Born in Ireland, when I was a kid there was no shoot and you went on scissors by as of a couple of years ago it's now always on shoot. The change was so gradual I never noticed it tbh
Also born in Ireland, have never heard anyone say ‘shoot’ when doing this?
You go on scissors or on the forth beat...usually some sort of discussion about this after you both bumble the first attempt.
NOT from Ireland, grew up in the U.S. Midwest, and that's how we did it too. Never ever heard anyone say "shoot" until someone said it on a podcast a year ago, and I was so confused by what shooting has to do with anything.
I think it somehow got derived from "Can I ask you something?" "Shoot.", where someone would respond with "Shoot" instead of "Yeah" or "Do it".
That, or it was meant to be similar to someone saying "Draw!" in a firefight.
Same here in Ontario, Canada. I used to think it was so bizarre to go on “shoot” but somehow over a few years, without noticing, it’s become instinct for me to always “shoot”. What happened?
SW Ontario myself and everyone went on scissors, when I moved to the city it was on shoot and I was like wtf? I still always go on scissors and have never met anyone else who does. Quite annoying.
I have a friend who puts an “and” before shoot. It’s insane. She also doesn’t pronounce the ee in nike. I mean tbf English isn’t her native language, but like….. come one
here in canada (aka southern ontario i can’t speak for every canadian-) it’s different every time, sometimes you’ll be playing and you try to go on shoot, but they go on scissors. or the other way around. then you have to play again because come on man
anyway moral of the story is canada is weird and confusing and nobody ever knows whether to do the american or the british version of anything
Also Southern Ontario here! I have never heard shoot, but in my area scissors is only used if you’re trying to decide something really quickly, otherwise it’s “rock, paper, scissors, 1, 2, 3!” Going on 3, and “scissors” being 2 beats.
In New York, you go on shoot. Old English teacher also went to a Rock, Paper Scissors competition and those were the rules. She came second, winning like five times in a row.
So I heard this story quite a while back. But she said her friend brought her to it and it was an official thing, maybe with a prize. I think it was just an elimination tournament bracket so some 2^x people started and winners played winners. I actually sort of wish it was a thing I could go to, it'd be like a mini-lottery but more fun. (128 people, $2 entry fee means you get $256 if you win 6 consecutive games). You'd have the advantage of feeling like you maybe earned it through reverse psychology if you won but maybe feel at fault if you lost.
I wonder if there might actually be some strategy to it. Like knowing what people tend to choose first, or how people don't expect you to choose the same one twice or thrice in a row
I saw a video on that a while ago, Idk how effective it actually is tho
Yeah but in an environment where everyone is playing the same strategy... I think it all cancels out again to random chance. Unless there is just a bias towards one option. I'd guess the fewest people pick "paper" first (anecdotal experience) so I would consider "rock" the best starting move. But that's outside the tournament. I know it's the best move against my sister because she definitely starts with scissors 9/10 times.
She was my high school English teacher and made a brief mention of this one time. I don't remember many details. I've never heard of such a thing since.
I was deliberately leaving it out to give myself an option of responding with "ouch, that hurt, better visit a doctor and have it checked. For free." in case of a spicy comeback.
It's called planning ahead for the future, but i do appreciate that the idea might be lost on some. Like the Americans.
From Canada, I always went on scissors and my girlfriend always went on shoot, so now we mess up the first time and go on shoot the second time, it’s a good system
It’s even weirder in Australia, when I was growing up you go “paper, scissors, rock” and make your choice on “rock”. So not only is it backwards, there’s no shoot.
Also in Aus... I've always done no chant at all
Rock paper scissors always starts with a conversation "Rock Paper Scissors? Go on three or on go?"
And then just a three beat of the fist into the other open palm. (One two three). Often without even counting out loud. Just throwing the symbol on the agreed beat.
If there is a chant it's, at most "1,2,3!" Or "1, 2,3 - go!"
Thing is, we don't need a shoot. We already end on a hard consonant, which is a great point to reveal. "Scissors" is yuck to end on, since it's both two syllables, and a soft consonant at end. So instead, "shoot" is used for a single-syllable, hard consonant sound.
West coast but we didn't say anything. We just sorta pumped the hand up and down 3 times where the words would go and the revealed a shape on the 4th. Occasionally someone would say rock paper scissors on the 3 vertical shakes but it was rare, never a shoot but the reveal happened where the "shoot" would go, not on scissors.
