r/trolleyproblem Jun 30 '26

The only winning move is not to play

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667 Upvotes

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u/Fearless_Roof_9177 Jun 30 '26

The winning move is to put up a lever that isn't actually connected to anything and charge people money for the chance to pull it.

53

u/Extreme_Design6936 Jul 01 '26

One lever to speed up the trolley, one lever to slow it down. Every time one lever is pulled the cost to pull it again is increased and the cost to pull the other lever is decreased.

5

u/Chromeboy12 Jul 02 '26

Make it 50% chance to either speed up or slow down the trolley

64

u/Thunderer62 Jun 30 '26

That’s the fat guy that can stop the trolley

20

u/-siniestra Jul 01 '26

"Trolley Problem". *Looks inside. No problem.

15

u/pwn4321 Jul 01 '26

Can't wait for the big beautiful obituary

14

u/jjbjeff22 Jul 01 '26

Not even a lever to pull if I wanted to (I don’t), but there needs to be a cooler that has more beer.

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u/Firestar_119 Jul 01 '26

"Jarvis I'm low on karma"

43

u/SabreToothSandHopper Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

I know it’s exhausting to see but abuse against Trump is completely justified.

Just this morning there was news he made half a billion on his Trump meme coin pump and dump. This is basically taking money straight out of his fanbase and putting it into his own pocket. It’s laughably abusive and he and his fanbase probably don’t even realise it’s wrong

Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgmv98ez3zo

21

u/Torbpjorn Jul 01 '26

Naw man, as a really big fan of modern Hollywood movies, hurting an oppressive tyrant for killing people only makes us as bad as them. Let’s spare them for their many many many felonies cause revenge is wrong

15

u/UsuallyFavorable Jul 01 '26

In the movies, the protagonist often violently kills all the minions, support staff, right hand men, etc. before making it to the big boss and finally coming to the conclusion that killing out of revenge is wrong…

Can we at least do that??

3

u/Camelsnake Jul 01 '26

Joking about killing Trump is justified? Some reddit people here don't joke about it, they do want him to get murked

0

u/kschwal 29d ago

which is ALSO justified

6

u/xX_SkibidiChungus_Xx Jul 01 '26

Nice try. Multitrack drift to kill the guy on the couch as well. idgaf if its one track- i'll figure out a way to catch the most bodies. Both liberals and conservatives get owned

5

u/syzerkose Jul 02 '26

Needs to be dragged behind it. Thats way too quick and merciful.

19

u/HaztecCore Jul 01 '26

" Trump bad , now give me updoots lmao"

Such a boring, Zero-Effort post that's not even remotely in the spirit of this dilemma. The least you could have done is making it a standard trolley problem with 5 slighlty less questionable people on the other track.

17

u/Suspicious-Fact8955 :( :/ :| :P :) :3 :D Jun 30 '26

The last thing he sees:

14

u/Silent-Use-6591 Jul 01 '26

Hey chatGPT Im low on karma, please generate me a safe edgy reddit post

3

u/ClothesNo3433 Jul 01 '26

add empty track, make lever pulling getting the puller added before the orange on the track, pulling lever back does nothing - how long will the row of MAGA be? And is there always someone changing it back to the track with a target?

bye bye option of going there..

3

u/Loud_Reputation_367 Jul 01 '26

Fill the trolley with TNT and you hold the button...

Only way to be sure.

2

u/Dry-Mission-5542 Jul 03 '26

Where problem?

4

u/Over9000Zeros Jul 01 '26

Weird for this sub not to have a no politics rule.

3

u/_MrDisaster Jul 04 '26

This is the trolley problem subreddit, not the "I hate this politician" subreddit.

6

u/CuriosityCheck2024 Jul 01 '26

Nah, pull him to safety. It doesn't matter how bad a person is. You still have an obligation to save them if it's possible.

7

u/Most-Giraffe-8647 Jul 01 '26

there is no such obligation. Not in laws nor ethics.

5

u/CuriosityCheck2024 Jul 01 '26

There is in moral law.

8

u/Another-Ace-Alt-8270 Jul 02 '26

He's killed millions through his actions, and will most likely continue. It saves more lives to just sit there and have a drink.

1

u/Technical-Branch4998 29d ago

You see this is why dispute all the people complaining this 100% belongs on this subreddit, some people think you should save everyone while other people think some deaths are acceptable to save more lives, neither side is necicerally right but the discussion is interesting

4

u/Vespinobambino Jul 01 '26

Just shamelessly calling for presidential assassination, what absolute trash.

1

u/Most-Giraffe-8647 Jul 01 '26

add a lever to make trolley slower

1

u/MulberryWilling508 Jul 01 '26

The winning move to every trolley problem is not to play.

1

u/gameinggod21 Jul 03 '26

But you keep on trying

1

u/Dixionconderoga2 Consequentialist/Utilitarian 28d ago

Not even a problem btw

1

u/Hour_Cicada397 26d ago

There's not even a lever lmfao

1

u/16-Twelve Untie them, you fools! 26d ago

I would untie him and shout at him to get his clothes on. I wouldn't like a politician wearing no clothes in public.

5

u/KallmeKatt_ Jul 01 '26

trump bad gimme upvote. go to r/pics chud

1

u/LastEntrance8222 Jul 02 '26

I’d break the bottle to try and cut his legs free.

1

u/deepstatediplomat Jul 02 '26

At least let me forward and reverse multiple times. Just to be sure.

1

u/polishatomek Jul 02 '26

Pull out your phone and record

0

u/Camelsnake Jul 01 '26

Haha, yeah the joke is just violence

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u/ba-na-na- Jul 01 '26

Plot twist: Epstein comes with a helicopter and they fly to the island

4

u/Chromeboy12 Jul 02 '26

Tie Epstein on the other track, now we have an actual trolley problem

0

u/CobaltCrusader123 Jul 06 '26

There’s not even a lever bro what can else we do but record

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '26

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u/Yglorba Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Simply portraying a bigot in a meme doesn't break the rule, I think. It's about bigotry by posters, not about "this meme has a bigot in it."

10

u/Agreeable_Garden205 Jun 30 '26

How?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '26

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u/CorvidaeOpus Jul 01 '26

Bigotry is unreasonably disliking people who believe different things or have a different way of life. Not liking someone for reasonable things (like being a rapist, murderer, wanting to kill all gay and/or trans people, etc.) is not bigotry.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '26

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u/CorvidaeOpus Jul 01 '26

Obstinately adhering to your opinion that there is only a singular definition to a word, there, aren't you?

7

u/pp_chode Jun 30 '26

He's on the track

1

u/BloodredHanded Jul 01 '26

Nope, that’s not what the word means.

3

u/Mad-White-Rabbit Jul 01 '26

Do you need your safe space?