[–] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can use this question with $100 for example.

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Or 100 times per person!

[–] gezepi@lemmyunchained.net 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, asking for a single dollar isn't the best use of the question. You could ask for anything, not that the recipient would actually deliver on it.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is a fun one that can be adapted to all sorts of questions where you want a yes answer.

[–] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Undecidable

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~yes~~, ~~no~~, maybe, I don't know, can you repeat the question?

[–] gezepi@lemmyunchained.net 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly. The correct way to answer is to not "yes" or "no".