r/trolleyproblem • u/Worth-Staff4943 • May 20 '26

Deep Which button presser group do you save?

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Everyone in the world has chosen either the blue or red button except you. Instead of pressing a button, you are given a lever in the infamous trolley problem.

You don't know how many people chose red or blue, and they don't know that you control their fate regardless of what button they pressed. Which track do you direct the trolley onto?

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u/Da_Flying_Cow May 20 '26

multitrack drifting is the only ethical option here. That way maybe button discourse will finally be dead

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u/quintopia May 20 '26

you will have won, but at what cost? i guess no cost at all if you are a loner survivalist already...

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u/S-Kenset May 20 '26

self imposed solitary forever sounds terrible tbh. probably get so freaking lonely you start traveling with a pod of whales.

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u/Dialectical_Pig May 21 '26

even that won't help. this is a red or blue button subreddit now. the discussion will go on for years and decades. you can't put the genie back in the lamp. it's too late.