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.
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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.
I’ll ask people “Yes or no?” With no context.
They do say if when you flip a coin, you realise that you really want one side to win, pick that choice.*
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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 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.
Nice question
I don’t think I’ve used a coin flip to decide anything in my life since my parents occasionally used one to decide something between my brother and I as kids (such as who would get first turn on something). Every time I thought to do a coin flip for decision making as a younger person, I’d find myself leaning toward and secretly hoping for one outcome and think to myself…this is dumb, let’s just do the one I’m already leaning toward. Now it’s not even something I consider doing when making decisions. I also go literally months, sometimes years, between touching coins now, so I’d have to ask Google to flip a coin for me or something.
No, never.
Last time was when we were children.