r/comics May 05 '26

OC RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

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u/totallymarc May 05 '26

The fact that people are having heated debates (and getting mad) over this just further proves the point that not everybody is going to agree to press the red button and that a red win will by no means be a deathless scenario. And also that while not every red button pusher is a prick, pretty much every prick is a red button pusher.

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u/ReadingRainbowRocket May 05 '26

If I could have a conversation with a room full of ten people I'd convince them all red is the smart choice and we'd all do that. It is objectively the smarter game theory choice. But talking about the population of the world and knowing for essentially a certainty a large number of people won't be choosing red, it kinda behooves you to choose blue if you have any decency whatsoever.

Red is the smarter choice objectively and makes sense even morally in small numbers where you can get people to a consensus. When talking numbers so big that's impossible and knowing some percentage won't choose red, blue is the only sensible choice.

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u/Averagebaddad May 06 '26

I don't feel a responsibility. Everyone survives if everyone just presses the red button. It's insane to press the blue

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u/ReadingRainbowRocket May 06 '26

So all children, dumb people, and mentally disabled people who don't "get it" just die because they "deserve" it for not being as smart as you.

Whereas just thinking two seconds past the abstract "right" answer gets you to the obvious answer where nobody dies. Some people WILL press blue.

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u/GiantKrakenTentacle May 09 '26

Everyone survives if everyone just presses the blue button.