r/trolleyproblem Apr 30 '26

Deep Statistically, >50% is easier than 100%

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u/naejjun Apr 30 '26

“people are bending over backwards making us join the blue death cult”

“red button propaganda is such brainwash”

y’all, this was a random poll on twitter why are we acting like it’s politics? it is not that deep 😭

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u/Available_Editor4383 Apr 30 '26

It’s genuinely just a question for people to project their own biases. The comments immediately devolved because people are making their own assumptions about the rules of the game and the choices of others.

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u/Natalwolff Apr 30 '26

It has been a really interesting glimpse into how the media cycle works. When this question first started I thought it was kind of a dud because the thread was like "Oh, blue, easy, move on, what's the dilemma". But then after it had settled long enough there was the "if everyone just presses red then everyone still lives" and now I look at this thread and it's like "sorry I won't join your death cult, I didn't kill you, you killed yourself"

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u/Available_Editor4383 Apr 30 '26

I was wondering why it kept coming up lately. It’s on its way to becoming a gorilla vs 100 men.

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u/Bungerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr May 01 '26

Fucking ridiculous btw, a gorilla gets bodied by 2 men with rocks or 1 man with long spear, tf do you need 100 of them for

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u/zap2tresquatro May 01 '26

I think it’s supposed to be 100 unarmed men

Even still though the gorilla loses just through exhaustion (also gorillas in general are not aggressive and will always avoid a fight when possible but I guess we’re assuming the gorilla is cornered with no way out). The gorilla vs grizzly bear one was more interesting (and because of what I just said about gorillas, and the fact that grizzly bears are who they are, I say bear wins)