Whats the symbolism behind "Rock, Paper, Scissors"
 

sumthing like paper is money, scissors is brains i think

this is the sort of question the Internet was made for.
anyone can do a search for this sort of thing.
the answers are going to be the same as anyone else would find who did the research.

for example:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrockpaper.html

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...=Google+Search

etc...

Try a different approach to making a thread rather than asking a question that is better put to a search engine.

woah... like on the internet there's a site for everything...

http://www.worldrps.com/

how ever did we make it through life without google?

well then can someone finish mine? Brains(Scissors) over Money(paper)...........

I'll bite:

Rock == beauty

See: Beauty can be bought, and Beauty can defeat rational thinking

I think Rock, paper, scissors stands for " something to bother others with when you want to play" At least thats how I see it. Sigh.

so money over beauty but beauty over brains?


i remeber seeing a fastlane episode where they discuss us, thus the thread, anyone see that episode

I think that the Rock stands for Brawn.

That's why you can beat brawn with Paper (money) but not Scissors (brain), because you can always pay off or bribe a goon but you can seldom reason with him.

i think u got it, makes most sense

Power over Brain-this one seems odd
Brain over Money
Money over Power

little too much free time but i think its kewl that someone thought of asking that.
by the way i have no clue but ill go along with ya

Yeah, cool idea - I never thought about its origins. It always seemed just fine as an arbitrary thing to me :D

Doncha just hate when you try to disuade people from discussing something and they do it anyways.

Heh.

i´ve got to say... i ´ve never considered the symbolism in this game.
i´ve always found it and the people who indulge in it to be irritating... like my professor, who heads the university team for paper scissors rock.

but i think the symbolism, money, brains and power, well, i think that adds an interesting aspect to it.

hang on, no, that interest has gone.

Well I'm glad he made this thread, because had he looked it up on his own, he might have become satisfied and never mentioned it. I didn't realize it was such an old game and had any symbolism behind it... now I've learned something knew thanks to this thread! Thanks man!

Interesting thread. My friend and i play Rock, Paper, Scissor all the time. it really is a fun game. im gonna have to agree with jhericurl21 on what he (and everyone else who lead up to his conclusion) said.

I also hate when people say "paper rock scissor" damn thats annoying.