r/gaming • u/Thunder_Health • 3h ago

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u/stipo42 3h ago

Because it makes more sense from a symbolic standpoint.

Circle the thing you want, cross off the things you don't want

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u/JimboTCB 2h ago

X marks the spot, O is nothing

Either way round "makes more sense", it's entirely a matter of cultural context.

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u/satsuppi 1h ago

also japanese way of marking answer. where O is correct and / is wrong..

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u/Kaleidoscope-360 55m ago

Then they shouldn't have had "yes" be red and "no" be blue.

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u/shmimey 1h ago

Except you're wrong because zero is off for most power switchs made for electronics. So zero is not the thing I want to select most of the time since it is the off switch.