Yes or No Picker
Ask a question and let chance answer yes or no.
Yes or No Picker: the tool
Your question
It is only shown with the answer. It is not sent anywhere.
Yes and no have exactly the same chance. Ask again as often as you like: each answer is drawn afresh.
Answer
Press Decide for me.
Type a question if you like, and press Decide for me. The answer is yes or no, with exactly the same chance each, and it shows in large type with your question above it. It is a light-hearted way to settle small choices, such as where to eat or whether to start now.
How it works
Each answer is one random bit from your browser's cryptographic random generator: one answer for zero, the other for one. The two answers are exactly equally likely, and each press is independent of the ones before it. Asking the same question again gives a new, unrelated answer, which is why it is worth deciding in advance whether you will accept the first.
Your question is only displayed. It is not sent anywhere, and it is not used to influence the answer, so the picker has no idea what you asked. The last ten answers are listed with a count of yes and no, which are kept in the page's memory only and disappear when you close or reload it.
There is a trick that many people find useful with any coin-style decision: notice how you feel when the answer appears. If you are relieved, you know what you wanted. If you are disappointed, you also know. That is folk advice, not science, but it shows what the random answer is best for, which is to help you hear your own preference.
How to use it
- Type your question if you want it shown with the answer. You can leave it empty.
- Press Decide for me. The answer appears in large type, YES or NO.
- Press again if you ask a new question. Each answer is drawn fresh.
- Look at the list of recent answers if you want to see how they fell. Press Clear to start over.
Example
Five answers drawn with a fixed sequence, as they would be listed. Yes and no are equally likely, so a run like this can contain any mix.
What was set
- Question
- Should we order pizza tonight? (asked five times)
What came out
- Answer 1
- YES
- Answer 2
- NO
- Answer 3
- YES
- Answer 4
- NO
- Answer 5
- YES
Good to know
- The answer is random and has no connection to your question. Do not use it for decisions about health, money, safety, the law or other people's wellbeing.
- There are only two answers. For a choice among several options, use the wheel of names.
- The question is limited to 140 characters, and the list of recent answers to ten. Neither is saved.
Questions people ask
Is yes more likely than no?
No. Both have exactly the same probability, one half. The answer comes from a single bit of the browser's cryptographic random generator, and there is no hidden preference.
Does the question change the answer?
No. The question is shown with the answer and nothing more. The tool does not read it, so a clearer or more hopeful question makes no difference.
Can I ask the same question again?
Yes, and you will often get a different answer, because each press is independent. If you find yourself asking again until you get the answer you want, that is useful information about what you want.
Is it different from flipping a coin?
Only in the words. A coin flip answers heads or tails, and this answers yes or no, both with equal chances. Use the coin flip when the two options have names, and this when the question has a yes or no answer.
Is anything I type stored?
No. The question and the answers stay in your browser's memory while the page is open, and nothing is sent to a server or saved.