My toddler chooses which option will win
My toddler chooses which option will win
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resolved Feb 13
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Thomas the blue tank engine
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among us
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Canada
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The United States
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Taylor Swift
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Daddy
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Mommy
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A surprise
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A doggy
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People's Republic of China
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Baby shark (doo doo doo doo doo doo)
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Yes
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hello
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Obamna
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Spider-Man
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Bluey
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"Congratulations, child. You get a PUPPY!"
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Chocolate
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Dinosaur πŸ¦–

I have a 3-year old son. At market close I will read out the options in reverse order (highest percentage option gets to be spoken last) and ask him to pick one. In the highly likely event that he picks multiple options or can't decide between them, I will treat that as a "shortlist" and repeat the process. I will repeat until a final decision is made. If no decision can be made, I will resolve to prob split between all finalists.

FINE PRINT:

  • I reserve the right to disqualify any options I don't want to read out: if you promise him candy in exchange for choosing your answer, I'm not going to read it out because I don't want to be on the hook for the ensuing temper tantrum when there isn't any candy.

  • My rule about trading in my own markets when there's some discretion in the resolution process is that I allow myself to trade, but commit to owning zero shares at resolution time.

  • Some people are adding emojis. I will in fact show him the answers as I'm reading them to him, so that's a viable strategy

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1y

I spontaneously tacked this on to the marshmallow test livestream. If anyone lost mana due to the lack of communication (E.g. left limit orders up due to thinking resolution was far off) I have some live trading winnings I can pay back your losses with.

1y

lolwut

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1y

@Bayesian that still doesn't explain why though?

1y

@Pykess When there's a bunch of trading going right at the same time the market is resolved, it sometimes glitches. I suspected that had happened here so with Michael's permission I unresolved and re-resolved since that has fixed these issues in the past.

bought αΉ€50 Please don't choose ... NO1y

what's going on..

bought αΉ€10 I scream, you scream... YES1y

guys he's gonna say all of them there's no reason to only bet up the ones he says when he says them

Laser pew pew pew boom 🀯 (in a really silly voice while doing finger guns)
bought αΉ€1 Laser pew pew pew bo... YES1y

Y'all have underestimated the power of theatre

1y

@TheAllMemeingEye I expect @MichaelWheatley to read all of these in a monotone voice exactly as written. "boom head explode emoji open parenthesis in a really..."

1y

@NivlacM I'm going to split the difference: execute stage directions but do so in as minimal a way as possible, so that this doesn't turn into a tell dad what to do contest

answered1y
Farty McFartface
bought αΉ€10 Farty McFartface YES1y

No way Farty McFartface should be at only 1 - 2%. Fart jokes are one of the key pillars of kid humor.

1y

ooh inspired for another option actually

bought αΉ€5 <fart sound> YES1y
bought αΉ€5 Farty McFartface YES1y

the divine order

answered1y
potato perpetual screeching man advertisement grateful fanatical theory skillful erratic shape print meeting four steel standing weigh minute force amount whip clover wave nonstop detailed aspiring shock play bashful long quarter six change
1y

Is this some sort of jailbreak for toddlers to get them to bypass constraints? Or just normal token overloading?

1y

@Pykess this is a smart answer actually. I would have submitted something similar.

1y

@MichaelWheatley I've never interacted with a toddler for long enough to know if you're being serious

1y

@Pykess a really long answer is going to a) stand out and b) be interesting

answered1y
Choose this for two marshmallows in 15 minutes
1y

Oops, there’s fine print πŸ˜…

1y

@LuisCostigan Great answer though

1y
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1y

This is a great idea, I really like this market. You could derive some interesting variations from it. For example: "Which character is the strongest, according to my toddler?". You print out pictures of the suggested characters and let the toddler decide who would win a fight, with tournament progression.

1y

The credit goes to @Joshua. We were talking about some other market idea and he suggested I create this one in the vein of the "ChatGPT Chooses" markets other people have made.

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