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Old 09-04-2003, 02:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Whats the symbolism behind "Rock, Paper, Scissors"

sumthing like paper is money, scissors is brains i think
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Old 09-04-2003, 02:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 09-04-2003, 02:19 PM   #3 (permalink)
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woah... like on the internet there's a site for everything...

http://www.worldrps.com/
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Old 09-04-2003, 02:55 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 09-04-2003, 03:24 PM   #5 (permalink)
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well then can someone finish mine? Brains(Scissors) over Money(paper)...........
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Old 09-04-2003, 03:35 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I'll bite:

Rock == beauty

See: Beauty can be bought, and Beauty can defeat rational thinking
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Old 09-04-2003, 05:49 PM   #7 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 09-04-2003, 05:59 PM   #8 (permalink)
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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
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Old 09-04-2003, 06:27 PM   #9 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 09-04-2003, 07:56 PM   #10 (permalink)
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i think u got it, makes most sense

Power over Brain-this one seems odd
Brain over Money
Money over Power
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Old 09-22-2003, 06:16 PM   #11 (permalink)
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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
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Old 09-23-2003, 07:45 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Yeah, cool idea - I never thought about its origins. It always seemed just fine as an arbitrary thing to me
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Old 09-23-2003, 08:14 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally posted by ARTelevision
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.
Doncha just hate when you try to disuade people from discussing something and they do it anyways.

Heh.
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Old 09-23-2003, 06:21 PM   #14 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 09-23-2003, 07:01 PM   #15 (permalink)
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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!
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Old 09-23-2003, 08:04 PM   #16 (permalink)
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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.
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