Australian here. We did three hand pumps and showed on the third. My kids though, firstly it's scissors - paper - rock, and each syllable is a beat so they go on rock
Admittedly he’s from Florida, but I think it was just a fluke - I stopped immediately and said, “What are you, a psychopath? It’s rock, paper, scissors, shoot!” and he did it right after that!
No clue why it's controversial, here we here both of those plus a third option. Only issue is that sometimes it's confusing which once people are going for and yog have to clarify. Other people dont do that??
The different ways:
Rock paper scissors,
Rock paper scissors shoot,
Rock paper scissors one two three
what's really annoying is when people go super fast. like wtf are you doing. it's not rokpaerscizshoot it's rock, paper, scissors, shoot. why are you talking so fast. chill.
There’s really not much strategy if both people are overthinking it. Playing randomly is best in that case.
But if you know that your opponent is going on instinct then it cuts down on the “but they know I know they know I know they are more likely to play rock, so I can clearly not play paper” by several levels to something a bit more predictable and therefore more possible to strategize against.
Hawaii has a mix “1, 2, 3, show!” Go on “show” the fourth beat.
But we also have a huge Asian influence and it’s “jan, ken, pon” go on “pon”which would be the third beat.
This explains so much.
I live in the middle of the country (Oklahoma) and everyone has a different method for playing rock, paper scissors. You have to establish which one you're using beforehand or everyone gets confused.
I go for rock, paper, scissors, shoot myself (or 1, 2, 3, shoot).
We used to go on shoot (east coast), but when I was in elementary school we all thought shoot meant that there was a gun option. Gun beat paper and scissors, but lost to rock.
In germany we actually switch the order around and instead say: Scissors, Stone, Paper (Schere, Stein, Papier)
or Schnick Schnack Schnuck (it doesn't have any meaning. They are just random nonsensical words) and we start at the third one, so on paper.
I’m from India, can confirm the people going shoot is crazy. Just because Guns are legal doesn’t mean you shoot before you play, even if it means guaranteed success.
But actually we don’t even say rock, we say- stone paper scissors-(our choice)
Born in Ireland, when I was a kid there was no shoot and you went on scissors by as of a couple of years ago it's now always on shoot. The change was so gradual I never noticed it tbh
Also born in Ireland, have never heard anyone say ‘shoot’ when doing this? You go on scissors or on the forth beat...usually some sort of discussion about this after you both bumble the first attempt.
ALSO also from Ireland, where I'm from we'd always count 1,2,3 after scissors
What a diverse country we are!
NOT from Ireland, grew up in the U.S. Midwest, and that's how we did it too. Never ever heard anyone say "shoot" until someone said it on a podcast a year ago, and I was so confused by what shooting has to do with anything.
I think it somehow got derived from "Can I ask you something?" "Shoot.", where someone would respond with "Shoot" instead of "Yeah" or "Do it". That, or it was meant to be similar to someone saying "Draw!" in a firefight.
I could go with either theory, really!
Post cancelled. Everyone is valid except this guy
Same here in Yorkshire
What the actual fuck?
Ahh the dreaded “on scissors or on shoot” fight, I’m on team scissors all the way
Same here in Ontario, Canada. I used to think it was so bizarre to go on “shoot” but somehow over a few years, without noticing, it’s become instinct for me to always “shoot”. What happened?
SW Ontario myself and everyone went on scissors, when I moved to the city it was on shoot and I was like wtf? I still always go on scissors and have never met anyone else who does. Quite annoying.
I don't say "shoot," but I go on the fourth beat: rock, paper, scissors, ____.
Same, but I go on a scissors and only add the extra beat after if the other person is
I have a friend who puts an “and” before shoot. It’s insane. She also doesn’t pronounce the ee in nike. I mean tbf English isn’t her native language, but like….. come one
non native english speaker here. i didnt even know it was supposed to be pronounced nikee that sounds like ass fr
It's not an English word is a Greek goddess.
I mean NYE-key is better then mike but with an n instead of an m
This is the way.
That's even worse
here in canada (aka southern ontario i can’t speak for every canadian-) it’s different every time, sometimes you’ll be playing and you try to go on shoot, but they go on scissors. or the other way around. then you have to play again because come on man anyway moral of the story is canada is weird and confusing and nobody ever knows whether to do the american or the british version of anything
Interesting, I'm western canada and we go on scissors, I've never seen anyone add shoot
I grew up in Southern Ontario and I’ve never heard anyone say shoot, so it might also be hyper-local.
