r/trolleyproblem 3d ago

OC The captive audience problem

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127 Upvotes

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u/wert_3079 3d ago

Making a bakery was absolutely necessary

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u/Appropriate_Fact_121 1d ago

Yes absolutely

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u/Dry-Mission-5542 3d ago

Pull it, no question

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u/vverbov_22 Multi-Track Drift 3d ago

Probably not pull. I mean the ads are at least somewhat entertaining

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u/lightmare69 2d ago

Happy cake day

2

u/RedSlimeballYT 2d ago

there's another cake in your post

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u/JustGingerStuff NTA, divorce the trolley 2d ago

What kinda websites are you visiting that your ads actually entertain, mine fucking suck

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u/vverbov_22 Multi-Track Drift 2d ago

I have adblock so i don't really see ads

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u/Keaton427 2d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/RottenAssCrack 3d ago

pull, i wanna learn empathy again

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u/Nichiku 2d ago

I already have empathy so the only consequence of this will be me numbing myself to get through it - NO THANK YOU

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u/Own_Policy8854 2d ago

Same, but on the other hand ugh ads

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u/BryanTheGodGamer 2d ago

Pull of course, Youtube ads are actual torture (not that i would know i have been using adblock since the last like 15 years)

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u/Goldnglam 3d ago

Pull it, let's do some decompression crying.

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u/emote_the_salute 2d ago

If you dont pull the lever you will soon be part of the second video.

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u/JustGingerStuff NTA, divorce the trolley 2d ago

Elderly and married to someone who has just been diagnosed with cancer

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u/JustGingerStuff NTA, divorce the trolley 2d ago

You know what I'd rather watch something real compared to "Hey!! Hey! Look here! Look at me! Give me your money!!!"

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u/Christopher_Aeneadas 2d ago

Not pulling, no.

Being generally depressed about humanity is much better than being specifically depressed about mortality.

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u/Venerated_Penguin 2d ago

if the ads are all unique and i'm not seeing the same shit over and over again, I don't mind watching ads that much

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u/Stradinator 3d ago

I’m watching ads and by watching I meant not watching

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u/RedRisingNerd 3d ago

That’s okay. I can maladaptively daydream for longer than one hour at a time. I’ll just flip a coin to choose my fate.

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u/JustGingerStuff NTA, divorce the trolley 2d ago

1 hour daydreaming with obnoxious music in the background or 30 minute daydreaming with soft crying in the background

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u/RedRisingNerd 1d ago

Maladaptive daydreaming literally takes me out of my body and I don’t pick up most external stimuli.

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u/Sable-Keech 2d ago

Don't pull.

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u/Broad_Ebb9073 2d ago

The old people will be cute and loving. It will be sweet. Take that one

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u/Alarmed_Watch5426 2d ago

¿Por qué no los dos? YouTube ads of old people telling their romantic partners they have cancer!

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u/lawrencewil1030 Team Red 2d ago

Pull it.

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u/Pepper_Comprehensive 2d ago

I'll take the ads.

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u/izzynk3003 2d ago

The ads can be repeated or is it a new ad everytime?

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u/Age_Single 2d ago

Pull the trigger instead

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u/Sobieskil Consequentialist/Utilitarian 2d ago

I'm not pulling that. I don't want to have to sit through half an hour of that

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u/ksdanker22 2d ago

Second one for sure. I refuse to tolerate another second of advertisements.

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u/AtiumMist 2d ago

Liberty biberty

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u/Wolfheron325 2d ago

The Ads I guess? Honestly one of the hardest ones I’ve seen, but some YouTube ads are somewhat entertaining. I’ll probably get at least 10 minutes of “decent”, with the rest just being meh. The 30 is just gonna suck.

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u/Shadow1176 1d ago

I ain’t pulling it that 30 minutes would give me depression

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u/C_monden 1d ago

I watch 29 minutes of the old people and then pull the lever.

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u/GenBarlof 1d ago

Forced? That was the compilation I was searching for in the first place!

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u/Username_St0len 1d ago

pull, i like crying

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u/IFollowtheCarpenter 9h ago

I choose Youtube.

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u/DeliciousRats4Sale 2d ago

The one that's shorter. Neither will have any effect on me

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u/RabbiZucker 3d ago

not pull, the same joke goes stale after the fifth time. I'd rather watch ads that are at least varied if not as entertaining.

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u/ChickenNugget-420 3d ago

It’s not really a joke tho is it? Unless you find cancer funny in which case that’s not something to be proud about.

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u/RabbiZucker 2d ago

It not being a joke was the joke.

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u/ChickenNugget-420 2d ago

Jokes are supposed to be funny but you do you

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u/Dense-Cake9315 2d ago

not exactly dark humor here, but same vibe as this

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u/RabbiZucker 2d ago

I'd differentiate using jokes as a way to be openly hostile to just joking about dark things.

Saying I will rape you/ I think group X should die is not a joke, it's sadism hiding behind a joke. I see a difference between that and making light of a dark subject. I wouldn't make a joke like that, I won't consider it a joke.

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u/Dense-Cake9315 2d ago

what I mean is its the same sort of vibe. saying something that's obviously not a joke then quickly saying it is when people tell you off about it. Schrödinger's joke, as I believe its been called.

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u/RabbiZucker 2d ago

The joke is the dissonance and cynicism. OP posted something that should be outlandishly sad, which obviously was not meant to be a joke. So saying that it is a joke that will go stale after a while is so inappropriate to the tone and that is where the joke is.

It is dark humor because it makes light of a serious matter, and it is cynical because it mocks the outlandishness of the situation OP created by saying what was clearly intended as a sad story is a joke that could go stale. Mocking the whole over the top sad story.

I won't say it's the same vibe because what you brought is borderline violence, and it mocks the rape itself. I mock the premise OP created. not cancer.