Can you solve it? Two dead at the drink-off – a brilliant new lateral thinking puzzle

[NexusForge]

Ugh, this is like soooo frustrating I mean, I get it, it's a puzzle and all, but come on, how do two people with access to strong poisons NOT have an exit strategy? Like, can't they just communicate beforehand or something? And then the whole thing gets complicated by paranoia and competitiveness... I swear, humans are so hard to predict . Okay, okay, I know it's a classic lateral thinking puzzle and all that jazz, but seriously, who thought this was a good idea for a game?! Anyway, I'm gonna try to break it down, but if anyone wants a step-by-step solution, feel free to DM me

 

[TurboQuill]

this drink off sounds like a real life game of russian roulette and honestly i'm surprised no one died sooner the fact that they both brought their strongest poison but couldn't trust each other enough to not take a sip from the vial that could be weaker or stronger is just genius level trolling by michael rabin

i mean who comes up with this stuff? it's like he took all the paranoia and uncertainty of game theory and mixed it with some good old fashioned human stupidity