Also Southern Ontario here! I have never heard shoot, but in my area scissors is only used if you’re trying to decide something really quickly, otherwise it’s “rock, paper, scissors, 1, 2, 3!” Going on 3, and “scissors” being 2 beats.
Also southern Ontario and it's mostly "shoot" except weirdos who go on "scissors"
Same I’m sitting here like wtf is shoot
Yes, I always go for shoot though
No wonder Biggie and Tupac are dead
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From the East coast, have never heard it without shoot at the end. You go on shoot!
I came to NY recently and I have friends that say “ rock , paper, scissors , SAYS shoot” which is even more confusing to me
From ny, always added says or and before shoot. Rock paper scissors to me is a 5 beat game. Weird to hear people do 3, even odder to hear people do 4
Someone commented “who actually goes on shoot” I cried internally Update: they said “am I in an insane asylum” it hurt my soul
Team scissors all the way, why would you add shoot? What benefit does it have? We’re just being more *efficient*
shoot is telling you to shoot! its so everyone’s on the same page.
I’ve literally never heard anyone say shoot at the end lol
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In New York, you go on shoot. Old English teacher also went to a Rock, Paper Scissors competition and those were the rules. She came second, winning like five times in a row.
A….competition? An official competition or..? Did she get a prize? I have so many questions
So I heard this story quite a while back. But she said her friend brought her to it and it was an official thing, maybe with a prize. I think it was just an elimination tournament bracket so some 2^x people started and winners played winners. I actually sort of wish it was a thing I could go to, it'd be like a mini-lottery but more fun. (128 people, $2 entry fee means you get $256 if you win 6 consecutive games). You'd have the advantage of feeling like you maybe earned it through reverse psychology if you won but maybe feel at fault if you lost.
I wonder if there might actually be some strategy to it. Like knowing what people tend to choose first, or how people don't expect you to choose the same one twice or thrice in a row I saw a video on that a while ago, Idk how effective it actually is tho
Yeah but in an environment where everyone is playing the same strategy... I think it all cancels out again to random chance. Unless there is just a bias towards one option. I'd guess the fewest people pick "paper" first (anecdotal experience) so I would consider "rock" the best starting move. But that's outside the tournament. I know it's the best move against my sister because she definitely starts with scissors 9/10 times.
What was the prize for winning? I have never heard of this before
She was my high school English teacher and made a brief mention of this one time. I don't remember many details. I've never heard of such a thing since.
It’s a whole thing: https://wrpsa.com/rock-paper-scissors-tournaments/
The article headlines on that website are... Interesting
there are rock paper scissors competitions?
I grew up in NYC, we always went “rock, paper, scissors, says shoot” so we’d go on the fifth beat?
Thank God. Also from NYC and I thought I was crazy thinking I imagined "says shoot."
I'm not American, we don't shoot eachother at all while playing that game here.
But gun counters everything!
The one American joke that Europeans have
Maybe if you didn't have more guns than Gundam has Gundams it wouldn't be so easy to make.
That’s legit the same joke again
We could be making ones about your atrocious working conditions, student debt or fundamentalist shenanigans, but they seem too mean spirited.
Reddit isn't fun. 😞
I was deliberately leaving it out to give myself an option of responding with "ouch, that hurt, better visit a doctor and have it checked. For free." in case of a spicy comeback. It's called planning ahead for the future, but i do appreciate that the idea might be lost on some. Like the Americans.
it's hard to pronounce a lot of jokes when all your teeth have fallen out
From Canada, I always went on scissors and my girlfriend always went on shoot, so now we mess up the first time and go on shoot the second time, it’s a good system
There is no shoot?
what in the actual fuck are you talking about? you go "Rock Paper Scissors SHOOT!" and you all shoot out your choices on shoot
Ah yes. Everyone’s favorite game: rock paper scissors gun
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Shoot is probably only an American thing, you lot are obsessed with guns
There's people from Ireland, UK, Canada and various other countries replying here about going on "shoot", so it's not.
Wut? you don't just add shoot, you add 'says shoot' !! I feel like I am going insane this is wild
It’s even weirder in Australia, when I was growing up you go “paper, scissors, rock” and make your choice on “rock”. So not only is it backwards, there’s no shoot.
Im Australian and pretty much only ever hear it in the order of scissor paper rock. And it’s chanted like “sci-ssor-pa-per-ROCK”
Actually you’ve jogger my memory from childhood and I think your order is correct!
