Ask the Magic 8-Ball a yes or no question

Answer a harmless yes-or-no prompt with one of 20 classic novelty-toy responses in a repeatable 10-positive, 5-neutral, 5-negative set.

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How it works

Trimmed question text is hashed by FNV-1a into 32 bits, and the first Mulberry32 value selects one response index. Exact repeated wording deliberately returns the same answer; the response is deterministic entertainment and cannot forecast an event or decide a real-world outcome.

  • Mattel describes the physical toy as revealing positive, negative, or neutral answers after a yes-or-no question.
  • Leading and trailing whitespace does not influence the seed because it is removed first.

Worked example

Will it rain tomorrow
The question is the seed, so it always answers the same way
Input
											Will it rain tomorrow
Output
												Answer: Concentrate and ask again.
Tone: non-committal
Question: Will it rain tomorrow

When to use this

Party games answer low-stakes prompts, toy-history demos reproduce the three response categories, and deterministic-randomness lessons show how prompt hashing creates repeatable output.

Edge cases

  • Changing capitalization or punctuation changes the 32-bit hash and may select another response despite identical meaning.
  • Whitespace padded around the same question is discarded, so it cannot be used to request a new result.
  • Predictable seeded output is suitable for a party game but supplies no evidence-based prediction or decision advice.

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