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What is this? The answer consists of three words.

→ • ←


< ▢ ▭     ▭

< ▭ ▢     <   

▢ < ▭     ▢

▢ ▭ <     <

▭ ▢ <     ▭

▭ < ▢     ▢
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This represents

ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS!

Where

< is scissors, is paper and is rock.

The → • ← at the top tells us to look at the middle symbol in the diagram, and indeed the column on the right shows which of the two other symbols is the winner:

< ▢ ▭ ▭ paper beats rock
< ▭ ▢ < scissors beats paper
▢ < ▭ ▢ rock beats scissors
▢ ▭ < < scissors beats paper
▭ ▢ < ▭ paper beats rock
▭ < ▢ ▢ rock beats scissors

As for the title

The game is played with your hand, nothing else is needed!

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  • $\begingroup$ Yup, well done! $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 15 at 18:06
  • $\begingroup$ each row has 3 symbols. How are you deciding which two are playing? in this answer you have 2 beats 3, 1 beats 3, 3 beats 2 and so on. Why? $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 15 at 19:30
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    $\begingroup$ @KateGregory, the → • ← tells us the middle symbol is the one playing, and then the symbol on the right is the one that beats the middle one $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 15 at 20:18
  • $\begingroup$ so it doesn't matter which is on the right or the left? $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 15 at 21:09
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    $\begingroup$ @KateGregory correct. I'm assuming the reason it's displayed as it is where you pick left or right is the list is just a list off all 6 possible ways to arrange the 3 $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 15 at 21:14

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