Yes or No

A straight yes or no, with no weighting and no leaning. It also counts how many times you have asked the same thing, which tends to be the honest part.

What this tool does

A fair fifty-fifty, with one thing most versions of this tool leave out: a count of how many times you have asked the same question. Ask once and you get an answer. Ask four times and the page tells you that you have asked four times, that the answer has changed its mind, and that the fourth draw is no more informed than the first. Asking a yes-or-no question repeatedly is not research, it is a search for permission.

There is no weighting, no "confidence" score, and no hidden lean towards yes. A coin that leans is a coin that lies, and the only reason to use a tool like this is that it genuinely does not care what you want. The other honest limitation is that it has no idea what you asked: the question is recorded so you can see it in the list, and it is never read, scored or interpreted.

How to use it

  1. Type your question if you want it recorded in the list below. It is optional — the tool cannot read it either way.
  2. Press Ask, or just press Enter in the field.
  3. Read the answer. Press Ask again for another independent draw, and watch the count above it climb.
  4. Press Copy the answer to paste the verdict, and the question, into a message.

Common use cases

  • Two options, no difference

    When both choices are genuinely fine, a coin is a perfectly good decision procedure and faster than deliberating.

  • Breaking a deadlock

    In a group that has argued itself into a stalemate, an arbitrary answer is often the only way out.

  • Finding out what you wanted

    Ask, notice your reaction to the answer, then decide. That reaction is the real information and the tool is just there to produce it.

  • Settling something trivial

    Who pays, who drives, which film. Low stakes, immediate answer.

Frequently asked questions

Is it really fifty-fifty?

Yes. There is no weighting, no hidden preference for yes, and no memory of previous answers. Every draw is independent and even.

Why does it count how many times I have asked?

Because asking the same yes-or-no question four times is not a search for information, it is a search for permission. The count is the only part of this page that is not random, and it is usually the more useful number.

Does the tool read my question?

No. The question is stored in the page so the list below can show what you asked. Nothing is interpreted, scored, uploaded or looked at.

Can I use this to decide something important?

No, and the page will not help you do it. It is a fair coin. For anything that actually matters, the answer is a conversation with somebody who knows the situation, not a random number.

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