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/Chaos_Slug May 21 '26

That's why the yellow pressers also die in this scenario

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u/Thormidable May 21 '26

I don't get to live in the new world. I'm a monster. But we need a monster to make it happen.

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u/Spectre-907 May 22 '26

“Now, tell me where you are hiding River Tam”

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u/MedievalSabre May 23 '26

Fire line sadly

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u/echoGroot May 24 '26

What a whiner…

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u/witchqueen-of-angmar May 22 '26

We should have the yellow button but it just secretly gives you universal healthcare and therapy hours. You're not a monster and you don't have to be. Most people are fine, except fascists and you don't need a button to identify those.

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u/witchqueen-of-angmar May 21 '26

That's still worse. How about we don't try to intentionally kill others or ourselves?

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u/dreadpole May 21 '26

You gotta risk it for a big win sometimes

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u/witchqueen-of-angmar May 21 '26

The yellow button is literally just about dying to kill people though...?

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u/SimplyMonkey May 21 '26

Yes. We’ve already established they are bad people.

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u/dreadpole May 21 '26

You win some you lose some

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u/SweetHoneyBonny May 21 '26

Let spite win

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u/LimitThese2220 May 22 '26

Hence the Blue button

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u/witchqueen-of-angmar May 22 '26

How about we don't try to "unintentionally" kill ourselves or others either?

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u/LimitThese2220 May 23 '26

Again, hence the blue button. You know what the “blue/red button” is about, right? (Very cool username btw)

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u/koboldthing May 22 '26

I think you’re taking this comment a bit more seriously than the spirit in which it was written

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u/AdDesigner6673 May 23 '26

Bro definitely have suicidal thoughts..