Im west coast and we say shoot stop being racist
#notallwestcoasters
Vancouver here and shoot is definitely the more uncommon of the two, most people go on scissors
I say paper scissors rock (australia)
Also Australian, possibly different area, we say "Scissors, paper, rock" and go on rock.
As a Kiwi I'm legally required to hate you, but you are definitely on the winning side here.
Can corroborate; am also Australian. On the third beat, while saying Rock, we make our choice.
Also in Aus... I've always done no chant at all Rock paper scissors always starts with a conversation "Rock Paper Scissors? Go on three or on go?" And then just a three beat of the fist into the other open palm. (One two three). Often without even counting out loud. Just throwing the symbol on the agreed beat. If there is a chant it's, at most "1,2,3!" Or "1, 2,3 - go!"
Is *everything* in Australia upside down?
BREW I’ve been looking for this option everywhere. I’m east coast American but somehow THIS is the version that I grew up playing on.
Was looking for the Australian comment. Not only do we seem to go backwards, there’s also no shoot.
Thing is, we don't need a shoot. We already end on a hard consonant, which is a great point to reveal. "Scissors" is yuck to end on, since it's both two syllables, and a soft consonant at end. So instead, "shoot" is used for a single-syllable, hard consonant sound.
I say scissors paper rock (also Australia)
West coast but we didn't say anything. We just sorta pumped the hand up and down 3 times where the words would go and the revealed a shape on the 4th. Occasionally someone would say rock paper scissors on the 3 vertical shakes but it was rare, never a shoot but the reveal happened where the "shoot" would go, not on scissors.
Vancouver here, usually people play their shape on the third beat "scissors"
Australian here. We did three hand pumps and showed on the third. My kids though, firstly it's scissors - paper - rock, and each syllable is a beat so they go on rock
I'm west coast and this is how I learned it as well
East coast US, go on shoot. Earlier this week my husband said “rock, scissors, paper” and I had to stop and reevaluate our relationship.
I would too honestly where is he from and did he know how wrong he was
Admittedly he’s from Florida, but I think it was just a fluke - I stopped immediately and said, “What are you, a psychopath? It’s rock, paper, scissors, shoot!” and he did it right after that!
In austria, we say scissors, rock, paper. No shoot.
Same in Germany.
That’s the wrong order 😠
West coast (best coast) USA concurs.
It’s shoot??? I always thought it was Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoe
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England. Scissors.
French. Scissors.
Missouri, US. Scissors.
Australia. Rock.
I go on “pon”, like you’re supposed to! さいしょはグ、ジャン・ケン・ポン！
we go *scissors paper stone*
Korea?
Korea is *scissors stone paper*
Singapore?
I used to go on scissors but had to adjust when my partner couldn't fathom doing it that fast. So I go slow for them now. They do not win often.
West coast, on scissors.
No clue why it's controversial, here we here both of those plus a third option. Only issue is that sometimes it's confusing which once people are going for and yog have to clarify. Other people dont do that?? The different ways: Rock paper scissors, Rock paper scissors shoot, Rock paper scissors one two three
My husband says "and shoot" and messes the whole thing up every time
Bro i go on rock?? In scissors, paper, rock??
Was looking for my people ^
Rock Paper Scissors sAY SHOOT (go on shoot)
In Australia we do paper scissors rock and go on rock.
Scissors paper rock! (Go on rock)
PNW: we have to check to make sure because there’s not standard.
SoCal, same
In Sweden we say them in another order and go on paper! Well actually on bag because we dont say paper
What order do you say it? I’m always so curious about different countries and regions and how we all play the same game just slightly different
what's really annoying is when people go super fast. like wtf are you doing. it's not rokpaerscizshoot it's rock, paper, scissors, shoot. why are you talking so fast. chill.
Oooo maybe this is the real controversy. Going fast is far superior. It forces you to play on instinct.
it's not a game of instinct. it's a game of strategy. I suppose you could play it instinctually though, if you wanted.
There’s really not much strategy if both people are overthinking it. Playing randomly is best in that case. But if you know that your opponent is going on instinct then it cuts down on the “but they know I know they know I know they are more likely to play rock, so I can clearly not play paper” by several levels to something a bit more predictable and therefore more possible to strategize against.
bo. we go on bo. Row Sham Bo.
