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My favorite was nuclear war, followed by nuclear winter.

Thanks for playing, everyone!

Final call for the Cicada Apocalypse….

@equinoxhq If we change the last bit to "Result: everyone is in despair" then it becomes a poem lol

99 red cicadas

There being so many cicadas that we ourselves turn out to have been a cicada Boltzmann brain in retrospect, because of anthropics.

According to Bing AI:

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Sword Dance Baton Pass strategies involve using the move Sword Dance to significantly boost a Pokémon’s Attack stat and then using Baton Pass to transfer those increased stats to another Pokémon. This allows a player to safely increase a Pokémon’s offensive capabilities and then switch to a more suitable attacker without losing the stat boosts.

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@Najawin what is the causal link to the cicadas?

@TheAllMemeingEye Ninjask was the OG swords dance/baton pass pokemon, because its ability was speed boost, also increasing its speed every turn passively, meaning that when you baton pass'd you'd give attack boosts + speed boosts. Ninjask is a cicada pokemon.

@Najawin Ah, fun! I tried this with Gemini. If you ask it about swords dance / baton pass having anything to do with cicadas, it says there's no connection, just giving you a definition. But if you then ask it for the pokemon most associated with the strategy, and ask it what animal Ninjask was based off of, and then ask it the question again, it will get the right answer and correct itself.

@Najawin Right, thanks :)

I am surprised at how well “Nothing” is doing when I am clearly looking for something to fear, preferably with a humorous twist. I specifically said this is not about what is likely, but about fears.

In addition to “the wisdom of crowds,” I think humor can also work best in a collaborative manner. Together, we can be funnier than any one of us could be. To use a volleyball analogy, I’ve set the ball and I know some of you sickos can spike it to win the point.

@TrickyDuck we should use the odds of the nothing option to determine a market about whether Manifold has a sense of humour lol

@TheAllMemeingEye Or reads the descriptions of markets closely. (Hi. It's me.)

@Najawin my apologies, where might I know you from? I don't think I know anyone called Naja, though maybe you were referencing the German phrase "na ja" (well)?

@TheAllMemeingEye "Hi it's me" as in I didn't read the market description closely, lmaaaoooo.

@Najawin ah right haha

What counts as sin for cats and dogs? Are there Bible passages specifically about them or do the same commandments apply as for humans?

@TheAllMemeingEye Bill Murray (originally Ghostbusters) can clarify that.

No mind to think. No will to break. Incessant buzzing to cry suffering. Born of egg and ground. You shall seal the fungal thirst that plagues their dreams. You are the vessel. You are the Hollow Cicada.

// tears from laughter //

I'd also recommend adding the fun tag and mentioning the humour aspect in the title

Are you factoring likelihood and severity into your judgment too or purely humour value?

@TheAllMemeingEye Mostly humor, but something really dark could be funny in an inappropriate way. Think outside the box and surprise/impress me.

How many will win?

@TheAllMemeingEye No limit to possible winners. You can never fear too much.