About the Yes or No Generator
Three answer sets are on offer. The default holds twenty phrasings that all resolve to yes or no, from the blunt "Definitely no" to the hedged "Yes, but check twice", which makes a single press feel less like a coin and more like advice. The plain set is exactly two options and nothing else, which is what you want when a group is watching and you need the result to be obviously fair. The third set adds Maybe, useful when "not yet" is a real outcome.
Every press draws from the browser's cryptographic random source through crypto.getRandomValues, so the odds are even across whichever set you chose and no run is influenced by the last one. In the default set the twenty phrasings split ten to ten, so yes and no remain equally likely even though the wording varies. Turning on No repeats changes the behaviour when you ask for several answers at once: the batch then draws without replacement, which is only meaningful with the larger set.
It is a decision helper, not an oracle, and the honest use for it is noticing your own reaction. If the answer comes up no and you feel relief, you already knew. When you need a number instead of an answer try the Dice Roller, when two people have to be separated fairly use the Coin Flip, and when the choice is between more than two things the Random Picker takes your own list.
How to use
- Choose an Answer set, or leave the playful one selected.
- Leave the count at one for a single verdict, or raise it to see a run of answers.
- Press Generate and read the result. Press again if you did not like it, and notice that you did not.
- Copy the answer if you need to paste it into a chat as proof.
Common questions
- Is the result really fifty fifty?
- Yes for the plain set, and yes for the default set too, because its twenty phrasings are split evenly between ten yes answers and ten no answers.
- What does the maybe option change?
- It swaps in a three answer set, so each of yes, no and maybe comes up about a third of the time.
- Can I get several answers at once?
- Set the count higher and you get a run of answers, one per line by default, up to a hundred in one press.
- Why does No repeats start switched off?
- Most people want a single answer, and with only two or three options a no repeats rule would run out almost immediately.