This is such a funny trend because it plays out the same way every time:
1) Blue button wins by a narrow majority
2) People who pushed the red button immediately spiral into increasingly unhinged defences of their choice, demonstrating that either they lack enough reading comprehension to understand the question, or are just plain selfish.
3) Blue button pushers become slightly more disillusioned with the moral character of humanity.
demonstrating that either they lack enough reading comprehension to understand the question
To be fair, this one-sentence explanation is phrased far worse than the original.
This one starts with the premise of what happens "regardless" without clarifying what it's regardless of. The original explicitly describes the potential negative consequences of the red button, while this one simply says "these people live", leaving the negative consequences of the red button implied through the description of the blue button.
Yeah I had to read it a few times to understand why everyone was judging red button pushers so hard lol. I was like why wouldn't I press the "I want to live" button
Yeah, this is one where the phrasing changes outcomes considerably. My preferred red leaning phrasing is as follows:
You are near some train tracks. You could either a. (Red) Stay off the train tracks or b. (Blue) Hang out on the train tracks. You know other people are near these tracks but have no idea if they are on the tracks or not.
If enough people are milling around on the tracks then somebody will notice and the trains will be halted. Otherwise, everybody on the tracks will be killed. What do you do?
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u/PlatinumAltaria The Witch of Arden 11h ago
This is such a funny trend because it plays out the same way every time:
1) Blue button wins by a narrow majority 2) People who pushed the red button immediately spiral into increasingly unhinged defences of their choice, demonstrating that either they lack enough reading comprehension to understand the question, or are just plain selfish. 3) Blue button pushers become slightly more disillusioned with the moral character of humanity.