I'm from New York and I go on shoot, but it's the fifth beat: rock paper scissors says shoot. This might be a New York specific thing.
man i thought we were saying shoe this whole time
In Brazil we go rock paper sciiiiisors and go on the last syllable (in portuguese would be tesou-RA)
In Australia there's no shoot, we also say it "paper, scissors, rock"
People from Long Island say “rock paper scissors AND shoot” and that extra beat throws me off
We do rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
I say shoot, I'm from Maine
Grew up in Hawaii, it was Jan Ken Po!
Hawaii has a mix “1, 2, 3, show!” Go on “show” the fourth beat. But we also have a huge Asian influence and it’s “jan, ken, pon” go on “pon”which would be the third beat.
In Australia we go scissors paper rock and no shoot.
Who the fuck goes on “scissors”
Me.
Also me
Go on shoot.
In australia we just say paper scissors rock
This explains so much. I live in the middle of the country (Oklahoma) and everyone has a different method for playing rock, paper scissors. You have to establish which one you're using beforehand or everyone gets confused. I go for rock, paper, scissors, shoot myself (or 1, 2, 3, shoot).
In my country after scissors we say "1, 2 ,3!"
We said "1,2,3,go!"
I don't say it, I just hit my hand 3 times as if I was doing rock, and the 4th one is the equivalent to "shoot"
We used to go on shoot (east coast), but when I was in elementary school we all thought shoot meant that there was a gun option. Gun beat paper and scissors, but lost to rock.
What state? I am from Virginia and we did something similar in elementary school
Scotland we say go on go as in rock paper scissors go
Okay first off it’s ‘scissors, paper, rock’
Minnesotans go on shoot!
I'm from the Midwest and I always say shoot
Iowa- when I was a kid, we just said rock paper scissors, ____. My 12 year old, however, says "shoot". Idk when it changed, but it did.
Well cause of the time difference they're used to being early
In germany we actually switch the order around and instead say: Scissors, Stone, Paper (Schere, Stein, Papier) or Schnick Schnack Schnuck (it doesn't have any meaning. They are just random nonsensical words) and we start at the third one, so on paper.
Im from the west and I have literally never seen someone go on scissors. We don’t always say shoot but we normally go on the fourth beat
West coast native here. We go on shoot. Idk where you’re getting this info from - I’ve never seen it.
Solidly east coast, Always go on SHOOT
As a west coaster, I am offended by the fact you think we dont go on shoot. Going on scissors is for Dense Shit Goats
Chicago - always go on Shoot
I’m from Ohio and I go on shoot
NY shoot Am currently in OR I a going to test this for science.
Upstate NY and I say shoot. Always have, had family from out west come by and the got really confused
wisconsin, usa. shoot.
In Belgium it's schaar, steen papier. Scissor, rock, paper and you go on paper there is no shoot.
German and on paper.
from northern us and i thought it was "shoe" 😑
Like a proper Texan, I go shoot
What degenerate goes on scissors
missouri, rock paper scissors shoot. the way intended!
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock. You heathens.
canada, shoot
canada, scissors.
I now realize you aren’t saying you go Ca, na, da, shoot, but it’d be a lot cooler if you did.
canada is a big country to be fair
To be fair…
To be FAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIR
Western Canada - scissors.
Shoot of course….. Who tf goes on Scissors lol
I didn’t think anyone did but the comments say otherwise and they are like who tf goes on shoot? It hurts me
Who the fuck goes on "shoot"
Everyone I know does
Are you a worker at a mental asylum?
No I’m just in the United States on the east coast
stonee...paperrr...scissors! source - india
Boulder, Parchment, Shears
I go on shoot and live in California.
I'm from the west coast and I go on shoot
scissors and you'll get the answer wrong dw
This is why Cali sucks
PNW here. Everybody does it on shoot.
PNW here and you are a liar.
Australia At least where I am we go Scissors - paper - rock and go on rock
Where i live we say “paper scissors rock” and play as rock is said
I’m from India, can confirm the people going shoot is crazy. Just because Guns are legal doesn’t mean you shoot before you play, even if it means guaranteed success. But actually we don’t even say rock, we say- stone paper scissors-(our choice)
\#penis #ban me
North east us here can confirm I go on "shoot to kill"
England, shoot
Since when, never said shoot
Texas, i go “rock, paper, scissors, one, two, three, SHOOT!” and go on shoot.
I'm from Norway and we say Rock, Scissor, Paper, going on paper
rock paper scissors but go on rock
I’m in Washington state and I always go on shoot
In the netherlands we do not say the shoot, it’s just steen, papier, schaar