@FiringSquadsEnjoyer @AppleAmps actually actually solid logic compared to my “people would press blue to save a loved one” hypothesis. probably better tbh

@AppleAmps i mean. you don’t truly know what’s inside the hearts of every man, and neither do i. i’m betting that more than 50% of people are going to go for the option that risks their death if they make the “wrong” choice, but guarantees the life of their loved ones (at the very least), and you’re betting that everyone is just going to choose for themselves

@AppleAmps i am not calling you a murderer or egocentrist for preferring red btw

@AppleAmps idk i think that not helping stop the train is guilt by proxy

@AppleAmps and out of 8 billion or so people, somebody is inevitably going to press blue

@AppleAmps you’re forgetting that blue stops the train

@AppleAmps i mean maybe but by pushing the blue button i’m making it more likely that nobody can die, whereas by pushing the red button i’m making it more likely that somebody can die

@AppleAmps i personally would rather risk death than risk killing someone

@AppleAmps sorry im discombobulated we had our carpet and glass cleaned i think the fumes are getting to my head

@AppleAmps fedi is a terrible place to have this discussion. anyways, if you choose red and don’t want anybody to die, you are hoping that nobody chooses blue. if you vote blue and don’t want anybody to die, you are just hoping that less people voted red than blue

@AppleAmps WAT FUCk THERES MORe

@AppleAmps with the train analogy it’s choosing to push the people onto the tracks who do not side with you.

@AppleAmps i edited the post, see it again

@AppleAmps shit i got the math wrong fuck

@AppleAmps like i literally just made this diagram

EDIT: okay imagine the diagram but with both players choosing read reading “everyone lives.” with this new assumption, it does not matter who votes what as assuming someone else votes something else, somebody is going to die no matter what. red, i guess, is the smarter choice?

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@AppleAmps yes because not jumping means that half your group has to die? terrible metaphor honestly, people dying is an implicit part of voting red

@AppleAmps idk it’s less of a “you live or you might die” in my head, and more of a “you live but you kill people or everyone lives” typa situation

@apophis ik but like i can’t get myself to start making the dogshit drawings